Dear readers, I wish you a very very good 2014! Could you be healthy and happy, and catch many big fishes!! Here are pictures of some of last catches of 2013... GT landed by Bruno after hard fight in strong current and swell! A nice GT for my friend Xav', second trip in NC onboard Nivaala for him! Thanks for your everyday smile mate, even when fish

Plectropomus Laevis During this short session, Juan and Grant hooked many groupers & snappers, among which several very nice specimen were caught and, of course, released in their natural habitat! Plectropomus Laevis Many attacks and serious hooks up in shallow waters during what definitely revealed to be a "popper day"! Epinephelus polyphekadion L

Good fishing onboard the yellow boat! Newbee or confirmed angler, barbless fishing is safer for you and fish release! Just keep your line well tight and enjoy bending rods during hard fights!! A few pics to share... ...very first fishing : congrats miss!! Juan getting introduced to New Caledonia "Fat Bottomed Girls" !! John enjoying FBG's too!! Fig

First popper casts this year!! Congratulations "Kenny" !! First GT on popper and a nice one! Second session for Martine, definitely "coral grouper hunter"!! another very nice Plectropomus Laevis, great fights and perfect releases! What a popperwomen!! Jean Pierre was a great competitor too... nice Epinephelus Malabaricus ... caught on perfect doubl

Olivier lives in Brittany, and loves fishing! He discovered our fishes and how to catch them on popper & stickbait with his brother Julien, who lives in New Cal' and invited him for this popping session! After "playing", our Breton fisherman confessed he would like to hook something harder, a "2-digit fish" as he said... ...and his wish was granted

Casting lures for yellowfin tunas is something very exciting but not so easy off New Caledonia! Once spotted, this fish must be approached as silently as possible, skipper stops engine and echosounder during final approach, using natural drift of his boat! Then, accurate casting and adapted lures are decisive to trigger thunnus albacares attack off

Good fishing in January, with many species caught! Nice fishes, sun and happiness onboard... what else? Alectis ciliaris, by Christophe on popper Sphyraena barracuda, by Georges on popper, huge attack on the bummy!! Lethrinus ?, by Thibaut... on small popper! Lethrinus olivaceus, by André on popper again! What a game with this speedy fish! Aprion

Happy fishermen onboard Nivaala! In spite of changing weather conditions to cold season, fishing was good this month... Many nice fishes onboard and much more observed or missed!! Some hard fishing days, and some fantastic ones... Eric and Thierry came from french Guyana, where they are tarpoon fishing specialists, to discover our GT's... Eric fall

Besides getting you in contact with big fishes, our skipper can also help you in birdwatching trips. Following awesome pictures were shot in july 2014 by three amateur birdwatchers from Australia and New Zealand, however results look really pro!! Fairy terns... birdwatchers' favorite! Here in courtship feeding. Black naped tern flying over bonitos

Luc and Paul spent several days with us, both on western coast and northern lagoon areas. Luc is a worldwide GT hunter, and offered his son Paul his first fishing trip for Christmas! What a challenge for Paul who never fished such formidable fishes before... Our young fisherman soon turned out to be talentuous, and both son and dad enjoyed that fam