Hawaiian GT Action

[Mark Harris]

That's a very big Bluefin!  They clearly do well in Hawaiian waters.

[Charles Cintron]

Went out yesterday afternoon and this morning for a few hours and the bite has been mediocre. The water has been dead calm and it looks like a lake, nice for sightseeing but kills our bite. We managed 5 strikes yesterday and 5 today and only 2 boated with a beast coming up this morning at 124cm on a Gamma 200. Finally got to see what the Wild violence can do on a respectable fish, the rod is a Hamma!. The Ulua put up a good fight and actually started to turn the boat when I laid into her because of the flat conditions. She got caught on some reef but was able to shake her off and land her. It was an awesome fight and when my buddy lip gaffed her and tried lifting her into the boat he bent the gaff open lol!

Boat is going to be down for maintenance so time to start pounding the shoreline!

Aloha

[Nathan Tsao]

40 pounds from the rocks; a real man's way to catch GT (ahem Charlie ahem... )
It bit a Skipjack 150, 12ft Lamiglas 1502 rod, Stella18000 with PE12 direct to 2meters 250lb leader


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[Andrew Susani]

Great capture Nathan, we are going out in the morning to see if we can find a few offshore 

[Charles Cintron]

40 pounds from the rocks; a real man's way to catch GT (ahem Charlie ahem... )

Yah I know I know last man standing, peer pressure is a b!7(h . I'm 100% for the volcano trip now.


Yo Andrew you better have that lunchbox tied on and hamma some fish! We want to see some pics!

[Vinh Nguyen]

BUMPING this thread with a report from this past Sunday.  Calm and hot conditions with a lot of hard work to get the fish to bite.  5 strikes with 1 fish boated.  Knot failure and tackle failure were causes of the losing 2 other fish.  Fish was caught on a lure that my buddy and I make, called LunchBox Lures.

[Ken Uechi]

Howzit guys,

Great thread going on here.  I've been enjoying your posts.

Shore plugging/jigging action has been decent this year.  It's a great relief from last year which really sucked for me.  I went for a short session yesterday while kicking it with my cousin who is visiting from Japan and ended up landing a nice omilu.

Yamaga Blanks Blue Sniper 95H, Stella 10000SW, PE5 Momoi Diamond Braid, 100 lb. Berkeley Big Game leader, Hammerhead/Smith A-Cup.

[Charles Cintron]

Finally guys are posting! Where you been lol! Nice omilu Ken. Braddah Vinh keeping the streak alive!

[Vinh Nguyen]

NICE omilu Ken!  What island are you on?

[Ken Uechi]

Thanks guys.

I am on Oahu and I don't get much ulua action, so I don't have much to post.... haha.  Also, if I do take a big hit, something usually goes wrong and I only have another "the one that got away" fishing tale to tell.

[Nathan Tsao]

Thats a nice big blue bull right there!

[joe sciberras]

Sounds like a good place to fish ,will look into it ...joey

[Nathan Tsao]

Quick stop at my favorite rock this morning before work; the best way to start your day!


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[Dan Konig]

Definitely a great start to the morning!

[Nathan Tsao]

Some fun in Honolulu with the boys 3 ulua landed plus two bluefin trevally. Also got into some bonus Bonefish action on the flats, i still cant decide which i like better; chasing GT or stalking Bones in the mangroves!


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