Aitutaki is world renowned for it's Bonefishing. I had never tried, but was really eager to give it a shot because it's basically saltwater fly-fishing. And over the past couple years, I've become obsessed with fly-fishing. I booked a trip with E2 Bonefishing, and spent a morning out on the lagoon learning how to bonefish. Unfortunately, it was a windy day...so no sight-fishing on the flats :( Instead we fished "the milk", which basically means you drop a sinker "fly" and drift in the boat with the fly dragging along the bottom. If you're lucky, a bonefish will see it and take the fly. After 4 hours, I had 4 fish hit the fly....3 got away for various reasons (at least 2 were due to my rookie mistakes), but the last one I landed...and wow what a fight this guy put up. He was probably 4-5 lbs, but these fish are strong!! Their unique tails give them serious power/speed, and they run fast. After a 10 minute battle, we brought him onboard for a quick picture and then returned him back to his little slice of paradise. I am now totally hooked on bone fishing!
Boats typically make a quick stop at Heaven sandbar before heading over around lunchtime to One Foot Island. It was fun to watch people step onto the sandbar for the first time...that look of pure happiness was present on every person I saw :)
One of the motus we visited had some nesting "lovebirds." They look like white doves and apparently mate for life with their love. As we were walking thru the interior of the island, we found a couple baby lovebirds just hanging out on the trees. We didn't get too close as Mom and Dad were carefully watching over us...but these little guys were too darn cut to pass up a picture! This photo was taken by Alex, so he gets all the credit for this one :)
