Okinawa fishing. (boat fishing)

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I got a group together from work and put together another charter. we also had 2 guys from the Japanese Army with us. They are engineers and doing an exchange program with our parent unit. We've been teaching them our ways for the past 2 weeks. So far they've learned to drive robots, run around in 80lb bomb suites, ID foreign and domestic ordnance and among other things they caught their first fish!
I brought out my 12/0 to load up on fish mojo and also had my Mak 80 and Avet EX50.
lots of fish came on the troll. we would drift past the bouys and chunk bait to the schools for only a couple fish. The drone of the diesel and smoking lures really got their attention!
first pass of a bouy and all three trolling rods get bent! lost the short corner (one of the Japanese guys was on it and just didn't know to keep tension). got two to the boat!

12/0 mojo


second pass and a double!


lets do another pass.. DOUBLE!

the school was around us so we threw baits out. I dropped the heavy Iron and nailed this guy


Video of my first wahoo! Warning: some language. it decided to go around the rudder and the cursing ensued.. :lol: held my breath on every run, hence the heavy breathing. when it went under the boat all I could think of was "there goes my lure, there goes my braid, there GOES MY FISH!" haha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYqx...=youtube_gdata

not much on that drift so we reset the drift. while moving I dropped back the lures and... FISH ON!


another wahoo for me.

next drift turned out good







went to reset for another drift and set out the lures.
got two wahoo!



some more pics







Tight lines guys!

[DennisMorgan]

Great report , keep them coming. Also nice to see something from Okinawa, I spent a year there in 92', it might seem a long way from home because it is, but some of my greatest memories with buddies. Continue to enjoy!


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[Deamon]

DUDE! You mean you didn't chunk out all of your day's catch for a sharky? Way to go Chris. Jim

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Originally Posted by Deamon

DUDE! You mean you didn't chunk out all of your day's catch for a sharky? Way to go Chris. Jim

hah!... yeah we wont get into that...

[LawDog]

Awesome pics. Time to request some orders. Haha

[MrPatrick]

We visited friends in Okinawa just as a typhoon hit! The next day at the beach my wife collected 40lbs of seashells and coral.
Okinawa was one of our favorite places we've ever been too.
Oh yeah amazing snorkeling too!

[Silbaugh4liberty]

Nice! ! I was there 03-05 camp kinser.

[FISH11]

Great looking Do Dos. Looks like all had a great time. Thanks for sharing. Tight Lines.

[CKallday71]

Never thought about it but I had no idea Dorado were in Japanese waters.

[MrPatrick]

It's a subtropical island. Beautiful. Really enjoyed the people there as well. Much more laid back and informal compared to other parts of japan.

[Gerry]

Awsome pictures. I was in Okinawa a few weeks ago, touring in Naha, Chatan and a couple other places. Stayed in a hotel across from the marine base for a couple days. Some amazing Fishing and diving in Chatan. Can't wait to go back. Thanks for sharing.

[Gerry]

Originally Posted by MrPatrick

It's a subtropical island. Beautiful. Really enjoyed the people there as well. Much more laid back and informal compared to other parts of japan.

I totally agree. Night and day compared to the mainland.

[kaya_one]

what a great mixed bag. Looks like a lot of fun.

[lowprofile]

It was definitely a fun day. catching that wahoo on the iron was amazing. Last thing I thought I would hook. I lost my Salas 6x I caught it on and two more irons as well. one on a hook up and two on the drop. second one I felt a bump and clicked over and it was slack, the third just went slack... damn hoos!

[blitzburgh]

Very cool post! Looks like fun was had by all