Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2020 i Hawaii Fishing News

Novice cooks and gourmet seafood chefs will love the tempting simplicity of the more than three hundred recipes that are offered in “FRESH CATCH OF THE DAY… from the FISHWIFE.” An extensive array of Fishwife’s Tips will guide readers to success—from choosing fresh seafood, to safe handling and preparation, to innovative cooking in the kitchen and barbecuing and smoking seafood outdoors. This, the second work of author and “Fishwife” Shirley Rizzuto, spanned the last decade of the 20th century. As we enter the next millennium and increasing attention is given to healthy living for longer life, scientists and dietitians predict we will turn more and more to the oceans of the world for healthy eating. With this in mind, “FRESH CATCH OF THE DAY” will most certainly become a popular…

Hilo Trollers The Hilo Trollers held their annual spring meeting on Friday, January 10 at Suisan at 5:30 p.m. There was a good turnout in spite of bad weather. The 2020 board members were elected as follows: President Charles C. J. Lewis Jr.; Vice President Caleb Lewis; Secretary Kailina Lewis; Treasurer Jason Cadaoas; board members Nick Rodrigues and Keoni (Nathan) Orevillo; and advisors Craig Severance and Carl Shioji. The proposed 2020 tournament dates were set for May 3, May 31, July 5, August 2, September 5 and possibly September 6. It will be decided at a later meeting if the Labor Day Tournament will be a one-day or two-day event. Generally, if a tournament has to be postponed due to small-craft advisories posted after 6 p.m. on the Saturday before…

Marshall Islands ‘Tomb’ Awakens From 1946 to 1958, the Marshall Islands were a nuclear testing ground. Contaminated soil from the 43 nuclear detonations on Enewetak Atoll were encapsulated in one of the bomb craters. The radioactive debris burial site was covered with an 18-inch thick concrete dome, locally known as The Tomb. The ravages of age and climate change have Micronesians worried that The Tomb’s crypt is opening. The Los Angeles Times and Columbia University School of Journalism detailed The Tomb’s radiation resurrection possibility in an article entitled “How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster.” It took 4,000 U.S. servicemen on Enewetak Atoll’s Runit Island three years to scoop up and entomb “more than 3.1 million cubic feet–or 35 Olympic-sized swimming pools – of U.S.…

Aloha. My buddy Dillen and I prepared for this spearfishing trip as we prepare for all trips: plan five days in advance; watch the weather closely; pick the location/time; and get the gear ready. The original plan was to be on the water at sunrise and hit the south ledge for ono, but we heard there were mahimahi out on the east side, so we decided to go for the more “sure thing.” Of course, nothing is a sure thing when it comes to fishing. I checked the weather, and it looked as good as it gets: less than 6-foot swell and projected 5-knot winds. As scheduled, we got on the water at sunrise and headed offshore in my 13 foot Zodiac inflatable, THE SLAMMIN SALMON. We started to see…

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Aloha HFN, It was a nice, beautiful day out with my older brother, Kenneth, and my father, Albert, on the boat. We got a lot of screamers that day, including this uku. We had some good sashimi that night and we’re waiting on the next one, CHEE! Kevin Aquino Kihei, Hawai‘i Aloha, Kawakawa! from the inside of Ka’ena. I fished so much prized fish from there. Mahalo and Hauoli Makahiki Hou! Kalani Kaai Waianae, Oahu Aloha HFN, My son, Kai, was whipping at Fuji Beach area and hooked up with a kupipi. Desmond Enesa Kapa‘a, Hawai‘i Aloha Carrie, My son, Sean, and I thought we had a potential state record caught on our boat, AIKO H. Unfortunately, not even close. Sean brought up this paka at approximately 80 fathoms of…

On Christmas Eve 2019, my cousin Jason Palacol and I launched our kayaks at 5 a.m. at Paniau, Puako on the Big Island to do some fishing for pelagic fish. As we were setting up, Jason noticed that he forgot his fish finder at home. He said fishing without it is like fishing blind, so he went home to get his fish finder. An hour later, he returned with a big smile on his face, mounted his fish finder and we were off to start our day. At 9 a.m., Jason hooked and landed a 25-lb ono. The hunt continued. Hours passed, and the onshore winds made the ocean choppy. It was quiet, so we decided to try and catch some kalekale at one of Jason’s spots. Drop after drop,…

Back in the day, when my father, brother and I used to pound during ulua season, we used to just fry the ulua. I eventually got tired of eating fried ulua, so I was searching for a new way to prepare and cook it. One day, I was flipping through the green Hongwanji cookbook and came across a recipe for rock fish and lemon chicken. I took the two different recipes and combined them together into something ono. Lemon Ulua & Marinade Ingredients 5 small cut pieces fresh ginger root2 tsp Brandy liquor¼ cup shoyu2 tsp sugar1 tsp salt6 Tbsp cornstarch & vegetable oil**not for marinade, needed later Preparation Cut ulua fillet into ½ inch slices or chunks. Marinade the ulua for 2 hours Put 6 Tbsp of cornstarch in…

The Cascadia Research Collective is undertaking a study of the ecology of a number of species of dolphins and whales in Hawai‘i. We are looking for very small (½-inch by ½-inch cubes) muscle samples from both pelagic and nearshore fish for use in this study. We are analyzing skin biopsies of 12 different species of dolphins and whales for carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes, which will allow us to examine differences in feeding ecology among the species aswell as potentially assessing variation by age and sex. Having “prey” samples from as many fish in the food web as possible will help in interpreting the results. We are hoping to get at least five samples from each of a couple of dozen species of fish. The species we are hoping to…

This past November marked the opening of the new “Kona Charter Desk,” located above the fueling dock in Honokohau Marina in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island. Formerly known as “The Charter Desk” and operating in the harbor for more than three decades, this small business has played an important part in many of our lives – without us even thinking much about it! Over the years, the company has owned, represented and booked charter fishing trips for more than 50 boats located in the local marina. They offered services to fishermen, including weighing their catch on a certified industrial scale and organizing harbor records sent to HAWAII FISHING NEWS each month. Over the years, they managed to withstand the ever-changing economy and continued to provide a service to our community.…

I work with CEOs and business leaders all over the country, and I take a lot of them fly fishing. Fishing with your family and others burns that moment in time into your memory and leaves an unforgettable time stamp in your mind. I often see photos and videos of my fishing partners with their son, daughter, spouse, or business partner, holding a fish and wearing a huge smile on their face with a twinkle of joy in their eyes. Why Go Fly Fishing? 1) It’s Relaxing. Fly fishing is one of the most relaxing things I do. It brings me closer to the natural world and has therapeutic qualities. The casting motion of the fly rod and the complete flow and focus that comes with trying to outsmart the…

Greetings from the brother island of Guam! After a late start on New Year’s Day, Ed Wong and I headed out of the Agana Marina at 12:30 p.m. on Ed’s boat, the RB2. We worked the coastline for about an hour and a half with no bites. Ed and I have been fishing together for about five years, but we have been friends for about 25 years. We started by heading toward the No. 2 buoy. Ten minutes later, the stinger popped and the center reel started screaming. We looked back, thinking, “Big wahoo? Big mahi?” After the reel continued to scream for a few more seconds, we thought maybe it was a marlin. We watched, and all of a sudden the fish breached. I said, “Yes! We going have…

Publisher’s Note: By reader request, HFN is reprinting all three of Todd Hayashi’s Tech Talk series. This is the final one printed in February 1995. I slid my first fish of the trip into the cooler. I was elated to have had the good fortune of landing an ‘omilu after two long, uneventful days of fishing. As I did so, my fishing partner got his fourth fish after having just arrived the night before. He kept on fishing and I just kept on wishing. How he managed to get so many strikes was simply a mystery. Was he just lucky? Was it fate? Was it magic? I watched and watched, determined to figure out his secret, until finally, it hit me. He was doing something I wasn’t. Kahana Itozaki was…

I started the day early and headed out to the harbor by 5 a.m. I traveled offshore about two miles and then set up my lines. I was heading to fishing grounds about 12 miles offshore where some action had been reported. The grounds were a little far and the water was getting a bit rough, so I decided to change course and head toward the point instead. About 20 minutes later, I took a strike in the blind and my reel started screaming. I cleared my other line and settled in for the fight. I fought this fish for about an hour. When I finally managed to get the leader close, I brought the fish into range of my custom-made Kill Fish Company gaff. When I set the gaff in the…

If you have a vessel that is not a longliner and you go fishing, you’re part of the small-boat fishery in Hawai‘i. Whether you troll, handline or palu-‘ahi, you participate in a fishery for which there is little data. Some of you have commercial marine licenses (CMLs), which allow some data to be generated about the commercial sector. But what about the noncommercial (recreational, subsistence, sustenance) fishery? Fishery managers need to know about you folks, too! Who Are We? We are the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (the Council). We manage fisheries seaward of state waters (zero to three miles) around Hawai‘i (and American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Pacific Remote Island Areas). Because most of the small-boat fishing for pelagic species (e.g., tuna, billfish, ono,…

I am the man my family depends on to provide the sashimi for New Year’s Day. In the past 30 years or so, I have always taken December 27 to 30 off from work. The 28th is my birthday, and the extra days give me time to try for pelagic fish, or, if there are no bites, to try crabbing in Kona during the open season. This year my crew – my son Kevic Medeiros and friend Richard Grover – and I decided to go out on Saturday and Sunday, the 28th and 29th, taking a chance and crossing over the island about 100 miles or so from Hilo to the Kona Coast. On Saturday, we launched the JUS 4 FUN HILO from Keauhou Boat Ramp and fished south all…

Another Tilapia Invasion Highlights Risk of Introduced Species With the naked eye, you can see large schools of Nile tilapia in Hawai‘i Island’s Wailoa River system including its tributary Waiakea Stream and Waiakea Pond, which sits in the middle of Wailoa River State Park in Hilo. Two years ago, this species of tilapia was reclassified by the State Board of Agriculture as a restricted species, only for research–to permit importation for aquaculture facilities to farm–raise them. While there’s no evidence that a recent “invasion” of the tilapia in freshwater streams has anything to do with commercial farming operations, it confirms fears DLNR and Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) leadership and biologists expressed when board members were debating whether to allow the State Department of Agriculture to revise its rules to…