Third Option

[ahi lawaia]

With the wind blowing too much and the water too junk to go bottomfish, and trolling seemingly a waste of gas, what can a couple of old fut fishermen do? Sit at home and watch the grandkids? NOT!

We take the third option and hop on Bucketman's boat and go drag shell for the tako! First drop, hanapaa!

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We gettum in the net and in the boat! Nice size!

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The tako not showing up in droves but four of them jump our lures and we get three in da boat, with the fourth letting go of the lure before we can get it to the net. Nice size kine: 6½, 7¾, and 8¾ pounds.

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We gottum all on lures Bucketman makes:

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Not bad for a few hours relaxation on the water and sure beats sitting home on the couch or staring at the honey-do list! Plus we get tako for holiday parties - yumm!

Now if only the dang winds and seas calm enough for us to add onaga and other bottomfish to the menu...

Tight lines to all.

[KIWI808]

Lobster/ crayfish lure is mean
Nice tako

[volcanic]

Can Dr.Hoshino teach us those tricks too??

[Pupule]

"Dragging shell"...am I imagining things? Lobster lures? You go, CP!

[russell kato]

Wow Courtland,
No can go wrong with 1-2-3 option plan! I prefer the first two (trolling or bottomfishing) but hey, no can grumble with that kine size tako in the "box". I can only imagine carrying the gear neccesary to do any or all three in a day!.

[fetzerb]

Nice job! I like tako, but don't know how to cook it. I Might try catching them someday.

[Morris Lures]

good going nice size tako

[BNaks]

Those are some big buggahs. Good going and those are some nice lures also. Does Ken sell them?

[BucketMan]

Those are some big buggahs. Good going and those are some nice lures also. Does Ken sell them?

BNaks,

I do but only to J & E Fishing Supply. Their's are the cheapest in town. I supply the base and rig the shells that they provide. The artificial and real shells below are for my personal use. About eight years ago I bought 100 lobsters @ 2 bucks apiece from Accoutrements but they don't carry it anymore. I only have 22 left. I'll give you a lobster lure & in the future you can buy them from J & E. PM me.

BTW: Both of my two tako molds were made by "Tom Futa". I redesigned my prongs after his. I still have the original tako lure that he gave me.

Tako must be coming up because this past week I provided J & E with 15 blanks. Our last trip burned a little over a gallon of gas. And auwe! to da “dickhead� who hit my trailer and left yellow marks on the port side front fender and tire. He came close to tearing off one of the fender lights. Remember brah, “What goes around…/…Comes around�.

Back in the seventies, my dad caught a 23# tako with the double shell lure below. My personal best is 18#. Back in those days it was not unusual to catch over twenty tako fishing one-man in a day.

Ken

Reminder to "da real man": Don't forget to pick-up your 7" Futa & tako lures.

[adobo]

nice........bucketman!