Innholdsfortegnelse for April 28, 1979 i Hawaii Fishing News

This month, we’re going fishing! If you missed our last and first article, it would be nice to find a copy and get started on the right foot. Our trip is going to get us the big ulua on small spinning gear We are going to do what everyone else can’t do here in Hawaii… but sure would like to Know how to do it. First off is choosing the right tackle. We have to have a well-balanced pole that has fast taper. That means that only the tip bends and the rest of the pole acts as a leverage. In this way, the pole fights the fish and not us or the reel. I use a Fenwick Graphite that can handle a 40-lb test line and up to a…

I must confess I was a little embarassed to have my last article, WANT REAL FISHING ACTION, TRY SOUTH POINT, HAWAII, so long that I could not get to the real meat of my story—how to fish South Point. I had so many correllary stories, I used up all my allotted space before I even got to South Point. Unfortunately, Chart 19320, Island of Hawaii, published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Ocean Survey, does not have as much detail as other charts of the Hawaiian Islands. Chart 19327, West Coast of Hawaii from Cook Point to Upolu, is a blowup of the northwest coast of Hawaii shown on Chart 19320 and has a great deal more information on. the shoreline and ocean depths. Someday they may do the…

AUTHOR MODERN HAWAIIAN GAMEFISHING BOARD OF GOVERNORS HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH ASSOCIATION In the spring the old fisherman’s fancy turns toward thoughts of mahimahi. We, of course, all know what the young fishermen are thinking about, but it’s the old guys who write to tell me about how good the fishing for mahimahi used to be and how lousy it is now. Maybe the young guys are just too busy. One oldtimer wrote recently to tell me that in the old days, you could always count on catching a mahimahi even when you couldn’t catch anything else. He asked if this was a case of too many fishermen? My correspondent also noted that restaurants always seem to have as much as they need, even when nobody else has any. Has there…

Ahi Tournament Coming Up! The 6th Annual Hawaii Invitational Allison Tuna Tournament is scheduled for the week of July 16th through the 20th at Pokai Bay. HIATT officials would like to keep the number of teams to 65 entries. If you have not already received an application and would like to participate, please call Lily at (808) 548-4992, and she will mail you an entry form. The fishing has been hot and heavy these past few years during this tournament as the huge schools of Allison tuna come in at this time to spawn. Occasionally boats are seen hooking up just outside the surfline, so a great deal of action is enjoyed by all. Last year, anglers brought in eighty-one Allison tuna (over 100-lbs) and thirty marlin over the five…

AUTHOR MODERN HAWAIIAN GAMEFISHING BOARD OF GOVERNORS HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH ASSOCIATION Some reflections, both practical and philosophical, on the capture of a giant fish. It is no news to any student of big game fishing that the KONA SEAFARI, captained by Tom Rogers, caught a 1450-lb blue marlin as a gigantic celebration to the start of the new year. The 16-ft marlin may no longer be news, but the angling feat its capture represents will be no less startling ten, fifty or a hundred years from now. The fish is a record catch because it is the largest fish ever caught on sporting tackle with 80-lb test line. It is not an International Game Fish Association record because more than one angler handled the rod and line. Furthermore, the line…

“Why are they having the Jackpot Tournament in March? There aren’t any fish around in March. In fact, I’d be surprised if they even filled up the nine places.” This question was heard time and time again. The tournament officials believed that with so many excellent fishermen hunting out there, the fish would be found. And found they were! The first hookup came just a few short minutes after “Start Fishing”. “Hookup! Hookup!” rang across the airwaves to “Bonanza Base” all throughout the following three days. In this Jackpot, it was total weight of all marlin (any size) plus tuna only of 100-lbs or better that counted. And the team that won caught fish consistently all three days. Their total weight at the end was 868%-lbs. This was the RUNAWAY…

Rods were meant to be stored in rod racks or rod holders where they are in no danger from collisions with people, each other, and hard objects. Fishermen who “store” their rods on a ship’s deck or jam them into corners where their guides can tangle with gunwales or hull sides are asking for damaged equipment. Whether at home or aboard ship, rods should be held in vertical rod tacks when not in use. Rod racks are simple to make and can he mounted in many ingenious places out of the wav. My own boat, though only an eighteen footer, has two side consoles (on either side of a walk-through windshield) with a pair of racks mounted to the bulkheads Each rack hold four rods within easy reach, yet all…

The dedication ceremony for the first phase of the new Waianae Boat Harbor took place April 9th at the Waianae Regional Park. introductions and a welcoming address were heard from Dr. Ryokichi Higashionna, the Director of the Department of Transportation for the State of Hawaii. Also present were Senators Patsy Young, Joe Kuroda and Norman Mizoguchi along with Representatives James Aki and Henry Peters and President of Hawaiian Dredging & Construction Co., Paul Banks. They all said a few words during the ceremony. Brigadier General Maurice D. Rousch and Lieutenant General John W. Morris spoke on the use of the new harbor and on what had been done by the Army Corps of Engineers. The blessing was given by the Reverend William H. Kaina with the clear blue waters of…

Last May, the top 9 anglers had to land fish weighing over 500-lbs to place in the first Kona Gold Jackpot Fishing Tournament. Last May, 132 boats set a new record entry list for Hawaiian fishing tournaments in the first Kona Gold Jackpot Fishing Tournament. Last May, sportsmen, commercial men, novices and professionals brought an unprecedented number of big fish into the Kailua-Kona scales in the first Kona Gold Jackpot Tournament. To say that the First Annual Kona Gold Jackpot Fishing Tournament was a success would be putting it mildly. Win or lose, every participant had a great time. The organization, parties, door prizes, dollar awards, camaraderie and sportsmanship displayed in the three day affair were nothing short of phenomenal. The conditions in Kona were ideal for this event. They…

Maui’s offshore fishing has gone from good to excellent in the last month. The return of the toothy ono and the scads of mahimahi have made virtually every trip offshore worth the time and expense. Marlin fishing started off slow with mostly stripers and shortnosed spear fish being reported at the docks, but the big guys started showing up and surprising the heck out of fishermen expecting smaller fish. The fish of the month has got to be the 693-lb blue taken on the JUN KEN PO off the lighthouse on the south side of Lanai. Not only is it one of the biggest fish ever taken in Maalaea Harbor’s sportfishing fleet, it is the biggest fish of the year so far on Maui. Captain John Baldwin and mate Jerome…