Hawaii Skin Diver The Breath of Freedivers

Does anyone know how long it takes for a menpachi house to replenish its population? Do menpachi live like a village where the entire population lives and reproduces within the house? Or do they live more like ulua, where every couple of days they move to a new house?

I think they all live in the same hole, I remember seeing a poster about menpachi growth rate and it takes something like 5 years to get to breeding size. I've had a couple of my holes get completely wiped out and never been replenished.

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From what I experienced is that if one menpachi hole gets cleaned out the touas and taape going take over that hole and pau only going get like 4 menpachi and thousand taapes

The problem is, the hole probably would replenish itself, but it would take several years. If people keep visiting the spot, it'll get cleaned out faster than the fish will come back.

I always thought they moved around at night to eat and take shelter in any close hole in the day time. Ive shot prehistoric pachis in all kind holes. But i do know if theres uluas in the house mostly likely the pachis are either hiding or dug out. Remember couple years ago when the el nino came and brought up all the aweo aweo i shot ALOT of those free swimming

Yeah, I can't imagine that any fish hole up in the same place the entire time.

"Yeah, I can't imagine that any fish hole up in the same place the entire time."

Must be nice, I have to go home to the same "fish hole" every night.

Yea might not seem like they do but how come they are only in the same holes every time and I never see holes that have never had all of a sudden have...might just be me an the holes I check though. Now I'm craving menpachi miso

5 years!


Lol, I like those guys better.


I think this might be the case. The one house we have found is deep and far out on the MCBH and as far as I know, me and my group are the only ones who know of its existance. After cleaning the hole twice we have decided to let it rest and replenish.
I know from experince on Nshore that the aholehole are plentiful in every hole in the springtime but as the summer progresses the holes become more empty and the next spring they are replenished. This leads me to believe that they must move from open sea into the shallows and/or they must change holes fairly often.

Seems like everytime i post.......

Nothing wrong with getting all excited, but show some restraint.

lol yea thats how this one is. Nothing but red and the rapid flicker of sun to dark coming through from the back door.