Kayak Repairs & Back on the Horse!!! Water Testing in Prep before OPP Tourney | Kayak Fishing Hawaii

Summary:
This was the first weekend out since the repairs! I'm going to lump in both days in this video since one of my gopros broke when I capsized and there is limited views of the day. This weekend was supposed to be the big OPP member/guest tournament, so we went out on Friday to ensure we at least had dead bait for Sunday. The tournament ended up being postponed due to inclement weather. Not gonna lie, the winds were a little turbulent and it was a little rough with borrowed gear, but managed to land a couple shibis through all the misses. Elliott, my mentor, smashed Sunday and I'm pretty sure we would have done well in the tournament. Looking forward to competing in it during the following weekend!

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Kayak: 2014 Hobie Mirage Pro Angler 14
Fish Finder: Garmin Echomap Plus 64CV (https://a.co/d/7pXJpP7)
Main and backup rods: Silver Hook 6'6" Medium Heavy, Shimano Trevala 5'8" Extra Heavy
Bait rod: Shimano Grappler Type J (it was for my old conventional depth counter reel, but I swill use it with a spinner, probably why the line makes noise when I reel it in)
Reels: Shimano SpeedMaster 25ii (https://a.co/d/8EkZHpP), Penn Squal 50LD (aka “the lucky reel” https://a.co/d/4e1nOBL), Shimano Stella SW 5000 (Bait Reel https://a.co/d/1o3UXaC), Penn Spinfisher VI 8500 (Hilo Main Reels https://a.co/d/9ES1yQQ), Shimano TwinPower 5000 (Hilo Bait Reel https://a.co/d/4nPNush).
Line and terminal tackle: 65-80 lb PowerPro (https://a.co/d/bvOGdsx), 40/50/60lb J-Line Fluorocarbon, 40-55lb AFW wire leader.
Owner 4/0 & 5/0 circle hooks, Gamakatsu 4/0 & 5/0 live bait hooks, Diablo or VMC 2/0 inline hooks for stinger when using wire (hifishgear.com BKK Lone Diablo Inline Hook — HiFishGear).
Damashi: Homemade using line between 12-16lb, typically J-Flouro Samurai. I typically tie my own flies. When using lures, I like Tylah lures or CHL Nox Minnows, both I set up with gold hooks and a red bead which I find to be very effective and highly recommend them. (Tylahlures.com and chlures.com and check out my buddy (Geronimo Angeles | Facebook) for those BiteLytes!
Camera: GoPro Hero 8 Black, GoPro Hero 9 Black
Note: I link the amazon links for ease of finding products and ease or purchase/delivery, but I highly recommend shopping at your local fishing stores and support them (like www.hawaiinearshorefishing.com or www.hifishgear.com).
Audio included by some of my favorites:
FASSounds – Lofi Chill & Lofi Beat (HAAWK)
Ivymusic – Medetation Relaxinf and Chill
Epikton – Fearless Warrior
Ashot Danielyan – Loss Of A Hope