Innholdsfortegnelse for March 1979 i Hawaii Fishing News

Safety Vests which use snap hooks for making up waist and crotch strap belting have been involved in four observed accidents (one near fatality, one Instructor Training Course demonstration, one open water training dive, one recreational dive). What happens is simply this…the snap hooks engage the webbing of the weight belts or the metal of the so-called “wire buckles”…making ditching of the belt impossible. The above “accidents” occurred within a four month period in the waters of Cape Ann, Mass. The snap-hook fasteners are the culprits. They need to be relocated (through strap modifications) to a position where engagement with any supposed “ditchable” equipment is not possible. If not possible to relocate the snap-hook, at least turn the clip smooth side toward the body.…

What do you do when the fish aren’t biting? You make them bite. What do you do when you can’t find where the fish are? You make them come to you. Sound like some fisherman’s fantasy? For one type of fishing, it is the best kind of reality—a truth that’s proved by big catches of fish as good on the dinner table as they are fun to catch. The magic that turns the fantasy into truth is the Hawaiian “palu” bag. It works its sorcery by capitalizing on a fish’s most instinctive vice: greed. The palu bag is the key to success in bottom fishing. Its attractive power stimulates fish to look for your bait and gobble it greedily once found. Depending on the strength of underwater currents, the effect…

Where does spinning tackle get its name? From a fishing lure called a “spinner,” a small metal blade swivelling around a metal shaft with a hook on the end. But you wouldn’t know all that from what you see along the beaches and shorelines of Hawaii True, there is more “spinning” tackle in use than conventional, revolving spool casting tackle. Yet, there are no “spinners,” no lures with revolving blades. Is that because spinning lures are obsolete and better lures have evolved since the flashing twirlers of the old days? I can say from direct and personal experience that no better fishing lure has ever been invented than the spinner—for the right kind of fish in the right water. Spinners are, for example, so good at catching trout that they…

The meeting was called to order by President Bob Reed at 7:45 p.m. Roll call and introductions were made. Eleven out of thirteen clubs were present. STANDING REPORTS: 1. Minutes were approved as read individually. 2. Treasurer reported $408.25 in checking; $3525.77 in savings. 3. Safety and Standards—no new deaths in 1979. OLD BUSINESS: 1. The constitution has been re-typed and new amendments to the constitution added. It was also xeroxed, but needs to be collated before being distributed. It will be passed out to club presidents at the Banquet. 2. US of A—the Council still needs members for 1979. We are still about 4 short, so get your club members to join with $5.00 3. Banquet—Ellen Owens needs to have representatives or presidents confirm the number of people in…

Of all the freshwater gamefish available to Hawaii’s anglers none is more colorful or harder fighting, pound for pound, than the tucunare. This is one of the more exotic of our gamefish, a greenish-gold fish shaped much like a bass, native to Central America. All those on Oahu and Kauai are descendents of a single pair, which were brought in during the early 1960’s. This first pair was successfully bred, the young were propagated, and in due course they were stocked in the state’s public fishing areas. Since then, this fine gamefish has provided countless hours of enjoyment for Hawaii’s freshwater anglers. The tucunare prefers warmer waters, bright, sunny days, and ponds or lakes in preference to streams or other flowing water. While a bass fisherman normally expects to start…

It has been called by many “The battle for Maalaea Harbor”. It has gone on for years. More years than most of the fishermen that use Maalaea care to think about. On January 23, 1979 the battle erupted into a full scale war. In order to understand the present controversy—it is important to understand the history of the Maalaea Small Boat Harbor, located in the bight of south central Maui. The back corner of Maalaea Bay had been used as a semi-protected anchorage for hundreds of years, and in 1952 the fishermen who used the area convinced the State that they needed further protection from the swells that often disrupted their anchorage. The State built the south breakwater, which was labeled by many at the time as a “real big…

PRESIDENT’S CORNER The annual HCDC Outstanding Diver of the Year Award banquet also includes the installation of new officers for the 1979 term and kudos for the outgoing officers. I would like to thank the outgoing officers—Henri Gomez, Vice President, Norman Lau, Treasurer and Ellen Owens, Corresponding Secretary for their hard work and dedicated support of the Council. As I conclude two consecutive terms, I leave office with a sense of satisfaction in the progress of and the completion of many projects and with a sense of regret because of those unfinished ones. I would also like to thank those members of the diving community who volunteered their time, resources and efforts in support of the Council. They lightened my load considerably. Mahalo,Bob Reed HCDC Executive Officers…

Everyone who attends a formal course of instruction on diving is taught to make SCUBA dives within the no-decompression dive tables. In the majority of the dives this type of diving is uneventful, however, occasionally it will result in decompression sickness (bends). Since 1976 the Pearl Harbor Recompression Chamber has treated 14 divers for decompression sickness who make dives within the no-decompression limits. Analysis of the fourteen case histories has revealed some interesting and useful data. Analysis Table I indicates that all divers, regardless of age, are susceptible to the bends even though the dives were made within no-decompression limits. The largest percentage are in the 20 to 30-year-old age group. This is not unexpected because the age group probably does the most diving and therefore would have the highest…

Waianae is gearing up for the Pokai Bay Bonanza Jackpot Fishing Tournament which will be held on March 28th, 29th and 30th, Excitement and anticipation are running high with the hosting Pokai Bay Boat Club planning all sorts of fun cocktail parties and ono pupus. Although the deadline has been reached for names to go in the tournament book, there are a few spaces available if some of you still wish to enter the tournament. Just call Doc: McKinney at 696-7264. This past January and February should go down in history as Mini-marlin months. Little stripes and spearfish have been sprinkled all around, with most anglers picking them up on feathers. Where have all the big female Blues gone? Although there have been a few lurking around down there in…