Congratulations to your grandson. Was it a white
ulua? Ulua are so hard to catch and fight as good as
any big game fish. How lucky for you guys.
Marty, Ulua is kind of a generic name for Trevally.
They are actually of the Jack family of fishes. The
juvenile stage is called Papio. In this case, it
probably is a Giant Trevally, and this magnificient
fish grows to well over 100 lbs. They are mostly
caught from the shore with heavy conventional casting
reels and very long rods. The Big Island where Rocky
lives is home to most of the really big ulua. The
ulua is one of the hardest fighting fish in Hawaii's
waters today. It is a true accomplishment for one so
young to land an ulua.
Once again, congratulations.
Les
Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
PS: Rocky, are you going to send it in to the
Holo-holo section of the Hawaii Fishing News?
--- martypalucska@aol.com wrote:
> Aloha Rocky,
> Glad to here your son is doing well maybe the next
> Tiger, by the way great pictures very nice fish?- it
> looks like a Jack,?I believe that I have caught in
> Florida but nothing that big.
>
> NCL cruise line, did here about alot of changes and
> will not decide until sometime next year, also heard
> that Aloha Airlines shut down.
>
> Would love to go out fishing again with you and
> hopefully catch more then my wife, lol.
>
> have a great day ... GO CUBS, Marty
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocky <ahicatcher2@yahoo.com>
> To: fishingtheusaandcanada@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 3:17 am
> Subject: [fishingtheusaandcanada] Re: First Ulua
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Aloha Marty,
>
> Yes my son is still playing baseball with little
> league just starting
> practices. He is playing his last year of Junior
> division. He plays
> golf too and has just started junior golf and had a
> 4 over par 75 for
> 18 holes the last time he play with his grandfather.
>
> Well, you better make your reservations early
> because Norweigen
> Cruise lines just moved 2 of 3 of their ships out of
> Hawaii.
> Something about non american owned cruise lines not
> following the law
> so you better book early.
>
> Let me know when you come here and I can take you
> out fishing again.
>
> Aloha Ke Akua, Rocky
>
> --- In fishingtheusaandcanada@yahoogroups.com,
> martypalucska@...
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Aloha Rocky,
> > Great hearing from you its been awhile, hope all
> is well. What a
> great story
> > looking forward to seeing the pictures, by the way
> is your son
> still playing
> > baseball.
> >
> > take care, Marty
> >
> > PS, My wife and I are talking about our next trip
> to Hawaii but
> will not be
> > until 2010. Thinking about a 7 day cruise plus
> staying on the
> Islands for
> > another 4 or 5 days, if you have any friends or
> family that have
> or can
> > recommend a travel agent please forward their web
> site.
> >
> >
> > Aloha All,
> >
> > On Good Friday 3-21-08 my son and launched our
> boat and set out
> our
> > soft head lured and headed east toward the E-buoy.
> About 10
> minutes
> > out of the breakwater we got a strike and my son
> Kristopher
> grabbed
> > the rod and started to reel the fish in. After a
> while I figured
> the
> > fish was not a marlin or mahi mahi because the
> fish didn't jump.
> > Then I thought that it wasn't an ono because it
> was fighting to
> > hard. I though it might be an ahi (yellowfin tuna)
> but it didn't
> > fight in a circle like an ahi either. About 55
> minutes later I
> seen
> > the leader and leadered the fish to the surface.
> When the fish got
> > to the surface it opened it's big mouth and I
> gaffed it in the
> mouth
> > then my son sunk a second gaff into it and got it
> into the boat.
> My
> > son Kristopher started to sceam for joy. Lol He
> called his grandma
> > and after he hung up the phone he started to
> scream again. Lol He
> > called a couple of friends and a couple of uncles
> and screamed for
> > joy after each call. Lol The ocean swells we
> getting rough and we
> > decided to go in the weigh the fish so we headed
> to S. Tokunaga
> > Store (they have a certified scale there). It
> weighed in at 40
> pound
> > (Thanks Mike Tokunaga). What a fish my son's first
> ulua. I will
> post
> > some pictures in the photo section.
> >
> > Aloha Ke Akua (God Bless), Rocky
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros.
> Watch the video
> on AOL
> > Home.
> >
>
(http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?
> video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001)
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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