Game Fishing Vanuatu

Fishing In Vanuatu is great most days and even better others. Mark came to Vanuatu to complete some work on a turtle monitoring program out on Mosso Island just north of Port Vila. He was staying in town for a day or two before he headed out to the island and heard the yellow fin were about and asked us if we could fit in a 4 hour charter. We shot out after lunch and headed for Pango Bird. A couple of hours into the trip a blue marlin of about 60kg climbed on and was soon released by the boat. Less than an hour later we had about 3 strikes, one being a mahi-mahi and the other 2 yellowfin. the only one that stuck was the yellow fin and after an hour battle turned out to be a 60kg model. Mark booked another charter for his return from the island so having a little longer time we headed north. By late morning we caught another blue marlin. this time it was much bigger at about 140kg and latter in the afternoon caught and released a nice sail fish at about 30kg. I reckon mark had a pretty good couple of days fishing here in Vanuatu.

Mark Lumsden catches 2 blue marlin and a 60kg yellowfin and  a sail fish while fishing in Vanuatu

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Rating: 9 out of 10 (from 73 votes)

Marlin Fishing In Vanuatu rates up there with the best in the world. As a lot of people do these days Andrew had his holiday in Vanuatu booked and organised before he left Australia. He had contacted us a said he would like to do a couple of shared 8 hour charters while he was her. Unfortunately or more so fortunately we weren’t able to math him up with another angler so he opted to take Shogun on his own for a day.

During the boat brief Andrew mentioned some yellowfin action and a marlin would be nice however he understood that the fish pich so even a G.t would be nice.

We headed out to where the yellowfin have been frequenting of recent and there were a few birds but no action. We took a run past the Fish Aggregating Device and had a double hook up of mahi-mahi. From there is was further north and by 10.30 we were hooked up on a marlin. After about 10min this was released to fight another day.

By lunch we had a yellowfin hookup but ended with a pulled hook. We had another yellow fin strike but no cigar.

The day was rounded out with a sailfish attack at Devils Point on the way home. The sail had a put on a few lures and in spite of the boys trying hard to tease the fish up it just wouldn’t hook up. A great day out though.

Marlin Fishing in Vanuatu, come and have a go.

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Rating: 9 out of 10 (from 91 votes)

A good days fishing in Vanuatu. When it comes to game fishing, Vanuatu has got to be up there with the best. Will and Christie were here in Vanuatu on a family holiday. Originally they booked Shogun for a days fishing with 4 other guests. As we see so often when it comes to crunch time and seeing who is actually going on the charter the numbers drop. Some wives won’t allow their husband to go or vica versa or any of the million other reasons people come up with.

Will rang me the night before the charter to let me know the numbers had changed so we didn’t over cater for lunches and refreshments which was greatly appreciated. One the morning of the charter Will and Christie arrived and brought with them a heap of their own tackle as well.

A Good Days Fishing In Vanuatu

Will mentioned during the boat brief that he would like to catch a marlin however he was keen just to catch some fish.
We got to the fishing grounds and there were yellow fin everywhere but not easy to catch. We had one on and got bitten of and latter caught another. We went on to catch some X.O.S skip jack tuna and then rounded out the afternoon with a blue marlin. Well done to Will for sticking to his guns and coming fishing when everyone else had pulled out and he was well rewarded. Game fishing in Vanuatu doesn’t get any better than that.

A Good Days Fishing In Vanuatu

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Rating: 7 out of 10 (from 96 votes)