"Beware. There ARE no fish."
-Note in the bottle, dropped in this same water, in The Curse of Lono by Hunter Thompson
We had originally booked a fishing trip with Hooked Up Sport Fishing, but Chuck was going to be in Oregon so Jim was going to be the one taking us out. Then Jim was in Oregon, but the boat was broken and wasn't going to be fixed in time for Chuck to take us out. These things happen. So we rescheduled to go out with the Jim in his boat, but (recall) Jim is in Oregon.
Confused? It was a bit confusing, but we were in the capable hands of Rocky and Sawyer on board the Go Get 'Em.
We easily found the boat and headed out after quick introductions. Immediately out of the harbor the lines went out on the outriggers trolling for bill fish. After we had been out for a short time, Rocky yelled out that one of the baits had a fish on it. It didn't take the bait and Rocky said it wasn't an aggressive hit, but he had seen that it was a spearfish.
We continued trolling out to the buoys where we switched to lighter tackle and went after smaller fish. Almost immediately we had a fish on and SO reeled it in. It was a decent sized yellow fin tuna. We continued trolling and had three more tuna landed with one more fish getting away. The fish caught were three yellow fin and one skipjack.
Light tackle fishing was a little slow and we had some in the boat so the rest of the day was spent trolling for the big ones. Unfortunately, none of the big ones could be seduced by any of the five sexy lures spread out behind the boat. Not even the My Little Pony lure could bring them up from the depths where they were surely hiding.
Even without sitting in the fighting chair, we still had a great time. Rocky and Sawyer were fun to talk to. We saw both pilot and humpback whales. We also saw dolphins and the weather was perfect - hot but not too hot; sunny, but with the Hawaiian haze.
Sawyer cleaned the fish about a half hour before we were finished for the day and we tasted a bit of it. All too soon, Sawyer started taking in the lures and we headed back to the harbor.
We headed back over the Saddle Road and stopped at the grocery store in Hilo, picking up a few supplies for dinner. We had copious amounts of fish; hopefully we can use it all before we head back to... There is still have too much of this adventure left to think about that yet.
Dinner was probably the most expensive plate of tuna sushi I've ever had. It was either expensive because of the cost of the fishing trip, or because with so much tuna, the amount of tuna that was eaten would have been prohibitive in any other situation.
Dinner was probably the most expensive plate of tuna sushi I've ever had. It was either expensive because of the cost of the fishing trip, or because with so much tuna, the amount of tuna that was eaten would have been prohibitive in any other situation.
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