Hawaiibassfishing Forum

Hello everyone!

I will be visiting from Vancouver, Canada from Feb 21-Mar2 of this year and I was going to bring a light spinning rod with me.

I have done some research and plan to fish the reservoir for bass and maybe the canal for barracuda.

Is fishing the lake doable without a boat? Is north fork better than south or vice versa (access without a boat) or is the the same?

I have my rod/reel and will get my license online but what should I bring for lures or what would you recommend I purchase there?

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Dan

When you come onto the website, instead of clicking the forums, click on the lures/flies page. Lots of good info there.

Hi Dan,

You can fish Lake Wilson without a boat however, you will have limited access to some areas. The banks can be quite steep in places so be careful if you plan to do this. I think in general access to either the North or South forks are about the same. If you fish for bass back home, the same kinds of lures will work in Hawaii as well. Hawaii does not have much of a variety for fresh water tackle and lures so you might be better off bringing stuff with you from home.

For Barracuda, we've caught them with small jerk baits fished by itself or trailed behind a bubble floater. You can even try trailing a light lead head jig with a curly tail or small assassin behind the floater as well. Have also caught them with spoons.

If you haven't already, check out the following websites for more info:

http://www.hawaiibassfishing.com/default.asp?nc=6&id=14
https://sites.google.com/site/hffa808/

Hope this helps


steve

Thanks Shanai & roadwarriorsvt! Will do some more research & reading and thanks for the links.

Cheers,
Dan

For barracuda specifically, I like the gold Kastmaster spoon. You can trail it with feathers, a rubber squid, etc. I work it fast breaking the surface. I walk the length of the canal to cover more area. Sometimes you can see the barracuda suspending. Other times they will strike out of nowhere.

Like Shanai said, the bubble float rig also works. You can catch a variety of other species in the canal with this too.


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You will be pretty unsucessful from shore, for the reasons mentioned above. There are plenty of smallies in the streams, and the barras and tevally are pretty easy to catch in the canals. I would look into a guide service if you're dying for pbass though.

In case your wondering about what a 'bubble rig" is…

I've had great success on Kaku using Yo-zuri Crystal minnows, Kastmasters, and Krocodile spoons. The most fun has been using topwater plugs like Zara Spooks, Rebel Pop'rs, etc., very exciting watching a torpedo quickly home in on your topwater lure, missing it a couple times before hanapa'a da buggah!