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05/05/10

bonefishing hawaii:

farewell jose...until the next time.

so jose just returned to the great state of alaska.  although he pounded hard everyday with assorted nwff crew characters (craig, e.t., pops, sean, and me), the fish gods were not on his side.  bad tides and weather plagued this trip.  being a veteran of the hawaii bonefish scene, jose took it in stride and just kept on pounding.  he fished the early morning tails at 5 a.m. straight through to the raging tide “needle in a haystack” bombing sessions at sunset.  in total this past week jose managed to hook nine fish and somehow or another managed to lose all of them... maybe it was rust (six years is way too long to stay away from the home waters bro).  he got the big bolos at hi kai on sunday leaving only monday to escape having to make “the walk of shame”, as he calls it, back to alaska.  on monday he hooked two more tailing fish in the morning at hickam (a skill that jose is well known for in hawaii bonefishing lore) but those came unbuttoned as well.  the “last chance saloon” so to speak, came later that day with sean at k bay...  wouldn’t you know it, brother jose pulled through at the buzzer.

e.t. just doing what an e.t. does.

kenny b. got his fourth bonefish and lost two more this week. (deano, i think we've created a monster!)

the goat (weke or goatfish) made his appearance again continuing my streak of goats that i've been on lately.

brother jose and the buzzer beater.

hey amanda, can jose come out and play next year?

as for me, my attention is turning toward the papio (trevally under ten pounds) that i've heard have been showing up and maybe the lake (which i have also heard is coming around).  stay tuned true believers for the next good times.

clay.