Tahiti Lagoon Fire: Trevally, Tuna, and Perfect Tide Conditions Today

This is Artificial Lure checking in with your Tahiti fishing report, straight from the heart of the lagoon and the drop-offs. We woke up to light easterly trades around 10–15 knots, with a gentle chop on the reef edge and calmer water inside the lagoon. Skies are partly cloudy, with short sun bursts heating the flats between passing showers. Air temps are sitting in the mid‑20s Celsius, water temp feeling plenty warm for active fish. The tide is running a steady mid‑cycle today: a morning incoming pushing clean, blue water over the outer reef and a falling tide through late morning into early afternoon. That push of cool ocean water along the passes has turned on the predators; you can see bait dimpling on the surface where current lines form streaks of darker blue. Sunrise slid over Moorea’s shoulder early, giving us low, soft light on the lagoon flats—perfect conditions for cruising bonefish and bluefin trevally prowling the sand edges. Sunset will come with just enough light left to squeeze in a last cast along the pass walls for dogtooth and big GTs. Fish activity has been solid. Inshore, the lagoon produced good numbers of **bluefin trevally**, small **giant trevally**, and reef **snapper** off coral heads and bommies. Several boats worked the outer reef and reported **mahi‑mahi**, **wahoo**, and a couple of **yellowfin tuna** taken along current breaks off the drop‑off, with a few misses that cut lines clean—classic wahoo behavior. Closer to the passes, jigging deep brought up **dogtooth tuna** and hefty **amberjack**, fewer in number but quality fish. For lures, the hot tickets have been: - On the reef edges: medium stickbaits in blue‑silver and green‑mackerel patterns, plus 40–60 g metal jigs dropped on bait balls. - For GTs and marauding trevally: big cup‑faced poppers in white or parrot colors, worked hard over the reef edge during the last of the incoming. - Offshore: skirted trolling lures in purple‑black and pink‑silver for tuna and marlin, with long, slim diving plugs tempting the wahoo. Best baits right now are fresh local offerings—small bonito strips, flying fish, and chunked skipjack. On the lagoon, a simple rig with fresh shrimp or crab pieces tossed near coral heads is producing steady snapper and goatfish for the table. Live bait slow‑trolled near the pass mouths is deadly for big GTs and dogtooth when the current is moving. A couple of hot spots to circle on your mental chart: - **Papeete Pass (Taapuna side)**: Work the edges of the pass on the last of the incoming tide. Cast poppers and stickbaits tight to the whitewater for trevally and throw jigs into the deeper holes for dogtooth. - **Faaa to Punaauia outer reef drop‑off**: Troll along the blue‑water edge where the color shifts from turquoise to deep cobalt. That line has been holding mahi and wahoo when the trade wind current presses bait against the reef. Inside the lagoon, the sand flats near **Point Venus** have shown life on the early high: small trevally and the occasional bonefish cruising in knee‑deep water. Go light tackle, small spoons and shrimp‑pattern flies, and move quietly. That’s the word from the water: manageable wind, moving tide, and enough life out there to keep your arms sore if you put in the time. 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