Fishing Legend Geoff Thomas in Town!

Well we had a great week with Geoff and Robin filming for 'Outdoors with Geoff'.

Kicked off with a dinner with the fishing lads involved in the week. Next day with a few sore heads we were off to fish land based. We went to some pretty scary heights to get to the good spots. Unfortunately no fish, but a great day and great weather to start things off.

Sunday is a day of rest here but we hit the sightseeing tracks, walks and swimming spots on the Sunday. Monday saw the first charter fish with two nice mahi-mahi coming on board. Next day it was out with Niue dive, and uga (giant crab) hunt and another charter fish. Pretty quiet on the water but still lots of fun.

Wednesday saw a vaka fishing competition form the locals. I went out in my kayak with the canoes - a few strikes but nothing landed. The local boys however were bringing in fish the size of their canoes, - tuna, wahoo and mahi-mahi. Geoff got a personal best wahoo of 31kg that he could bearly lift! The competition followed with a prize giving form Geoff and I and a few beers with the locals. The uga crab was out that night and a big one brought back by Willie and Geoff.

Next morning another charter with Willie, this time it was all on 2 x great wahoo (all 25kg plus) and 1 x barracuda - Geoff was buzzing and has promised to be back next year for another crack. We finished the week at washaways with a few locals for a farewell BBQ.

A great week, great promotion for Niue and well did I mention I love my job!