Fishing in Hawaii

Hi Friends,

When I was on vacation recently, I put a collapsible fishing pole and a few lures into my suitcase so that I could do some fishing in Hawaii.

With all the activities planned and needing to assist with the young kids (not water safe yet), I only got out and fished 1 time while I was there for about 1.5 hours.

My gear was a spinning reel with 10 pound mono line and a 1/8th ounce jig head and 3 inch soft plastic minnow with tail. This is a setup I use often in the local harbors and surf here in California, and do very well overall with the setup.

I fished at low tide at 8am in the morning. I ended up getting lots of short bites where the smaller fish would rip the tail off the minnow but not actually eat the entire thing where I could hook the fish. I thought about downsizing lures to catch a few of these smaller fish, but wanted to keep at it to see if there was anything bigger around.

The only fish I managed to catch was a barracuda. It was about 15 inches, so not large, but I did not get a picture as I was in the water up to my thighs and it came off as I was walking up the beach in order to snap a pic before releasing. Overall, I had a good time, but wished I would have done some more fishing. Here is a snapshot of the water for lack of anything else to show:

While at the Polynesian cultural center, they have an activity where you can use a bamboo stick and a paperclip and try to catch a fish – I did manage to catch one small fish doing that, check it out:

A close up, lol:

As a throwback, I honeymooned in Hawaii 11 years ago, and did this same fishing activity. Here is that fish way back when:

Thanks for stopping by to check out the fishing report from Hawaii!

Brian