Lastly you say to target deeper offshore areas in sand? Exactly where thousands of pounds of bait are dropped by dunkers every day all day year round on every inch of the islands and no fish over 18.4 reported since 1954. "But they eat them and don't turn them in" is the response I hear all the time.
Local anglers know what the records in Hawaii are even if they plead ingnorance. If an Ulua angler landed a 22 pound bonefish you can bet your ass he'd show pics of it around. And there are no such pics anywhere to be found in these islands that I've found yet. I'll keep looking until I see one. "Multiple" 20 pounders in one day? I find that almost impossible to believe. I said "almost". It's possible but to me very unlikely. Duffer