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.
Nice one!
-steve
Nice fishy, he looks a bit worried about what happens next....... ;)
Nice fish brother....would that be a short or long jaw? Bill
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
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.
I didn't know they had kits again. Thank you very much for mentioning that.
-steve
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.