Let There Be Fish!

       This Tuesday our research took a back seat and we were able to enjoy a day learning from Hi'ilei. As the Executive Director of Paepae o He'eia she manages and overviews the pond. She began the day educating us on fishing practices and then gave us a lesson on fishing knots and a basic way of fishing.
     Our first lesson was practicing two knots that we would use to tie the hook and line to a bamboo pole.

We mastered tying our knots on the yellow rope before moving onto the fishing line.

                                                                        

 Our fishing set up consisted of a pole, fishing line, a small hook, and a small weight placed a couple inches above the hook.

For bait, we collected opae and small fish with small hand nets.

    Looking For Opae

 On our way to the ocean break, we spotted a friendly Ray.

And we Fish!

Hi'ilei with a Pakiki

A Kupipi

All and all it was a very fun day and we were able to take a look at some of the fish that make the fishpond their home. 

The fish we saw were

-kupipi

-toau

-stripped fish

-aholehole

-lion fish

-pakiki

-upapalu

-mamo