05/20/10

fly fishing hawaii:

what the crew has been up to.

as promised, i checked out the lake a couple of times since the last blog.  the first time was with the kirksta and it turned out to be a very interesting day as will be demonstrated in the pics below.  we found a number of peacocks on beds but for the most part just left them alone and fished for “eaters”.  there were quite a few non spawners but mostly small ones in the six to twelve inch range.  they were willing to hit a small popper so despite their smallish size it was quite fun.  we also got some small bleugs (bluegill) and it was good to see those guys again.  the second time i took out my bud j rod from alaska.  j rod hadn’t fished the lake before or caught peacocks.  i put him on some spawning fish and let him have at it.  we found a good mix of fish, some that had been hooked by others before us as well as some “fresh” ones.  the water level is higher than it’s been in a long time and appeared to have gotten higher between the two times i fished it (good for launching the boat but not so good for fishing from shore).  in addition to the bedded fish we saw a number of fish just starting to pair up (house hunters), so the number of fish on beds may be increasing.  there’s a lot of little guys willing to eat (for those not into hooking the spawners).  all in all definately worth checking out.

meanwhile in the other bigger lake, the salt has been holding up pretty well.  bonefish are where they ought to be and the crew has been doing their thang with the bones.  not the ridicubite but not the shutdown either.  just normal solid summertime bonefishing.

the papio (small trevally) fishing has temporarily thinned out a little, but there are still some around for the hardcore papio chasers.  we’re still in the beginning but it looks like it’s going to be a great summmer (knock on wood).

a blury "pops" switched up this bonefish at ke'ehi.

bonefish eye... pops peers over the horizon at the catch.

e.t. wearing his favorite g-string visor.

another ke'ehi bone ready for release.  nice blue fin tips.

j rod and his first peacock bass...

but certainly not his last.

underwater tuc shots.

hooked up again.

nice...

and what's a day on the lake without devils.  here's j rod's first.

this is not someones backyard pond folks, this is the lake and being the fishermen that we are...

kirk and i had to take a closer look... don't get excited, we didn't catch it on a fly (though we tried hard to).  we caught it using techniques that shall remain classified.

later kirksta got this papio at k bay with his odd looking fly rod.

brother daryl checked in with this nohu (scorpion fish).

and this wicked picture of a hickam bone ready for release.

the nwff crew is out in force and you should be too... good times.

clay.