Offensive Tackle is a 17ft Warrior fishing boat imported from England.
Built to handle the rough & tough of the English Channel she is equally
at home trolling the outer slopes and sheltered lagoons of the Great Astrolabe
barrier reef.
She has a crew of one and can take up to three guest anglers.
On board are fish finder, GPS, VHF radio, EPIRB, auxiliary engine and
full safety gear.
Offensive Tackle offers guests a complete range of fishing including
trolling lures along the miles of reef systems and outer barrier reef
slopes, casting in the mangroves, deep water jigging, casting poppers
for GTs and trolling the blue water for sailfish, tuna, mahi mahi and
monster wahoo.
The Gear
Shimano Penn Pakula Wellsys
Halco Rapala
Offensive
Tackle carries 30lb Class Shimano TLD25s on Excaliber custom built rods
and Penn Powersticks.
These lever drag reels are easy enough to use for the first time angler
but capable of handling the hard fighting reef predators and sport fish
found all around the island.
In addition we can carry casting rods for the popper crunching GTs as
well as deep water jig outfits to find those deeper reef dwellers such
as dog tooth tuna, coral trout and black trevally.
The Praise
"it has been well documented in fishing magazines that these islands
not only produce an amazing variety of tropical gamefish, but also that
the fish seem to come in exceptionally large sizes"
"...it seems the wahoo only come in two sizes - big and
bigger !"
"Our overnight stay at the pretty Matava Resort was a wonderful
experience and here traditional thatched Fijian bures set among the lush
hilly rainforest offer magnificent views of the lagoon and fringing reef"