what is this fish

What is this? I caught it in the ala wai. something like 4 or 5 inches long.
Thanks

Lai - Leatherback

Thanks, I'm trying to google this. Does it have another name, not much info.

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Thanks, I saw one site that called it "leatherback jack"

I will have to check some books. I think I ate one of these once.

There is very little meat on them but the skin is very shiny and great for making lures. I used to use the skin to make inserts when I made big game lures back in Kona. I have had some success slow trolling them for Marlin also, but I don't think I ever tried to eat one.

eh howzit guys laie good eats you get one nice sized one fillet um make sashimi with chillipeppa shoyu bettah than ahi sahimi tryum you will see what im talking about.aloha

another good fish to eat raw sashimi style is the black wiped tail kala fresh right of the shaft.aloha

Oh, by the way Jeff. Great choice of lures. The Kastmaster is the greatest lure ever invented. I often pose this question to other fishermen... if you were to be stranded near a body of water (could be saltwater, or fresh you don't know) at anyplace in the world, and got to choose one single lure to use and that was the only lure you had, what would it be?...

UpFront wrote:There is very little meat on them but the skin is very shiny and great for making lures. I used to use the skin to make inserts when I made big game lures back in Kona. I have had some success slow trolling them for Marlin also, but I don't think I ever tried to eat one.

Now I just might try that. Is Do you recomment a website or anything. One thing is for sure. I will never eat anything out of the ala wai.

I was catching tilapia one day and this kid comes up to me and says where is my catch. I tell him I throw everything back. He tells me his uncle cooks tilapia all the time from here. I told him he should never eat these fish.

There is a guy that takes samoan crabs from there too and I'm pretty sure he eats them.

I am going for papio and barracuda with lures. I tried to dunk a tilapia after my kid caught it last night but it died and the crabs got it.

Got a 18 inch or so barracuda to come after the castmaster today. I had reeled it in most of the way and when I saw it going for the bait my heart started racing and I pulled so hard on the pole that the kastmaster flew out of the water and got stuck to the dock. I also dunked another tilapia but lost it again to a bad knot.

Any pointers on how to land my barracuda?

thanks in advance for any ideas.

I couldn't find any info about leatherback but I found some about featherback, and it looks more delicious than this one This one is skinny I think

Also called Queenfish in the NZ Pacific Island Insular states....caught a few in Niue ( with Chief's permission of course) and sashimied them for the mission pax....was goood. Have caught quite a few here,released most though.

Also called Queenfish in the NZ Pacific Island Insular states....caught a few in Niue ( with Chief's permission of course) and sashimied them for the mission pax....was goood. Have caught quite a few here,released most though.

This Queenfish is a bit small, right? I wonder how tasty it is lol

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