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SUP Fishing

This afternoon Steve-O and I brought the ULI FAQ out to the sunken wreck. There is a group of Trevally that hangout there until feeding time. I tried casting a Mark White 1.5 ounce Bar to see if I could hook into one and have it drag me around on the SUP.

I got a bunch of them interested, but no takers.

Next time I think I will use a fly setup - maybe a Polar Fly or the gummy minnow. Since this was flatwater and not pounding surf, the fish had a lot more time to scrutinize the lure. Hopefully the fly will throw them.

In any case - a paddle out was a great way to end the day!

Fish 1 - Me 8

I went on two separate fishing stints on Saturday.

The first was shoreline fishing and the second was deepsea.

I'll post the various catches over the next few posts.

The first chunk was caught on a Mark White 2.5 ounce Ulua Bar - the two GTs were schoolies that were about 3 pounds each. The Bluefin was around 10 pounds and was an AWESOME fight!

I switched to lighter tackle when a friend showed up. More on that on the next post.

Friday's Fish

Pau hana time fishing!

Nice fight from this GT!

I had to time the retrieve between sets - the surf was PUMPING!!!

Nice chunky waves that were begging to be ridden!

There were tons of water pools (due to the overtopping surf) - I plopped the GT in one. After finishing, it was still strong -

And I let it go back to the ocean...

I lost the lure though - on a rock that I could reach if it wasn't for the pounding surf.

I'll make sure mother ocean knows I paid my dues already. Flyfishing tomorrow!!!

Mark White 1.5 Ounce Ulua Bar - Part 2

So I let the omilu go, and a few casts later, this bruiser hits that same lure!!!

He took the line and ran with it - around a concrete divider, making me go over a bunch of revetment rocks to keep the fish free and clear.

It then tried to run back down the dropoff, but I got it to turn.

A few minutes later and I had it up.

Gorgeous Giant Trevally!!!

Without a scale, I guess it was a 15 pounder. I found a pool of water and revived it after the fight. I figured "since I let that omilu go and I caught this ulua, if I let this ulua go, I should hook up with a much bigger one...." With the tide draining out to a .5m low, that was not to be. I took the remaining time I had and walked the extremely low tide exposed beach and scored a bunch of seaglass.

I did let this one go also - seemed very appreciative (I guess any living thing would if it was let go from the clutches of death). From this point forward, if the fish isn't injured critically, I'll likely let it go (not that I haven't been doing that already, I'm just codifying the practice).

Awesome fight - awesome lure!!! I couldn't have asked for a better reintroduction to fishing day! Hopefully, Karma will pay out based on today's results.

We'll see...

1.5 ounce Ulua Bar - Part 1

I'm back to work, but still jetlagged -

With the arrival of the weekend, I finally got to go fishing. I used one of the three Mark White 1.5 ounce Ulua Bars that I brought back from Hawaii.

The motion they have in the water is really good - lots of splashing.

This four pound Bluefin Trevally liked it enough to get hooked up.

After the fight, it was strong enough to swim back to the line up so I let it go to fight another day.

Karma rules - you get what you give - stay tuned...