Hilo Seawatch
Peak Fishing Experiences, Remembering Your First Ahi
A great deal of the wonderful experience of fishing is in recalling and treasuring memories of peak fishing experiences. This is especially the case as one ages and becomes a fair-weather fisherman. Some believe that ‘ahi is our most memorable fish, and there is nothing like the scream of the reel when a large ‘ahi hits. So I’ll mention three examples of first ‘ahi catches.
When we first got my boat in 1992 we were pretty inexperienced, even though I had handlined small ‘ahi from sailing canoes in outer island Micronesia. I had a borrowed 10/0 black Penn Senator with the old style pressed on spool and had loaded it with 100 lb mono without knowing I
