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As soon as this campaign is over, I’ll return to writing again about fishing in Hawai’i and the Pacific. I apologize that between my day job, family obligations and volunteering, I haven’t had much time to go fishing and have sacrificed it to help out in Neil Abercrombie’s gubernatorial campaign. I believe it’ll all be worth it in the end.

A lot of readers have asked if I have done a video for the campaign, so here it is! Please check it out and let me know what you think. It’ll be much appreciated!:

Here’s Neil’s newest video, “The Right Way.”:

You can also find more Neil Abercrombie videos at NeilAbercrombie.com.

In addition, if you believe in the future of Hawai’i, here’s how you can get involved:

• Learn more about Neil’s vision for Hawaii.
• Pledge your vote for Neil Abercrombie.
• Make a donation.
• Make things easy on yourself and vote by mail.
• Tell your friends and family to do the same.
• Read previous Hawai’i Fishing Fanatic posts on Neil.

Thank you all for your support!

Well, we got a lifetime of memories and an adventure to share for a long time to come. We weren’t able to rustle up any ulua on this fishing trip but maybe the next time. Packed up at around 9am and we were on our way home by 10am. We both were pooped out and I headed to sleep soon after the GT Masters Weigh-In & Awards Ceremony (I just woke up at 11p and I am writing this post at a little after midnight to update everyone).

Boy! What an adventure this was! I’ll do it again but I’ll let our pictures speak for themselves. Also, I hope everyone enjoyed the mobile posts (sorry for any screw-ups) via this blog and Facebook fan page from Ka’ena Point.

Congratulations to all the winners in the GT Masters Cup 2010. Ho’omaika’i also goes out to Evan Abraham, who had the winning ulua at 56.4 lbs. (I’ll post GTM results as soon as I can, but gotta go back to bed now).

Big mahalos goes out to my fishing partners, Willy & Sherwin, our families (Aweau, Elisaga & Felipe ‘ohana), our friends (a special mahalo to BJ and Kevin for coming out!) and supporters for making our first shoreline fishing tournament together possible! But, we’re letting everyone know that it won’t be our last and we’ll get ‘um the next tournament! Mahalo a Nui Loa!

Pounding for ulua, 'o'io and 'omilu

Our GT Masters 2010 Campsite

Rigging time!

Mahalo Bruddahs for coming out!

Bruddah Willy can throw!

Mr. Pole Benda Waiting Period

Early sunrise and a hard night of pounding for ulua

We get 'um next time!

Rough night! No hanapa’a! As we continue our quest to catch us some i’a (fish) for the tournament. Spirits are somewhat tempered with adrenalin now subsiding, we approach the new day with skepticism due to the reports that big surf is on its way (but we’re in a safe spot and very safety conscious) and still windier than heck (15-25 mph winds). The kind that feels like it smacks your face just before it hurts. Even more, our fishing poles, reels, etc., are all encrusted with Hawaiian pa’akai (sea salt) and we got limu (seaweed), laundry-style on our lines in the water. Auwe!

Drank water and downed a cup of warm instant coffee. Still waiting on brunch though from our friend, Brock. Hmmm getting a little hungry! Caught a bunch of small baitfish while my friend, Willy, works his ulua (giant trevally) poles. However, he’s getting small-kine frustrated because it seems like most of the limu gets on his line while mine are limu-free! His new nickname is, Limu Man! LOL!

We heard everyone had a hard night too and no fishing action. In fact, one of our fishing partners, Sherwin, left for the eastside. We decided to stay and take our chances at Ka’ena.

So we need everyones prayers to help us out to get a Big One for our keikis! That’ll be much appreciated!

Aloha!

OK, so it took awhile to get ready and hit the road. But we were able to finally set up our camp and eventually throw out our ulua poles. Ate our Zippy’s Zip Pac and now enjoying the sound of surf at Ka’ena Point. I’m posting while we wait to hopefully soon hear the sound of ulua bells going off!

I saw this and it got me wondering, there is definitely something not pono (right) with @Zippys picture on their menu. Check it out the next time you dine at Zippy’s. Yes, Bruddah here had a little too much time on his hands when waiting for his meal.

Shoreline Access: Having some problems with my WordPress blog, so I’ll be posting more later on the web site as soon as I can.

In the meantime, check out today’s Honolulu Advertiser article, “Hawaii shore-acess bill gaining support“. If you have a chance, also click the link to the HB 1808, for the complete picture and call your state house representative & senator and let them know you care about shoreline access.

REMEMBER, NO access, means less shoreline to fish and dive!!! Auwe!