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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Reports & Expeditions => Topic started by: Nathan Tsao on January 29, 2012, 12:01:20 AM

Title: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Nathan Tsao on January 29, 2012, 12:01:20 AM

Big Bull Mahi landed from right behind my workplace yesterday afternoon. Lucky we live Hawai'i !!!!!!
It hit a 3.5oz Blurple SuperStrike Popper at about 110m cast with a Lamiglas 1322L blank and Van Staal 275 reel.
Awesome fight, cartwheeling out of the water and making good runs. Fortunately my friend had a gaff; it was hard to land the fish in the heavy surge pounding on the rocks.
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Also a 25-27lb GT from the exact spot two days earlier on the same lure
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Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Sam Walker on January 29, 2012, 01:36:04 AM

Outstanding ! You look pretty stoked  ;D I would too

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: kriss brown on January 29, 2012, 02:38:52 AM

one word."WOW".jeez i wish i could be there.There is nothing better than chasing big pelagic species of the rock.It is more rewarding 1 fish against 100 fish of the boat.I am stoked.brillant.  :D

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Gavin Chau on January 29, 2012, 04:08:29 AM

LBG Hawaii style! I love it!!

how well do those superstrike little necks cast hey!

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Andrew Poulos on January 29, 2012, 07:27:21 AM

Thats frickin awesome...wish we could get mahi mahi off the rocks like that here !  Do you get them often landbased ?

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Kurt de Villiers on January 29, 2012, 11:04:41 AM

Impressive, very impressive...

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Andrew Susani on January 29, 2012, 11:28:01 AM

Awesome stuff alright, what sort of depth does it get to within casting distance from the rocks there?

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: George Totsis on January 29, 2012, 05:25:07 PM

Wow! great catch  :D

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Rob Langridge on January 29, 2012, 06:48:34 PM

Fantastic capture from the shoreline Nathan. Congratulation 8)

Quote from: Andrew Poulos on January 29, 2012, 07:27:21 AM

Thats frickin awesome...wish we could get mahi mahi off the rocks like that here !  Do you get them often landbased ?

Its a real possibility at present Andrew as a friend caught 2 at around 8kg each yesterday in about 50 meters of water off sydney heads.

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Andrew Poulos on January 29, 2012, 07:13:00 PM

Something like that off the rocks would make my year....  all Im getting are bonnies at the moment.. :( , and not many of them either.

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Dan Konig on January 30, 2012, 01:30:35 PM

Awesome fish landbased!

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Mark Harris on January 30, 2012, 07:52:05 PM

Very nice Nathan and well done.  About 15 kgs?  I have had a few land-based Mahimahi but only little 3-5 kg jobs.

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Justin Nye on January 30, 2012, 09:27:24 PM

That's Awesome!!! ;)

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Nathan Cefai on February 07, 2012, 03:16:35 PM

Good work mate thats crazy

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Peter Morris on February 07, 2012, 04:32:56 PM

NICE..!!!

bloody good Land based capture.

Pete

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Marc Farinas on February 07, 2012, 06:46:11 PM

Solid catch! Planning on flying up there for a day of fishing later this year. Hope I get some action like you ;)

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Mitch James on February 12, 2012, 04:01:09 PM

Mate that is a cracking effort, that would have looked awesome jumping around so close to shore.
Are mahi a regular capture from shore over there?

Title: Re: Shoreline Mahimahi off the rocks
Post by: Kamalu Charlot on February 16, 2012, 03:14:58 AM

I think it's a rare event even for the Big Island.  I have personally seen them pass through a few times and hooked into one at Makapuu Ohau shore casting.  Mind you that was over a year of throwing plugs every day at sunrise before the kids went off to school.   I have read stories about huge bait schools and preditors like Ahi in chase visible from shore in days long past.  These have been netted down to small infrequent seasonal baitfish schools.

This is a cool video of a guy getting a Ahi from shore on a Saltiga lure west side of Oahu.
Brian's Ahi Caught from Shore Waianae, Oahu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetHFd9fVF4#noexternalembed)