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 Great job, Keeper of the Boat! by Geisha_Girl
We found the nearby secluded island to pull up our boat and prepare our Polynesian feast !!
Watching our local guides prepare the fish island-style (from cleaning, gutting, and roasting over burning coconut husks and palm leaves), we learned so much!
Christian and I gathered fresh seashells to use to scrape meat from the fresh coconuts and prepare our own delicious version of the island delicacy, "Poisson Cru"
We packed fried rice prepared fresh at the guest house before departure, and ice cold beer, water, and soft drinks in the cooler.
Add that in with our freshly barbecued catch of the day, and we had a ROYAL FEAST!
Even our Aussie fisherman friends joined in on the party.
Speaking of which..........so how did those Bone Fisherman do? Leave a Comment Theme: Fishing Trips
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 Boneless! by Geisha_Girl
Their only mission to come to Fakarava was for the sport of Bone Fishing.
These professional fisherman travel all over the world to engage in this fly-fishing sport, and they have a magazine published in Australia about their excursions.
Bonefish inhabit tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, and the fisherman had much success the prior year finding them in the nearby islands of French Polynesia.
Alas, Fakarava produced no game for them.
Nevertheless, sun-drenched, sunburnt, and famished.......our feast back on the "Robinson Crusoe" island proved to be the welcome lift of their spirits that they needed. Leave a Comment Theme: Fishing Trips
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 Nice Catch! by Geisha_Girl
Our host at the guest house invited us to come aboard his fishing boat to drop off the other guests, a group of Bone-Fishing sportsmen from Australia.
With their heavy load of expensive gear, we dropped the Aussie crew off to their remote locale to seek out Bone Fish, while we took off (with our rusty hook, string, and stale squid as bait ) to catch lunch !!
I made my contribution to the menu (3 times!) with this lunker!
All you need is a boat, some string, a hook, and bait. Oh, and it helps to bring along 3 or 4 strong able men to help you reel up the BIG ones !! ;-)
Oh! Don't forget to lather on the SPF also! The sun can be a monster out there in the middle of paradise! Leave a Comment Theme: Fishing Trips
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 The HERO of Fakarava by Geisha_Girl
One by one, I saw the fish being tossed into the bins (yes, the one Christian was trailing alongside him). Those fish were relentless and tried wholeheartedly to jump back into the water!
Being the fearless Sybarite, Christian made every attempt not to let one of those creatures go. I saw him diving and bobbing his head in and out of the waters..........while swimming away from the school of sharks that were quickly circling him!
He made the heroic "rescue" of this little guy, diving straight down into the deep despite the sharks, to place him back with the others.
It was an "adrenaline rush" he says. For me it was sheer panic to watch it all take place!
"Can't we just stick to frozen fishsticks?" ;-) Leave a Comment Theme: Fishing Trips
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 Shark Tale: "Come hither,
little Geisha....." by Geisha_Girl
I made sure those freshly caught fish in the cooler didn't.........er........get away or get swiped by pirates !!!
Okay, okay, so I was being a sissy about going into the shark-infested waters ! ;-)
As a consolation, my guide re-assured me: "Don't worry, if you come into the water, the sharks won't come after you. They'll be after CHRISTIAN 'cuz he's the one carrying the bin of the freshly caught fish!"
SAY WHAT??!!! Leave a Comment Theme: Fishing Trips
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 Gun-totin' Fisherman by Geisha_Girl
Now I could see why.
As we moved our boat from place to place, trying to reel in more fish for lunch, the fish just didn't seem to be taking the bait.
So our guide took the men and made a dive undersea for some serious game.
Spear fishing requires a combination of strategy and technique. Although it seemed in these waters, even just a little technique was sufficient.
Once the fish came face to face with the tip of the spear guns, rather than make a run for it (as is the norm)........they froze still in their tracks making it quite easy to make the catch.
One by one they were caught. All in a matter of minutes.
However, as they were speared and caught......the scent and trails they left behind left room for those "unwanted" visitors: Les Requins !!!
One shouldn't go out spear fishing alone. It's always good to have one doing the fishing, and another collecting the catch ! Leave a Comment Theme: Fishing Trips
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 We saved them from the sharks! by Geisha_Girl
At one point we hit a dry spell, and no fish were being caught.
So what's the answer???
Bring in the BIG GUNS!!! Leave a Comment Theme: Fishing Trips
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 Thumbs up from the fishing
crew! by Geisha_GirlLeave a Comment Theme: Fishing Trips
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