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Let the wife drag me and the kids to Kauai for 9 days and was able to get in a bit of water activity.

3rd day on the island I took the kids fishing for a day and ended up with a few decent fish. 30 minutes out of the harbor and we had a our first jig strike. The kids wanted me to go first so I ended up pulling in a Short-Billed Spearfish, a first for me.

We get the boat going and 15 minutes later we get our second jig strike. Ryan hops in the chair and after a 15 minute battle lands a decent little Wahoo, his first.

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We had 6 more jig strikes through out the day including hooking and then losing a decent 150-200lb Blue Marlin, which spit the hook after 10 minutes. Also had one monster fish that hit the Penn with 120lb test that just ran for about 2 minutes before spitting the hook.

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Ended the day with the kids playing with old marlin tails and having blast pulling out the wahoo's guts and cutting open the stomach.

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Surf wise we had a good swell Tuesday thru Saturday, with most days head-high to 1-2 feet overhead. Surfed these 2 reefs with 0 to maybe 5-6 guys out at any time.

You can gauge the wave heights in a few of the pics with guys paddling in them. The one reef with the 2-way peak was great all week and is where a guy was whacked by a tiger shark about 1 year ago and lost a leg. Kinda spooky being out at that spot all by myself.

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Also got my oldest son Ryan out and within an hour had him riding waves all the way to the beach!

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Ran into a few locals that never surf alone...

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...went down to Bolsa tonight and it was 1-2 feet and totally blown out. Makes me glad to be back home....

Ed