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07/19/10

bonefishing hawaii:

hawaii has big bonefish?

well actually it does, just not in this blog posting.  in an attempt to always call it as it is, i have to say the few times i’ve been out since the last blog post absolutely sucked donkey d_ _ _.  i officially retract that statement from the last blog about the summer kicking into high gear.  that may have jinxed the whole thing... you know what they say about big plans.  don’t get me wrong, i have heard a couple of reports of good fishing this past week from assorted guides and customers but overall it seems the "good fishing" is pretty sporatic.  there is an element of all or nothing this summer.  you gotta roll the dice and be at the right place at the right time.  i fished hickam, hi kai, and ke’ehi since the last blog.  after fishing hard, i got a weke (goatfish) at hi kai.  a microbone at hickam, and a rat at ke’ehi (thanks to parker yost's bonefish nymphing technique).  the lack of fish at ke'ehi yesterday may have been a result of the earthquake... who knows.  i didn't feel it but maybe the fish did.  the next time i get into a bunch of fish i will keep a tight lid on the whole “summers here” propaganda... i’ll just stick to my one rule of bonefishing in hawaii that in fifteen some odd years has never been disproven even once and that is that you’ll never know unless you go.  ain’t it the truth... ain’t it the truth... high five.

 

sean fished kbay and reported that the action was short and sweet just after dark.  menpachi papio (bigeye trevally) twilight style.

 

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kenny b. caught a microbone at hickam. he also caught this na'e na'e (orange band surgeon fish).  a herbivore by nature it's a pretty rare catch on the fly.

 

the sage 890-4 tcx was a little overkill for this hickam micronicbone, but the rod is absolute heaven to cast.

 

a tiny fly, a barren flat, a 7wt. sage z-axis, and a minor earthquake... all the ingredients of good times.

 

clay. 

 

 

 

 


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