I went fishing Saturday afternoon. Since I hadn't been out in a while, I decided to use bait. Cut squid strips and the better solunar time frame and I got some willing participants. The smaller class of blue fin trevally are back on the flats!
When I got out here nearly a year ago, these small BFTs (papio) were the fish I would consistently catch. I watched (and if you read this blog, you saw it too) these fish grow to nearly double this size and weight. It's good to see the new group of young papio show up!
I caught one of these humuhumunukunukuapua'a also.
Three papio and a humu - not a bad take for a Saturday afternoon bait session.
When I got out here nearly a year ago, these small BFTs (papio) were the fish I would consistently catch. I watched (and if you read this blog, you saw it too) these fish grow to nearly double this size and weight. It's good to see the new group of young papio show up!
I caught one of these humuhumunukunukuapua'a also.
Three papio and a humu - not a bad take for a Saturday afternoon bait session.
After decades of fishing spinning gear and my recent successes at learning to cast a flyline and tenkara rods, I have slowly been trying my hand at baitcasting. Nothing like a overspun sourced birdsnest to bring you back down to earth. But hey - practice makes perfect and you can only get better if you try and try and try again. At one point as I was practicing by casting a 1/8 ounce weight I was getting good distance despite completely missing my target (hard left every time). At least I wasn't spinning a birdnest. Weight on the lure and setting the brake for the weight of the lure seemed to be key to getting better. I figured I should try a lure at the end and see if I could get a fish on - mistake - I got birdnested. Back to square one...
