Aloha. my friend Doug Howard from Portland visited the Big Island for a week and we had a couple of days doing Hawaii things. this is him with a nice mahi he got on the fly.



He got a couple of small ahi and aku on his 12wt. We wanted a big ahi but only had one hit and it shook the hook on a lure.



We had a good day out of Hilo and got plenty of fish for his family that was visiting.



Doug likes to pig hunt so he got to stick a couple.



We went offshore in Kona for a day and got this nice 35lb ono on a diver. Lots of good grinds.



Doug has an obsession for milkfish and was able to get this nice one on the kona side.



I took his family to snorkel with the mantas one night, they were all pretty amazed.



Doug went back to Portland, but I have kept fishing. Got this ulua yesterday while bottom fishing for snappers. Thought it was a shark at first. Hope you all have a good summer, Mems.