Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2021 i Hawaii Fishing News

1.975-lb Manini On April 2nd, the second day of mullet season? my dad and I planned on going out to throw net. We had high hopes of getting mullet because we’d seen them in the same area for the past month. As we were walking the shore, we had a hard time seeing fish because the water was a little murky and the winds were blowing. We saw a few mullet here and there that were small and not really the size we were looking for. After walking 50 yards or so, we saw a school of palani feeding on limu. The palani were in eating mode with their tails sticking straight up out of the water. As I slowly sneaked up on the palani, I bent and crouched whenever…

I remember talking a few months back with a friend about whether I’d release or keep a potential 100+ ulua if I ever got the chance to land one plugging. We both came to the conclusion that it would be a lot more epic to see a beast like that swim off, than be killed for the trophy. A recent Friday evening, when I was fishing solo, about 15 minutes after the sun had set, I hooked into something big on the topwater popper. After fighting it for five minutes, I knew it was over 80 lbs. I battled it for about 20 minutes, gaining foot by foot, hundreds of feet of line, and getting stuck on reef and thinking it would cut me off at any moment. I finally…

Rescued By Miraculous Hand of God The 16’ fishing vessel SIZE NO MATTER left Wai‘anae Harbor early in the morning on Thursday, March 25. At high noon, it was seen by another boater approximately 18 miles offshore. At 5:21 p.m. Sector Honolulu Coast Guard watchstanders received a call from the fisherman’s family. SIZE NO MATTER was overdue and nowhere to be seen. Watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast, a lost-at-sea notice to mariners. An HC-130 Hercules aircrew was launched from Air Station Barbers Point. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter JOSEPH GERCZAK (WPC 1126) diverted to the searchand-rescue area. The Hercules crew reported debris in the Ka‘ie‘ie Waho Channel between O‘ahu and Kaua‘i. Watchstanders deployed the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WILLIAM HART (WPC 1134). Station Honolulu’s 45’ Response Boat-Medium crews…

Hilo Trollers Sets 2021 Tournament Dates The new Hilo Trollers Board of Directors received enough feedback from members to set the 2021 tournament dates. The club plans to run a full regular season, COVID-19 permitting. Masks will be required, and social distancing and social gathering guidelines will be followed. The tournaments are scheduled to be held on the following dates: Sunday, May 2 Sunday, June 6 Sunday, July 4 Sunday, August 1 Saturday, September 4 and Sunday, September 5 (two-day Labor Day Tournament). As usual, if small-craft advisories are posted after 6 p.m. on the Saturday before the tournament, it will be postponed until the following Sunday. Check-in will begin at 4:15 a.m., and “start fishing” will be at 5:30 a.m. All boats must have a working VHF, complete regular…

The Division of Aquatic Resources is pleased to announce the opening of the 2021 Rainbow Trout Season in the Koke‘e Public Fishing Area on Kaua‘i. Due to COVID-19, there will be a lottery system in place for opening weekend (June 19-20), then the season will open as usual on June 21 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. through September 30. The lottery system will allow fishers to access the reservoir for one 4-hour session, either in the morning or afternoon, on Saturday or Sunday of opening weekend. Application for the lottery is available online only through the DAR website. Applicants must fill out an application and PROVIDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS for the session assignment. Application to the lottery does not guarantee access to the reservoir on opening weekend. The DEADLINE…

Ke‘ehi Lagoon Small Boat Harbor: Closed to All Pier Fishing Ke‘ehi Lagoon Boat Dock is under repair, and construction is set to begin on the boat ramp and loading dock areas. As a safety precaution, DLNR/DAR have to close off the adjacent pier and dock areas to all fishing. Surface vessels in Ke‘ehi Lagoon, needing to load and unload, are currently scheduled to use this newly “Restricted to Fishing” dock area. The Ke‘ehi Fishing Pier closure will be until the ramp and dock repair work is completed. Posted updates will be on signage at the Harbor, advising the public of the repair work in progress, and when completion can be expected. Maunalua Boat Ramp Unsafe The long awaited repairs and recently completed boat ramp at Maunalua Bay in Hawai‘i Kai,…

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Find More Tournament Info at <hawaiifishingnews.com> SHORECASTING TOURNAMENTS OAHU: OBAKE TOURNAMENT October 2021 TBA* --------------------------------- HAWAII: S. TOKUNAGA ULUA CHALLENGE 2021 CANCELLED* VIRTUAL TOURNAMENTS ALL HAWAII: LOKAHI UKU VIRTUAL TOURNAMENT January 1st - December 31st, 2021* OFFSHORE TOURNAMENTS MAUI: C.A.S.T FOR KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT 2021 TBA* --------------------------------- HAWAII: WEE GUYS FISHING TOURNAMENT June 25th - 27th, 2021* --------------------------------- HAWAII: KONA KICK OFF June 26th - 27th, 2021* --------------------------------- HAWAII: FIRECRACKER OPEN July 3rd - 4th, 2021* --------------------------------- HAWAII: KONA THROW DOWN July 6th - 8th, 2021* --------------------------------- HAWAII: SKINS MARLIN DERBY July 9th - 11th, 2021* --------------------------------- HAWAII: THE HAWAII LURE MAKERS CHALLENGE July 16th - 18th, 2021* --------------------------------- HAWAII: HIBT 2021 CANCELLED* --------------------------------- HAWAII: IT’S A WRAP TOURNAMENT September 10th - 12th, 2021* *Contingent upon COVID-19 Laws, Rules, &…

Our March 28th trip was planned a couple of months earlier by cousin Scott from O‘ahu. Scott and I headed out of Lahaina at 5 a.m. to pick up cousin Isaac. We went to Island Grocery Depot to get food and ice for three days and two nights. While on the Haleakala Highway, almost to Pukalani, my truck’s differential seized. We called AAA for a tow back to my house in Lahaina. We weren’t giving up on the trip, though. We packed up Isaac’s truck and headed to Kaupo. We found an open spot called “Plenty Keawe Point.” At 1:30 p.m., we started setting up the ulua poles. We cast before dark and slid our first baits before 8 p.m. We sent our second slide of tako bait down at…

My ‘ohana and I had a chance to get out on the water after three long months. We went out on a Friday night because we had ‘opelu orders to fill. The bite wasn’t too great, a strong wind was blowing from the south, and rain started dumping not long after we left the harbor. The rain didn’t let up until 5:30 or 6 a.m., and we were all tired and soaking wet. We pulled the chute and trolled out to the kampachi cage with the hopes of catching an ‘ahi or marlin. Up north were more heavy rain clouds coming our way, so we didn’t stick around too long. Dad and I got our hopes up when we saw marks on the fish finder, but we had no strikes.…

Not far from the confluence of the ‘aina and kai lurks a predator that has domain over the ledge. While most boat fishermen go ripping offshore in the predawn light in search of bird piles and far-off current lines, a select few come out of the harbor and make a hard right or left turn up the coast in search of one fish—ono. These lightning-fast bullets are accessible and phenomenal to eat, but their razor-sharp teeth can quickly get you into trouble. I have had ono cut me off and never take the line out of the outrigger clip. I have had days when I didn’t know I had taken a strike from an ono until I was washing my lures at the ramp and noticed a chunk of skirt…

We were filming a Let’s Go Fishing TV show at one of the beach parks here on O‘ahu. We weren’t doing anything special—just whipping with glitter-strip rigs on light spinning rods. We got lucky and caught a few small papio, some moano and a trumpetfish—again, nothing special, and certainly not big fish. A week after the show aired, I was driving by that same beach park and saw that there was not a parking spot within a quarter-mile of the place. It was packed with fishermen. Let’s Go Fishing does not take people fishing; we are invited to go fishing with people. There are a lot of people out there who invite us to go fishing with them with one caveat: “You cannot show where we are fishing.” I wrote…

Recent heavy rain events have caused major flooding to many parts of the state, that in turn caused debris to be churned up and scattered. Staff from the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) are currently cleaning up Lake Wilson, which has had tons of rubbish in its waters due to these rain events. If Lake Wilson is not cleaned up, it could impact fishing opportunities in the lake, and the rubbish could end up in Kaiaka Bay and eventually the ocean. Since 1957, DLNR began stocking the lake with game fish and has managed the area, designated as the Wahiawa Public Fishing Area. DAR wants Lake Wilson to be free of debris so the fish stocked in the waters can breathe and thrive. Fishers can catch small mouth bass,…

Ahi - Yellowfin Tuna, Albacore Tuna and Big-Eye Tuna ‘Ahi is one of Hawai‘i’s favorite fish. A member of the tuna family, it is flavorful without being too strong for most fish eaters. Along with snappers, ‘ahi plays an important role in our holiday celebrations, especially as many honor their guests by serving decorative platters of thin, raw slices of this red-meat fish. Although ‘ahi is by definition yellowfin tuna (also called Allison tuna), its name is also used to collectively identify all of Hawai‘i’s larger varieties of tuna, including not only yellowfin, but also big-eye and albacore. ‘Ahi are most plentiful from late spring through September. Although they average from 20 to 120 pounds off our islands, they can also reach up to 300 pounds here. In supermarkets, ‘ahi…

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I’ve been fishing and diving for most of my life. I’m 16, and I was born and raised on Kaua‘i. Three of my friends and I planned a boat dive. The day before, I went diving at the same spot and shot an 8-lb uku, so I knew there were going to be fish there. On the day of the dive, the conditions were amazing with good weather and flat, clean water. We jumped in at the first spot and had super-clean water. We could see the bottom at 50 feet. We swam along and looked for some nice-sized fish. We came across some moana kea goatfish. The first drop was 40 feet. We hit the bottom and “dusted” the reef. The biggest fish came in and I got a…

Author’s Note: This study was a collaborative effort made possible by the help of sport fishers worldwide. I worked closely with charter operators who engaged clients to collect samples and contribute to the science, and developed some amazing partnerships. The samples from Hawai‘i in our study were obtained by the help of co-author Scott Santos and Annette Tagawa at Hawai‘i DLNR, and the S. Tokunaga Store 2007 Ulua Challenge Tournament. Scientists and anglers across the world have partnered together to tackle a big unknown for the fishing community. Researchers have discovered new genetic populations of the iconic sport fish giant trevally and bluefin trevally in the first large-scale DNA study of these two species. By sequencing their full genomes and collecting tissue samples throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans, researchers…

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…

For letters, with photos, received during May we will send you a NEW SURPRISE gift made especially for HFN — our way of saying “thanks for sharing your catch!” … Hana pa‘a, Carrie Send to: P.O. Box 25488, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96825 or e-mail: <hawaiifishingnews@gmail.com> Aloha Carrie, Here are two of my recent catches! The ulua was caught on light tackle and weighed in at 49 lbs CHEEHOO! I also decided to go on a solo mission for the mullet season opener and ended up with some nice ones! One Lucky Guy Honolulu, O‘ahu Aloha HFN, It was a beautiful Sunday on the flats, on the south side of Oahu. I already lost a Kaku and landed a nice 4.11-lb bone (o‘io). I was blind casting channel side when I observed…