A bit of a delayed report from April. Took the family to Fiji on a surf trip but threw in the 8 and 10 weight just in case. The surf was so good for 10 days that i never got the 10 weight out but as we could only surf high tides, I spent a few late arvo low tides at the mouth of the lagoon tossing around clousers while everyone else enjoyed a Fiji bitter (or 3.
My effort was appreciated though as i managed to provide a regular supply of Bluefin trevally sashimi to go with pre dinner drinks. i managed to get destroyed by a couple of bigger GTs on the coral heads to so it was good fun. mind you after 6 hours in the surf, the 2km round paddle on the ski to the mouth of the lagoon and back and an hour of casting the clouser meant i struggled to lift my Fiji bitter when i got back!
Saw an amazing sight in the surf one day with a free jumping sail of 60+kg leaping around just 50m away!
Fiji surfing and fishig
Posted - 21 Jul 2010 : 10:53:39 AM
