Fishing
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The fishing is superb. An outside reef is broken with channels or passes into continuous lagoons, kilometers wide in places. The islands lie within this lagoon, a maze of channels, coral reef, sand, mudflat and mangroves.
There is no commercial fishing, only local people fishing for their own needs and occasional excess on the local ferry to Honiara. Local people will be your guides and boat drivers, in 22 feet solid, open glass boats with big outboards. Australian winter months are the most pleasant climate wise, wind and swell in the open ocean fairly light. You can fish any time or all of the time. Even the village jetty has trevally action – the silver and blue fellas occasionally terrorising the bait fish. Colourful diving lures (3-6 m) over the outside reef will attract big fish – gear up! 4016 with long wire trace is a must. Anything on the surface you can go lighter, usually barracuda, tuna and big trevally. Fishing over the reefs inside the lagoon is more forgiving, same species just smaller. Plenty of small barra and trevally that will go on anything, even a single hook with a little white nylon rope tied on. Small plastics in the shallows and mangroves are also productive. Schools of bonito (tuna) in the lagoon early morning and late afternoon but you have to share them with the dolphins. Trevally anywhere, anytime on bait fish from the jetty. MOST EFFECTIVE LURES FOR KAGATA Get the right lures before you come. Come prepared with wire leader as the fish have extremely sharp teeth, especially Spanish Mackerel which are plentiful and aggressive fighters. Brand: Halco Product: Laser Pro 190 DD Depth: 2-6 metres Use: Trolling Colour: Pilchard red head, gold and green. Fish: Range of trevally, Mackerel, Tuna, Mahi mahi, Coral trout, Mangrove Jack, Barracuda. Brand: Gulp – Jerk shads. Product: Vader, white, nuclear chicken in 5 – 7 inch. Use: Casting, Jigging Note: Must be coupled with jig head. Fish: Coral trout, Trevally, cod, mangrove jack, spotted tail bass. Types of fish in the Solomons Spanish Mackerel Wahoo Sail Fish Yellow Fin Tuna Dog Tooth Tuna Mackerel Tuna Mahi Mahi Cobia Barracuda Blue Trevally Giant Trevally Papuan Trevally Turrum Red Bass Sweet Lip Coral Trout Coronation Trout Foot Ball Trout Green Job Fish Black Spotted Cod Snub Nose Cod Mangrove Jack Spot Tail Bass Wolf Herring Paddle Tail Diamond Trevally Marlin Squid Milk Fish Lobster Mud Crab
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Diving
Photo - Ben Aboody
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You will experience an extraordinary array of differing structures and bio-assemblage; including shallow and deep coral gardens with magnificent drop-offs, ledges and gutters, sharks, all manner of light game fish and an enormous range of reef fish. Turtles, mantas and eagle rays are common sights, together with the friendly hammerheads. Kagata Frens offers you the best choice for diving or snorkeling on the virgin reefs and soft coral overhangs.
Solomon Islands diving has gained an enviable world-wide reputation that’s unsurpassed. |
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