Indiana Winter Paradise no ka Lawaiʻa ???
Loaʻa iā ʻoe nā blues hoʻoilo? ʻO kēia ka manawa o ka makahiki ma Indiana ke noho ka hapanui o nā lawaiʻa e moeʻuhane ana i ka manawa mehana e lawaiʻa ana no ka bass a me ka bluegill ma ka pūnana i ka wā puna. Hele kekahi mau lawaiʻa hopohopo i ka hema o nā mile he mau mile i nā moku pumehana e hoʻolilo manawa lawaiʻa. ʻO ka maʻamau, i kēia manawa o ka makahiki, pili ka lawaiʻa ʻana i Indiana i ka ʻoki ʻana i kahi lua ma o ka hau. ʻO kēlā mau lua liʻiliʻi i ka hau he paʻakikī e paʻi i ka wā e hoʻolei ana i kahi koʻokoʻo lele. ʻO kēia ka manawa o ka makahiki e nakinaki ai i nā nalo, kūkulu paha i koʻokoʻo, heluhelu i kahi puke lawaiʻa lele maikaʻi, mālama i kāu pono, hoʻopaʻa i kou moku a me kāu kaʻa. ʻO kahi mea e kakali ai i ka hoʻoilo ʻo ka hōʻike Boat Sport a me ka huakaʻi hōʻike makahiki kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke holoholo a nānā i nā ʻano laulā o nā keʻena hoʻolaha, nā lawaiʻa lawaiʻa, nā alakaʻi, nā pono, nā waʻa, a me nā mea āpau āu e makemake ai e ʻike e pili ana i ka lawaiʻa. Inā paʻakikī ʻoe i luna, hiki iā ʻoe ke uku i $ 5.00 a me nā iʻa i loko o ka wai ʻauʻau piha me nā trout me nā keiki keiki. ʻO kēlā kokoke loa i ka lawaiʻa ʻana e like me ka nui o ka poʻe i loaʻa i kēia manawa o ka makahiki. Ke haʻalele ʻoe i ka hōʻike a hele wāwae ma ke kahua kaʻa i kāu kaʻa, kū ke anu maoli a ʻike ʻoe he mau mahina hou ʻelua ma mua o kou lawaiʻa ʻana ma aneʻi ma Indiana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka ʻākau a lawaiʻa i ke kila no ka salemona, akā ʻaʻole like ia me ka bass Indiana kahiko a me ka lawaiʻa uliuli.
ʻOiai e hana nei me nā Scout Boy ma kā lākou Environmental Science Merit Badge, ʻo kekahi o kā lākou koi e hoʻopaʻa i nā hopena o ka hoʻohaunaele wela. Ua hoʻoholo wau e lawe i nā keikikāne a nānā i kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Turtle Creek Reservoir. Kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1982, ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Turtle Creek Reservoir e ka Hoosier Energy Corporation no ke kumu e hōʻoluʻolu ai i kahi meakanu uila uila he 1000 megawatt. Aia ma kahi o 27 mile ma ka hema o Terre Haute ma kahi kokoke o Sullivan Indiana, kahi ma kahi o 90 mau minuke ka lōʻihi mai Indianapolis mai.
Ma hope o ka hana ana i kekahi mau papa hana noiʻi ma ka Internet, aʻu i loaʻa mai, mai ko lakou pūnaewele puni honua. http://www.hepn.com/turtle.htm a e heluhelu ana he ala moku ko lākou ma laila. Hiki iaʻu ke lawe i koʻu moku inā hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i kahi kaʻa i ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ko lākou 10 HP palena. ʻO wau wale nō i ka hana o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kahi kahiko 1963 Evinrude 3 HP Lightwin i hāʻawi ʻia mai iaʻu e kahi hoa no kaʻu papahana hoʻoilo a he wahi maikaʻi kēia e hoʻāʻo ai. (huli aku http://outboard-boat-motor-repair.com eʻike i kaʻu papa hana)
Au i 18 Boy Scouts ma laila ma luna o ka Poaono, Feb. 20, e hana i ko lakou? Aneie haʻawina a me ka hoʻohana i ka Education Center i loaʻa iā lākou no kēlā ʻano hana. ʻO ke anilā ma kahi o 38 kekelē, ka makani māmā, a me ka lā me ka hau i ka wānana no kēlā pō. Nui ka manawa o ka Boy Scouts e mākaʻikaʻi ai i ka loko, ka lawaiʻa ʻana, ka huakaʻi ʻana i ka mea kanu mana, a me ke aʻo ʻana mai ka loea kūloko o ka ʻoihana kaiaulu. I ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana o nā keiki kāne i ka loko, ua hoʻokuʻu wau i kaʻu moku a kī i ka Evinrude kahiko. I koʻu hauʻoli, holo maikaʻi ka motika, a ua hiki iaʻu ke holo i ka lōʻihi o 3.8 mile o ka loko me ka pilikia ʻole. He huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ia a ua aʻo nui nā keikikāne ʻelua. Ua lawaiʻa wau i kekahi akā ʻaʻole ia ke ʻano o ka lawaiʻa a mākou e makemake ai e kaena ai a puni kā mākou mau hoa ma nā hālāwai o Indianapolis Fly Casters. Ua hopu nā keiki kāne i kekahi mau bass, bluegill, crappie, a me nā iʻa. Maikaʻi loa ka hele ʻana i waho o ka wai. ʻOiai wau ma laila ua ʻike wau i ke kiaʻi kūloko, ʻo Bob Banta nāna i ʻōlelo ua loaʻa iā ia kahi koʻokoʻo lele hou no Kalikimaka. Ua hoʻohiki wau e hoʻi a hōʻike iā ia pehea e hoʻolei ai i kāna koʻokoʻo hou. Ua manaʻo wau e lilo ka ʻike i ke kiaʻi e hana ana ma kahi e like me kēia e pono ai. Makemake wau e mālama i kēlā hoʻohiki.
Ma hope o ka hoʻi ʻana mai ka huakaʻi me nā Scout Boy, ua kāhea koke wau i koʻu makuakāne a haʻi iā ia e pono mākou e hoʻi i waho a nānā hou. Makemake mau koʻu makuakāne e hele pū i kēlā mau huakaʻi, ʻoiai ke pupule lākou, no laila ua hoʻolālā mākou e lawe i kaʻu keiki, a ʻo kekahi inā ʻo kāna mau hoaaloha a hele i waho no kahi lā lawaiʻa ma ka Lāpule, Pepeluali 27.
February 27, 2009, Hao Ka Uluwehi O a me Bluegill Lawaiʻa ma Indiana
E like me na mea he nui o ko mākou lawaia huakaʻi hele, pakele mākou ma ke alanui ma puni 10: 00 AM a hiki i ka waapa ramp i puni awakea. He 42 degere ke anilā, malie, a me ke ao hoʻi, aia ka hau i ka wānana no kēlā ahiahi. Ua hoʻokuʻu mākou i ka moku ma ke ala ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka waihona wai a mamao loa aku mai ka wai mehana. ʻO ka mahana o ka wai ma ka pali ma kahi o 40 kekelē. ʻOi aku ka mehana o kēia ma mua o nā loko ʻē aʻe o ia wahi akā anuanu nō naʻe. Ua ʻaʻahu ʻia mākou a pau no ke anuanu, a he mea maikaʻi ia no ka mea ʻoi aku ke anuanu o ke anuanu ma mua o ka pae.
Ua kipaku ka 3 HP mīkini i ko mākou moku lawaiʻa ma kahi o 4 MPH e like me kaʻu GPS. Ua kū mākou i kēlā me kēia pinepine a lawe i ka heluhelu ana i ka mahana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻomehana i ka mahana o ka wai a hōʻea i 76 mau kekelē ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka loko. ʻO ka wai e komo ana i ka loko mai ka mea kanu uila he 81 kekelē a hiki i nā kekelē 122 i ke kauwela!
Ua hoʻomaka wau i ka lawaiʻa lawaiʻa ʻana me, makemake ʻole wau e ʻae, me nā minnows a me nā worm wax i kūʻai ʻia mai ka hale maunu. Ma hope o ka laki a me ka haʻaheo ʻole o ka lawaiʻa ʻana pēlā, ua puka ʻo Pete lāua ʻo Tommy i ke koʻokoʻo lele hou a Tommy i loaʻa iā ia no Kalikimaka a ua ʻākoakoa i ka pō ma mua. ʻO ke koʻokoʻo lele he ʻeono kaumaha kaulike kaulike, wili, laina WF, alakaʻi a tapered alakaʻi o Scientific Angler a Pete i hāʻawi aku ai iā Tommy no Kalikimaka. Ua hōʻuluʻulu lākou i ka pō ma mua o ka huakaʻi. He $ 70 ke kumu kūʻai. He hoʻomaka maikaʻi kēia huakaʻi no kahi keikikāne a me kahi koʻokoʻo hou!
Ua nakinaki ʻo Pete i kekahi o kā mākou punahele keʻokeʻo # 8 poppers e lawelawe maikaʻi iā mākou i ke kauwela i hiki iā Tommy ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻolei ʻana a me ka neʻe ʻana i nā neʻe. Iā aʻu e hele ana i ka laina o ke kī ʻana (ʻo ka laina o buoys kokoke i ka puka wai wela ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka loko) a hele i ke kahakai hikina, hoʻomaka mākou e ʻauhe hema ma ke kapa. ʻO ka mea aʻe aʻu i ʻike ai, ua hopu ʻo Tommy i kahi polū polū. Ke manaʻo nei he ulia kēia, ua hoʻomau wau e lawaiʻa me kaʻu koʻokoʻo wili. Ua hopu ʻo Tommy i kahi keiki ʻē aʻe a laila ke keikikāne aʻe, ua huli ʻo Chris e hana me Pete a loaʻa kekahi. ʻO ia wale nō kaʻu e kū ai, no laila ua haʻalele wau i ke koʻokoʻo wili a kī i kuʻu koʻokoʻo lele i ka manawa ʻole. Na Indiana DNR ke koʻokoʻo wili a hōʻaiʻē iaʻu no ka hoʻohana ʻana me nā Boy Scouts. Inā ʻole, hoʻolei wale wau iā ia i ka moana.
Ua hoʻohana mākou i nā hola ʻelua e hana ana i ka panakō a me kahi kūleʻa. Ua hopu ʻo Tommy i kahi bass maikaʻi, a ua hopu nā keiki kāne ʻelua i nā polū polū. Minamina, poina wau i ka hoʻoili i ka kaʻa uila, no laila pono mākou e ʻimi i ka hana kahiko o ke kalai ʻana me ka hoe waʻa e paʻa ai ka moku i ke ʻano o ka ʻauheʻe ʻana ma kapa. Aia kekahi au iki ma laila e neʻe iā mākou ma kahi o ka wikiwiki kūpono. He mea kupaianaha iā mākou ka mea e hopu ana i ka iʻa me kā mākou mau koʻokoʻo lele a me nā poppers ma luna o ka waena o ka hoʻoilo o Indiana. Ua puni nā moʻo, a e hele mai ana ka mahu mai ka wai. Aia kekahi mau pepeke i ka lewa. Ua ulu koke ka iʻa a ulu aʻe ma laila i ka makahiki. ʻIke ʻia ka waihona i kona heluna nui o ka bass, a ʻae wale ʻoe e mālama i hoʻokahi bass ma mua o 20 ʻīniha i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ma kahi o ka hola 4:00 ka manawa e hoʻi ai a hoʻi i nā keiki kāne i ka home i ka manawa e hoʻomākaukau ai no ke kula i ka lā aʻe. Ma nā mea āpau, he huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ia a me kahi ʻike kupaianaha aia kekahi wahi ma Indiana e lele iʻa no ka bass a me ka bluegill i ka hoʻoilo ma loko o 100 mile o Indianapolis.
Kekahi mau mea, e ike no Turtle Creek Reservoir:
- Pono ʻoe i kahi moku a waho liʻiliʻi e lawaiʻa ai i kēia loko. ʻO ka palena kaʻa ʻo 10 HP. He 9.9 HP kūpono no kēia loko.
- Hiki i ke kai ke kūpikipiki ke ʻano makani. ʻAʻole lākou e ʻae iā ʻoe ma ke kai inā pā mai ka makani i 30 MPH a e kauoha iā ʻoe inā e hāpai ka makani.
- Mālama ʻia kēia waihona wai e ka Hoosier Energy Corporation. He ʻoluʻolu lākou i nā lawaiʻa. Eia nō naʻe, pono ʻoe e ʻike i kāu laikini lawaiʻa a hoʻolohe i kā lākou mau lula. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolana i nā waʻa mai kā lākou ala ma ka hema hema i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a paʻa ʻia i kēlā me kēia pō. Loaʻa iā lākou ka lawaiʻa 24-hola e hoʻomaka ana i Mei.
- He $ 3.00 ke kumu kūʻai no ke kanaka makua a me $ 1 no kēlā me kēia keiki e komo i ka loko. Nānā ʻoe i ka wā e hiki ai i laila e uku ai i ka uku a kiʻi i kahi palapala ʻāina. He ʻoluʻolu nā kiaʻi a hauʻoli lākou e māka i kāu palapala ʻāina me nā wahi lawaiʻa maikaʻi a pau. Hoihoi nō hoʻi ke nānā aku i kā lākou moʻolelo iʻa i hopu ʻia.
- Ka wā e haʻalele, e loaʻa, e nānā mai, a kuʻu aku iā lākou i ka helu a me ka 'ano o ka iʻa e loaa ai ia lakou ke malama i ka mooolelo a me ka maikaʻi kahu ai i ka moanawai.
- Ua pani ʻia ka waihona wai i ka ʻimi manu pīpī i ka wā pīpī wale nō mai Nowemapa 27 a i Ianuali 15. Ua pani ʻia hoʻi inā ua hau ka pila o ka moku kahi aʻu e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole ai i kēia makahiki.
- ʻO Turer Creek Reservoir ma kahi o 27 mile ma ka hema o Terre Haute ma ke komohana o Hwy 41 ma ka SR 58 kahiko. E kalaiwa ʻoe, ma ka hema o Terre Haute ma Hwy 41 a e nānā i ka puʻu uahi nui mai ka mea kanu uila ma waena o Hwy 41 a me ka Wabash River.
Kūpono ke nānā aku iā Turtle Creek Reservoir. ʻO ka manawa ʻoi loa o ka makahiki ma laila ka hopena o ka hāʻule, ka hoʻoilo, a me ka mua o ka puna. Mahanahana paha ka wai i ke kauwela a maopopo iaʻu e ulu wikiwiki ka ʻōlelo.
