$5 Flats, Honolulu, Hawaii,
November 4, 2008
A report from
SteveL
After
voting, I was obligated to do a very patriotic and American
duty, I went fishing! What better way to spend the
remainder of Election Day?
I was using a new fly rod and reel I bought from the
Albright Tackle sale this past month ( the rod and
reel were good deals at 70% off); a 8-9 wt Meridian five
piece with and Albright 7-8 GP reel loaded with a
Scientific Anglers WF9F bonefish line and backed by 280
yards of Power Pro braided line.
The tide had peaked at two feet around 9:00am and I figured
I could catch the dropping tide through lunch hour and into
the afternoon. I reached Five Dollar Flats around 10:30am and headed out. Over
the next few hours I caught a variety of fish – Needle
Fish, Trumpet Fish, Christmas Wrasse, Lizard Fish while
working my way to a spot off the point that I hadn’t
tried before. The area looked like perfect
Oio
(bonefish) grounds. I
stood in knee deep water, casting into the deeper
depressions. Directly in front of me was a major break
in the reef. I was standing in front of Bonefish
Highway.
Around 1:30pm I get a hard strike and latched into a five
pound Oio. Feisty, it gave me a lot of short runs,
turning me around several times refusing to be landed. I
tagged and released it. I move over about 50 yards and
start to work the area. Soon I get another hit but this
fish was big. It rips out backing, my drag was screaming
and the reel was spinning in blur. It was out over
100-yards before I was able to turn it. I could feel it
hang up a couple of times on the coral but I fought the
fish for a while and just when it was within 15-feet from
me the line went slack. The leader broke. While I never saw
it, having experienced long blazing runs before and this
seemed like it was at least an 8 or 9-pounder.
All in all, I hooked 10+ fish today which included
three Oio. Don’t you wish every Election Day could
be like this? God Bless America!
I'm Mike, of mikescatchreport.com, and I approved this
report.