overnight fishing

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Went fishing Friday after work. The weather was beautiful with a nice breeze and minimal wave action. Decided to do some bottom fishing. We recently overhauled our 341 cu chevy short block so no high speed trolling yet. Headed out to the northern tip of the island.

 

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We are blessed with some of the best waters on earth. I hope we can keep it that way.

 

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Picked up a fish ball on the finder shortly after leaving the harbor. My partner got his line down and pulled up a pair of beautiful kagami ulua or trevalli (jack) family. Kagami means mirror in japanese. here it is about 30 feet down.

 

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Up close!

 

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We settled down and anchored over a nice drop in about 120 feet of water.

 

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High tide was around 2130 and my partner pulled up this nice uku (grey snapper) one the best eating bottom fish around.

 

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A lot of surface activity around our boat brings in the colorful and unique malolo. (flying fish)
Lolo means crazy in hawaiian.

 

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My best catch was at dawn. A Mu (cow fish)? I don't know the white man term for this one. It is a very shy fish but very powerful and good eating. It is a favorite for spear divers as it is very hard to get up close. It has front teeth like a cat and molars like a human.

 

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I can see the bottom easily at 50 feet.

 

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This was my haul for the night. Will be celebrating my daughters graduation from college with some nice sea food.
Thanks for checking it out and if you're ever in town a fishing trip may be in order!

Aloha, Rocky