Saturday, March 16, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Sign from Heaven!
Wow gotta love this weather! Look how flat it is on the eastside! Probably one of the best conditions I've seen in a very long time.
Boarded the Red Sea boat in search of aku for my family as thats the fish most wanted for this weeks menu. Of course my arsenal is comprised of Gaji lures thanks to my dear friend Allan Sato. Still in need of some good reels though cause this may be the year we catch our first ahi. Sponsors?
Was quiet for a while then like a sign from Heaven, James spots a rubbish with one bird sitting on top..I pull up and its tsunami debri from Japan. WOW! This is a fisherman's dream come true! Couple passes on this plastic crate full of barnicles and Bam! Port 12/0 goes off screaming! Quick I turn on my go pro and document the action. I put on my bungie auto pilot while I clear the lines and James reels it in.
It was a nice size female mahi full of eggs.
Had to get the back shot with my lucky T!
After 2 more strikes we lose a couple aku but was able to land one. Great day on the water whenever you catch fish!
Monday, March 11, 2013
Hawaii Fish & Dive Expo Pics
Final set up of our booth before the doors opened at 9 am. at the Hawaii Fish and Dive Expo. The weather was pouring rain so it kept everyone indoors today.
I did a quick walk to visit other booths and saw Bomboy Llanes and his incredible fish mounts and lures on display.
Kayak fisherman were in the house showing how to rig up their yaks.
Clifford Cheng aka "Voice" is always the man behind the scenes running from the Red Sea Paparazzi. You can run but you cannot hide from the Red Sea Cam. Ha Ha!
Even Jake Shimabukuro and his wife Kelly came by to say hi. Jake will be on a future HSD show some day...Thanks for stopping by!
Of course, Merlinda drew the crowd forming lines outside the booth while signing autographs.
Colleen Gallagher and Terry Maas from DFAC also were next to us and promoting their organization and life vest.
Team Omer was well represented by Kapono, Jon, Mike, Marnie, and Kurt.
Legendary Sonny Tanabe was giving autographs. His book "The Evolution of Freediving" was going fast.
Joe from Intova cameras was sharing their new products to interested shoppers.
Kurt Taguma from Maui Sporting Goods also made lots of sales. James Oshiro signing his life away. MSG had the most staff on hand and did well.
Another view of our booth before the crowd.
Red Sea "FB" Like shirts flew of the table. One guy even wore it to go.
Ben Wong from LGF came by to say hello too.
Martin and Nikki from FII also dropped by and admired the gyotaku work of Crow. Martin and Garrett McNamara were speakers today at the event talking about big wave surfing.
We couldn't have done with without our Red Sea Crew! Raina did a great job MC'ing the event.
Garret an Tsutomu Lures had incredible heads for sale.
Sam Gutierez, Robert Umiamaka, and James Pierce also hung out at our booth. Thanks for coming by everyone and we really appreciate all your support! Now I'm ready for a vacation!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Snack time!
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