Angling...

©Mark Rochfort of Shorefire Charters with a 75kg sailfish http://www.shorefire.com.au

There is a wonderful variety of species commonly caught at Christmas Island, but the focus of local charter fishing operator, is Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Dogtooth Tuna, Wahoo and Sailfish.

Christmas Island experiences a tropical equatorial climate with wet and dry seasons. The wet season is from December to April when the island comes under the influence of the north-west monsoons. During the rest of the year, the south-east trade winds bring slightly lower temperatures and humidity with much less rain. Further information about the climate can be found on the Christmas Island Tourism Association website.

Pictured here is a 75kg sailfish - Growing to over 3.4m and 100kg the Indo - the Pacific Sailfish is believed to be the fastest of all fish, having been clocked at 110km/h. Christmas Island is home to as large specimens as you would find anywhere. They can be caught by trolling, but the fun really starts when you throw poppers and stickbaits at them.NB Kiribati nation in the Pacific Ocean includes an island known as Christmas Island - which is quite different from 'our' Indian Ocean island that lays claim to the name, that is a dependency of Australia - so do not be confused between the two... I hope that I haven't got it wrong in the links below!

Contributor

Mark Rochfort

Owner Operator Shorefire Charters
(PO Box 411, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean 6798 Australia +61 (08) 9164-8925)
rocky@shorefire.com.au
http://www.shorefire.com.au

Useful Information

 

Christmas Island Tourism Association

http://www.christmas.net.au/experiences/fishing.html
On the world map of fishing locations, Christmas Island may only rate a small dot, however fish being caught here are making a big mark amongst the international fishing fraternity. The secret is out... anglers around the world are starting to find out that Christmas Island is the hottest new spot for big fish in South East Asia....

Charter Boats

Hollywood Charters

Shane Adams - Owner Operator - PO Box 524, Christmas Island 6798 Indian Ocean, Australia - jodyadams@bigpond.com +61 437 780 618 or +61 8 9164 7307

Shorefire

http://www.shorefire.com.au
Shorefire has operated since 1994, making it the longest running fishing charter service on Christmas Island. Your skipper, Mark Rochfort, is a qualified coxswain and has fished the island’s waters for over 20 years. His vast experience is unequalled amongst local charter operators...

Videos

Fishing Christmas Island - Big Big Wahoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB22Ry-fjkc
This is a wahoo my mate Adam Ferrier caught on Christmas Island, the Indian Ocean's biggest wahoo I've seen.52kg. worth a look - Craig Hardie christmas island...

Team FZ Christmas Island Fishing PART-2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZgqQWzqyoU
Jingging Popping fishing in Christmas Island PART 2....

The Biggest Tuna I Caught - Christmas Island Fishing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT8LlzY_Uzw
...this is my biggest tuna . caught on christmas island indian ocean. with my mate adam after work my biggest fishing craig hardie christmas island...