Catfish season
at Nuuanu reservoir
opens next month

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Star-Bulletin staff

The state Department of Land & Natural Resource's Nuuanu Reservoir No. 4 will reopen May 4 for weekend channel catfish fishing.

Fishers who want to catch the stocked catfish will need both a valid state freshwater game fishing license and entry fishing card, both available from the DLNR visitor center and permit counter at 1151 Punchbowl St., Room 130, and from various licensing agents around the state.

Each fishing day at Nuuanu will be divided into four-hour fishing periods: a morning session from 7 to 11 a.m. and an afternoon session from noon to 4 p.m. Fishing will continue on consecutive weekends, Saturdays and Sundays only, until all permitted anglers' times have been accommodated.

Entry will be strictly limited to those who have been assigned to the specific time slots and to supervising adults for minors holding appropriate entry cards.

Entry cards will indicate the date and time that fishers may enter the reservoir.

Anglers must participate during the period they are assigned to fish. There will be no makeup periods or refunds.

The deadline for submitting applications is 4 p.m. April 19. A drawing will then be held to assign each cardholder a fishing date and time.

All cardholders will be required to show a valid freshwater game fishing license while fishing.

Those 8 years old or younger are not required to be licensed, but must be accompanied by a licensed, supervising adult.

All cardholders 15 years old or younger must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

Freshwater game fishing licenses may be purchased at licensing agents (call 587-0108 for current locations) as follows:

>>	All minors (9 through 15 years of age, inclusive), $3.
>>	Resident (includes armed forces), $5.
>>	Nonresident, $25.
>>	Seven-day tourist (adults), $10.
>>	Thirty-day tourist (adults), $20.
>>	Senior citizen (65 years of age or older), no charge.

The bag limit is two channel catfish per licensed angler. Any channel catfish 16 inches long or larger must be kept by the angler and be counted toward the bag limit.

Channel catfish caught by unlicensed anglers 8 years old or younger will be included in the bag limit for the licensed, supervising adult. However, cardholders 8 years old or younger may purchase a license to obtain their own bag limit.

Warm clothing and rain gear are strongly recommended while fishing at the Nuuanu reservoir.

For further information, call DLNR's Division of Aquatic Resources at 587-0100.