[Mems]

Had my two cousins over with me for a big island adventure, they really liked Waipio valley.

Took them offshore for a day, we went all around but only got this one small ahi. Anna was stoked, and we made ahi kabobs for pupuus.

I took them inshore fishing over in Kona and got this nice yellow spot. They are the best eating trevally. I hooked a 10lb bone, but it straightened my hook like a bobby pin.

They left and I went offshore yesterday and got this 30lb ono, and a couple of mahi. We also got about two dozen small ahi and aku. My friend's son needed poke for a party. Hope you summer's are off to a good start. I go to LA and San Diego next week and have a mako on the fly day set up for father's day with my son and brother in law. Later in June I will be in Montana for some trout action on the bitteroot and rock creek. I have a float set up for the blackfoot. Should be a good trip. I will post pics when I get back. Mems.

 

[junkie]

Good luck with the Mako. That's a bucket list item for me.

 

[Thrasybulus]

Sweet looking Ono and Mahi! Delicious.

 

[Miso Harney]

Don, have you ever tried fishing that black sand beach at the bottom of Waipio? I've fished the beach down in the Pololu valley, no luck but I've heard stories....

 

[rotato]

I fished pololu a few years ago. Awesome place, super beautiful. The surf was angry. I got clipped by a bowling ball of lava that a wave had picked up. No love para mi. Buddy in Hawi told me about monster bones in there. Also stories of a resident GW

Great fish Mems

 

[Miso Harney]

I fished pololu a few years ago. Awesome place, super beautiful. The surf was angry. I got clipped by a bowling ball of lava that a wave had picked up. No love para mi. Buddy in Hawi told me about monster bones in there. Also stories of a resident GWGreat fish Mems

That surf is usually angry...I've heard those o'io stories too. I have yet to actually talk to anyone who's caught something there.

 

[Poopy McButtfart]

Hey @Mingo is that trevally on the same beach we fished with Nate? Looks it.

 

[Miso Harney]

Hey @Mingo is that trevally on the same beach we fished with Nate? Looks it.

Yep, sure is.

 

[Poopy McButtfart]

Yep, sure is.

I want to catch a trevally

 

[Miso Harney]

I want to catch a trevally

You had a grab from one. I saw it. At a different place. I kept the truth from you. I know how fragile you can be. I was protecting your emotions.

 

[Miso Harney]

I want to catch a trevally

Not to worry. You availed yourself quite well by crushing numerous species......

 

[rustybee]

Also stories of a resident GW

Great white?

 

[rotato]

Yup

 

[Miso Harney]

Yup

That is classic murky, roily shark water. Wouldn't surprise me. Probably plenty of boar and other critters get washed out to sea there.

 

[SilverFly]

That is classic murky, roily shark water. Wouldn't surprise me. Probably plenty of boar and other critters get washed out to sea there.

Hopefully that's on the opposite side of the island where I'll be kayaking next month!

 

[rotato]

Those feral cows that lounge in the valley would make a nice snack too.

 

[Mems]

Hey Mingo, there are bones at pololu. I caught them dunking, too rough to flyfish. It is a shark breeding ground, don't want to be in that water any more than you have to. Mems.

 

[FerrousTortoise]

There are bones in Waipio too, but the conditions there are usually too rough to fish. I've caught some nice papio out there too.

 

[FerrousTortoise]

Those feral cows that lounge in the valley would make a nice snack too.

I've seen tiger sharks snacking on a feral cow that fell off a cliff south of Kona. There are sharks all over out there, but they generally leave people alone. My old neighbor had some cool pics on his wall of the shadows of big tigers cruising the reef he got from a helicopter tour.

 

[mbowers]

I think great whites usually make accidental attacks in poor visibility and rarely in good visibility. A tiger tho means to taste you even in good visibility if you don't see it first cuz tiger eats whatever it wants and it tries everything.. Don't think Hawaii gets resident great whites: too warm and too little choice prey but visitors can show up whenever!

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