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8/05/09

bonefish hawaii:

big tides

 

not much to report.  i fished with guide coach duff and this dude nick today at hickam.  the morning was pretty cloudy and tough to see, but even when i could there wasn’t much around for reasons only our lady of good bonefishing knows.  i saw a total of three fish and two of them were the two rats that i hooked bombing. i fished the trusty beulah 6/7 switch and a size two reef special.

 

it was a big tide that did not disappoint.  for the peeps that don’t know, the big tides coincide with the full and new moon cycles and here in hawaii it usually means a half day bonefishing at best.  sometimes when the “big hump” (what we call the higher of the two tides on these kinds of days) is in the middle of the day you can fish the morning rise and evening fall.  for the most part it’s a half day tide at least for sight fishing bonefish.  when the “big hump” is at night or early morning before sunrise, it is possible to fish the smaller hump all day.  however, don’t be surprised if you don’t see many fish or the ones you do see are “closed mouth”.  this tide can be a toughy... or it can also be good.  i don’t really know...  it just seems like its tougher more often than not to me.  the only thing that i know for sure is that in hawaii, you never know unless you go and the best time to fish is whenever you can.

 

anyway we called it when the tide got good and up and ended the day with some gyros from “mr. gyros” (thanks duff).  felicia may be on her way and she’s looking pretty gnarly so get your cracks in while you can.  hopefully we’ll all be able to fish this weekend in something a notch less than hurricane winds.

the guys were far away from me so i had to get the best shots i could... hey i warned you about my photography skills from blog one.

 

clay.


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