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New Black Marlin Fishery in Fiji   by Adrian Watt

Aboard Bite Me, we occasionally head well offshore and successfully target Blue Marlin on 80lb class bent butt chair tackle but looking for a grander black along Kadavu island’s Great Astrolabe Barrier reef was going to be a whole new experience for us.

Having spent years trolling small light tackle bait rigs on the outer reef slopes for wahoo and sailfish, we had few encounters with big blacks but on one occasion, we did meet a monster that showed us they were there….just not interested in our small rigs. Fishing one afternoon from the smaller inshore boat, we trolled a large skip bait on 15kg gear that was taken by the largest fish I have ever seen, I huge black marlin. Somewhat reluctantly I picked up the rod that was now looking pathetically flimsy in the face of this fish and struck. The black didn’t even notice. She cruised up the prop wash, spat the bait and idled under the boat. We all gawped over the side and saw she was actually larger than the 16ft boat. She was there or thereabouts, a grander and the most extraordinary sight, right under our noses.

What’s more, the resort’s divers have occasionally returned with stories of huge marlin encounters…and the pictures to prove it. One of my colleagues skippering the charterboat Wai Tadra tagged a black on the Kadavu seamount estimated at 950lbs. There is no doubt that large Black Marlin cruise the Astrolabe Reef but targeting and catching one was another matter.

Peter’s interest gave us the perfect opportunity to give it a serious try.

We didn’t muck around. We flew in Glen Gardener, a friend and professional deckie from Sydney Australia who normally works the deck leadering marlin aboard the charterboat ‘Bounty Hunter’.

Glen brought with him and extra 18″ flying gaff and two of Bounty Hunter’s 130lb chair rods.

We fished ‘Cairns style’ in that we spent the mornings catching and rigging bait, the moved to trolling big lures around lunch time. Lures such as MBT’s 22″Buddha and Pakula’s big Smokin Joe.

Early afternoon, the time we most expected a bite, we switched to just one skip-bait and one swimming bait on the 130s

The weather frustrated our efforts for the first few days and we were confined to working the lee side of the island. Fishing so close to the reef, we expected heavy tackle losses to wahoo, mackerel and barracuda but Interestingly, with such big lures and baits out we found that the normal razor gang that just destroy skirts and baits generally tended to shy away. What’s more, although bites were infrequent, they were always from super-sized fish. I was astonished when we landed a 100 pound Yellowfin Tuna that smashed a Lumo Smokin Joe just 30 yards from dry reef. Super-sizing the lures was weeding out the small fry and finding big fish where we didn’t expect them.

Finally the wind eased. We woke to a calm overcast dawn, caught bait, carefully rigged our offerings, checked all our top-shots, re-checked all our drag settings and headed out to our preferred fishing grounds that were just 10 minutes away, right in front of the resort. It didn’t take long. At 12:55 the skip-bait on the left rigger was engulfed in a ball of spray as a billfish left a hole in the wake.

Everybody sprang into action. Peter grabbed the howling outfit and made for the chair as the fish swam away with the circle hook rigged bait. When all was ready, the drag was eased up, the circle hook lodged in the corner of the fish’s jaw and 300 pounds of angry black marlin took to the air.

I have seen and fought many blue marlin but this was my first black and the differences were amazing. Blues eat hard and fast then pick a direction and go go go with no intention of ever stopping. If you do manage to stop one, they then often sound on you and it can turn into a slug-fest. By all accounts, Blacks are totally different and this fish fought like a typical black. They charge around, mostly on or just under the surface with no clear battle plan and love nothing better than to put on a show for the photographers. They are as acrobatic as a Pacific Sailfish and as strong as an angry bull. What an amazing fish, and right here under our noses.

It took us one hour and ten minutes to bring the leader to hand. We had her in close fairly quickly but she was so green and therefore a serious danger to the crew, that we eased off and took our time. At 320lbs she smashed the existing M-130 Fiji National Record and Peter decided to weigh the fish. The first ever documented Kadavu Great Astrolabe Reef black that I know of tipped the scales just shy of 320lbs. Hardly a grander but what a start!

It is our intention to take every opportunity to continue fishing for Kadavu island’s Black marlin and to tag and release enough to paint a clear picture of their habits and seasons.

Given the sightings by divers and our own experiences of huge Black marlin here, our aim is to find Fiji’s first Grander.

Sometimes its fun being a charterboat skipper…..

The Gear:

* Penn International 130

* 130lb IGFA Class Greenspot Dacron

* 300 yard 130lb Torture IGFA mono top-shot with 6ft plaited double to Yo-Zuri HD Ball Bearing snap swivel

* 18ft 600lb Momoi Marlin Hard leader to 16/0 Mustad 39960BL Tuna Circle Demon hook.

* Baits – Shark Mackerel (Scad), Narrow Barred (Spanish) Mackerel

About the Author

Director of Matava Resort Gamefishing, he skippers ‘Bite Me’, 31ft DeepVee Gamefishing vessel and enjoys exploring the light and heavy tackle fishing around the island and Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef. An IGFA Certified Captain, he advocates tag & release and is a keen supporter of the IGFA and the Billfish Foundation.

Adrian Watt

IGFA Captain

http://www.GamefishingFiji.com

http://www.GameFishingFiji.blogspot.com/

Echo 5120 4TR Outfit

Fishing Reel Toilet Paper Holder

MOUNTAIN HOME FURNITURE – FINDING THE RIGHT PIECES FOR YOUR ALPINE LOOK   by Michelle O’Connor

Furniture Style

Shopping for furniture can be as intimidating as shopping for the right car and almost as costly. Your style should come from you interests and tastes, and your knowing that each room in your house has a distinct and dynamic personality. Once you’ve decided on your style, the process of furniture buying comes down to a few key components. You can find well-made furniture for your mountain home in nearly every price range.

Log Furniture

In your mountainLake Arrowhead cabin setting, log furniture has no equal. Log furniture is the antithesis of most conventional modern furniture. Oftentimes conventional furniture will feature graceful lines and delicate legs, while log designs boast thick, powerful verticals and cross members.

Rustic Bathroom

Your rustic bathroom can contain lodge style shower curtains, cabin bath hardware, unique toilet paper holders and much more. Toilet paper holders can be in the shape of bears, fishing reels, or they can be fashioned from deer antlers.

Accessories such as towel bars and wastebaskets can be made of logs. Metal accessories that look as though they were made by the local blacksmith in the village forge also complement to the rustic theme.

Indoor Rustic Lighting

Bathe yourself in the warm glow of lamplight cast through an opaque shade made of rawhide, with a deer antler stand. Or get a rugged antler chandelier – a work of art you can hang in any dining room, entry or game room. You can carry the antler theme further with wall sconces decorated with a smattering of antler. If you don’t like the idea of hunting game, faux antler chandeliers, lights and sconces are also available.

Home Decor Color Trends

You don’t have to feel restricted to natural earthy tones for your mountain home: why not follow the current trend for wild new hues that echo the sunny days of summer? There are an extraordinary amount of colors, and the selection of color has become a far more thoughtful and exacting process than before. Interesting pieces that pull color from one area of a room to another are essential for a harmonious blend. To get a feel for what you want in your new home, look for real estate in Lake Arrowhead for decorating ideas.

Furniture Arranging Tips

Keep these general tips in mind while you place your furniture:

–It’s worth the extra effort to measure a room to be fitted with furniture carefully and draw a floor plan that includes architectural designs.
–Create a wish list of items and pieces you want to incorporate, and include them in your plans.
–Keep in mind the traffic patterns in your rooms and the spaces between furniture.
–Always arrange the most important or largest pieces first, and then fill in space with the next largest pieces to make sure everything fits perfectly.
–Every room should have an interesting focal point – a fireplace, bed, desk or window.
–Finding a balance in furnishings is very important.
–Keep in mind that if the room has a strong color, the fabrics on the furniture should also be strong, in order to lessen the contrast.

About the Author

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Want a Good Catch of Fish? Find a Right Fishing Reels!   by David H. Urmann

Fishing reel variety can be quite difficult if you are new to the fishing sport, because they come in all shapes, sizes, designs, and amounts.

Fishing is the pursuit of catching fish. There are many fishing methods such as trapping, netting, gathering and angling. Additionally, the term fishing is useful to haunting other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, turtles, squids, frogs and other edible marine invertebrates. The term fishing is not commonly applied to haunting aquatic mammals like whales. The term “whaling” is more appropriate or other profitable fish farming.

Fishing is an antiquated and universal practice with several techniques and traditions. It has been changed by advance technological developments.

In addition to food providing harvesting fish, fishing is both a recreational and professional sport.

Taking fishing either recreational /professional sports or way of living, you need to have a proper and effective equipment to make your fishing venture a successful one. Fishing reels are one of those various tools used in fishing. Fishing reel variety can be quite difficult if you are new to the fishing sport, because they come in all sizes, shapes, designs, and amounts. Some basic understanding of the types of fishing reels available and the uses for which they are designed can be absolutely beneficial before setting out to buy a new fishing rig. Making yourself knowledgeable to fishing reels will not only reward you with the certainty that you are buying the right reel, but are likely to save you a lot of money.

Here is some of the basis fishing reels existing for your fishing undertaking. First, there are four basic types of fishing reels that includes the spin casting reel, the spinning reel, the casting or bait-casting reel, and the Fly Fishing reel. The purpose of each type is the same and it is to catch fish, however, the techniques for casting and using each type is quite different.

The Spin casting Reel is the most basic type of fishing reel, and is the type that most young fishermen set out with. This reel is completely enclosed in a cover with a small hole at the end of it, from which the line plays out. There is a spindle inside the housing that secures the line, and there is a trigger on the backside of the reel that looses the line for casting. This type of reel is a preferred for beginners because it doesn’t tangle easily and it cast very easily. The one major disadvantage of the spin casting reel is that it does not cast as far as some of the other fishing reel types.

The Spinning Reel is the common type of reel you will come across. This reel has an expose, visible, spool with a wire loop called a bail. This bail moves around the spool as you crank the line back in. It also guides the fishing line back onto the spool. These types of reels usually have some kind of drag adjustment, as well as an anti-reverse mechanism that stops the line from playing back out when you decide to stop cranking. These reels usually suspended below the rod, while the spin casting reel is mounted on top of the rod. The main disadvantage of the spinning reel is that it tangles much easier than a spin-casting reel. This is compensating by the fact that a spinning reel can cast much advance.

Now that you know some of the types of reels obtainable and the ways in which each are used, you can safely decide which type of fishing reel is reasonable for you.

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New Shimano Torsa 40 Deepsea Jigging FIshing Reel TS-40 Free Cover $625.00

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Where To Get Cheapest Fishing Supplies Products And Why I Choose BuyOnMe Cool Gadgets?   by angel wangping

Where To Get Cheapest Fishing Supplies products?

You like to know the answer?. Many guys like to purchase from BuyOnMe cool gadgets and Newegg. If you also want to choose a legit store without online scam, the following factors are something you should consider:

 

- Various categories for shopping

- Having live chat help

- Offering coupon for bulk orders

- Sites is easy to use

- Packages With tracking number

- Quick delivery to your hand

- Credible shopping system

 

 

BuyOnMe cool gadgets shipping time is within 13 days. Most package are no more than 2 weeks. The longest time I have waited is almost 22 days. Shipping time is not very important to me if I finally receive the item. Fishing Supplies from Buyonme are in good quality with cheap price. Why not give a try?

 

I have purchased the following items.

Mini LED Flashing Necklace With Cute Patterns

Designer Fishing Cup Lid and Tea Bag Hanger

Hova Wilderness Survival Fire Sparkle Flint

Professional Two Fingers Fishing Anti-Slip Gloves – Black (Pair)

YMY Feather Treble Fishhooks/Lures (6-Pack)

Fish-Everywhere Pocket Pen Style Fishing Rod and Reel Kit – Silver (Extended Length 90CM)

Hayabusa Carbon Steel Fishhooks/Bait Lures – 11mm*6.8mm (10-Lure Pack)

Green 7W LED Super Bright Camping Lantern with Compass

Electronic Fishing Hook Tier (1*AA)

QUEENSTAR 600-Meter Nylon Fishing Thread (#6 25LB 0.405mm)

 

 

The store also sells various kinds of things, Besides above products.

Such as: Sports products, Peep & Spy Gadgets, Earrings, Keyboards, Cable Management, Other Games, Cell Phone Accessories, Glasses, PC & Accessories, Electronics, iPad Accessories, USB Gadgets, Hard-to-Find Gadgets, Padlocks, Batteries, Cameras & Acce, Cell Phone, Sony PSP, Knives & Tools, Health & Beauty, Pocket Games, Others, Movie Souvenirs, iPad & iPhone, Others, DIY Parts, Children & Babies, Rare Earth/RE Magnets, Occasion & Holiday, Necklaces, Other Apple Gadgets, Laptops, Adapter & Dongle, Converters & Plug, Alarms & Security, Bags, Game Accessories, Home Electronics, Wii Nintendo, Christmas Gadgets,. I think you could find your favortie items among them.

 

Other legit online stores I used to shopping at:

DHgate.com Reviews – China Based e-Commerce Platform. DHgate is a B2B e-Commerce marketplace that has global online trade with China. DHgate.com is providing world class standards of China wholesale product sourcing, payment, tracking and delivery services to over 3 million buyers from over 230 countries, DHgate.com offers over 20 million product listings at any one time from over 650,000 dedicated China-based suppliers. You should know that not only one sellers on this website. There are almost over 10,000 chinese sellers using this platform to sell things.

Ebay.com – The world’s biggest auction platform. You could find wholesale suppliers here. People should be careful about the low price scam.

Newegg.com – A famous website for buying computers, laptops, GPS, MP3 or Cell Phones.

Amazon.com – Another biggest online platform. The price is a little higher than ebay. But the product quality is better than ebay.

BuyOnMe.com Reviews – Legit china-based gadgets stores with free shipping. Located in China, a wholesale e-commerce company named BuyOnMe.com was founded in 2007. The operating mode of it is different from Alibaba platform, DHgate platform, or Aliexpress platform. BuyOnMe.com itself is the seller who produces products such as: Cell Phones, Wedding Apparel, Electronics, Computers, and sells them instead of an e-commerce trading platform providing clients with products information and other services. If you search “”how to buy made in prc products”" in Google, you will find this store in the front to the searching results.

madeinchina.com – madeinchina is a china-based wholesale platform. It is smaller than alibaba. The categories are similar to alibaba. It provides another option for foreign importers.

 

I buy many things from the Internet. Such as bags, mobiles, auto parts, scanner, keyboards and of course toys. My favorite gadgets is a usb fan with music, it’s only $3 dollar! Can’t believe it, do you agree?

About the Author

In these days, we get more and more cool gadgets as gifts to our friend or relatives. Both the consuming behaviors and our everyday life are changed.

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Wall Hanger-South Bend split bamboo rod&vintagefly Reel $100.00

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