Sunday, June 13, 2010

First Ono

Another beautiful weekend in Hawaii! Hope everyone had a nice long weekend with the Kamehameha Day Holiday. Our friends from Japan, Toda-san and Takami wanted to go on the Red Sea Boat so off we went to the wild wild west. We did a few drops at the ledge and the current was mild but enough for some good action. I told the gang today we were going blue water today and it's hit or miss, we may find something and we may not. Our first sighting was so funny, as someone through all our floats and guns in the water and as we entered in there they were...two big onos (wahoo) just sitting there staring at us. I had my 3 prong in one hand and made a b-line to my gun but it was too late, as they swam off. Our next drop, Kirby was able to spear his first Wahoo!

It bolted for the bottom and after 10 minutes of struggle we put a second shot in and he was elated. I was stoked to be able to see him spear his first big ulua, uku, and now ono. Next on his list is a dogtooth tuna. Congratulations Kirby on a nice 30 lb wahoo! Lots of sashimi for this week!

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