Tahiti Trevally Fire: Trade Winds Turn On the Reef Passes and FAD Lines

This is Artificial Lure with your Tahiti fishing report. Out here around Tahiti and Moorea we’ve got classic trade‑wind weather this morning: light clouds, good sun, and a steady easterly breeze around 10–15 knots. Air temps are sitting in the upper 20s Celsius, the lagoon is warm and clear, and the outside reef edge has a bit of chop but very fishable. First light cracked just after 5:30 a.m., with sunrise a little before 6. Sunset will be just after 5:30 p.m. The best bite has been in that grey light—half an hour before sunrise and again late afternoon into dusk. Tides today are running a medium range with a morning high around mid‑morning and a falling tide through the early afternoon. That outgoing water has really been turning on the reef passes and the channel mouths, pushing bait out and stacking predators on the edges. Offshore, the bluewater crews working the FADs east of Tahiti and between Tahiti and Moorea have been doing well on yellowfin tuna in the 15–40 kilo class, with the odd bigger fish mixed in. A few dorado and wahoo have also come over the rails in the cleaner water lines. Skippers report better action once the sun is up a bit and the chop puts some texture on the surface. Inside the lagoon and along the reef, there’s been steady action on trevally—bluefin and bigeye—plus dogtooth tuna on the deeper drops, and plenty of reef hunters: jobfish, emperors, and coral trout. Around the bommies, smaller trevally and snapper have been chewing hard on the turn of the tide. For lures, the hot producers offshore have been medium‑size skirted lures in pink‑white, lumo, and purple‑black, run short and tight to the prop wash. Swimbaits and metal jigs dropped around the FADs are also finding tuna when they’re sounder‑marked but not coming up. Closer to the reef, casting stickbaits and poppers in natural mullet or flying‑fish colors are drawing violent strikes from GTs and big bluefin trevally when worked fast across whitewater. If you prefer bait, slow‑trolled or drifted bonito strips and small skipjack have been deadly on wahoo and larger tuna offshore. In the lagoon, fresh shrimp, squid strips, and small chunks of sardine or local baitfish on light fluorocarbon leaders are fooling snapper, goatfish, and smaller trevally, especially around structure on the dropping tide. Two hotspots to keep in mind: • The passes on the north side of Tahiti, where the outgoing tide piles bait along the drop‑off—great for casting poppers at trevally and running live or dead baits for dogtooth. • The channel between Tahiti and Moorea, especially near the FAD lines—prime territory for trolling skirts at first light and late afternoon for tuna and wahoo. Overall fish activity is good with the stable weather and regular trades. Focus your efforts around tide changes, keep an eye out for birds working, and don’t be shy about changing lure colors until you crack the pattern. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next 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