First thing I have to say is, man Hawaii is beautiful. I would have no problem living there. Every time I go it is hard to leave. We went to the island of Kauai. I was very excited to go. Last time I went there I think I was ten and didn’t remember it very well. I was also excited because this was the first time for my wife to visit Kauai ever.
On to the fishing. I am sad to say I didn’t bring my fly rod to Hawaii. My plan was instead of bringing my fishing gear I would just go to Walmart and pick up a $25 rod and get the other tackle there as well. My dad and I had to try and figure out how to fish. It didn’t help that we didn’t even know what we were fishing for. First, we tried to just fish at the beach outside of our condo using gulp worms. I felt like I got a few bites but I'm not really sure. I honestly think I was just getting caught up on all of the coral. We tried the Gulp worms for a few days with no fish. The second time we went out my dad wound up being stung by a jellyfish called the Portuguese Man of War. It was a little scary. He had a lot of pain in his foot and said the pain was going up his leg. My wife and I ran to the store to get some vinegar to soak his foot in and his pain eased. He was able to continue on for the rest of the week with no pain. Strange thing: he had pain in his foot exactly 2 weeks later which apparently is normal for that jellyfish. I’m just glad that he wound up being ok. I put a picture of the jellyfish bellow. It is about the size of the end of your finger.
Later in the week we tried fishing off of a pier near the airport. There were some locals there, which it gave me a chance to talk to them about what they were fishing for and see how they were fishing for it. They were said that they were fishing for Papio which sounds like it is a Jack fish. They were extremely nice and gave us some of their bait which was shrimp and squid. The shrimp worked, but neither me nor my dad were able to get anything hooked up.
The morning, before we left we tried fishing by the condo again. I changed up my tackle to these plastic flashy strips and tiny rubber squid imitations on a jig hook. Changing the tackle to this finally worked. My dad and I both caught. This really made we wish I had just brought my fly rod and tackle. I had flies that resembled what we were using on our fantastic $25 spin rods that last day. In the end, it was fun and the fish I caught was really cool looking.
Any who, if you are trying to fish from shore and are looking to bait fish I would suggest shrimp or squid. Use a size 2 hook. Use about a 1-2 oz. weight.
If fly fishing I would recommend a small white Clouser Minnow. A fly that imitates a small crab would work well too. They are all over the beaches.
On to the fishing. I am sad to say I didn’t bring my fly rod to Hawaii. My plan was instead of bringing my fishing gear I would just go to Walmart and pick up a $25 rod and get the other tackle there as well. My dad and I had to try and figure out how to fish. It didn’t help that we didn’t even know what we were fishing for. First, we tried to just fish at the beach outside of our condo using gulp worms. I felt like I got a few bites but I'm not really sure. I honestly think I was just getting caught up on all of the coral. We tried the Gulp worms for a few days with no fish. The second time we went out my dad wound up being stung by a jellyfish called the Portuguese Man of War. It was a little scary. He had a lot of pain in his foot and said the pain was going up his leg. My wife and I ran to the store to get some vinegar to soak his foot in and his pain eased. He was able to continue on for the rest of the week with no pain. Strange thing: he had pain in his foot exactly 2 weeks later which apparently is normal for that jellyfish. I’m just glad that he wound up being ok. I put a picture of the jellyfish bellow. It is about the size of the end of your finger.
Later in the week we tried fishing off of a pier near the airport. There were some locals there, which it gave me a chance to talk to them about what they were fishing for and see how they were fishing for it. They were said that they were fishing for Papio which sounds like it is a Jack fish. They were extremely nice and gave us some of their bait which was shrimp and squid. The shrimp worked, but neither me nor my dad were able to get anything hooked up.
The morning, before we left we tried fishing by the condo again. I changed up my tackle to these plastic flashy strips and tiny rubber squid imitations on a jig hook. Changing the tackle to this finally worked. My dad and I both caught. This really made we wish I had just brought my fly rod and tackle. I had flies that resembled what we were using on our fantastic $25 spin rods that last day. In the end, it was fun and the fish I caught was really cool looking.
Any who, if you are trying to fish from shore and are looking to bait fish I would suggest shrimp or squid. Use a size 2 hook. Use about a 1-2 oz. weight.
If fly fishing I would recommend a small white Clouser Minnow. A fly that imitates a small crab would work well too. They are all over the beaches.
