Out & About : A sharking experience
OUTTRAVEL
A sharking experience
Want to put some teeth into your next vacation to Hawaii?
Warning: Plan this fishing experience for the end of your visit. Hooking an 8-foot hammerhead a mile off the Waikiki reef will get your heart pumping, but it tends to bleed the relaxation out of any subsequent surf-frolicking itineraries.
Skippers boogie out of harbor after dark, when tourists are fried and sharks go on the feed. Jig baitfish off the bottom, and prepare for the unknown. Regardless of whether it’s a reef shark, mako or tiger, no fish ranging from 100 to 800 pounds is going to be a walk in the park.
All sharks – sacred to Hawaiians – are released. Leave that part to the pros.
Contact: Sportfish Hawaii, (877) 388-1376; www.sportfishhawaii.com.
OUTRULE
Park restricts drinking
Drunkenness and other alcohol-related problems have doused the freedom to drink in Western Washington’s Flaming Geyser State Park near Auburn.
Starting last month, alcohol consumption in the park is being allowed only for groups that make advance agreements with park staff.
Flaming Geyser is a 480-acre day-use park with more than three miles of Green River shoreline. The park’s name comes from a series of “geysers” (methane seeps).
OUTFISH
Idaho online help
A new Idaho fishing trip planner from the state Fish and Game Department can help anglers sort through the options for their next trip to unfamiliar waters.
Search for lakes or streams within a certain distance of a town, or places to catch a certain species of fish. See maps of how to get there, what facilities and fisheries are available, and the general fishing regulations.
Narrow the search for special-rule waters, such as “no bait” or “no motors.”
Check it out: http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ ifwis/fishingplanner.
OUTLOOK
Best fishing times
Lunar tables from the U.S. Naval Observatory. Be fishing at least one hour before and one hour after peak times. Applies to all time zones.
(* indicates best days.)
Through July 1
*Today: 8:45 p.m., 9:05 a.m.
Monday: 9:25 p.m., 9:50 a.m.
Tuesday: 10:15 p.m., 10:40 a.m.
Wednesday: 11:05 p.m., 11:30 a.m.
Thursday: 11:55 p.m. –
Friday: – 12:25 a.m.
Saturday: 12:55 a.m., 1:20 p.m.
Next Sunday: 1:50 a.m., 2:15 p.m.
See the Hunting-Fishing Report every Friday in Sports