Showing posts with label Po'opa'a. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Po'opa'a. Show all posts

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Fishing - Sunday June 17th 2018

I was able to go fishing with Bong Dela Cruz!!!  This guy helped me find some cool fishing spots on DG - I was finally able to return the favor out here!


He outfished Marlon and I by using artificials (2" grubs) - I'm going to have to rethink my fishing tactics... he caught and released 4 papio and 1 lai (queenfish).







Marlon hooked up to a barracuda and two po'opa'a




I ended up with two papio - can't complain!!!  Awesome fishing day!!!





Saturday, October 14, 2017

Using Bait to Break the No Catching Streak

I took Marlon out this morning to get some fishing in.  I saw a bunch of tailing bonefish on the way out to the channel (I should have turned around and grabbed the flyrod...) - but the mission was to catch fish and not just fish.  Ika strips and spinning gear = catching!!!

Marlon caught the first fish - a good sized po'opa'a (po - o - pah - ah).




And I got my first fish in quite some time - a "just too small to eat - because these should grow and spawn first" papio


The next fish I hooked up to was a coronet fish - this one was barely hooked (I think it just really wanted to the eat the squid).



And I even picked up a third - another papio!





Next time I'm going to bring my light game St Croix Triumph rod.  We called it after this fish and pressed our luck at the harbor side.  We tried flyfishing for the humuhumunukunukuapua'a but the tide had filled in and the wind picked up substantially.  Well - we at least got to catch a few!!!




Sunday, June 11, 2017

Catching Again - Hickam Flats

Marlon and I hit the flats this morning on the low negative tide.

 

 I ended up with three to hand - one po'opa'a and two papio.

 

 Marlon found this Medusa Worm (relative of the sea cucumber) - yeah it looks like poop but it is pretty efficient at picking up detritus.

 

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

More Fishing!!!

After getting back, I went fishing and caught this Po'opa'a (Hawaiian Stocky Hawkfish) - this time on an orange plastic lure.

 

 The surf was a little too much to produce superb fishing conditions - but two to hand is better than none!!!! Noe was chasing ghost crabs and caught several.