Innholdsfortegnelse for August 1981 i Hawaii Fishing News

HAWAIIAN WATERS WEATHER Enjoy summer in Hawaiian waters. August is she warmest mouth over land and in the water. No Kona storms or cold fronts are expected. Replacing these two two wintertime storms could be storms born over the warm tropical waters — tropical storms and hurrices. August is the favored month for these storms. Over the past years, these storms have appeared in HHawaiin waters so it will be prudent to listen to the National Weather Service marine forecasts before venturing into the water. Weather satellite pictures spot these storms. Trade winds will he the common feature as they persist through the month> Expect about 5-to-10 days of gusty trade winds that can make the waters too rough. Northwest swell-and-surrt activity is at the minimum but southerly surf could…

A small 16-foot Fiberform with one lone man on board was struck recently by a large aku boat whose skipper failed to stop and give assistance. Dave Snodgrass was silently drifting near Kaena Point about 8 am one morning with 3 lines down when he suddenly looked up and realized that an aku boat of about 65 feet in length was bearing down on him with no one on the helm, and no lookout in sight! The men on the aku boat were out in the stern hooking fish in a spray of whitewater. Dave frantically reached forward and tried to start his engine, but unluckily his engine wouldn’t respond. By this time, Dave was yelling loudly to attract the attention of someone on the aku boat. Then he was…

I first saw the Mid Pac 24 in the 1981 Kona Gold this May. Hilo tuna king Mel Brown was at the helm of AJAX as it walked away from the starting pack each morning. But, it wasn’t the speed of the 24-footer that impressed me in May—it was her stability. I watched Mel and his crew boat a 482-pound Pacific blue over the side of the boat—with four guys virtually standing on the rail. The boat was stable as a rock. On a recent trip to Hilo I called Mel and asked him if he would show me the boat. Better than that, he said, “I can introduce you to the builder.” That was the first I knew that a place called Mid Pacific Boat Works existed. And it’s…

Our club, the Light Tackle Anglers of Kauai, was having its first overnight outing, and we had invited Stan Wright and his family to come along. I had just met Stan and his family at the airport and was showing them around when my venerable Wagoneer had its stroke. As it turned out, it would not be resurrected again for 5 days. A very good friend, Dr. Wayne Gokan, saw our plight and stopped to pick us up. From his office, we called and arranged for alternate transportation. By the time we reached Anini Beach it was nearly 8:00 pm. Since the outing did not officially begin until 6:00 Saturday morning, we had expected 3 or 4 campers on Friday night. However, the scene as I turned into the beach…

A new line of lightweight portable power generators originally designed for use by the U.S. Navy has now come onto the market for civilian consumers and these SpaceAge battery operated machines are being hailed by outdoor sportsmen in the Islands as “amazing” and “invaluable.” The REDI-LINE motor generators work, almost silently, on 12-volt car, truck or boat batteries to provide users with instant, dependable 120-volt A.C. household current anywhere, any time. With a REDI-LINE motor generator, fishing boats enjoy a broad new range of conveniences such as the operation of efficient microwave ovens, standard television sets and all of the electrical appliances normally in use in the home kitchen. Because REDI-LINE motor generators are compact in size (less than 17 inches long) they can be easily installed in boats, trucks,…

The Hilo Casting Club tourney started for some as far ahead as two weeks. Intent on obtaining spots which have reputations for bestowing the serious angler with large trophy catches, anglers stayed down at some point like Manuka - (or Road-To-the-Sea) for days before the official start of the tourney. Other spots along the coastline of Kona, Hawaiian Beaches, Paradise Park, Kawaihae, Keahole and Makalawena teemed with a fantastic quantity of lanterns and flashing headlights. People serious about catching something worthwhile opted to take their two-week vacations to include the Fourth of July Weekend. The tournament fee was $38.00 with an additional $10.00 for the first jackpot (winner take all) and another $10.00 for the second jackpot with categories from one-to-five places. Total entries were in the hundred-plus category. Many…

The giant needlefish is well-named. It is long, slender, silver and pointed. Its upperjaw is like a marlin bill, and so is its lower. Together, they create an odd beak-like appearance. Both jaws are lined by rows of sharp teeth. The head of a needlefish is even more vicious-looking than the head of a barracuda. The barracuda, at least, hides its teeth when it closes its mouth. The needlefish, on the other hand, never seems to close its mouth. Its sharp teeth and long strong body make it dangerous to handle. The safest place to grab it is behind the head. But when you do, be prepared for the fish to lash its body from side to side. It’s wise to use a glove, or at least a piece of…

This month well answer a letter from a reader who’ has some questions about repairing fishing rods. Here’s the letter. Dear Jim, I’ve seen the new rods with the smooth finish over the wrappings and would like to try this myself when I put new guides on my rod. The problem is that the tackleshop dealer says you need special equipment. In particular, he says you need a machine that turns the rod continuously while the coating hardens or it all runs off. Also, I’d like to know your opinion about the need for underwraps. Do they serve any purpose or are they there just to look nice? And, finally, I’ve broken the tip off my nine-foot surf spinning rod—just the last nine inches. Is there any good way this…

What are EPIRBs/ELTs? EPIRB-Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon — used on ships. ELT-Emergency Locating Transmitter-used on aircraft. These are transmitters, used only for distress purposes, which may be activated upon impact, water activated, position activated or manually turned on by a switch. They send out a distinctive, continuous radio signal, intended to facilitate search and rescue operations. EPIRBs (Class A and B) and ELTs operate on frequencies 121.5 and 243 MHz. A Class C EPIRB operates on frequencies 156.75 and 156.8 MHz. Licensing Requirements EPIRB/ELT transmitters are required to be licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and must be type accepted for the radio service in which it is to be used. It must be type accepted under FCC Rules and Regulations, part 83 for use on ships and…

Written inquiries regarding AQUALINE should be mailed c/o Aqualine Editor Robert Reed. Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 …A breath of fresh air! Divers in the U.S. have become accustomed to filling their scuba tanks at any dive store and plunging into their dive without worry. However, each time there is a dive accident, one of the first questions raised is: “Was the air “bad”?” Bad air is seldom a problem in most modern U.S. dive stores, but this was not always true and may not be true outside the U.S. or with compressors on private boats. Air can be bad because of the presence of toxic gases, the excess presence of inert (inactive) gas to the exclusion of oxygen or because of liquid or solid particles in the air. The most worrisome…

Over 12 tons of fish were caught in the 2nd Annual Haleiwa Hanapa‘a Jackpot Tournament held June 25th, 26th and 27th out of normally quiet Haleiwa Harbor on the northshore of Oahu. Of 65 competing boats, only 7 returned with no qualifying fish on board. A total weight tourney of all nag fish, marlin and ahi! had to be 50 pounds or more, mahimahi had to be at least 15 pounds, and ono 12 pounds. Most of the fish that came into the scales qualified. Waianae’s SHADELLA S. came through with the most pounds, l223¼, to go home with the first place check of $11,075.00. At about $9.00 per pound, Capt. Leslie Cansibog, who used to have the RAINYK., must have pretty well paid for his beautiful new 24-foot red…

International Game Fish Association 3000 East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316 U.S.A. Phone (305) 467-0161 Officers Elwood K. Harry President Dudley C. Lewis Vice President George G. Matthews Secretary Ogden M. Phipps Treasurer Dear Chuck: I just received the June issue of Hawaii Fishing News and have read with interest your column entitled “Tail Tales.” I am writing this letter as I feel that you inadvertently have misconstrued one of our regulations governing world record catches. IGFA has not ruled against money tournaments, and if a world record fish is caught in a money tournament we certainly will process it in the same way as if it were caught in any other tournament. There is, however, one exception: We will not accept an application for a world record…

These hungry feeders are usually found in small schools just outside the reef. Most of the ones I’ve caught have been hooked when I have been trolling for papio in water ten-to-twenty feet deep on the outer edges of coral reefs. These fish were caught on very small swimming plugs and spoons, each less than an inch-and-a-half long. For best action with wahanui, you must use extremely light tackle. The biggest of these are rarely more than a foot long. Their small size keeps them from putting up much of a struggle when they are outgunned by heavy tackle. Because of their big mouths, they are very easy to hook. They feed greedily. They are one of the best examples of that old rule that fish and people would stay…

Just offshore of Hawaii’s coastlines, large, evil-toothed sharks wait eagerly in watery shadows for the smallest opportunities to dine on humans. Such is the kind of mythology many people seem to have about sharks. The “Jaws” movies, which have given terrifying thrills to throngs of movie-goers in recent years, exemplify the fears of the shark as a “man-eater” by exploiting them. When the first “Jaws” movie appeared in Hawaii in the summer of 1975, an editorial in a local newspaper, citing the potential harm shark attacks could have on tourism, urged legislators to review shark control programs, which had been conducted in 1961, 1967-69, and 1971. The editorial said, “Now that the horror of shark attacks has been brought home to thousands of islanders by the film, “Jaws,” the legislators…

May I apologize for my brief vacation from Hawaii Fishing News? I am now back in Kona, same apartment, same lanai and the same beautiful mornings for which Kona is noted. I find writing a column difficult when I go fishing everyday, coming home at 5 o’clock, and at 6 o’clock when we have to weigh a fish. When I Apologized to my boss, Chuck Johnston, he said, “Deal, you are entitled as a columnist to take a “sabbatical leave” every so often.” That’s why it is so pleasant working on this rag—my boss is so understanding! I first met Gary Simons some years back when he was working as a busboy at the Kona Galley Restaurant, Kona’s excellent purveyor *of succulent seafood, of which I have waxed eloquently in…

Hawaiian Airline’s Kona representative Harry Rudi die spends a good part of the year as an emcee at one event or another. You’ll see him perched on the ladder during the Kona Gold keeping the crowd informed and in stiches with his banter and witticisms. Harry noted something from his perch on the pier over the last couple of years and that was the lack of real participation in the bigger fishing tournaments of the “little guys”, the fishermen in small boats. Why not have’t a tournament for small boats? Harry asked a few friends — and the idea began to grow. With almost no publicity, all-volunteer help, and a lot I of hard work on the part of Harry and his handpicked team of organizers, the Wee Guys ’81…

GLASS BOTTOM BOAT SWAMPS IN KAUAI CHANNEL The 46-foot GOLDEN DRAGON, a newly-refurbished glass-bottomed boat destined for the tourist traffic on Kauai, left Pokai Bay on June 1st planning to fish across the channel. The wide boat, powered by twin 45-horse-power outboards, could do 3-to-4 miles per hour and was painted a bright flashy red. Just past mid-channel, large seas and winds unexpectedly came up and the boat started taking on water. Unfortunately, the vessel soon swamped. Everything that was’ loose on board floated away. The boat was later towed into the Nawiliwili harbor but the ocean was strewn with large bright-red pieces of wood that had washed off the swamped boat. Although the boat was closer to Kauai than Oahu when it went under, all those pieces of wood…

Jim Witten on his bananapatch, MARION B, has been scoring with plenty of mahimahi during the latter part of May. When asked why he had been fishing Kahuku’s X-ray buoy so persistently, Jim related an? unusual fish tale: It seems that on one Saturday in May Pete Glasser and Jay Witten, Jim’s regular crew, decided to try their luck baiting the buoy. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately for Jim, he didn’t make the trip. Pete and Jay’s baiting technique was working beautifully for they loaded 17 mahi ranging from 15-to-20 pounds into the brine ice-boxes. Then Lady Luck turned against them. As the men i worked the mahi school with a lively fish on the line, a I large shark grabbed one of the remaining baits. With the shark viciously attacking…