Bula, this is Artificial Lure with your Fiji fishing report. Around the main islands today we’ve got light to moderate trade winds, generally easterly, with warm, humid conditions and a few passing showers—classic Fiji winter pattern, keeping the lagoon a bit choppy on the windward side but nice and glassier on the leeward reefs. Local marine forecasts call for small to moderate seas outside the reef, very workable for both inshore and offshore crews. Tides around Suva and Nadi are running a morning high pushing through late morning, dropping to a mid‑afternoon low and filling again toward evening. That falling tide late morning into early afternoon has been the prime bite window on the reef edges and passes, with the last of the run‑out really firing up the predators. Sunrise was just after six and sunset will be just before six, so you’ve got tight daylight hours—dawn and last light are gold. The first hour of light has been excellent for topwater and stickbaits over the reef flats; the final hour before dark is seeing a second wind, especially on the lee sides where the wind eases. Offshore, the bluewater boys reporting in from the waters off Pacific Harbour and south of Beqa have been into yellowfin tuna in the 10–25 kilo range, a few bigger models mixed in. Skirted lures in purple‑black, lumo green, and pink have been doing damage, with cedar plugs and small metal bullets also pulling strikes when the fish are shy. A couple of boats picked up mahi‑mahi on the current lines, and there’s been the odd striped marlin raised on the shelf in 200–400 meters. On the reefs around Kadavu, the Mamanucas, and the Yasawas, the GTs have been active on the pressure edges where the current hits the reef face. Big cup‑faced poppers in blue‑silver or white, and long stickbaits in natural fusilier colors, are getting smashed in the low light and on that falling tide. Remember, most operators here encourage release of the big GTs—get your photos and send them home. Inside the lagoon and along the reef drop‑offs, anglers are seeing good numbers of coral trout and red bass on soft plastics and deep‑running minnows. Natural bait like fresh skipjack strips, pilchards, and squid fished on a simple running rig or paternoster is still king if you’re anchoring up. Around the river mouths and mangroves on Viti Levu’s south and west coasts, there’ve been solid catches of small trevally, queenfish, and the odd barracuda on small metal slices and 3–4 inch soft plastics in pearl or chartreuse. Best lures today: - For offshore pelagics: 6–9 inch skirted lures in purple‑black, lumo green, and pink; rigged garfish or saury as skip‑baits if you can get them. - For GT and reef predators: big poppers, stickbaits, and 40–80 g metal jigs; colors matching baitfish—blue, silver, and green—are working well. - For inshore and lagoon: small diving minnows, soft plastics on 1/4–1/2 oz jigheads, and chrome slices for casting to bust‑ups. Best natural bait: - Fresh skipjack tuna cubes or strips - Squid and octopus for bottom species - Live fusiliers and scads where legal, for GTs and mackerel A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: - The passages and outer reef corners off Beqa and Pacific Harbour—good for yellowfin, mahi‑mahi, and the chance of marlin, with GTs patrolling the points. - The outer reef drop‑offs of the Mamanuca and Yasawa chains—excellent GT popping, dogtooth on jigs in deeper water, and mixed reef fish for the table. If you’re land‑based, work the wharves and rocky points around Suva and Lautoka on the changing tides with small metals and bait; plenty of trevally, queenfish, and reef pickers to keep the rod bent. That’s the word from the water here in Fiji. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn