Innholdsfortegnelse for July 1981 i Hawaii Fishing News

Number of Teams: 70 Anglers 300 Guests 150 Foreign Teams: 35 35 from 18 Countries Australia, Bermuda, Bora Bora, England, Guam, Hong Kong, Ivory Coast, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Africa, Tahiti, Taiwan Mainland USA 15 from 4 States Alaska, California, Nebraska, Nevada Hawaii: 20 Teams Opening Day Parade: Sunday, July26,-1981, Kailua-Kona at3PM Opening Ceremonies: Sunday, July 26, 1981, Kailua Town Pier 4PM Fishing Tackle Exposition: Friday Noon, July 24 thru Sunday Noon, July 26. Hotel King Kamehameha Central Mall, National Manufacturers of Fishing Tackle…

NAUI West Pacific Branch Manager NAUI held its first ITC outside of Oahu in the state at Kona from May 16-23. And it had a number of “bests” and “firsts”! Even though becoming a scuba instructor (even more—a NAUI underwater instructor) is a big event in the lives of those who aspire to be at the top of the sport, one NAUI training course is usually not that much different from others. This one definitely was! For one, it was held in an unusual setting—the Kona Lodge on the Big Island. For those who’ve never heard about this hideaway near the airport, read on. The Lodge, managed by Roy and Reni Damron, both NAUI instructors (Roy is also a just-retired Board of Director’s member), sits on a secluded cove separated…

The month of May seemed to sail by although the charter fishing business slowed down considerably. It was the half-day convention charters that kept the Lahaina fleet fishing while the Kona Jackpot tournaments netted the big money for three Maui teams. A cargo net floating off Mokuho‘oniki kept the HINATEA and AERIAL working on their full day charters the 5th of May. According to Captain Dave Welker, the HINATEA scored with eight ono, two mahimahi and one ahi. The AERIAL captured four mahimahi, seven ono and several ahi. The AERIALs mahimahi, according to Captain Chris Rose, were the type usually found in the Atlantic Ocean. On the 8th and 9th, the AERIAL with Captain Rose and Captain Forrest on board went on an overnight charter. They worked the grounds off…

The month produced a couple of extremes for Lake Wilson—extremely high water and extremely few fish. The water rose right to the lip of the dam for a while and then gradually started dropping. The fish were scattered from the mouth of the north fork to the end of Rose Street Slough. The smallmouth fishing turned on at the water’s peak, but it soon fizzled out as the water dropped. There were fish to be caught but it took a lot of moving around and hard work to find one stray here and one there, mostly there. Bill Horton doesn’t think the fishing has been all that bad since he fooled the 5¼-pounder that earned him his lunker patch in May. The high water does have its merits, such as…

This is a true story, I’m thinking of submitting it to “That’s Incredible!” I even have pictures to back it up. Well, my friend Nagata does. At least he said he does. But he forgot to bring them to the interview. And, thinking back through an alcoholic fog, he did say his youngest kid ate the negatives. But you don’t need proof, do you, Chuck? After all, fishermen (at least here on Kauai) are looked up to as living representatives of honesty, sobriety and levelheadedness. So I know you’ll print it. It is true. Believe it or else. Friends, Wayne It all started, as it often does, with a phone call. I had had three bowls of my famous specialty, WJ’s Three-Day-Old-Mondo-Bodacious Chili, it had been climbing out of the…

Well with another good month of hard fishing behind us, let’s glance back for a few minutes … Kani Evans, Hawaii’s Outdoor (Fishing) Reporter, told K-108 to! shortly after Tom “Dynamite” Dancer “blew” Kani away in the middle of his 8:10 am report. Now Kani and his sponsor didn’t find any humor in Tom’s oft’-used tactic of “exploding dynamite” to eradicate objectional callers … But as for myself, I caught the show and, I guess because I’m in the media business, 1 “nearly died laughing.” In fact, I’m still smiling while I’m writing … P.S. Kani and his sponsors have moved to KORL (K-65 on your AM dial) … Dates and times are on page 10…. As most of us now know, Bruce Carter, past star of Channel Two’s popular…

SHARE NOUR CATCH, SEND PHOTO + COPY TO HFN HOLO HOLO P.O. BOX 25413 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96825. Dear Chuck, Here’s a photo of another outstanding catch from Kauai. It’s a 22-pound kawakawa that was caught from shore! The fish was caught by Dr. Lyman Yoshimura from the Lighthouse Point at the Kauai Surf Hotel. It took an akule on a slide line. For awhile, we thought we had a potential world record as the IGFA Record Book shows the-world record to be 21 pounds. However, Hobie Goodale, an IGFA representative, informed us that kawakawa records are considered only up to 50-pound test line. Dr. Yoshimura was using 60-pound test line. Still, it was an outstanding catch to go along with the kahala they already had. Seems that all my friends…

ALASKAN TROLLING CLUB……Alaska ANAEHOOMALU BAY TROLLING CLUB……Hawaii BALBOA ANGLING CLUB……California BANGSARAY FISHING CLUB……Thailand BAY OF ISLANDS SWORDFISH CLUB TEAM #1……New Zealand BAY OF ISLANDS SWORDFISH CLUB TEAM #2……New Zealand BEVERLY HILLS YACHT CLUB……California BIG GAME FISHING CLUB DU MAROC……Morocco BLUE WATERS ANGLERS CLUB……Bermuda BORA BORA FISHING CLUB……Bora Bora CAIRNS GAMEFISHING CLUB……Australia CLUB DE YATES DE GUAYMAS……Mexico CORNHUSKER BILLFISH CLUB OF NEBRASKA……Nebraska GAME FISHING CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA……Australia GUAM BILLFISH CLUB……Guam HAURA CLUB DE TAHITI……French Polynesia HAWAII BIG GAME FISHING CLUB TEAM #1……Oahu HAWAII BIG GAME FISHING CLUB TEAM #2……Oahu HAWAII BIG GAME FISHING CLUB TEAM #3……Hawaii HAWAII KAI YACHT CLUB……Oahu HEEIA BAY FISHING CLUB……Hawaii HONG KONG (INTERNATIONAL) GAME FISHING ASSOCIATION……Hong Kong HUNTINGTON HARBOUR ANGLERS……California IATE CLUB DO RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil IGFA INTERNATIONAL (Ivory Coast; France; Korea) INTERNATIONAL GAME FISHING…

Head, Lower and Middle Schools Hawaii Preparatory Academy This month, well introduce you to two great fish. Both are found in the same areas. Both are great prizes. The first is a prize because it’s rare—a rare enough prize always to be a “surprise.” The second is an even more special prize because it is common. In fact, it is common enough to make any trip for it a successful “enterprise.” But enough of stretching for half-witted rhymes that have to work overtime. You don’t have to work overtime to catch weke. They are found in calm waters over sandy bottoms in most places throughout Hawaii. Look for them in shallow harbors. Look for them in sandy channels cut through coral reefs. Weke travel in schools, so once you find…

“What’s the deepest you have been diving?,” is a question heard often by divers. Whether your’s is 30 feet, 60 feet or deeper, it is important to understand why divers dive deep. (For this article, a deep dive is any dive greater than 60 feet.) One of the most common answers to the question, “Why dive deep?,” is “Because I wanted to see what it was like down there,” or other reasons for deep diving include: to spear fish, to dive on a deepwater wreck, to photograph or study marine organisms found only in deep water, to locate a lost object or to perform some sort of work, like salvaging, in deep water. Any diver who is contemplating making a deep dive has the following factors to consider:. 1. The…

When the Kona Charter Skippers Association held the first Kona Gold Jackpot Tournament four years ago, many people wondered if there would be any fish around. “Sure there will be,” said Don Fujiwara, affable proprietor of Yama’s Specialty Shop, “I’ve — always said there are big fish around in May!” Donald was dead-right, and that first year a jaybird from Kansas, Jim Wicinski, scored with a 716-pound Pacific blue to take the first Kona Gold. That precedent set—everyone has always assumed that a fish of 600-700 pounds was all that was required to take The Gold in Kona. Not so in 1981! On the first day of fishing, George Harai, fishing off the XT-SEA, boated a 771-pound Pacific blue. “Kill, fight,” said many anglers, “that fish is going to take…

Easter Seal Fishing Tournament Results Kauai Service Center’s Fifth Annual Fishing Tournament raised over $1,600.00 through the generous support of local Island merchants and the community. The money will be used to deliver speech therapy and infant stimulation services to disabled children and adults. Due to the lack of entries in the ulua category, not all prizes were given away. These prizes will be held over for the next tournament with the permission of the respective merchants. The winners of this year’s tournament, held May 16-17, were: The time of weigh-in was the determining factor in the case of any ties.…

The National Championship Hawaiian Billfish Tournament, will have an entry field of 30 biggame fishing teams representing 10 states in the union. The teams competing for the Hawaiian Billfish Tournament national crown are all from the mainland U.S. since Hawaii, the hosting state, is excluded from the competition. The states represented are: Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah and Washington. Now in its 5th running, the Hawaiian Billfish Tournament National Championship event was established as a tough qualifying test for American fishing teams seeking entry into the prestigious Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament which celebrates its 23rd year of competition this summer. The team winning the National Championship Billfish event also wins one of the coveted gilt-edged invitations from the Governor of Hawaii and the Board of…

Requirements concerning metal tanks used for storing gases under pressure warn against subjecting them to certain temperatures. From an accumulation of information from several sources it is apparent why there is such a requirement. In several instances the application of heat to aluminum tanks has resulted in a! big bang upon filling with substantial property damage and injuries to adjacent personnel. A year ago, an aluminum tank was being filled in a local dive shop. It exploded before it reached the fill pressure and there was some damage to the shop but no one was injured to my recollection. It was rumored that heat had been applied to the neck area of the tank in order to remove the tank valve. Reports of two similar incidents in Florida are more…

OCEAN SUNFISH COMES UP OFF OF MAKUA The most exotic fish of the year (see cover photo) came in to Waianae on the 16th of May aboard Bob MacEvitt’s E LUANA. Mac, his son Mike, Ray Souza and his son, Patrick, were out about three miles from Makua when they spotted a weird-looking fin flapping out of the water. They cruised nearer for a better look. A tremendous saucer-shaped creature was drifting sideways in the water. Suddenly they snagged it in the middle of the back with an outrigger bait! Line started peeling out of the reel until the reel started smoking. Ray grabbed the rod and tried to slow the fish down. Just the sheer weight of the fish seemed to be taking out the line. The fish sounded…

The Trout Season at Kokee I got a call from Ed Stanwood the other day and the conversation was both leisurely and very pleasant. Ed’s a retired attorney who originally hailed from the wooded hills of Vermont. A long-time trout fisherman, I consider him to be the dean of freshwater fishing on Kauai. Although it was still a few months away, Ed was reminding me that I should be getting my equipment ready for the rainbow trout season at Kokee. We talked about changing our lines, buying an adequate supply of hooks, the new rods and reels we’d bought and places we thought we would try on opening day. I had to smile. Here it was, a full three months before the season opened and our eagerness and anticipation was…