Over some fifteen years of bonefishing in Hawaii an impression of what bonefishing in The Bahamas would be like gradually formed in my mind. I imagined a place where little bonefish traveled in bunches - sometimes vast mobs, across endless sunny flats. It was a place where you could have 100 shots a day at … Continue reading Hawaii vs. Bahamas Bonefishing (Part 1)
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Whereabouts Unknown
Somewhere in the Caribbean... We went to the Bahamas over Christmas to do some diving and fishing. It was fun and I plan to write about some of those adventures later. On the way back from the Bahamas we stopped over in Miami and made a trip to Captain Harry's Fishing Supply (the tackle shop … Continue reading Whereabouts Unknown
A Moi by Any Other Name
Rugged Volcanic Coastlines It's December now, and hard to believe that we are already a quarter of the way through our Peace Corps service here in the Eastern Caribbean. As anticipated, I have had to do quite a bit of exploration and experimentation to fish successfully here. One surprise was how rugged the larger islands … Continue reading A Moi by Any Other Name
Everything Eats Crabs
Tara with 3.5 pounds of crab-eating o'io Poor crabs. Everything likes to eat them. I'm pretty sure even crabs eat crabs. If you ever really need to catch a fish in saltwater, try throwing a live crab at it. It's probably the simplest but most effective saltwater fishing technique there is. Just spool up a … Continue reading Everything Eats Crabs
World Record!
Tara now holds an International Game Fish Association world record for landing a 9 lb. 15 oz. Pacific Bonefish on 8 lb. test monofilament. Congratulations Tara! Tara worked hard for her record! After several weeks of intense fishing we hit the right flat at the right time and found the big bones tailing on the … Continue reading World Record!
Hat Trick
I have an odd shape to my head which makes it difficult to find hats that fit. Imagine taking a clay ball between your palms and smooshing it a bit on the sides. That's my head. I can wear most tuques, or top hats, or visors, but the brims of most baseball hats are too … Continue reading Hat Trick
Fun in the Surf Zone
For many years I neglected fishing for bonefish in the surf zone. I did other types of fishing in the waves, but the huge movement of water and gnarly topography of the reef crest never really seemed like a good place to fly fish for bones. However, it turns out that, in the right spots … Continue reading Fun in the Surf Zone
Photo-Op
It's hard to believe we will be leaving Hawaii in just a couple of months! (More about that later.) Tara has been looking through some old photos and noticed that we didn't have any good pictures of one of the iconic features of Oahu: Koko Head Crater and the Ridge over Hanauma Bay. Not this … Continue reading Photo-Op
The Spit Shrimp
Yes, that guy is fishing in a hot dog costume. A couple of years ago I wrote a post about fly fishing from a boat, with a nod towards SUP fishing at the end. In that post I briefly covered the importance of weighting a fly properly, basically that fishing from a drifting boat in … Continue reading The Spit Shrimp
Sightseeing
Some days you catch fish and some days you don't. Even when I don't catch fish I often really enjoy my time on the water. There is so much to see out there, if you stop and look. A Lazy Monk Seal Tara has always been good at this. She isn't as into fishing as … Continue reading Sightseeing
The Fishing Dojo 