I just returned home from a week in Hawaii. Sure was nice to get away from the cold. Made it out deep sea fishing twice.
The first day out was an average day for this time of year on the island we were on. We joined the boat with another couple from ohio. When we were leaving the harbor the deckhand was going threw instructions and told us there would be a little “texture” to the water as it had been 10-20mph winds over there for a least a week straight. He was not wrong by telling us that. 
Waves were a rollin. 8-15 footers. Now those can do some damage to a guy. I got the trip started off with a Ohno. Then the other three on the boat each caught a mahi-mahi. These are one of the coolest looking fish I have ever seen. But after a few seconds out of the water they loose there color fast.
The second day was the best day of deep sea fishing I have ever had. As the captain told us it was “the right day to be out”. The waves had laided down alot and the fish had been moving threw the area with the feed bag on. 
We no more got out of the harbor and saw a nice flock of birds hovering the water and headed straight for them. If you have never been deep sea fighing, the thing to do is look for the birds. This means that there is a fish below them that is pushing up a school of baitfish.
So we got to the first flock of birds and whammo, fish on 
Mahi-mahi. We got the first one in the boat and got the rods set back out and the birds hadnt went far. Right back to the birds we went. Bamm, fish number two,three,four. Its a triple 
I was in the fighting chair while my father-inlaw was reeling another one in. He got his in first and reeled in the third. 45mins into the day and 4 fish in the boat. After that rally we could still see the birds and started right back after them. This time we didnt even make it to them and we had another one on. We then continued after the birds and getting 4 more fish befor we had the fish scatterd out and the bird going every direction. So the captain decided after all that in 2 1/2 hours that we would move on and try and find some more fish because these fish had seen enough of our lures and wouldn’t bite. We went looking for more birds and never really found any with fish under them. Ended the day with 9 Mahi-mahi.
Got back to the harbor and seen a guy trying to catch a sea turtle that had some line around its neck. First sea turtle I have ever seen. Not the way I wanted to see one. It looked like it had been sitting on the bottom of a pond. It was full of moss and was gasping for air. I dont know if the guy trying to get ahold of it ever did as we had left befor it came up again.
Sure was a great trip with some nice weather and good fishing.
Wallster ><((((>
March 9, 2009 at 10:56 pm
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