Christmas Island report (pix heavy)

WOW,  what a place to fish!!  I started my trip back on Tues. morn,  with a 1 hr. truck drive, 3 hr. flight, followed by a 5 hr. flight and then followed by another 5 hr. flight and then a 1 hr. bus ride to mid town Mathattan to be at work by 8 AM. 7500 miles and 21 hr. commute and I was ready to start my 15 hr. work day.

The fishing was insane,  with many big GT's and about 20 other different species of snappers, groupers and every other excotic species that I had no idea what they were.   The fishing mainly consisted of jigging in water from 50 feet to 300 feet.  After the 300 feet,  the water was about 1000 feet,  which made for impossible jigging.  We used butterfly jigs from 5-7 oz.  and the weight was needed with the strong winds and fast moving current.   It was very rare that we went 5 drops without a fish.

There was also crazy action on the flats with big GT's caught on bait while standing on the flats and throwing chunks of bait into the deeper water.  If you wanted to catch big fish all day,  that was the way to go.  I even drifted in my kayak in the deep water and landed plenty of GT's this way,  if standing on the flats is not your thing.

On one of my last drops, my line started heading for the surface and I looked up and saw a sailfish, about 6-7 feet long hooked up on my jig!  I locked down the reel and fought the fish for about a minute before it surfaced again about 50 feet in front of me.  After the second jump,  the line broke,  with my heart racing like crazy.  I will see that fish in my dreams for a looooong time!  What a sight.

The lodge was great,  with clean rooms, showers and air conditioners and all the meals were top notch.

I can't say enough great things about the trip, and for all of you people on the west coast, it's "almost" an easy commute!  LOL

If you want to experience a kayaking trip of a lifetime,  get in touch with Allen or BoogieD and start planning!

Here are a bunch of pictures from the trip.













































Danny V 

Amazing stuff right there, would LOVE to make that trip someday!

Thanks for re-posting the report here Dan.  This place definitely on my "bucket list" 

Cool colors.  Even their lobsters are pretty wild looking.  Nice going.   

Wow thanks for sharing those awesome pics!  I can just imagine catching one of those giant trevally.

Rey

Wow....

Sure looks like Christmas to me!    Such beautiful fish!!!  Wow, soooo many different kinds!!!    Thanks for the dreamy report! 

Nicely done Danny!

I suppose at this point I should say ... NOW BOOKING CHRISTMAS ISLAND MAY 2013!!!     If interested, you know where to reach me.

-Allen

Wow! I'd love to participate in one of those trips someday.

Jedmo

OH MAN!!!!!!!!!
Living the dream right there.
What kind of fish is the blue speckled multi colored one? It is so colorful it almost looks fake.

Damn. I see Ulua like that in my dreams. Bad ass trip.

That is so cool. Great pics.
I can't wait for this economy to change a bit.

Luis

Nice report looks like paradise......the one without Halibut 

Gorgeous

  Nice!! those Parrot Fish are  good eating fish. 


Kiel

Holy Toledo, unbelievable yak trophies!