Skip to content

Bite Me Gamefishing Charters - awesome Sailfish, Marlin and Wahoo Fishing in Kadavu, Fiji

Home News Fiji National Record W-10kg Pacific Sailfish
Fiji National Record W-10kg Pacific Sailfish PDF Print E-mail

Pacific sailfish National Fiji record, W-10kgAnother Pacific Sailfish Record fell to Bite Me last week and New Zealand angler Lyn Salvidge. Lyn and her husband Bruce spent two days aboard Bite Me having some fun with the wahoo and looking to take a ladies National Record back home to Auckland.

Happy to oblige, we introduced Bruce to his first ever wahoo and after a 15 minute fight on 30lb line class, Joe sank the gaff into a nice 60lb fish.

Not a bad start for your first ever wahoo.

We decided Lyn should target the W-10kg Pacific Sailfish record. Normally we tag and release all billfish but a National or World Record are sometimes the exception. Working one of Bite Me's favourite sail spots with a pair of 10kg outfits on the riggers, we hooked up a nice sail on a Hollowpoint Mahi Sniper in white and pink with one of our special light tackle hook rigs. Lyn the new W-10kg Fiji National Record Sailfish
Lyn the new W-10kg Fiji National Record Sailfish

With some careful backing down early on, we had the sail in close after 20 minutes but using only 5lbs of drag on the Shimano TLD20, the fight was anything but over.

Lyn applied steady pressure using her Black Magic stand-up fighting harness as we began to slowly chase the sail down in reverse. 55 minutes later with the sail tiring we upped the drag and Lyn guided the 130lb leader into deckie Joe's hands.

Using special light tackle Pakula Katana hooks, this was no time for brute force so Joe gently eased the sail into gaff range and the fight was over.
Weighing in at 47.8kg, ( 105 lbs ) and almost five times line class weight, this was a very respectable fish and earned Lyn the new W-10kg Fiji National Record Pacific Sailfish . Lyn the new W-10kg Fiji National Record Sailfish





Digg! Reddit! Del.icio.us! Google! Live! Facebook! StumbleUpon! Yahoo! Free social bookmarking plugins and extensions for Joomla! websites!
 

Email the Skipper


tbf logo_20th anniversary_rgb.jpg
igfa_captain.gif

Bluewater Magazine

BW77_FrontCover_(Small)

Issue 77

On sale 6th January 2010

Special features include:

  • Capt Bristow's Lure Lore
    He’s one of the most successful giant marlin captains in the world, and now Capt Bristow explains how he fine-tunes his lures to catch more billfish

  • The history of skirted lures
    Part 6 – Patents tie on interesting lure tales: The patents granted for skirted trolling lures document some fascinating developments in the lure industry.

  • Boat reviews: Cabo 40 with Zeus drives and Yellowfin 6700 cabin

Partly Cloudy Showers Showers
32C 32C 30C
Thu Fri Sat
Partly Cloudy Showers Showers

Related Articles