Hawaiibassfishing Forum

fishing near mikimiki pt. today. using a white rapala x rap caught a big largemouth. maybe around 2 pounds. there were some old asian guys next to me catching tucs on live bait. but instead of releasing them they just threw them in some mesh bag ready to cook them up to eat. mustve had like 5 tucs in that bag. i thought it was illegal to keep tucs and bass. kind of mad because i dont think they stock the tucs like they stock the largemouths. what if they keep catching and keeping??? even if you can keep them im sure you cant keep 5.

Some cultures don't fish for the sport of it, but to sustain themselves. Yes, as long as the rules are posted that all bass are catch & release, we should abide by these rules (law actually), but some catch & release, into the grease!

I seen in the past people like those on boats pulling full mesh dive bag full and a stringer full of big tucs all spawners at least 20 to 30 tucs. there asian decent and know there doing it illegally probly ended up in china town! just didnt like the idea of spawners!

About the only thing you can do, especially on the week end, is call 911.
DLNR is way understaffed.
Yes, all bass.... largemouth,smallmouth, and peacock are C&C in Lake Wilson.

That's terrible. Do they have no shame. There must be something else we can do?

No speak-ee da English!
(well, they did until we pointed out that bass were C&C)

I think we should post catch and release signs in different languages.

It wouldn't make a difference. They know the bass are C&R, they just use the no speak english as an excuse not to talk to you.