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Hawaii Bone Fishing
Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:03 am
Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:03 am
My wife and kids are dead set on going to Hawaii (Oahu) next April and they need me to come along and tote shite and pay for everything. With that in mind I am going to do some bone fishing. There are some MASSIVE bone fish in Hawaii. I learned my lesson several years fly fishing for permit - I like catching fish a heaping pile more than casting to them. With that in mind I am not taking a long rod....its spinning tackle for me. In my experience bone fish are finicky when it comes to catching them on the fly but stupid easy to catch on spinning tackle and live or cut bait. With that in mind has anyone ever fished Oahu for bone fish? It looks like there are numerous flats which should hold bones.
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Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:37 am to AwgustaDawg
I've never been to Hawaii but I do the DIY bonefish thing a couple of times a year. One of my good fishing buddies fished on Oahu several years ago and didn't catch much, but caught a couple of hammers. If you're just looking to fish for a couple of days, I'd consider hiring a guide. My understanding is that most of the really good flats there are only accessible by boat.
I've also always heard that the bones in Hawaii basically have PHDs, and it's much more similar to permit fishing than bonefishing.
I've also always heard that the bones in Hawaii basically have PHDs, and it's much more similar to permit fishing than bonefishing.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 11:19 am to bluemoons
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I've never been to Hawaii but I do the DIY bonefish thing a couple of times a year. One of my good fishing buddies fished on Oahu several years ago and didn't catch much, but caught a couple of hammers. If you're just looking to fish for a couple of days, I'd consider hiring a guide. My understanding is that most of the really good flats there are only accessible by boat.
I've also always heard that the bones in Hawaii basically have PHDs, and it's much more similar to permit fishing than bonefishing.
It is surprisingly "cheap" to hire a bonefish guide on Oahu. $400 for half day and $700 for full day. It costs that much to catch crappie with a guide on my home lake. Less expensive than most snook trips in Florida. The problem is I don't particularly "like" fishing with a guide. Generally speaking I would prefer catching one fish on my own than 50 with a guide....but doing so in Hawaii may be an outlier LOL.
Bonefish are, in my experience, incredibly hard to catch at times and always hard to catch on a fly or a lure. They can be stupendously easy to catch though, at times, with live or dead bait. I don't think that is ever the case with any type of artificial lure. They are also, generally speaking, very easy to catch on a reef off a flat....the same is true of permit in my experience. The latter is a jack at the end of the day, they are nothing more than eating machines, and when they are not exposed to sun light and shallow water they behave like a jack....stupid easy to catch at times on live or dead bait. Bone fish are so easy to catch on a reef at times that they are often used as trolling baits...I have done it a BUNCH in the Carribean. They are easier to rig than ballyhoo and last longer and catch fish at about the same rate. Catching them in shallow water is damned hard though no matter where they or you are.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 12:03 pm to AwgustaDawg
If you’re bringing spin gear then I’d pack some small curl tail grubs like two inch. Clear with a silver and blue or green flake
Posted on 10/30/24 at 12:53 pm to AwgustaDawg
They also have Peacock Bass.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:10 pm to AwgustaDawg
It’s been 20+ years but when I lived there as a kid guys would fish for them similar to how guys surf fish along the gulf coast. Basically set up on a flat and cast like you said bait on a surf type of rod out and wait until they swim through. I remember this being done outside of entrance of Pearl Harbor and we accessed it through Hickam AFB.
ETA: guys would walk out onto the flats and use a rod holder like a beach rod holder but hold their rods in the middle
Of the water on the flats.
I just looked at a map to jog my memory and I’m sure you can find some spots googling it, but there’s not a lot of flats in Hawaii. Most seem to be around Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay and that’s from my memory too.
Jack Crevalle fishing off the beach is real popular there also.
ETA: guys would walk out onto the flats and use a rod holder like a beach rod holder but hold their rods in the middle
Of the water on the flats.
I just looked at a map to jog my memory and I’m sure you can find some spots googling it, but there’s not a lot of flats in Hawaii. Most seem to be around Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay and that’s from my memory too.
Jack Crevalle fishing off the beach is real popular there also.
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 10/31/24 at 6:59 am to baldona
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Jack Crevalle fishing
Trevally
Posted on 10/31/24 at 12:07 pm to Brisketeer
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They also have Peacock Bass.
Now thats interesting. If they are anything like they are in South Florida they can be very easy to catch.
Just looked up the regs. Gotta wear a life jacket while fishing. Not a big deal but kind of strange.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 12:10 pm to Saskwatch
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Jack Crevalle fishing
Trevally
I have caught both (same family of fish) and no matter what you call them they are a BLAST to catch. Don't want too many of them or any really big ones at all LOL...they will put a whuppin on you....
Posted on 10/31/24 at 12:16 pm to baldona
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It’s been 20+ years but when I lived there as a kid guys would fish for them similar to how guys surf fish along the gulf coast. Basically set up on a flat and cast like you said bait on a surf type of rod out and wait until they swim through. I remember this being done outside of entrance of Pearl Harbor and we accessed it through Hickam AFB.
Couple of YouTube videos of guides fishing a flat at the end of the runway at the international airport. It looks like it'd be just to the east of Hickman. Judging by the angle of the runways and the planes taking off in those videos. I am not sure I have access to the base though...I think I do, can't hurt to try LOL.....
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