The next day we went to one of our favorite Big Island beaches. Bonus points to anyone who can correctly identify this beach!



I hit some Damselfish on reverse spiders……



And a fat Hawkfish on a …….huh? wazzat? Yep……a big globug! They smack it because it looks like a sponge with baby Nemo hiding inside!!



With morning Starbucks firmly in hand we headed out for a day of bluewater fishing on the Lepika with the awesome Russ Nitta……



I brought my Elephant Gun…….just in case something fierce wanted to eat some feathers……



About 30 minutes into the day we took a blind strike on a lure and my wife settled in for her first-ever marlin battle…battling sailfish and other pelagic species in Panama got her totally jazzed about big game fishing. She told me before we left Honokohau Harbor that she wanted to tangle with a marlin…she got her wish….