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Our departure from the mainland is a mere four weeks away now and the young men we will have in tow are getting excited. These guys live and breathe fishing.
Looking for tips, advice, secret shore fishing info so they can get lines in the water and bring home some dinner for the BBQ grill.
We know about S. Tokunaga Store so at worst we plan on making an appearance there to buy supplies and try to get the inside scoop.
Do you know anyone who hires out for 1/2 day shore fishing trips?
I did find one internet link for someone in Pahoa offering services but they haven't replied.
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"secret shore fishing info" posted on the net wouldn't stay a secret long now would it? LOL
Good luck.
Andrew
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Andrew, you're right but it was worth a shot! The boys are having long conversations about fishing the Big Island and those Kona deep sea fishing tours are monetarily not going to happen no matter how much I love them!
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Sorry for not being helpful. Let me take another shot at it. Here is a good place to start your search for that perfect fishing story:
http://tinyurl.com/372wvml
Again good luck.
Andrew
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Susan, I once asked for shore fishing advice from our neighbor, a long time local boating fisherman. The only thing he told me was, "Stay off those cliffs". Probably good advice, but not quite the help I was looking for.
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Thank you for the warnings and email link ladies.
I have heard fishing at the mouth of the Waikoloa (sic) river is good too.
Daniel, thanks for your suggestion.
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There are some books on the subject written by Jim Rizzuto called "Fishing Hawaiian Style" volumes I, II and III. Find those books and read them. That's pretty much everything you need to know. If the library doesn't have a copy to check out, I'm pretty sure they have some copies in the reference section. Jim Rizzuto also writes the fishing editorial in the Kona paper, he's been the fellow writing about fishing here for decades now.
Dino's Fishing supply and Itsu's in Hilo also have fishing stuff, Dino's more than Itsu's but Itsu's also has great shave ice. Up in Kurtistown is J. Hara's store, they have a really large fishing and hunting section in their store considering they aren't near the water.
Fishing in Hawaii is a lot different than fishing on the mainland unless you've been doing ocean fishing. Generally the poles are a lot longer and lighter because the baits and lures have to be worked past the rocky cliffs. Get inexpensive lures to start with, you'll "catch Hawaii" plenty times and leave the lure stuck on an underwater rock when the waves surge and the water wraps your line and the lure around a rocky chunk of lava where the lure will stick. If you don't have ocean type gear, you may as well buy all new gear once you get here. Folks like Penn reels a lot and there are several custom pole builders around once you get into wanting more finesse in your fishing.
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