The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-17
WHY NOT GO
A-FISHlNG /?
Good Sport 0btainabIe
Here With Hook
and Line.

Spending a day than off Waikiki, with
line and hook. Plenty of fish are to he
caught and their variety is surprising
AS rule, one does not have to go
outside the reef. but when the wind is
kicking up surf the canoe must be
headed beyond the coral barrier if sport
is to be enjoyed.
Rod and line fishing may be prose
cuted with advantage inside the reef,
but in the deeper water beyond, hand
lining produces the best results.
A reel on the rod renders the sport
more enjoyable, especially when light
tackle is used, but plenty of fun can
be had with bamboo pole. A much
angling outside than when operating
inside the reef, where a cork-fioat will
be found useful for detecting bites.
The hand-line should be made of any
strong plated material and must be as
thin as is consistent with strength to
haul up a four-pounder. The hook,
No. 9, should be attached to a gut
cessful sea-fshihg. Fish will bite q
hundred per cent. better when the
hook is presented to them on gut than
when it is tied onto the line.
Live shrimps make the best bait.
The only trouble with them is that
they won't stay on the hook, being re-
moved with every bite. A small piece
of the tentacle of squid, which is
glistening white when the skin is
peeled off, will tempt the fish and will
stay on until it works it's way into
some piscine gullet.
A Canadian canoe will answer very
we'll inside the reef. A couple of fish
ermen can cruise about in such a craft
from Waikiki clear into the harbor and
drop their lines into likely spots by the
way. When good bed of weed is
struck, biting will continue vigorously
for half an hour or more.
For fishing in deep water a native
canoe, manned by a couple Of natives,
must be obtained. When a likely fish
ing ground is located, the canoe IS
anchored and the hand1ines dropped
over the side, the bait being held foot
from the bottom. If there are any fish
about, it won't be long bsfore they
commence biting. Immediately bite
is felt the line is jerked with quick
turn of the wrist and if fish be
hooked, it is hauled handover- hand to
the surface and into the boat.
Fishing in this manner, an angler
may land from twenty to fifty fish,
ranging from few ounces to couple
of pounds in weight, in a couple of
hours time. Included in the catch are
likely to be moana, opelu, hinalea, lac,
maomao, aawa, hinalea nukiwi, pilikoa,
poopaa, hinalea luwahine and kupopo,
The canoe is kept moving from place
to place. the presence of fish being de-
tected by a wooden box with a glass
bottom, through which one can plainly
see all that is moving, in several
fathoms of water.
When batting with shrimps, it is well
to bite off the head and bait with the
rest of the body. The head should then
be chewed up and spit into the water;
this attracts the fish and keeps them in
the proximity of the hook.
1t is advisable to start out equipped
with plenty of hooks, gut leaders, lead
and an ample supply of line. Big fish
are likely to carry away the tackle and
it is almost certain to become snagged
several times in the coral which be-
strews the bottom.
Wn1le nSn1ng oH-SnOTe IL is a coHln1oH
thing to have turtle, large and small,
come to the surface within few yards
of the canoe and remain there summing
themselves. If there is a harpoon or
fsh-spear aboard the chances are that
someone will be enjoying some excel
lent soup before very long.
After busy week in the heated city
there is no better form of recreation
for the lover of little fishing than a
few hours in canoe off Waikiki. He
will forget his troubles, get his lungs
filed to capacity limit with ozone, and
his face and neck healthily tanned.
When the lines have been rolled up for
the day md the catch reviewed and
counted, the fisherman will go home
with bag of some of the best food
the sea has to offer and the appetite of
a bear wherewith to enjoy the fruits of
his fishing
Manager Church, of the Seaside
Hotel, is himself an enthusiastic fisher
man, and will gladly put devotees of
the hook and line in the way of enjoy