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

Giant Trevally (GT'S)

Giant Trevally are permanent residents along the Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef and inshore coral lagoons. They are frequently caught all year round by simply trolling lures along reef adges and over large coral heads.

They are however a lot more fun when targeted using popper casting gear. The largest GTs inhabit the barrier reef outer slopes and in particular, the big reef breakers.

Fishing Weather

Kadavu has a typical tropical climate with the winter months being June to October and the summer being December to May.

Summertime is usually characterised by calm settled weather. Its calm, hot and humid which is great for spotting birds working tuna or finding current or weed lines for mahi mahi, tuna and billfish. The highest water temperature is about 30 degrees and the hottest months are usually February and March. The first cooling from the tropical heat starts around mid-April.

Bite Me usually concentrates on GT Popping, deepwater jigging and the offshore heavy tackle fishing during the summer months.

Wahoo

Wahoo and Adrian Watt, Kadavu, Fiji The wahoo season starts in earnest when the water temperature drops down below 26 degrees.

This is usually at the end of May however the weather, in particular a La Nina event can hold the water temperature up at 26.5 as late as June which results in a late start to the wahoo season.

Yellowfin Tuna

Yellowfin tuna migrate through Fiji’s waters twice a year and are therefore present for most of the year. Generally the runs are Jan/Feb/March/April and Jul/Aug/Sep though many yellowfin are caught outside of these months.

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Most schools along the edges of the reef range in size from 12lbs to 50lbs. Farther offshore we catch Yellowfin to 180lbs

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Billfish

Although billfish have seasons, the waters around Kadavu Island are so oceanic that billfish, in particular blue marlin, are caught year round.

If there are tuna around, there will be blues around. the blue marlin fishing is relatively quiet around the month of April when the water temperature reaches its peak however a slight dip in the water surface temperature and the bite can turn on overnight.

Blue Marlin in Kadavu, Fiji

The best weather of offshore heavy tackle Blue Marlin fishing is found in the summer months - December to May.

Blacks can be caught during March but the best months are August / September. This is however winter time when we often experience tradewinds that can limit us to fishing the lee side of the island.

Striped Marlin show briefly during August / September when the water temp dips below 25 degrees. We also catch juvenile striped marlin during April / May.

From May to October, large Pacific sailfish gather in packs along the reef and we target these packs using light tackle gear. Most sails are around 50-80lbs however we do get a few well over 100lbs.

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