At Lucky's Beach, we love to fish. Our favorite type is popping for Giant Trevally (GT)
Your guide has over 15 years experience popping in Hawaii and has spent the last 4 years searching Vava'u for prime fishing locations. He would love to take you to the remote reefs to try your luck with these bruts of the sea.
Your fishing platform is named Lupo. In the Tongan Language it is the name of the smaller Trevally (quick and agile). Lupo is a Boston Whaler, Montauk 17, which is excellent for 2 anglers,one forward and one aft. It is powered by a 2009 Yamaha 60 HP 4-stroke for quiet cruising the reef edges.
You will need to bring your own equipment for these fish as I would not be able to maintain a large enough stock of lures or poles to keep up with these fish. They are hard on the equipment!
Warning: Fighting this kind of fish can be physically challenging, not to mention just getting to some of the land based remote locations. Please be sure to ask all possible questions before booking GT fishing trips, especially land based ones.
English Translation - When the GT comes around, we forget about the small black reef fish.
This proverb is used in many contexts - When Famous people come to visit we forget about the little people.
This information was kindly provided by Mr. Bruno Toke of the Ministry of Tourism in Vava'u
Some photos of Kenzaburou Fukui (holder
of 4 IGFA GT records) on his trip to Vava'u, Tonga. I had the
honor of taking him and his cameraman "Iga" to one of the remote
islands for land based popping. What an amazing fisherman! Not many
people could have landed that fish.
GT Fishing
