Epic Tropical Adventure: Photo Journal

[kjflyfish]

Five intrepid spearos ventured abroad for an adventure of a lifetime

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[BreathlessSight]

SOme very nice fish! :thumps: That red fish in post #6 is a big cig flag around here. They get rather large as well. Very nice Green Job Fish, nice dogs, and dolphin. Care to share some words to fit some of these photos?

[offduty]

Brilliant...as always.

[Red Tide]

Thanks for sharing. Nothing like paradise:beer:

[Powerhead]

A picture is worth a 1,000 words!

Awesome trip!

Thanks for sharing.

[spear'nfool]

great photos thanks for sharing, looks like a trip of a lifetime

[Man-O-War]

Nice YFT! Great pics, thanks for sharing

[Ocean811]

Thats pretty sweet:thumps:

[Bulit7]

Wow! some serious holes and crags in that reef! Trip of a lifetime. Those dugouts are something out of tha past couple of centuries! Nice.

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[gogators27]

nice kolt! the colors and coral in that reef are amazing... did you camp in that open hut & treehouse? absolutely beautiful!!

[float 'n stalk]

Incedible fish and pics Kolt.... Looks like an amazing trip.

Some good swag for the Shogun as well.

[matt888]

Kickass Kolt!!!! Amazing pictures! Stoked for you and your custom gun!:thumps:

[PV_Spearo]

Man sweet pics!!
Theres no telling what I would do to go on a trip like that right now!!

[settingsteel]

thx for posting eden Kolt...nice man, the smiles send the message home, great fish too:thumps:

[kjflyfish]

Hey Guys, sorry for the late reply - time zones...

Anyway, the trip was awesome, 6 strait days of spearo heaven. Luckily we didn't have to camp up in the tree house, although it was a pretty impressive structure. It's still the dead of Kiwi winter, so having a getaway like this was just so great. Warm water, warm breezes, warm people, and tons of fish. Can't ask for much more.

[Griswold]

Let me be the first to say that YOU SUCK!

[EEZerik]

Kolt, awesome. I loved looking at these pictures

Congratulations on the nice fish and good scenery...

Erik

[biggsy]

Awesome pics. The trip looked like it was a blast! :up:

[sbh]

Awsome trip Kolt!...I'm more than a little jealous. YFT, Doggies, and mahi all in the same trip. It might be hard to beat that anytime soon.
Thanks for sharing

[Kyle Parker]

those were some awsome pictures. what the hell bent that shaft???

[kjflyfish]

It was a dogtooth tuna that wrapped me up on the reef - one of three that I lost to sharks.

[deepdown]

Looks like a memorable trip Kolt. Great pics

[kjflyfish]

Awsome trip Kolt!...I'm more than a little jealous. YFT, Doggies, and mahi all in the same trip. It might be hard to beat that anytime soon.
Thanks for sharing

Don't forgot the wahoo...:thumps:

[kjflyfish]

I forgot that Frank got a couple pics of my double-lined mackerel. Pretty cool fish, even with a bluewater gun....

[fuzz]

Awesome adventure... so jealous... :D

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[Finbreaker]

I noticed you were from New Zealand... I am planning a trip there and I was wondering when you thought the best time for spearfishing was there in NZ? Also, any tips on places to charter spearfishing trips? Thanks and awesome pics from Vanauatu. I am jealous.

[Herby]

Kolt, looks like you guys did bloody well in Vanu!
Put a report on fishing.net.nz?

Finbreaker,
Feb-March-April is the best time for NZ.
Spearfishing is a very small sport in NZ so there are few (if any) spearfishing charters, but people are often looking for divers to fill seats on private boats. You could get a group together via emails and forums etc and charter a scuba boat though

[Omerkid]

Is that Matts (Matt888) handle I see?

[kjflyfish]

Hey Herby! Good to see you on SB. I'll def. put up a report. Kane is back now from the second trip, so I've got a bit more to report on.

Finbreaker, like Herby said, there aren't a whole lot of spearfishing specific charters, but there are club trips and dive shop organized trips, so your best bet is to get in touch with clubs like the Bluefins, Axemen, and shops like Wild Blue and Ocean Hunter.

Justin, yep that's the first production run of Matt's handle - works like a charm. The new ones are even better.

[Searen]

The fishing you did is truly great but the coral photos are just amazing. That is something that I want to see!!!

[guttshot]

Bananas you ruled it out there! Makin' the Dirty South proud.

[Toledo970]

Those are some great pics. The clarity is also impressive(CAMERA?)Any of you guys snowboard? I know, off subject.

[kjflyfish]

I'm trying to sell all my snowboard stuff! Had enough of lift lines. I'm going 100% aquatic for my kicks.