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# Fishing and travelling in Tonga to Ha'apai Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
skanibal 18:27 UTC 17 Aug 2008 | Hello everybody, it's my first thread on lonely planet! I'm Stéphane, 37 years old French people, I live on Réunion Island, near Mauritius I'm a fanatic fisherman, who enjoy popping and jigging I will travel with my rods and reels, so i'll have lot of weight with me (25kg), and a rod tube 1,90 meter long did you have information about the possibility of going to ha'apai by plane with tis kind of luggage and this weight! i try to have athampacifics, but i dont succed in did you have informations about prices of ferries too, thank you for your answers, excuse me for my bad english, and if someone is ok to share a boat or go fishing in tonga with me, i'll be there between october 5 to 10 and if someone wants to come fishing in reunion island let me know! stephanegouy [at]yahoo.FR |
hardnosethehighway 02:49 UTC 18 Aug 2008 | Popping in Tonga doesn't always work very well. I think it's because of so much floating debris from underwater volcanoes, baitfish don't orient to the surface as much as some other places-like Fiji. Jigging does work though-as you can see here Dusky Shark caught on Salmon jig and killed by greedy Tongans | 1
skanibal 12:09 UTC 19 Aug 2008 | hello! thank you for your answer! so i will try with jigging!!! because i have both rods! did you have any contacts in order to go fishing in tonga? i'm searching for boats, or share a boat with fisherman from all over the world, or locals fishermans, i have to make reports for a french magazine | 2
hardnosethehighway 05:44 UTC 20 Aug 2008 | In Neiafu town Vava'u, Paul Meade and his wife Alisi run the Best Tackle Shop in the South Pacific I fished aboard Paul's boat the Dora Malia Dogtooth Tuna Sashimi | 3