ʻO nā hana lawaiʻa mai nā mea kākau moʻolelo o ka honuaʻo Greg Myerson
Loaʻa i ka Connecticut ka lawaiʻa maikaʻi loa ma ka honua nei . ʻOka pololei: Connecticut .
ʻAʻole wau iʻike i koʻuʻano home no ka iʻa nui a hiki i koʻu manawa e kamaʻilio ai me North Branford, Connecticut's Greg Myerson, ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo Warren Buffett o ka honua lawaiʻa. ʻO Greg ia ma ka kiʻi ... e huki ana i nā kī liʻiliʻi nui loa i hopuʻia. Ua'ōleloʻo Myerson, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻeʻo ia i nā iʻa nui mai ka wai o Long Island Sound.
He aha kāna mea huna? ʻAuhea nā wahi maikaʻi loa e lawaiʻa ai ma Connecticut, no ka paʻakai paʻakai a me nā wai maoli?
Inā pahaʻoe he mea hakakā paʻakikī a makua paha e makemake e lawe i kāu mau keiki e holoholo i ka lawaiʻa a i kēia manawa, eʻoluʻoluʻoe i nā'ōlelo kōkua a me nā moʻolelo e like me ka mahele o Myerson ma kēia Q & A:
Q:ʻO wau iʻike mua ai i ke kiʻi o kāu mau'ūpili liʻiliʻi honua, ua makemake koke au eʻike: Ma heaʻo ka honua i hopu aiʻo ia i kēlā iʻa iʻa? Ua manaʻo wau he wahi loloa ia ma laila a ua hoʻolimalimaʻia e aʻo aiʻoe i ka lawaiʻa ma Long Island Sound. Ua haehaeʻia kēia 54 inch, 81.88-paona i kahi anomaly, a he nui iʻa paha mai ke kahakai o Connecticut ?
A: Ua hana au ma kahi a puni, aʻo nā kī nui nui loa i loaʻa iaʻu ma Connecticut kēia. Ua loaʻa iaʻuʻehā mau'ōpili puʻupuʻu honua ma Connecticut i nā makahikiʻelua i hala iho nei. Nui nā kālepa liʻiliʻi e hele mai iʻaneʻi e hānai i kā mākou lobster. Makemake lākou e hoʻohana i ka Sound.
Nui ka nui o ka meaʻai ma laila, a ke hele mai nei lākou i ke kauwela.
Q:ʻO wai kāu mea huna no ka hukiʻana i kēia mau iʻa nui?
A: Ua hana au i nā hana e hopu i kēia mau mea. Ua hoʻolohe wau i nā lobsters i nā kāne, a ke kahakaha nei au i nā leo e hanaʻia me ko lākou manamana ma lalo. Loaʻa iaʻu ka laulā decibel a me ke alapine i lalo a laila kūkulu i nā koʻi e hoʻonui i kēlā kani likeʻole a hoʻokomo i loko o koʻu pūmole.
No laila,ʻo ia kahi o kaʻu huahana nui e hoʻohana nei au i kēia:ʻo ka RattleSinker, ka mea aʻu i hoʻohui ai a hoʻohuiʻia.
Ua noʻonoʻo wau i kēia mau'ōhumu, a ua hoʻohana wau iā mau mea no kaʻu mau makahiki aʻaʻole wau i haʻi aku i kekahi mea e pili ana iā lākou. A ma ka makahiki 2010,ʻo Jack, ka mea nāna i kā Jack's Shoreline Bait & Tackle ma Westbrook, uaʻae mai iaʻu e komo i ka pahu Striper,ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani nui loa i ka honua. Malia 5,000 mau kānaka i komo i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua komo au i loko o ka hopena o ke kau. Ke hoʻomaka nei ia iʻApelila, aʻaʻole aʻu i komo i loko o Mei a me Iune. I koʻu komoʻana i loko, ua alakaʻi au a lanakila i ka makahiki 2010. Ua lanakila wau i Angler of the Year. Ua loaʻa iaʻu he 60 mau puʻupuʻu paina ma Connecticut. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi leo mai ka mea kākau puke, a ua haʻiʻo ia iaʻuʻaʻohe kanaka i loaʻa iʻekolu mau paona. Ua'ōleloʻo ia: "Ua loaʻa wale paha he hoʻokahi 100, a loaʻa iāʻoe iʻekolu ma hoʻokahi makahiki. E kaulana akuʻoe ma mua o Al McReynolds." ʻAʻole au iʻike i ka mea a Al McReynolds! Ke hoʻololi neiʻo iaʻo ia ka mea hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo o ka honua i kēia wā, a hiki i ka wā i uhaki ai au i ka moʻolelo i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki 2011.
Q: Ua heluhelu au i kāuʻike no ka hopuʻana i nā kīʻaha pāʻani honua. Loaʻa iāʻoe kekahi mauʻano iʻa iʻa'ē aʻe mai kouʻikeʻana i ka lawaiʻa ma Connecticut ?
A: Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka iʻa nui aʻe ma mua o kaʻikeʻana o ka honua a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou no kekahi mau manawa, me kaʻikeʻole i ka mea o ka honua. ʻAʻole wau i komo i loko o nā hoʻokani a kahi e mālama ai i ka iʻa. I ka makahiki 1998, loaʻa iaʻu kahi iʻa humongous a hoʻokuʻu aku. A laila i ka makahiki 2007, loaʻa hou wau i kahi mea nui'ē aʻe, a hoʻokuʻu aku au i kēlā. ʻAʻole wau iʻike i ka nui o lākou: hoʻokuʻu wau iā lākou. Ināʻaʻoleʻo ia no kēlā hoʻokūkū i ka makahiki 2011, inā paha ua hoʻokuʻu au i kēlā iʻa aʻaʻole loa i loaʻa iā ia ka moʻolelo o ka honua.
Q: No ke aha i komoʻole ai ka Connecticut i nā hōʻailonaʻoi aʻe o kahiʻoihana lawaiʻa? No ke aha e pono ai?
A: makemake wau i Connecticut. ʻAʻole wau e makemake e ola ma kahi'ē aʻe. Ke hana maoli nei wau no ka Oihana Transport no ka Moku'āinaʻo Connecticut. Aloha wau iʻaneʻi. E iʻa wau iʻaneʻi. Hiki iaʻu ke hele i nā iʻa i kahi āpau: Noho wau maʻaneʻi. Loaʻa iā mākou nā kahawai maikaʻi loa ma ke ao nei me ka Housatonic a me ka muliwaiʻo Farmington no nā mea lawaiʻa lele.
A ma luna o kēlā māhele o ka moku'āina,ʻo Barkhamsted a Cornwall, he nani wale nō ia. Loaʻa iā mākou nāʻano hana hoʻonaʻauao a pau a me nā lawaiʻa maʻaneʻi. A laila ka lawaiʻa o ke kai ... he nani ke kahakai a pau. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i Long Island, e hele aku i Montauk, e hele i ka mokuʻo Block, akā, ua hānai wau i kēlā mau wahi aʻaʻole loa wau eʻoi aku ma laila ma kahi o Connecticut. Ua hoʻolālā ka moku'āina i nā miliona miliona i ka makahiki i hala ma ka hoʻolālā me nā mea kaua kipi, akā ua nalowale lākou i ka moku! ʻO ka meaʻoi maoli ka lawaia a mākou iʻaneʻi.
Q: Ua heluhelu au e hoʻomakaʻoe e lawaiʻa i nā makahikiʻelua?
A: ʻAe, ua'ōlelo mai koʻu makua, ua hoʻohana wau i ka iʻa i loko o ke keʻena no kekahi kumu. Ua'ōleloʻo ia, makemake au e lawaiʻa. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mea. ʻAʻohe kanaka o kaʻohana he lawaiʻa nui loa. ʻO lākou a pau mai Brooklyn, aʻoiaʻiʻo nō, ua hana koʻu kupuna kāne ma ka Fulton Fish Market. Ua hele mai lākou a pau ma kēlā ala, akā ua neʻe lākou i Connecticut a noho iho maʻaneʻi. ʻO wau he keiki'ōpiopio e kū pono ana i ka pā.
Q: He wahi puna kai punahele punahele ma Connecticut ?
A: Ke iʻa nei wau ma kahi a puni. Kekahi manawa. No kekahi mea. ʻIke au. ʻO wau wale nō ma Silver Lake i ka hebedoma hebedoma me kaʻu kaikamahine ma ka hau, a loaʻa iā mākou kahi pū. ʻO 7 kaikamahine kaʻu, a makemakeʻo ia i ka lawaiʻa. Ua lanakilaʻo ia i kāna hoʻouka kūkala mua ma ka makahiki i hala. Ua kiʻi au i ka iʻaʻo Salmon River ma Colchester. ʻIke au i ka iʻaʻo Muddy River ma North Haven. ʻAi au i ka iʻa Housatonic a me Farmington. ʻO ka muliwaiʻo Quinnipiac a me ka muliwaiʻo Connecticut, hiki iāʻoe ke hopu i nā kī kī i ka makahiki a puni. Ma nā wahi āu e hele ai i ka moku'āina, aia ka lawaiʻa nui. I ka makahiki 2011, manaʻo wau he 11 mau moʻolelo hou i uhakiʻia ma ka moku'āina a hoʻokahi pūnaewele honua,ʻo wau nō.
Q: Pehea i lilo ai ka lawaiʻa ma mua o kahi hoʻokipa noʻoe?
A: Ua makemake nā kānaka eʻike i kaʻu hanaʻana. Inā e hopuʻoe i kēia mau iʻa nui aʻaʻohe mea'ē aʻe, makemake lākou eʻike i keʻano o ka mea huna. A ke manaʻo nei au , ke hoʻohana nei au i kekahi mea aʻu i hana ai. Ke kani nei au i nā kani mai nā moʻo a me nā lobsters a me nā pīpī: Inā e hana anaʻoe i nā lure e hoʻopiʻi ana i nā pupuhi a me nā pupuhi a me nā lobsters, makemakeʻoe i ke kani o kēlā mea i loko. No laila, ke kūkulu nei wau i nā pūʻali e hoʻokani i kēlā leo. He meaʻoluʻolu kēia, akā i kēia manawa,ʻo ka noi no ka lawe mai i kaʻikeʻepekema i ka lawaiʻa e holo ana i kahi kūʻokoʻa hou, a ke manaʻo nei wau aia wau i mua. Ua noiʻi nā haumāna o ka'UConn Law Law i ka huahana aʻu i hana ai i kapaʻiaʻo "RattleSinker" a hoʻokahua i ia mea noʻu.
Ke hoʻomaka nei wau i ka weheʻana i ka Company Striper Company ma kaʻaoʻao kokoke i ka Bill's Seafood ma Westbrook. ʻAʻole ia he hale kūʻai nui, akā, ke hana nei au i ka nui o ke kālaihana a me ka [mēka mail] e hoʻokaʻawale ana ma waho o laila. Hoʻopanei mākou i ka manawa no kā mākou laina o kaʻaʻahuʻOihana Pūnaeweleʻo Hawaiʻi. ʻAʻole ia he wahi nui loa, akā, ke manaʻo nei wau e hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i kā mākou inoa ma nāʻano likeʻole.
Q: He aha nā mea'ē aʻe āu i hele mai ai mai ka wā i uhaʻi aiʻoe i ka papa honua honua?
A: Loaʻa iaʻu kahi puke nui e pili ana i kahi mea kākau,ʻo Tim Gallagher: He loeaʻo ia ma Cornell. Ua kākauʻo ia iʻelua mau mea kālepa. Manaʻoʻo ia e lilo ana kēia i mea nui loa iā ia. Alohaʻo ia. No laila, hauʻoli wau a hauʻoli hoʻi.
A ke hoʻopani nei au i kekahi mea kaulana kaulanaʻo Jamie Howard. Keʻike neiʻoe i ka hōʻike a Warren Miller i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a pau? ʻO Jamie Howard nā mea lawaiʻa. Ua hanaʻo ia i ka inoaʻo Chasing Silver , he mea nui loa ia. A i ka lā aʻe, hana pū mākou. Kapaʻiaʻo ia: E holoholo ana i ke kai , a hoʻokaniʻia i Connecticut a me Rhode Island a me New York a puni nā wahi.
ʻO ka lawaiʻa lawaiʻa i hoʻohemoʻia he māla nui. Aia ma kahi o 5,000 mau lawaia lawaiʻa ma ka East Coast wale nō. Ke hoʻomaka nei wau e loaʻa i ka nui o nā inoa inoa nui e kāhea ana, a lawe wau iā lākou i ka lawaiʻa. ʻO Walter Anderson ka meaʻoihana lawaia aʻu,ʻo ia ke alakaʻi o Parade Magazine. He hoa maikaʻiʻo ia noʻu. He kāpenaʻo ia. No laila, i ka hikiʻana mai o kēia poʻe nui i ke kūlanakauhale, hanaʻo ia ma keʻano kāpena,ʻo wau ke alakaʻi, a lawe mākou iā lākou ma kēia mau huakaʻi.
Q: No ka heleʻana i Connecticut i ka lawaiʻa, hiki iāʻoe ke'ōlelo i kekahi o kāu mau punahele punahele? ʻO kahi punahele punahele punahele a hoʻopuka paha i kahi kūʻai?
A: Aiaʻo Rick Mola i ka Fisherman World o Norwalk. ʻO ia paha ke kālekaʻoi loa ma ka moku'āina. ʻO kahiʻo Jack's kahi maikaʻi nui loa: Ua nui loa wau ma Jack's Bait lāuaʻo Tackle. ʻO kekahi mea maikaʻi'ē aʻeʻo Kāpena Morganʻo Madison.
Q: He wahi punahele paha kāu eʻai ai ma hope o ka lā o ka lawaiʻa?
A: Ke hele nei wau i Bill's Seafood, kokoke i ka wahi e hele ai kaʻu hui. ʻOiai wau i ka manawa maʻamau i Bill's Seafood. He maikaʻi kaʻai.
Q: Aia kekahi mahele nui o kāu'ōlelo aʻo e launa pū me nā lawaiʻa e moemoe ana i ka laweʻana i ka moʻolelo o ka honua?
A: E nānā pono i ka hana aʻu i piʻi mai ai. Hoʻopili nā iʻa a pau i ka leo a me ke kaniʻana ma mua o kaʻike. Hoʻomaka mua lākou i ka leo a me ke kaniʻana, a laila e honi i ka lua a ma hope wale nō i ka nānāʻana no ka hopena hope loa no ka meaʻaʻole lākou e nānā. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou keʻike i kekahi mea,ʻoiaʻiʻo, koe wale no ka pili kokoke. No laila, ke noi nei au i ke ala a lākou eʻimi ai. ʻO ia keʻano o ka iʻa nui.
Ponoʻoe eʻike i ka wā hea e loaʻa ai iā lākou nā manawa kūpono loa. ʻAʻole lākou makemake i ka neʻeʻana i ka wā wikiwiki. Aia kekahi mau puka makani me nā mahina i ka wā e mālie ai ke kai, a nui aʻe ka lobster, a lohe nā pepeiao nui no ia. He polokalamu holoʻokoʻa au i hōʻea mai ai. I kēia manawa, ke nānā nei wau i ka lā mua o ka mahina e ala nei. E make i ka lani i ka napoo ana o ka lā. Inā hiki iāʻoe keʻimi i kahi kai hoʻolālā i ka lā i ka hapahā hapaha o ka mahina, e hoʻonanea i ke kai, e hānai ka iʻa i ka lōʻihi, e hoʻohana lākou i ka mahina e like me keʻano, e hana ana ka huhū, aʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka iʻa ke hoʻopunipuni inā lākou i loko o ka huhū. Ua hoʻohiolo wau i nā mea a pau. ʻO ia ke kumu i hiamoeʻole ai au i ka pō.
Q: Peheaʻoe e manaʻo ai e hoʻololi i ka lawaiʻa i ka wā e hiki mai ana?
A: Ke holo nei wau i Atlantic City e kamaʻilio i ka Recreational Fishing Alliance a hana maoli i kekahi mau kānāwai. Hiki iaʻu ke hele i ka'aha'ōlelo e pani i ka loli o nā kānāwai lawaiʻa. Noʻu, uaʻoi aʻe ka lawaiʻa i ka ho'āʻo e hana i nā mea eʻoi aku i ka iʻa ma mua o ka heleʻana i ka lawaiʻa. I koʻu wā kamaliʻi, hoʻohana wau i nā nalu a me nā iʻa hopu a aloha nui ia. ʻO nā mea pili i ka hopuʻana i nā mea aʻu i hana ai. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻopiliʻia i loko o kēia, kahi e makemake wau eʻike i nā iʻa iʻa a pau me kekahi mea aʻu i kūkulu ai. ʻAʻole ia wale nō e pili ana i ke kālā. ʻO keʻano o ka hoʻololiʻana i keʻano o ka iʻa a me ka maikaʻiʻana o nā kānaka. A laila, ke hoʻohana nei wau i koʻu mahaloʻole e pale i ka iʻa e ho'āʻo nei au e hopu i hiki ai iā mākou ke loaʻa a loaʻa iā lākou.