# Hitting My Childhood Bonefish "Oio" Flats!

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**Category:** Pier/Bank fishing and Surf Fishing\
**Created:** [September 7, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/hitting-my-childhood-bonefish-oio-flats/466850 "2020-09-07T20:31:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ScubaChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@ScubaChris](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ScubaChris)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/hitting-my-childhood-bonefish-oio-flats/466850/1 "2020-09-07T20:31:43Z")

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The Young Jacks Made it Hard to Keep a Baited Line in The Water - Had to Walk my Lines Out!

I shot this earlier in the year when my dad was still with us. I found this spot in my teens a few miles away from where i grew-up. I’d swim out to the outer reef to dive for fish. I ended up at Straub Hospital because i came in from a dive here and was standing in the water a few feet from shore when a large conger eel grabbed my foot through my fins & tore-up my big toe. That eel followed me in from the drop-off for my fish.

This day was the first time back since my teens. The remains of the pier has fully disintegrated. I speared & hooked many Jacks “papio” here. Fought some decent Bonefish “Oio” as well. It was nice to be back after 40yrs! I looked inside my older Yi Action Camera & found this footage so i just put it together. So i’m dedicating this video to my father Wallace Takahashi. May you Rest In Peace dad.

Fishing Rigs Used-  
2- 12ft Okuma Nesika Rods (NSK-S-1202MH)  
2- Okuma Blue Azores 4K Spinning Reels (Z-4000H-BLUE)

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