Hawaii Nearshore Fishing

Catching daytime opelu in a rain storm - above water and underwater views

Underwater view of nabeta (razor wrasse) coming out of sand to attack a bait

Underwater footage of Oahu shallow bottomfish. Amazing diversity in one tiny spot.

Fish jumps into my kayak to ease my fish catching struggles!

Red hot shallow bottom fishing tungsten jig action off Oahu

Epic shallow bottom fishing sabiki/damashi action off Oahu

Why did the tiger shark attack my kayak off Oahu? Here's the full story of what had happened.

Weather conditions and solar-lunar influence really affects how fish bite

Red hot kayak jigging action off Oahu. 60 gm tungsten micro jig on light setup lands 25lb ulua (GT).

Cleaning big nabeta (peacock razor wrasse) to deep fry and to steam.

Caught a huge and delicious nabeta (razor wrasse) that almost bit my leg!

Soft plastic on damashi (sabiki) rig slays the daytime opelu (scad mackeral) off Oahu

Let em go, let em grow!

Slim 100gm tungsten jig hooks ulua off the kayak!

Testing some early model Japanese lures in Urban Honolulu canal yields a nice white papio (baby GT)!

Moana caught on its goatfish cousin

Deep sea barracudas (Kawalea) attack like piranha!

Oahu kayak fishing: Yellowspot papio eats 60gm tungsten micro jig

Did my Xcel surf booties save my life?

Underwater footage of nabeta (razor wrasse) feeding and getting hooked

US Domestic lure swim test : Shimano Waxwing, Vudu Mullet, XRap Twitching Minnow, XRap Sub Walk.