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A blog by IGFA Captain Adrian Watt highlighting gamefishing in the Fiji Islands including salt water fishing, fly fishing, game fishing, sport fishing and popping.
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\'Tease Me\' Goes Into Action
Our brand new inshore popper boat 'Tease Me' just had her first popper casting bash taking visiting anglers Sam Cheadle and Dave Olson out for a couple of popper casting sessions along Kadavu Island's Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef. Sam and Dave are ne...
New Inshore Popper Boat "Tease Me"
Tease MeWe have just taken delivery of our new inshore popping & jigging boat 'Tease Me' and despite the recent direct hit from Tropical Cyclone Mick, she now rests safely on her mooring at Matava Resort.Full specs will be detailed soon on the ga...
December Gamefishing Report
It has been a bit of a topsy turvey run up to Christmas with very unusual water temperatures and even a direct hit from a Cat 2 Cyclone thrown in for good measure.Whilst the normal incoming flood of hot summer water hovers to the North West of the Fi...
Big Blue Marlin
We have a group of very nice Kiwi divers here at the moment enjoying diving on the Great Astrolabe Reef in front of Matava Eco-Adventure Resort. Yesterday, after a morning of diving and snorkeling with a Whale shark, we took four lucky divers out fo...
New Wahoo Record
Yes, congrats are in order for Mr Ed Sturdy who last week successfully fought and landed a new Fiji National Record Wahoo after a 35 minute fight on 15kg line class aboard Bite Me.When the wahoo finally came to the boat Richard sank the gaff in and ...
Traveller Reviews - Peaceful and Relaxing - TripAdvisor
Matava is a tiny eco resort with room for only about 22 guests. All guests eat together and we made some great friends this way. The staff are unique and funny. The location is so lovely, by the sea and very remote so it feels like a real adventure ...
APS Kadavu, Fiji Trip (Apr/May 2009)
After our very successful trip recently, we are very confident to organize equally successful trip for our customers. The season is ending shortly and we have 2 sets of date for those who wish to fish Kadavu with us. 5 days fishing with Capt Adrian ...
Record Dogtooth Tuna
Now I am back ashore, some more info on the big doggie.It was caught jigging on a Shimano 325g butterfly jig by angler Bill Busch aboard Bite Me using a Zenaq jig rod and Shimano Trinidad spooled with Power Pro 80lb spectra.Fight time 45 minutes.It w...
Matava Resort in Fiji is a fly-fishing paradise.: Fiji Fly-Fishing | Fly Rod & Reel
By: Cam Sigler Jr. International “Lots of bait on the finder, get ready,” were the words spoken by Captain Adrian just moments before the chaos broke out. Both trolled baits on the left side went down in whitewater explosions and a 60-pound t...
Bite Me open for 2009 Blue Marlin World Cup Bookings
Bite Me is looking to enter the 2009 Blue Marlin World Cup and seeks an angler or team of anglers to compete in this years one day tournament. Vanuatu is believed to be the hot blue marlin destination for South Pacific anglers but what most people do...
IGFA Certified Sport Fishing Captains - Best Charter Captains in the World
Captain Adrian Watt Kadavu, Fiji Islands Phone: 679 3336 222 Email: info@matava.com www.matava.com IGFA Certified Sport Fishing Captains - Best Charter Captains in the World"Bite Me" Matava Resort Kadavu Fiji Islands www.matava.com ...
Denarau Game & Sport Fishing Club
Denarau Game & Sport Fishing Club P.O Box 13, Port Denarau Post Office, Denarau, Fiji Islands From the President Bula!!!! Its gives me great pleasure to bring you the first newsletter for the New Year, I hope you all enjoy our new look tight l...
World's Best, Top Rated Fishing Resorts and Lodges - North America, British Columbia, Alaska, Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Brazil, Belize
Fiji's one and only listing by IGFA as one of the World's Best, Top Rated Fishing Resorts and Lodges FIJI Matava Resort Gamefishing +(679) 3336-222 www.matava.com World's Best, Top Rated Fishing Resorts and Lodges - ...
AOL Video of Black Marlins in Fiji
Watch more metacafe videos on AOL Video"Bite Me" Matava Resort Kadavu Fiji Islands www.matava.com ...
Pacific Bluefin Tuna World Record
Lynn Salvidge and her husband bruce spent a couple of days in June aboard Bite Me having some fun with the wahoo and Lynn honed her big fish fighting skills taking a W-10kg line class Fiji National Record Pacific Sailfish.With that record under her b...
Extreme Sports Aboard Bite Me
Now and again, the hard working Directors of Matava Resort get the chance to take a day off and go play with toys normally reserved for guest activities. Sometimes we go explore diving along the mile upon mile of outer slopes of the Great Astrolabe B...
Fiji Grander Blue Marlin
Its not common but occasionally I have the pleasure of taking a guest marlin fishing who's aim is not so much to catch a marlin, but to catch a BIG marlin. Some guests have been marlin fishing all around the world and are more interested in achieving...
Head about to explode girl who is going to fiji next week - TripAdvisor
Fiji forums: Head about to explode girl who is going to fiji next week - TripAdvisor"-Kadavu Island. Great island! Rugged, untamed, adventurous. Matava is wonderful - they have a dorm, also a private bure with shared bathroom facilities for a great p...
Fiji Saltwater Fishing Report - April-May 2008
For the waters around Kadavu Island- Fiji Islands - South Pacific.Charter Operator - Matava Resort GamefishingBoat Names - Bite Me (Offshore) and Offensive Tackle (Inshore)Average Water Temp - 29.5Average Sea State - 40% Wind chop to 2ft, groundswell...
Fiji National Record Released
IGFA Rep Tam and his wife Dee Little took a break from their excellent home town Australian NT barra & inshore reef fishing to have some fun with the bluewater gamefishing around Kadavu Island.Blue marlin were the target choice and with excellent...
Misty Gorillas of Kadavu - New Research
Misty Gorillas of Kadavu - New Research One fact usually overlooked by visitors to Kadavu Island are the rarely seen primates that inhabit the inaccessible jungle covered interior mountains.The original black & white movie 'King Kong' was fil...
Another Fiji National Record on Bite Me!
Angler: Magdeline KoSpecies: Giant Trevally Weight: 9.4kgPlace: Kadavu Boat: Bite MeLure: Mother-in-Law popper from PalmFishingSkipper: Capt Adrian WattsDeckie: Glen GardnerWell done Magdeline!"Bite Me" Matava Resort Kadavu Fiji Islands www.matava.c...
Matava gets TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 6 hotels in Kadavu Island
TripAdvisor:Matava gets TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 6 hotels in Kadavu Island TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 6 hotels in Kadavu Island "Bite Me" Matava Resort Kadavu Fiji Islands www.matava.com...
Alex Creagh & Crystal Waters chartered Bite Me
Alex & Crystal chartered Bite Me last week to add some tropical angling adventure to their honeymoon holiday at Matava Resort. Their sights were set on a Pacific Blue Marlin but day one proved that successful marlin fishing requires a dash of lad...
Yasawa Islands forums: trying to decide - TripAdvisor
Yasawa Islands forums: trying to decide - TripAdvisor"If you want secluded, look up Matava on Kadavu. That is by far the most wonderful place i have ever been and i have traveled.This is real Fiji, and that staff there, well, i wanted to take them al...
Saltwater Fishing Report – September / October 2007
For the waters around Kadavu Island- Fiji Islands – South Pacific.Charter Operator – Matava Resort GamefishingBoat Names – Bite Me (Offshore) and Offensive Tackle (Inshore)Average Water Temp – 25.0Average Sea State – 70% Wind chop to 4ft, g...
Traveler Reviews - Loved it - we'll be back - TripAdvisor
Kadavu Island: Matava - The Astrolabe Hideaway - Traveler Reviews - Loved it - we'll be back - TripAdvisor"We spent a week at Matava in November 06 and it was everything we anticipated and more. I'm not a diver but my partner is and he did some brill...
Current Fiji National Records Held at Matava: 20
Men’sM-04kg Yellowfin TunaM-04kg Mahi Mahi (Dolphinfish)M-04kg Narrowbarred MackerelM-04kg BarracudaM-04kg Rainbow RunnerM-04kg Skipjack TunaM-04kg WahooM-04kg Giant Trevally **M-04kg KawakawaM-06kg KawakawaM-06kg WahooM-08kg Pacific SailfishM-10k...
Fiji forums: Romantic get away??? - TripAdvisor
Fiji forums: Romantic get away??? - TripAdvisor"as always, matava on the island of kadavu....each to his own, but i still dream of sitting on our deck, looking out at the island across from us, watching the tides go in and out....walking to dinner ,...
