Hawaiibassfishing Forum

On Saturday we had a great day of fishing... nothing in the way of catching to talk about.... but the company, and being out on the water was great. Landed lots of "fingerlings". Mostly in the 3 and 4 inch size. Randall refused to let me take his picture with his peacock bass.


Finally started seeing Red Devils. Every time you cast at them they scattered in fright. They were located in huge schools along the north fork.... mostly in brush piles warmed by bright sunshine. Water visibility was 3 or 4 feet and they were usually down 3 feet or deeper. Caught one. Water temperature was 75/76 degrees (cold)


On Sunday the wind was up and the water
temperature down. Clouds made it hard to
see the schools of red devils. (we gave up
on trying to catch any peacock bass)
Here's John with RD. Most times they ran
away if you cast the fly near them....
but not all the time.





This is the Clean Sweep Fly. Like the day before,
the fishing was great, but the catching part
was kind of slow.





I guess we caught 5 or 6 fish each out of the
hundreds we cast at. Again, good company,
and having fun out on the water. I'm ready to
go again. Here's John with another fish and
that magic fly of his.

I do not remember seeing so many peacockbass fingerlings this time of the year. Is it because the water is really low compared to prior years or do we have good spawning conditions now?

I was wondering about that...........

I think we are seeing so many because of the low water. They don't have all that grass to hide in right now.

I've seen pawning going on from March to July, so I guess there are some little guys comming along all the time.
I read some place that a peacock bass grows about 12 inches in it's first year. We must be seeing the results of the late spawners.

I hope that's the case anyway. I'd hate to think they are all small because there isn't enough to eat. I snagged a few baby talipia last week.
So their spawn must have gone well. Lots of little shad around too.

Caught a Red-Devil tonight by the boat launch at the freshwater park. Using a little crankbait. Then I got a tuc to chase but, as I'm ashamed to say this. It freaked me out alittle bit. he must havent been in more than 16 inches of water. pretty sweet sight to see one chase that close to shore. anyways water was pretty clear, and i think that i saw only one other guy get anything before i left at 5:55pm.