Surf Report 2008

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:34 am

Hamakua side near the town of Honokaa. i'm not shitting you when i tell you this buggah was at least 400lbs. i had a 12' ulua rod and a 6.0 loaded with 80# test and it was strained to the limit. one way you can tell it's a shark is when they swim straight away from you and you feel the huge tail "strum" the line. feels like a huge bass string

sharks are rather dull to catch IMO. we have lots of other fish here that are good size and fight like crazy and are awesome to eat.
much easier to get the hooks out as well.

skansand · Post by **skansand** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:33 pm

thats a huge fish for a 12' rod..ill be in oahu in august, gonna have to sample the night fishing.

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:49 pm

don't mean to pee on your campfire while you're roasting your marshmallows but Oahu is pretty fished out. but you can try going to......
http://www.ulua-fishing.com/. go to the forums and see if you can get some intel on the best spots. most of the guys on this site are really cool and will even take you fishing with them. i'm a moderator there.....96743 is me

if you ever make it over to Hawaii (Big Isle) i can get you some reel fish

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:50 pm

maybe we should start a "fishing report" thread

maybe that would'nt be cool though

i soooooo live to be cool

skansand · Post by **skansand** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:01 pm

i was thinking the same thing

WayneK · Post by **WayneK** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:44 pm

Ya got to be kidding me bra....surf- fish'n is da coolest

. However, this is not the place; so many out there just don't have similar opinions on this site

randiego · Post by **randiego** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:03 pm

Birthday session in Mex this morning, BM was HH, with OH+ sets

A little junky, but the SE wind held in just long enough for us to have a great session with lots of waves. Once again we were the only ones out - got some gems for the birthday.

After that, horsehoes, beer and tequila at Bob Goves trailer in Rosarito. Can't ask for more fun than that, can I??

Nov · Post by **Nov** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:46 pm

Bleaugh, it was terrible here this morning.

I went in the NN boardriders Opens standing up (on the kneelo), missed out getting through to the semi by one place (4/6). The waves were really lumpy, bumpy and generally all-round nasty, I was having real trouble keeping my board glued to the wave.

Casey Patelski · Post by **Casey Patelski** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:33 pm

Skasand, if it was 50 lbs, it was probably a batray. They have big eyes and a head that bumps up above the body, unlike a sting ray. I have caught a few in Newport Bay also in the past. Super strong fish, and harmles, unlike the stingray. Got mine on squid too.

PS try it in a float tube, it'll take ya skiing! Total blast.

Casey

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:56 am

A surf club I belonged to held Surf n' Turf Contests: you surf a heat then play 9 holes of golf.

What about a KB/Fishing tourney?

skansand · Post by **skansand** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:07 pm

casey, ya it was a bat ray, but their not harmless, this ones stinger was over 3" maybe 4" long...

my friend stepped on one once and the stinger went THROUGH his big toe and out the other side!

...

i hear you about the float tubin!.. my tubes got a leak, so ive been goin off my kneeboard lately......

anyone else fish of their kneeboard?

in mexico i trolled a krocidile while surfing mushy point surf!!...got a huge croaker,.

sf_firestarter · Post by **sf_firestarter** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:44 pm

my last trip, fished off my KB at Shipwrecks in Baja with a crappy pole I picked up at the Mega. No luck though, plenty of fish they just didn't like my stuff.

skansand · Post by **skansand** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:28 pm

rjs had some gross black water today, so we fished again...got a 30 ib ray and 2 more that were 12-15...

sf, krocidile spoons work good in cabo....

Beeline2.0 · Post by **Beeline2.0** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:26 pm

I think I saw what could have been:
Tom B , Barry and Wayne K gettting some pretty fun HH peaks
on SS Hunt today.
I had an appt., so couldnt do it.

Razor · Post by **Razor** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:01 pm

That was tom ,zac,ct fun waves Tom enjoying is new stick

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Surf Report 2008

Stingray was probably a Batray