{"id":21059,"date":"2019-08-11T11:47:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T15:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=21059"},"modified":"2019-08-11T19:03:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T23:03:22","slug":"oahu-fishing-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/11\/oahu-fishing-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Oahu fishing trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Terry Wilkison<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aloha, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UmscW_OymOU?rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good afternoon on the water despite the reports calling for poor fishing. The current was running straight towards shore today which pushed the mackerel scad against the drop at 180&#8242;. Pretty deep dropping damishi when I only had 3 ounce lead (needed 5 or 6 ounces) but thanks to the maneuverability of the S4 I could compensate and stay on top of the ball to make bait (ended up with 2 dozen). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I caught 2 giant needlefish and had more of them kill about 4 of my live baits. They are the biggest pain live bait fishing. Once they get on the scad the small ones will just keep grabbing them and carrying them for a bit, a lot of times it&#8217;s hard to tell if the bait is swimming or if they&#8217;ve been picked up by one. They cost me a lot of bait and time&#8230;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the a&#8217;ha (needlefish) I made out well. I&#8217;ve been trying to target wahoo and it finally paid off today, about 30min of bump trolling a live scad across the 40 fathom ledge and my penn ssv8500ll started screaming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dropped the lever off the liveliner drag and when the main drag came in he just kept smoking line off the reel. He did 3 big runs, on the second something failed with the drag and it alternated between locked up and nearly no drag. For the next 10 minutes I brought him up to the boat very carefully and got a good gaff shot in front of his pec fin on the first go and boated him without hesitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After him I hooked up on a amberjack that gave me a good workout, I let him go and crossed my fingers for a mahi but no such luck. I did get another kawakawa (bonita) which I&#8217;ll give to some guys who like them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only problem I&#8217;m having right now is I believe my outboard is losing power. I need to do a compression check to verify. If so I&#8217;ll have to tear down hone the cylinder and re-ring. I think the head gasket has leaked water into the cylinder due appearance looking in thru the spark plug hole. An excuse to buy a new tool I&#8217;ve wanted for awhile! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos from Wavewalk&#8217;s new production site look great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be relocating to Jacksonville Florida in December. Looking forward to making use of the shallow draft there fishing for reds and sea trout!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/giant-needlefish-on-the-deck-of-my-fishing-kayak-Hawaii-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Giant needlefish on deck\" class=\"wp-image-21060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/giant-needlefish-on-the-deck-of-my-fishing-kayak-Hawaii-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/giant-needlefish-on-the-deck-of-my-fishing-kayak-Hawaii-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/giant-needlefish-on-the-deck-of-my-fishing-kayak-Hawaii-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/giant-needlefish-on-the-deck-of-my-fishing-kayak-Hawaii-768x432.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Big-fish-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Big-fish.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/good-size-fish--1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/good-size-fish--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/good-size-fish--200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/good-size-fish--640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/good-size-fish--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/good-size-fish--1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/good-size-fish-.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mofe-chunky-fish-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mofe-chunky-fish-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mofe-chunky-fish-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mofe-chunky-fish-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mofe-chunky-fish-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mofe-chunky-fish-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mofe-chunky-fish.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/two-more-fish-on-the-front-deck-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Two more large size on the front deck of my Wavewalk S4\" class=\"wp-image-21064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/two-more-fish-on-the-front-deck-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/two-more-fish-on-the-front-deck-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/two-more-fish-on-the-front-deck-640x360.jpg 640w, 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The current was running straight towards shore today which pushed the mackerel scad against the drop at 180&#8242;. Pretty deep dropping damishi when I only had 3 ounce lead (needed 5 or 6 ounces) but thanks to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/11\/oahu-fishing-trip\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oahu fishing trip&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":21069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21059"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21071,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21059\/revisions\/21071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}