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Liteliner
06-13-2008, 01:52 PM
Well I managed to get one full day of fishing in on vacation in oahu. Woke up at about six and walked out to the first stop. A rock jetty right behind our hotel, the illkai.

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Started off throwing the aurora black lc 110. Casted for about an hour for nothing. Look to my left and see three very large fish cruisin next to the reefs. Id say atleast 10 pounders. They had a very bluish neon color on the top of their bodies. Im thinkin blue trevally. Chucked the lc ten feet in front of them and twitch twitch and one just launches at the lc and trys to send it to pluto. I completely froze for like 5 seconds. I was just shocked to see everything happening exactly how ive been picturing it for the last month waiting for this day. The fish pretty much hooked itself and the fight begins. He pretty much owned me. My 12 pound flouro leader on my telescope rod wasnt enough. This fish was powerful. Id compare it to a shallow water yellowtail. Just awesome power. I couldnt turn him at all. He peeled out line for quite some time and broke me off on the coral. LC down the drain but worth every penny just to see that fish hit the lure.

Time to retie and try again. Cast for another two hours and its almost time to go to the next spot. I turn around to leave and look to my left and a lone jack cruisin the deep channel. Cast right on top of him and he spooks. Takes off ten yards and stops. I try to cast again but the wind blows the lc way off. Lands about 20 feet away. I reel in really fast to get another cast and this triggers the jack. He just hammers my lc and im on. He starts peelin line out and then nothing. He shakes the lc off. Great. End up spending another hour there and finally decide to leave.

Walking back I check out the ale wai channel and see tons of tilapia. These things were everywhere. Also saw a giant puffer fish. Looked to be about ten pounds or so. I never knew they got that big.

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Got back to the hotel a little late and got an earful from the wife. Take a look outside our window and see this. It gets the wife to stop chewin me out for being back so late.

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Go downstairs and pick up our rental car and head to north shore. We stopped at a couple beaches and found one full of turtles. Heres a couple pics but kinda hard to see them. They were shy i guess.

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Movin on we find an isolated beach. I look over this wall and theres tons of tropical fish down in the coral. Decided to try the gulp and good choice. The fish were goin nuts over it. Only problem was they couldnt fit the gulp in their mouths. Caught a few different fish though.

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Wife finally got tired of watching me fish so we went looking for something to do. Ended up doing this.

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Well thats all the fishing I did. I might need a bigger rod next time. Comon next june. Cant wait to go back. We are gonna do the smaller island this time. Heard lots more fish there. Heres a few random pics of oahu and me and the wife.

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Ricky-Ray
06-13-2008, 02:02 PM
Nice pics. I was just at Oahu a few month's back. I see you went to the Paradise Cove Luau too. Thanks for sharing.

Fisherman57
06-13-2008, 02:35 PM
Very cool photos!

I dig the pic of what looks like a juvenile red goatfish (maybe a whitesaddle without the spot yet developed?).... COOL!

Thanks for sharing!. Looks like a great time.. I gotta get back there soon!



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HBJapo
06-13-2008, 03:37 PM
Very nice Liteliner! Way to get on the fish. Those are some great pics.

Japo :Envious:

steve092
06-13-2008, 03:47 PM
Nice!

Looks like a great trip!

Brian_GSC
06-13-2008, 04:19 PM
Cool report. Those pictures brought back memories of my honeymoon (although that was in Maui and not Oahu).

Thanks for sharing!!!

troutslayer05
06-13-2008, 07:24 PM
Aswome pics! Gotta love Hawaii! I fished a little bit when i was there a couple years ago and could only catch a lil buttterfly. Sounds like a fun trip glad u got to fish on ur vaca

SoCalGuy7
06-13-2008, 07:34 PM
Great trip!
Awesome that you found time to do a little fishing....too.
SCG7

Wingnut
06-14-2008, 03:22 PM
I woulda gotten myself some heavier gear and got back out there. ;)
Too bad about losing some of those big boys. :Evil:
Beautiful vacation, thanks for sharing. :cool:

Oz
06-15-2008, 02:51 PM
thats good u got to fish some out there homie. yea u need heavier set-ups for sure out there with what u can come up on. glad u had a blast out there.

Shock
06-16-2008, 01:59 PM
Nice report and even nice pictures you took out there!!!

That tilapia pic looks like you were at a fish farm...lol crazy

The pic of yall in the sunset, man looks like paradise alright....

Liteliner
06-16-2008, 05:46 PM
Thanks for reading and the comments guys. Thanks for all the info aswell 57.

Everything there is expensive. Thats the only thing that sucks. Oahu doesnt have the greatest food. The airport isnt all that and alot of the hotels could use some updating aswell as the streets. I could complain on and on but the truth is I'd still totally go back in a heartbeat to the exact same thing and do it all over again. It is the most relaxing vacation I have ever been on. The beaches were awesome. Just something everybody should experience atleast once. Next year we are gonna spend a week on kauai. I hear lots of good things about that island from the locals. Alohaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...........

pineapple express
06-19-2008, 12:26 AM
hey liteliner
mahaloz fo sharing. this brings me back home. i'm from oahu born & raised in waialua.
i started fishing the bambo fishing poles on the rocks off mokuleia catching all kinds
of fishes while my uncle fished for the big treville. i loved your report....
peace
PE

Troutman65
06-19-2008, 06:32 AM
Nice report and pics. Thanks for the report.


TM65

joe man
06-21-2008, 03:49 PM
Great pics and report. As for the food comment well I guess you were eating at the tourist hangouts because the local food is really good.

uscjeffer
06-28-2008, 02:09 AM
Sweet report.

You are right, the other islands are a lot better in the fishing department.....

Oahu has a ton of great places to eat (local food)....you just need to know where...

for future reference

http://tastyisland.wordpress.com/