Our second visit to Wusi Reef was a virtual re-run of our first – lots of activity, lots of Wahoo caught but no billfish hookups. We saw one blue marlin and two sails trailed the right rigger for a minute or so before deciding they weren’t hungry.


Next day we turned south towards Malakula Island into 25-30kts and the biggest seas we’ve had so far. This is where it pays to have a great sea boat.




We were headed for the spot where we had dropped a big one the week before when just off the south west corner of Santo we hooked up to a marlin. George Rehua was the lucky angler and although it was only a small fish at a shade under 200lb it was a welcome sight at the side of the boat. Unfortunately, it was the only one we saw that day.