A Decent Size Bone

wailua boy · February 27, 2017, 07:27:03 AM

This fish bit an opelu rigged for an ulua. He put up a good fight and was released. In Hawaii we have 2 species of bonefish(short jaw and long jaw), one of which is an endemic found no where else.

oc1 · February 27, 2017, 08:28:10 AM

Nice one!
-steve

Cor · February 27, 2017, 09:20:25 AM

Nice fishy, he looks a bit worried about what happens next.......

Bill B · February 27, 2017, 07:29:45 PM

Nice fish brother....would that be a short or long jaw? Bill

oc1 · February 27, 2017, 08:07:02 PM

It's a round jaw. Sharp jaw are in deeper water and have less to worry about

You're a good guy for releasing it Wailua.
-steve

wailua boy · February 28, 2017, 12:52:55 AM

Thanks. I do a fair amount of catch and release fishing. I stopped keeping the GT's and omilus, a good 10+ years back. I actually just ordered an o'io(bonefish) tagging kit from the state, I thought they had lost funding for that project but I guess not.

oc1 · February 28, 2017, 07:28:50 AM

I didn't know they had kits again. Thank you very much for mentioning that.
-steve

seacane · February 28, 2017, 01:59:45 PM

Nice bonefish!
In conjunction with your future tagging efforts you may want to consider what The Bonefish Tarpon Trust(BTT) is promoting. BTT has a "fin clip" program to study DNA samples. There is an article that you can access on their website on their February 2017 News letter that explains it in a short video.