Today my dad Kent and my brother-in-law Doug Hopeman went bottom fishing with me in order to catch fish for the New Years holiday. It is tradition for us to eat the fish that we catch bottom fishing for the holiday. It has been slow so we didn’t expect much. It started off slow but picked up and soon it turned into a great day. It surpassed my expectations by far.This fish is an Opakapaka and weighed 10 pounds. It is rare for us to see them this size now.
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Bottomfishing for New Years Fish
Monday, January 10th, 2011Jeff Gets 3 Achery Sheep
Monday, January 10th, 2011Jeff Lee came to hunt archery with us. We had a hard first day not seeing enough sheep to get on a nice ram. His second day we had an idea where to look for them and found a good herd. We hunt the same bunch over 4 miles or so. It was a long way back to the truck but it was good to be on sheep all day. We took 2 nice rams and a management ram. we had great stalks all day. Jeff is an amazing shot.
37 Finishes Dry Dockback
Monday, January 10th, 2011We finished a 2 week dry dock today. We pulled the boat to clear coat the toe rail and the varnished areas downstairs. Lots of parts and lots of sanding. We have been clear coating the varnished areas so we can get more coats on with less sanding. it is still a ton of sanding but we get more material on in less time. The key for us is to keep the wood in good shape so we limit the amount of breakouts after the clear goes on. Fishing as hard as we do it is hard on the varnished areas but the clear coats seem to help keep it nice longer.Good to be back in the water but I am going to do a bunch in the water in between fishing.
Hawaiian Ibex
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Daily Double
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Good Action
Monday, January 10th, 2011Today we had a great trip with the Staples. They came from Destin Florida to visit the Big Island and fish with us on the Northern Lights. They operate a charter business in Destin so they were no strangers to catching fish. They brought their luck and skill to us here in Kona filling up the box with a mixed catch of fish. We had a really nice day with them and the beautiful weather sure made it even better.
Start Of Bisbees 2010
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Another Qualifier
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Close One
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Nice Black
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
