I'm back from Puerto Vallarta and open for business. Had a great trip!

[Yogi_fish808]

Looks like you had a great trip, nice fish Randy!

[coastal_dan]

Sounds like a trip of a lifetime!  Congrats on your catches as well as filling up the freezer!

[Reel 224]

Randy: Nice catch!

Joe

[mike1010]

Great report and that's some fish!

Mike

[sdlehr]

Well done, Randy! Nice fish!

Sid

[broadway]

Way to go, Randy... couldn't have happened to a better guy!
I bet it tastes even better than it looks.
Good for you, stay fishy
Dom

[Vintage Offshore Tackle]

Nice catch Randy!

Love the shirt as well...

Chad

Thank you Chad.  That's my Tokunaga Tackle shirt.  It has been pōmaika'i for me and I always try to remember to bring it fishing.  Do you live in Hilo?

Randy

Randy,

Hilo is my hometown where I grew up.

I knew that shirt looked familiar..

Have you been to their new store over on Manono St?

It's 3x the size of the old one.

Chad

Chad, what a great place to grow up.  I did see the new Tokunaga store when I was in Hilo the summer before last.  I have done a lot of travelling and I always try to stop in every tackle store that I pass to see if they have any old treasures that they might be willing to part with, and the new Tokunaga store is my favorite.  I met Michael and his crew three years ago when they gave me a table at their weigh-in headquarters for the ulua tournament and they made me feel welcome and I cannot say enough about what a great job they do. 

I love Hilo because I feel like I am really in Hawaii, not Disneyland like most of the resort areas.  It's too bad that there is so much wind on the Hilo side because I would love to fish there, but I do not do well in rough weather so when I come, I fish on the Kona side with Kevin Nakamaru, who is an amazing fisherman.

Where do you live now?

Randy

[Vintage Offshore Tackle]

Way to go, Randy... couldn't have happened to a better guy!
I bet it tastes even better than it looks.
Good for you, stay fishy
Dom

Thank you Dom, Mike, Sid, Dan, Joe and Yogi.  If you come visit me, you can have all of the sashimi that you can eat!

Randy

[Bryan Young]

Hi Randy,

Look and sounds like you had a blast with room to fish. 

I'll be over for sashimi then Italian food in Pismo very soon.

Now get back to work...life is not all play.  lol

Bryan

[Vintage Offshore Tackle]

Hi Randy,

Look and sounds like you had a blast with room to fish. 

I'll be over for sashimi then Italian food in Pismo very soon.

Now get back to work...life is not all play.  lol

Bryan

You have a deal Bryan.  Let me know as soon as you figure out when you are going to be in town.

Thanks,

Randy

[sundaytrucka]

Glad you had such a great trip Randy!!!

Sounds like an amazing time.

-Scott

[Newell Nut]

Great Job Randy and I bet you had a bunch of adrenaline pumping when that drag started screaming.

[Vintage Offshore Tackle]

Thank you Scott and Dwight.  The adrenaline was definitely pumping for the whole two hours, thinking of every possible way that I could lose that fish!

Randy

[Brian A]

congrats Randy.  sounds awesome.  i have to remember to plan one of these in my life.  will get in touch when that happens.  much aloha.

\mn/

Brian

[theluckpusher]

that a great Pic and sounds like a great trip