Sorry for the delay in ending this saga. The last day's fishing was the Friday, A quiet day for all, with only 2 yellowfin and a few mahimahi caught, our team Green Machine had a good lead at the start of the day,, and I was 25 points /Kg behind the individual leader.
No strikes for the morning despite trolling around some impressive bird and small tuna action. the afternoon saw plenty of Mahimahi looking at or just hitting the lures, then Pete took the chair for a big Mahi over 20 Kg which after a few minutes jumped and threw the hook.
The team decided that as I was close to lead angler ($1000 prize) any small fish hooked I would take them. We caught 2 small Mahi, for a total of 17 kg just 6 kg from winning.
For the team prize there was some anxiety as our closest rivals hooked a yellowfin, "tragically" it was bitten by a shark near the boat and so disqualified.
Missed out on the individual prize, but won the team one. As we had backed ourselves to win we colected $1200 between 3 of us from winner takes all (calcutta) and Marcus who backed the winning boat / skipper colected $1700 for himself
The perpetual Trophy in whalebone
We each won a wooden trophy to take home, plus a years subscription to Fishing News magazine.
We were due to leave for the airport at 3 pm, so after packing I had aranged to take Harry and his Grandmother kayaking to the nearby Lolomea island, A small steep hill 1km up the harbour.
The Island had been a military base I presume during WW2, but for some reason refurbished in 1981
One of 6 accomodation huts with kitchen and washrooms
Generator near the wharf
Boys will be boys, Harry "racing" hermit crabs on the wharf
Misspelt concrete plaque on the wharf. The wiring and switches in the huts is consistent with the 1980s
I cannot find any information about the island or the military base, I did ask before I left but no information known at the resort, and I could not find anything online either from the war or later. More research needed!
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