Hawaiibassfishing Forum

Nice article about Kaukonahua stream here. It sounds like the water might be too high with all this rain.

http://www.tuhi.org/ourChapter/pdf/smal ... Stream.pdf

Well, no worries. I may try saltwater tomorrow if there is time.

http://s3.postimage.org/34vcv056s/photo.jpg Here is the exact fly I used. Basically stripping on the surface. I may try this same fly at Ala Wai canal with a stainless steel leader and attempt to hook a small barracuda. The flies I brought from California don't seem to be effective. Maybe it's the ...

http://s3.postimage.org/34uppha9w/tilapia2_on_fly.jpg http://s3.postimage.org/34urd0mro/tilapia_on_fly.jpg Thanks to everyone for this discussion. I can verify that that some tilapia on Oahu take streamers. I think these are Hawaiian Superfly white/sparkle, about #4 I think. These are the same flie...

Where can I buy these bass assassin bait? I am in Aiea. Should I try Sears at Pearl Ridge or Walmart in Pearl City? What is a good hook size? I was using #4. I also have a bunch of 4/0 live bait hooks that I was using for live tilapia rigs (got skunked on the live bait). Caught one on a Berkeley swi...

I want to thank everyone for giving me these great responses. Merry Christmas to everyone here. This is a real nice set of people on this message board. From my research, there are different types of tilapia and depending on the location, they will eat different types of foods. I suspect that the on...

I would like to catch small tilapia with flies. At this point, either surface or sub-surface would be fine. I've tried with beadhead nymphs, black ants, woolly bugger, caddis attractor, and mosquito. The fish seem to have the most interest in mosquitos. However, they turn away before the take. I am ...

what rod did you end up buying? what weight?

What type of fly and retrieve technique are people using? I'm actually in California now, but am originally from Hawaii and will be at Lake Wilson in a couple of weeks. In the SF Bay area, my son caught 30 panfish this weekend on a bead head nymph pheasant tail, size 14 or 16. The panfish were prima...