My Hiking/Fishing Adventure

[roadwarriorsvt]

OK, I was planning a little hike on a fishing trip. What I got was a hiking trip with a little fishing. Either way, it was a beautiful day and a great way to spend time with my wife. Marcusn inspired me to go seek some smallies, so up Calif. Ave I went. A friend who lives up there pointed me in the right direction. Its a good thing he did. I would have stopped at the first stream thinking that was Kaukonahua Stream, but it is actually over another hill.

Here is the first hill we went down (and the last hill we had to get back up!)



We passed this nice little water fall along the way.




After about 30 minutes of hiking, this garden hose made it easy to get down to the water.



It didn't take long to find the smallies. This guy was pretty agressive. He got the tip of my Baby Brush Hog the first two times. Third time was the charm. It was fun getting him in on ultralite tackle and 4# test line!



He wasn't a 2#er but he's getting there!



Back he goes. By the time Stan gets here, he'll be well over 2 lbs.!



The water was higher than usual according to my friend, which made wading down the stream a little more difficult. I was OK with it, but the wife didn't care for a swim, although the water was clear and sparkling. A great way to spend quality time with the family, and do some fishing as well!

[marcusn]

sweet, i know EXACTLY where that is, my favorite smallmouth spot by far, was there any bass in that waterfall thing? i havent caught anything there. what did you use for lures? i like the 3 inch senkos in green pumpkin and mini jigs. nice catches!

[marcusn]

oh nevermind i see it says baby brush hawg haha, i have some of those, message me next time you want to go, i need a fishin partner!

[BASSTRACKER]

just remember not to have open cuts and try not to get in the water too much, leptospirosis wouldnt be fun! love the smallies!

[roadwarriorsvt]

I was wondering about the leptospirosis but I'm thinking since we were so far up stream that only the clean, clear mountain water is flowing. I'll keep you posted if I come down with anything.

Marcusn, I'm down for a fishing partner, you just have to take it easy on me with the hiking. I'm turning into an old fart!

[Pegasus]

I think the small mouth jungle trips are awesome ! I hit both nuuanu and manoa streams and caught some fun smallies. Nothing big, but it sure is a fun way to spend an afternoon. The mosquitos were rough and manoa stream left us with a rash on our lower legs that took some cream from the doctor to get rid of. But who cares ! It wasn't lepto.........

[Stan Wright]

The next time Stan hikes into that pond?


The day I'm going to hike way back there...
I'll take pictures of some flying pigs too.

[roadwarriorsvt]

The mosquitos were rough

As luck would have it, when we started hiking down the first big hill, we found a stick of bug spray, so we used some. Lucky us!

[Ken]

The next time Stan hikes into that pond?


The day I'm going to hike way back there...
I'll take pictures of some flying pigs too.

I'm laughing with you Stan...not at you.

[djverve05]

Add me in to that hiking trip as well. I would love to hit up those small mouth spots.