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Oahu Fishing Report ~ Archived
North Shore, Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii |
May 2006
May marked the return of the REAL Yellowfin Tunas to Oahu. Good numbers of fish were reported on all sides of the island with the west side once again leading in the Ahi count for May. There is just something about Waianae, a small single engine outboard boat and a few lures way way WAY back that the Ahi really seem to like. Hopefully a few schools decide to move around the corner to Haleiwa a stick around for a month or 2.
The big Steve on the Kana Nui is up and running after a long timeout while getting repowered. Mahi Mahi's you better say your prayers! On one of his shake down runs Steve saw a small Swordfish sunning on the surface. Ahi's and Swordfish in May?? What are we back in the 1980's??? Wouldn't that be cool. Rumors of a big Blue Marlin being caught by a guy fishing alone in his skiff at the X buoy we circulating around the harbor late in the month. The fish was too big to be brought in by 1 guy in a little boat and had to be towed in by another larger boat. Weights have ranged from 500 to 800 pounds. No matter what the weight, that's the best Marlin story for the month. A few other fish in the 200-400 pound range have been caught and a lot more lost as well.
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No granders for Haleiwa the past 2 years, this could be the summer of the slobs. Everybody check your knots and line, it's game time. Here is the best charter story we have for the month. Time and Erin came over for their Honeymoon and decided to do a little fishing. Tim had fished Haleiwa a few times before and knew that he really wanted to "Go for BIG". 2 people who want to target big fish. Talk about a dream charter. Nice water made it even better. As we approached the II buoy in the morning it looked pretty interesting and the resident boat population didn't include anyone who would pose much of a threat to the fish population. We decided to make a few passes and try to get the skunk off the boat before heading out to look for the beast. Being that both Tim and Erin are experienced light tackle standup anglers all the heavy lines came in and 2 TLD 25's were selected to catch dinner. On the first pass a big bull Mahi piled on Erin's bait just 10' behind the boat. I didn't see the fish sneak in from under the boat and it caught Erin off guard resulting in a nice little birds nest. 2 engines in heavy reverse, wind over the backlash and in comes Erin's 42 pound Mahi Mahi- her biggest to date. Very nice. |
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On the next pass a good size Yellowfin blows up on Tim and its game on again. The bite was worth the price of admission and if we hadn't seen the fish we all would have bet that it was going to be well over 100 pounds. Tim knows his stuff and was putting maximum pressure on the fish from the time it ended its first run throughout the fight. But this Tuna was just plain bad. Here's Tim puttin' the hurt on. |
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The next 2 hours were not exactly what Tim had in mind when he said he wanted to fish the light stuff for a bit. Tim spending a little quality time on the rail. |
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After a long and very well played battle Tim got the fish within range of the gaff. SHAWACK!!! 82 pound Yellowfin in the box. Tim looked up on the bridge and said "WE DON'T NEED TO FISH THE LIGHT STUFF ANYMORE". |
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ALL RIGHT! Moving on. Big guns go back out and the hunt continued. After wandering around for a few hours with nothing to show, the afternoon J buoy drive by resulted in a few more Mahi Mahi being added to the collection. All caught on the big rods.
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Until next month...
Hang on to the big one.
Jesse |
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