EXPLORATION OF NORTH EASTERN & SOUTH WESTERN PASSES

After going in last month I had a much better understanding of the lay of the land so to speak. With all good flats fishing it is paramount importance to know depth and geography of a particular flat to be able to predict where and when you may see fish in the shallows feeding.

It’s also necessary to work out the direction the fish will travel in relation to the direction of the visibility on a flat at a particular time of day and tide height.

For example, on this flat we found to fish one section we needed to be there in the morning on an incoming tide and another section for the last of the run up and another place when the tide turned off high. Knowing tide height etc made it possible here to get Bonefish on most stages of the tide on the same flat complex.

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There were a lot of things that were enjoyable about being able to get to Nonouti but the most memorable was being invited to go traditional fishing with Kairiata (the Nonouti Island Magistrate) in his traditional outrigger canoe.

The guys dropped me off at Kairiata’s place and we headed out to a flat that he fishes regularly and he promised that later in the day part of the flat would be shallow enough to wade.

We had a great day and it further proved to me that this fishery is everything we’d heard it was.

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Our recent trip has received a lot of press and attention, both here in Australia and in Kiribati.

The Kiribati National Tourism Office had this to say in their recent newsletter:

Famil Tour to Nonouti
The KNTO in conjunction with Australian based salt water fly fishing company “Tie and Fly Outfitters” undertook an eight day ‘exploratory’ trip to the island of Nonouti in the Gilbert Islands to ascertain whether the island would for recreational ‘bone fishing’ similar to Kiritimati Island. The group of Australian’s headed by Tie n Fly’s managing director and internationally recognized fly fishing guide, Capt Gavin Platz saw first hand the potential Nonouti has a recreation fishing destination.

Click here to read the full story:

http://www.kiribatitourism.gov.ki/images/stories/Industry_Newsletter/Feb10.pdf

We are very proud to have been selected by the Kiribati Government to partner with them on this exciting project.

The next few groups that we take in with us will also be “exploratory” trips – there are acres of flats to explore and document… not to mention the coral bombies and the GT potential!

If you have a spirit of exploration and adventure, enjoy discovering a new culture and people – then this may be the trip for you!

Call us to register your interest today - 07 5444 0611.

Cheers
Gavin & Judy

We are proud to support the Nonouti Project in partnership with:

The Nonouti Island Council

Kiribati National Tourism Office

We were very excited when the Kiribati National Tourism Office approached Gavin in mid-2009 about the possibility of a new bonefish on fly destination in the Republic of Kiribati.

The region is already world famous for Kiritimati (Christmas) Island as a premier bonefish and giant trevally hot spot, so the opportunity to explore the raw potential of Nonouti Island was just too tempting.

After several phone & email conversations and a couple of meetings with the delegates from the Tourism Office, it was all set that we would visit at the end of January 2010 over the full moon. There was too much fun to be had for Gavin to go by himself, so I joined him along with our good friends and clients - Benn, Cameron & Mark.

We had no idea what we would find on the island... we knew it was very remote... we knew the accommodations were pretty basic (what a surprise we got when we arrived!)... and we had no idea about the boat situation...

CLICK HERE to read Gavin's Trip Report

PS - these are the "KiaKia" we slept in - very cool and comfortable - and they built them especially for us!