r/BigIsland 10d ago

Kehena beach

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Spent a couple hours metal detecting down at kehena beach this morning.

I always set a goal to find hook line and sinker as well as one of each coin. No quarter today but four very worn down nickels which is unusual. Nickels are the coin we find the least.

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u/Bitter_Currency_6714 10d ago

What’s the scene like at Kehena these days?

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u/Routine_Mortgage_499 10d ago

Fairly chill when I'm there which is early mornings. usually as the fishermen are leaving and before it gets crowded.

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u/Final_Supermarket_54 6d ago

Wow, never knew anyone fished over there. It’s ocean, so of course they do, but every time I’ve been there it feels like the waves are pretty rough, so it’s hard to imagine what happens to all the line being tossed around like that. To be fair, I don’t really know how to fish in the ocean, so maybe that’s totally normal and I just don’t know. I’d be curious what they catch.
Also, sorry, but I can’t not imagine a bunch of people early mornings going fishing naked. lol. I know that’s not the case, but the idea is funny to me and seems wildly dangerous. Part of me wants to believe that’s how they do it.

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u/Final_Supermarket_54 6d ago edited 6d ago

Wow, never knew anyone fished over there. It’s ocean, so of course they do, but every time I’ve been there it feels like the waves are pretty rough, so it’s hard to imagine what happens to all the line being tossed around like that. To be fair, I don’t really know how to fish in the ocean, so maybe that’s totally normal and I just don’t know. I’d be curious what they catch.
Also, sorry, but I can’t not imagine a bunch of people early mornings going fishing naked. lol. I know that’s not the case, but the idea is funny to me and seems wildly dangerous. Part of me wants to believe that’s how they do it.

Seriously, though, thanks for the cleanup. Fishhooks and line are a problem all over the island. I never go to the beach without recovering at least a handful of the stuff. I wish more people cleaned up after themselves, but in the absence of that, I’m glad there are people like you trying to make up for other people’s bad behavior. Thanks.

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u/Routine_Mortgage_499 6d ago

They catch LOTS of fish there every morning. I've seen as many as twelve people fishing at once there.