looking for a safe, "non-local friendly" place to camp/fish

[EJ392]

my friend and i are going to be flying from washington out to oahu to visit a friend, but we would like to also do some camping and fishing. i am aware of needing a permit, but i am more worried about finding a non-local friendly place where we dont have to worry about getting harrassed by locals or mugged by bums, than i am finding a place to fish.

maybe its just a misconception, but i hear camping on oahu can get downright sketchy if not dangerous, and ive heard that even some of the locals wont even camp out on the beaches (again maybe a misconception)

we dont really have much cash, so, staying at a hotel the entire time is kind out of the question, and wont have a vehicle availble, so we will be stuck walking or riding a bus. we will be traveling light, and living out of a backpack for a week

im going to be camping with 2 girls, so, i gotta look out in thier best interests... they want to just hitch hike and camp on whatever nice looking beach they can find, but........ i dont want end up as a statistic.... thats not the way we are going to do it.

a safe place for 3 college kids to camp, fish, and have some fun, and enjoy hawaii on the cheap is all we are after.......

Speaking of fishing, what would be some good gear to bring?

ive got a 10 1/2 foot shimano convergence, and a garcia c6500 with almost 300 yards of 50lbs braid, which i think should be more than sufficient

as far as tackle, im going to bring a few various top-water poppers, some rapala/yo-zuri mid water plugs, a few mid water lead casting jigs (pt wilson darts) and the standard assortment of hooks, weights, swivels and a few rubber grubs

ive heard bait rigs work well too...

what is there to catch? whats good to eat?

thanks for the help

Erik

[abdiver7777]

After living there for just over a year I'll just say that it wouldn't be wise to camp on the beach. The "Aloha Spirit" is just to encourage tourists to drop the dollars.... they hate you and don't want you there.....

Since Meth is so prevalent, nighttime anywhere on that island is sketchy especially for caucasions..... If your rental car breaks down anywhere it will be picked apart in less than 24 hours (even on main roads)

As for fishing I would say "don't bother"...... there are almost no reef fish near shore since no license is required and the locals have decimated the fish populations. Charter fishing in HI is mostly just a long boat ride and if you are one of the lucky one out of every fifty charters to land a fish you don't get to keep it.... If you want your fish you have to pay the skipper market price for it......

Keep your family in the tourist areas in the daytime..... If your friend has lived there for any amount of time I'm sure he will tell you the same thing....

Sorry to be so negative but in my opinion HI is a foreign country being subsidized by the US tax payer. Like most other countries they hate us....

[Aggro]

Damn, I'm going in Oct. I guess I better look around other islands.

[LundieF]

Originally Posted by abdiver7777

After living there for just over a year I'll just say that it wouldn't be wise to camp on the beach. The "Aloha Spirit" is just to encourage tourists to drop the dollars.... they hate you and don't want you there.....

Since Meth is so prevalent, nighttime anywhere on that island is sketchy especially for caucasions..... If your rental car breaks down anywhere it will be picked apart in less than 24 hours (even on main roads)

As for fishing I would say "don't bother"...... there are almost no reef fish near shore since no license is required and the locals have decimated the fish populations. Charter fishing in HI is mostly just a long boat ride and if you are one of the lucky one out of every fifty charters to land a fish you don't get to keep it.... If you want your fish you have to pay the skipper market price for it......

Keep your family in the tourist areas in the daytime..... If your friend has lived there for any amount of time I'm sure he will tell you the same thing....

Sorry to be so negative but in my opinion HI is a foreign country being subsidized by the US tax payer. Like most other countries they hate us....

Yup, exactly. Its like a third world country out there. Keep your family inside the barbed wire compound or they might get kidnapped for ransom money. If you do venture around the island where the angry foreigners live it is best to travel with an armed escort. Don't even think about snorkeling, underwater it looks like some kind of post-apocalyptic wasteland.

To give you an idea what camping in this hellhole will be like watch the following.

[Kauaihunter]

On Kauai we eat white folk.

[gpaul1961]

Crazy this. I come 7th gen native Hawaiian. Not been back since I was 20. What the hell happened that caused all the hu hu? Ewa beach used to be a place with lots of beefs. My Old Man would roll in his grave to see this shit.

[ConSeaMate]

Originally Posted by gpaul1961

Crazy this. I come 7th gen native Hawaiian. Not been back since I was 20. What the hell happened that caused all the hu hu? Ewa beach used to be a place with lots of beefs. My Old Man would roll in his grave to see this shit.

Don't you watch Dog the Bounty Hunter?...........

[Kauaihunter]

Originally Posted by gpaul1961

Crazy this. I come 7th gen native Hawaiian. Not been back since I was 20. What the hell happened that caused all the hu hu? Ewa beach used to be a place with lots of beefs. My Old Man would roll in his grave to see this shit.

No hu hu. Just people that dont live here making stupid comments? Lucky for us we are subsidized and dont have to work. Our boats and gas are free and all we do is rape the ocean, smoke meth and mug haoles.

But this is a fishing forum so you have to expect lots of trolling around here.

[abdiver7777]

Originally Posted by Aggro

Damn, I'm going in Oct. I guess I better look around other islands.

You will definitely have a better "tourist" experience on the other islands......

Oahu holds something like 80% of the total population of the Hawaiian Islands so for all intents and purposes it is overrun......

Just stay in the tourist areas and you'll be fine.......

[Lou W]

From the sounds of HI MX is a safe paradise, which it is to me. I'll stick with MX. Particularly when I can keep the fish I catch there if I choose