July 12th, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

Our sensational new 32ft EdgeWater center console, ‘Azzurra’, has now arrived in Vanuatu and aside from turning plenty of heads, has added an impressive variety of trophy sport and game fish from its recent Port Vila charters.

July 10th, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

I have just returned from an unforgettable experience fishing for GTs in New Caledonia, I was really not sure what to expect on this trip but it delivered the goods on all fronts. The guides Étienne and Manu are world class I just can’t say enough good things about these two hard working guys.

June 2nd, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

Shaun Raymond and his well traveled fishing family recently spent a week fishing New Caledonia’s far north. During the remote live on board they caught plenty of variety of pelagics and reef fish. They encountered a good number of seriously big GT’s, all of which handed them a severe lesson in heavy tackle popper fishing in nasty territory.

May 31st, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

Check out Jack Scrine’s article from the Modern Fishing March 2011 Issue, “Lord of the Kings”, part 3 of a “Conquering KIWI LAND” series featuring incredible top-water kingy fishery in New Zealand’s beautiful North Island.

May 30th, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

Jade Evans went on an Ocean Blue Fishing Adventure to New Caledonia in April and fell in love with the stunning island and the massive GT’s. “Another trip with Etienne is definitely on the cards with a bit of the east coast mixed in would be perfect. ” – Jade Evans

May 17th, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

“We have seen enough to wet our appetite and plan to return when the surface action is hottest, In the meantime we can only dream of bettering the 50+ pound mark and catching one of these giants on a surface stick bait.” – Keith Wallin

April 12th, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

“I’m not sure if Glenn’s GT would have gone thirty kilos, but the strike and fight was spectacular and the whole reason why I love chasing these fish. It took a stick bait off the surface leaving a huge crater in the oceans surface. It was bloody amazing to watch, and very hard not to get jealous.” -Brad Bell, Jan 2011

February 25th, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

‘Seeing the giant fish come completely out of the water to smash your lure and then chasing the fish around the reefs in crystal clear water while trying to hang on to the wildly gyrating rod is an experience that has no equal in fishing that I know of.’ Check Dan Smith’s report here.

February 24th, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

David and Craig, our friends from the USA, have just returned to Fiji’s stunning Ono Island for their second annual fishing adventure. They flew in from LA to enjoy a week of solid GT popping action along the Great Astrolabe Reef which surrounds Ono and Kadavu…

February 2nd, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

Eagle eyed Vanuatu skipper Andrea Traverso recalls this lucky encounter he had recently. GT fishing Vanuatu is pretty much an offshore proposition but a shore caught GT anywhere is a great capture in anyone’s books.

February 2nd, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

It’s exciting to picture what can be achieved here now with the evolution towards topwater stickbait techniques for these cool water torpedo’s.

November 26th, 2010 | By Ocean Blue

Seasoned New Cal angler Stan Konstantaras was after something different for his latest Ocean Blue jaunt to this pelagic paradise. This fishing adventure had Stan and a mate ‘rough it’ at a beach camp within easy striking distance of pristine light tackle fishing grounds.

November 26th, 2010 | By Ocean Blue

‘The accommodation and fishing at both surf camp locations are fantastic. This combined with one of the most accommodating guides I have ever fished with makes New Caledonia a place that I will be going back to, many a time!’ Check Murray Gibbs’ report here.

November 5th, 2010 | By David Noble

“Hi Dave, What a day!!! We’re on the way back in, It’s been a triple digit day – over 100 kingfish between the two of us, all on topwater! What more can I say but just totally awesome! Cheers Malcolm”
Live feed from Tauranga Bay of Plenty November ’10

October 6th, 2010 | By Ocean Blue

Despite almost not making it onto his flight, Joe Kolossa made it to New Caledonia to fish with Joel Carpenter on a 4 day west coast New Caledonia GT popping adventure in late August. Read his full report and check out the awesome photos from the trip here!

October 5th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Read angler Grant Zietsman’s report from the recent Kuala Rompin scheduled trip, where he and 15 other anglers headed to the Malaysian sailfish hotspot for 4 days awesome sailfishing. Look out for Dan Trotter’s article in an upcoming issue of Modern Fishing!

September 10th, 2010 | By David Noble

Read the report from Dave’s recent trip across to Tauranga in NZ, chasing hoodlum kingfish on topwater lures with renowned GT angler Malcolm Crane. Dave reckons he got more 1m+ kingfish to the boat in one day than he’s had in Sydney in the last 3 years…

August 27th, 2010 | By Mark Armistead

The fishing is getting better as every week goes by over in NZ, with fat, well conditioned kingfish getting ready to spawn that are hitting both jigs & surface lures with aggression. Check out skipper Mark Armistead’s latest trip report and pics from a recent charter.

August 24th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Italian angler Alessandro Di Rito and is partner recently stayed at Nekweta lodge for 5 days, fitting in a few sessions on the lagoon between kitesurfing. His best GT for the trip was 43kg, but he’s sure he dropped a couple over the magic 50kg mark…

August 20th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Soon Young recently headed back over to Vanuatu for his second sport fishing adventure, fishing with skipper Andrea Traverso. During the trip he split his time between surface popping and vertical jigging, with a number of different species caught using both techniques.

August 18th, 2010 | By Mark Armistead

The topwater action in New Zealand has really started to fire; stickbaits have proven to be a better option than jigging during the last few sessions, with anglers taking advantage of the kingies’ aggressive surface bite and putting some serious bends in their casting rods.

August 12th, 2010 | By Ocean Blue

Angler Greg Williams and 4 work mates got away for a great fishing trip to Kuala Rompin over the first week in August. They looked past their local options including barramundi fishing Kakadu for the trip up to the regions sailfish capital, Kuala Rompin Malaysia!

July 16th, 2010 | By Mark Armistead

Across the ditch in New Zealand, peak kingfish season is not far away! Skipper Mark Armistead reckons the surface fishing should start to fire as juvenile squid move into the Bay of Plenty, predicting some excellent fishing if the last few years are anything to go by.

July 14th, 2010 | By Mark Armistead

Read skipper Mark Armistead’s report from the recent Top Catch jigging competition in Tauranga. They’re now entering peak kingfish season over in NZ, if you want to experience some incredible jigging and topwater fishing for yourself, contact us now.

July 13th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Happy Hooker took top honours at the recent Blue Marlin World Cup, with an awesome 1097lb fish from the Cape Verde Islands. This is the second time this captain/angler combo have won this event after winning with a 850lb fish in 2006, also from Cape Verde.

July 6th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Read the reports, and check out the photos & videos from a recent trip to New Caledonia, where 3 solo anglers got stuck into the local GTs, as well as a few other line-burning species. The boys agreed to make it an annual trip only half way through the first day!

June 28th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

For anyone who missed the article, read Grant Dixon’s story from NZ Fishing News recounting their readers’ trip to New Caledonia’ west coast with Ocean Blue. Plenty of good GTs were released, including a few 40kg+ specimens and a 28kg GT caught on snapper gear!

June 15th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Andrew Cox, the new Australian Jigging Master agent, recently got back from his first trip to the legendary Three Kings Islands in New Zealand. Read the report and check out all the photos from the trip below!

June 11th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Check out this new video of Dan Theodoulou’s awesome dogtooth tuna!
Caught jigging off Fiji’s Ono Island, Dan hooked this beast on the very first drop of the trip, setting the new resort record at 65kg!

May 24th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

New Ono Island GT Popping Video!
Check out Jack Olmos’s awesome Fiji GT popping video, filmed during a trip to Ono Island with 3 mates in March 2010. This is just part one, stay tuned for further instalments…

May 7th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Fiji fishing at it’s finest!
Check out some of the recent captures from Fiji’s Coral Coast! The last few weeks have seen some awesome fishing for GTs, mahi mahi and yellowfin tuna, and now the wahoo are starting to move in.

April 19th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

First-time GT poppers David, Bernard, Jack and Drew recently returned from an incredible first trip to Fiji’s Ono Island, which has definitely spawned an obsession for this explosive pursuit! Check out David’s report and a whole bunch of photos from the group here.

March 15th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

The Rowley’s recently returned from an awesome trip to New Caledonia’s West coast, where the boys not only got stuck into a heap of GTs, but also experienced the variety that the area holds. Read Brian’s short report and check out his photos here.

March 11th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

Read Jarrod Day’s awesome report from his Ocean Blue trip to New Caledonia’s Southern Lagoon region, where he fished with our guide Olivier Quach on both the 28ft Luhrs Express and 49ft Gamefisher. Read the complete article here, or download the pdf for printing.

February 8th, 2010 | By Rowan Stanek

ANSA NSW President Stan Konstantaras and mates Mitch and Marinos recently headed over to New Caledonia’s West Coast to fish with Super Guide Etienne Picquel. It was so good they’re already organising two return trips for later in the year!

January 25th, 2010 | By David Noble

Ocean Blue’s Anthony and David headed over to New Cal last December with BlueWater journalist Gregg Haythorpe and Anthony’s brother David. The boys caught up with guide Etienne Picquel to learn first-hand about the GT tagging program he has set up.

December 14th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Matt O’Brien and partner Jessica recently fished remote Espiritu Santo region on board our 43ft Cabo, scoring yellowfin tuna, mahi mahi and Matt’s first marlin! As if the fishing wasn’t good enough, Matt’s marriage proposal was the highlight of the trip!

December 14th, 2009 | By David Noble

David has just spent 4 days enjoying Ratua Private island resort in Vanautu, a lavish base for gamefishing the Santo region. Everything was sensational, however the marauding feeding fish kept him awake at night…

December 14th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Tom Offerman’s group recently returned from New Caledonia’s West Coast region, where they got stuck into the resident cod, coral trout and GTs, including a monster fish estimated at 70kg that was lost boatside!

December 14th, 2009 | By Rob Chang

If the fishing in Rompin was good a few weeks ago, it’s unbelievable at the moment! The current anchovy run has really fired up the fishery, here’s Rob’s latest report from last week’s trip with a group of anglers from the top end…

December 14th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Our 43ft Cabo Sportfisher has been doing well over in Vanuatu in the past few weeks, with recent charters providing anglers with numerous successful shots at both blue and black marlin, as well as yellowfin tuna and mahi mahi.

December 14th, 2009 | By David Noble

David Noble recounts the recent BlueWater Readers’ Trip to Kuala Rompin, where he joined BlueWater editor Tim Simpson and 15 other lucky anglers from around Australia (and Thailand!) for 4 days of incredible sailfishing.

December 14th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Francesco Avezzu and Peter and Karyn Stubbs, were the fortunate anglers on our scheduled trip to New Caledonia’s West Coast in late August. Check out Francesco’s report and photos from their five days of unbelievable fishing.

December 14th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

With the 43ft Cabo settled in to Vanuatu, it was time to get out on the water! First to fish were Australian Chris Langton and Graham Muhl, first time game fishermen who were enjoying a few days over in Vanuatu from the Gold Coast.

July 22nd, 2009 | By Rob Chang

Rob’s latest report from Kuala Rompin, where the sailfish are starting to congregate in numbers. This short trip yielded a couple of double hook ups and numerous dropped fish, which looks promising for the upcoming peak season.

July 14th, 2009 | By David Noble

A recount of the first day from my recent week in our newest New Caledonia location, Poindimie. I couldn’t ask for a better welcome than the GT fishing we experienced straight up! Stay tuned for the footage from this trip.

July 2nd, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

US anglers David Ferrario and Scott Gurney had a few spare days while in Fiji, and organised a short last minute trip across to Ono Island, staying at Oneta resort, where the boys racked up 12 species in two days!

June 16th, 2009 | By David Noble

John Westcott recounts his recent adventure to Ono Island, where he encountered frothing schools of Tuna, Mahi Mahi and even Pilot Whales – all within half an hour of stepping off the plane, on the boat transfer to the resort!

June 11th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

After 5 days in Kuala Rompin, Ocean Blue’s Anthony Pisano returned to the office with tales of early-season sails as far as the eye could see…

June 4th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Anthony Pisano recounts day 3 of his Kuala Rompin sailfish adventure.

June 3rd, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Overnight, Anthony sent me this report detailing the group’s second day of sailfishing in Kuala Rompin.

June 3rd, 2009 | By David Noble

Ocean Blue’s Anthony Pisano is currently in Kuala Rompin with John Ashley, Rick Huckstepp and a few select anglers to get into the action himself. I had a chat with him on Skype this morning about how their first day went.

May 28th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Local Sydney angler Tony Raspudic recently returned from fishing at our West Coast destination in New Caledonia with a few new GT popping PB’s under his belt.

May 28th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Luke Bannon recounts his recent adventure to the Southern province of New Caledonia, where he and his mates were based at Kanua Tera Ecolodge for 4 days.

May 28th, 2009 | By Jarrod Day

Jarrod Day recounts his week fishing the Southern Lagoon in New Caledonia, where he encountered a range of species, from big coral trout to Yellow Fin Tuna and of course, big GTs!

May 28th, 2009 | By David Noble

David Noble recounts his recent trip to Ono Island, north of Kadavu Island in Fiji.

May 28th, 2009 | By David Noble

Stuart Smith recounts his recent Ono Island Adventure, where his son caught his first trevally 15 minutes after stepping off the plane!

May 28th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Calvin Rhodes recounts his latest successful trip to Espiritu Santo, in Vanuatu’s north.

May 28th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

A quick recap of the season so far in Fiji’s Coral Coast.

May 28th, 2009 | By Rowan Stanek

Recent September charters to remote Santo in the north of Vanuatu has resulted in some great fish landed. Captures include Blue marlin, plenty of wahoo and dogtooth tuna, solid yellowfin tuna, bull mahi mahi and one of the biggest sailfish recently landed which would have been nudging a record if not released.