Bad news for some of our customers who love to fish: the state budget woes are so bad in Hawaii that just 2 days before fresh water catfish season opens, they state has not decided whether it can afford to open the popular Nu’uanu Freshwater Fish Refuge spot this year because of state budget cuts.

“If DLNR, (the state Department of Land and Natural Resources), and other interested parties can’t find a solution to this issue, freshwater fishing for catfish and trout in Hawai’i is basically doomed,” said Arlen Meline, president of the Waikahe’olu Chapter of Trout Unlimited, a national fisheries conservation group.

Our hearts go out to our Buy Rash Guards customers who are fishermen in Hawaii!