Superb blue water
sport and big game fishing awaits you from your base at Matava - The
Astrolabe Hideaway. Kadavu island is volcanic in origin and rises 3,000
meters from the ocean floor. Surrounded by hundreds of miles of fringing
coral, the island also has 50 miles of great barrier reef forming sheltered
lagoons and steep outer reef drop-offs.
Matava
- The Astrolabe Hideaway has two fishing boats available for guests
to charter:
Big
Game Fishing aboard 'Bite Me'
For the
keen billfish angler or those hoping to tag their first marlin, we offer
'Bite Me', our brand new purpose built big game fishing boat.
Bite Me is a 31ft DeepVee 310, fully outfitted for big game fishing.
Bite Me is the current holder of 3 Fiji National Records including the 8kg
and 10kg line class Pacific Sailfish records. Our specialty is teasing up
these billfish using Switch & Bait techniques.
Anglers
wanting to spend an exciting few hours or those sport fishing for the first
time can do so by trying their hand at catching some of the huge variety
of tropical predators such as GTs, Spanish mackerel, mahi mahi or coral
trout and maybe catch one for the BBQ that night.
The resort has a Tag
& Release policy on all billfish and a Catch & Release on all other
species. We do however take home dinner and our cooks will be delighted
to prepare your catch for the dinner plate. Sashimi, Kokoda, griller mahi
mahi, baked trevally . . . You catch it, we cook it !
