We
have added a new division of our resort which we call Yap Anglers. For
a number of years, we have been asked by guests to offer optional fishing charters.After hosting the popular Hawaiian television series Let's Go Fishing a number of times, we finally made the decision to offer our guests a chance to go fishing with us.
Our specialty is whipping for Giant Trevally off the reefs of Yap. Using 20 pound test line, these fish offer a good fight and provide for an exciting day.
Imagine looking over the side of the boat into ink blue water so clear that you can see fish swimming 100 feet below you. Imagine being on a boat 20 yards from the edge of the reef, looking across the turquoise colored lagoon to the verdant, green tropical island in the background. You cast your lure into the surf breaking on the edge of the reef and then boom - a huge black Giant Trevally comes from the surf line and attacks your wooden bait. The fight is on.
The fish tries desperately to get into the sharp coral where your line will surely break and you desperately struggle to turn the fish's head so that you can bring him to the boat. The boat driver knows his stuff so he heads away from the reef into open water. Whatever happens next, you're in for a long fight. There is no better fighting fish that I know of than a 40 pound Giant Trevelly on 20 pound test line. To land one of these monsters can easily take 30 minutes and more.
Yap Anglers is dedicated to "catch and release" fishing only, thus saving this resource for our future guests. We allow one fish to be brought aboard and prepared in the restaurant for dinner but all others are returned to the sea.