Glen Cridland
25 Oct 2023My wife and I went on a 4 day fishing trip with ocean blue with my two brothers and their wives plus nephew and girlfriend. 25 y......
Glen Cridland
25 Oct 2023My wife and I went on a 4 day fishing trip with ocean blue with my two brothers and their wives plus nephew and girlfriend. 25 yo to 65 yo. It was a long overdue family catch-up as we live on different sides of Australia.
Huge variation in fishing experience and keenness to fish all day in our group.
Unfortunately 3 of our 4 days happened to be poor weather - windy and rain. Can’t plan that in advance. Last day was a brilliant day with flat seas, blue skies and stunning scenery uninterrupted by rain and clouds.
We had a really time. Erin was really excellent in helping us get organised for each days fishing or activities (ie when a couple of wives had a day off fishing).
Boats were well suited and in very good condition. Alistair has done a great job to have them in such good condition after the 2 cyclones. Even in challenging sea conditions (and I’m not a good sailor) I felt totally safe because of the condition of the boats and the experience / skill of the young skippers.
Skippers Patrick and Luke (on the boats I went on) were clearly skilled in running the boats and good fishing guides - but most of all they were totally attuned to and concerned about making sure we were having a good time. For example, when it was getting lumpy they checked whether we wanted to move into more protected waters behind islands to be more comfortable.
My brothers went out with skipper Sammi who also was an enormous character a bit like the everready bunny.
We caught some fish (my best a 20kg dogtooth) but that was not the highlight of the trip. We had a really good time and Vanuatu is truly beautiful. The location, accommodation and food at Trees and Fishes was simply first rate.
It seems rude calling them “staff” because they were so friendly and attuned to making us have a good time.
Thank you Erin, Patrick, Luke (and Sammi) and Ali for making our trip so good.