Innholdsfortegnelse for September 1984 i Hawaii Fishing News

■ Menpachi, ‘aweoweo and aholehole are some of the best eating small fish around. So their prices at the store are at times sky high. One or two good-sized menpachi could cost you the price of a fair meal at a restaurant. So it’s really worth it to be able to hook them, especially if you’re just killing time while waiting for the ulua to bite. You’ll also want to catch these fish so you’ll have them when the ulua do bite. Menpachi, ‘aweoweo and aholehole have been found to be prime ulua bait for sliding down whole. They are frisky baits that draw strikes from ulua that are looking for injured or disabled fish. So we’re definitely not the only ones who know that these three small fish are…

…this month we will prepare AHI ■ In Hawaii, ‘ahi is one of the most favored fish, eaten both raw and cooked. In fact, after the May issue when we featured barbequed ‘ahi recipes, many of you wrote or called asking for recipes for cooking ‘ahi indoors, and we’re happy to oblige. We in Hawaii are way ahead of the game in recognizing the healthy, low fat source of protein that fish provides in our diets. ‘Ahi, the name used in reference to larger varieties of island tunas (Big Eye, Allison Yellowfin, and Albacore), has the highest amount of protein of twenty types of fish caught in Hawaiian waters. Pound for pound, beef has three times as much fat as ‘ahi. Although frying fish increases the fat content in fislh,…

■ There really has been some great fishing again this year in Kona, Hawaii. Already for 1984, three 1,000-plus-lb marlin have been weighed in. July was a particularly fantastic month with many, many catches beiing brought to the pier scales. The 24th was a “Super Tuesday”—45 fish were weighed in on that regular fishing day. For several weeks this year many of the ‘ahi caught were in the 200-lb size. This month, boats have been bringing in multiple catches of marlin and tuna. Several fish flags can be seen hoisted high on the boats as they arrive at Kailua Bay. All these catches have resulted in a lot of excitement and many happy anglers. July ended with the charter boat NO PROBLEM showing it was the “top boat” of the…

Do’s and Don’ts of Safe (and Polite) Boat Diving ■ Howie Brackett is the president of Sea Lancer: Diving Club and the owner of a beautiful 20’ Wellcraft. Knowing how carefully he maintains his boat, I asked Howie to give me a few pointers on dive-boat etiquette and safety. He responded with the following list written by Russ Bennett, also of Sea Lancers. Howie added some to the list, as did Trudy Ernst, another Sea Lancer and a board of trustees member of the Hawaiian Malacological Society. (Trudy and her husband, Bill, the vice-president of the Hawaiian Malacological Society, own a Zodiac inflatable. I’ll let you guess which rule she added!) If any of you dive-boat owners find that the following lists exclude any of your most important rules, drop…

HAWAII FISHING NEWS welcomes Charlotte Marques to the position of Wai‘anae Coast reporter. Charlotte, a licensed charter boat captain, will take over the Wai‘anae area report responsibilities from Capt. Alana McKinney. Alana, an associate editor for HAWAII FISHING NEWS, has done a terrific job during the past seven years reporting the fish catch list and events occurring on the leeward coast. She is giving up the Wai‘anae area reporting to concentrate on feature articles and offshore tournaments. Members of the HAWAII FISHING NEWS reporting team join the fishermen who frequent the leeward coast in wishing both Capt. Alana McKinney and Capt. Charlotte Marques the best in their new positions. ■ Fishing in Wai‘anae was absolutely fantastic in July! Many Allison tuna of more than 100 lbs and some weighing as…

■ Calvin Bright, Jerry Pesquira and Gil Giltnar had a shorecasting evening to remember on July 25. They were camping overnight along the Waianae shoreline near Makua cave. They had laid a moi-moi net and were doing some rod and reel fishing. From all indications it looked like a perfect night for fishing. Using cut-up tako as bait, the men cast out their rigs and secqred their rods in rocks along the shore. “The water just 100 yards offshore was loaded with bait and porpoise. The ‘oama were in, and there were birds all over the place,” Jerry explained. Suddenly a bell started ringing furiously! Before anyone could move, one of their rods was jerked out of position and dragged into the foaming sea. All three men plunged into the…

(Note: Doc McKinney, godfather of Darrel’s daughter, Amber, would like to make a scrapbook of pictures for the two children and asks anyone out there who might have pictures of him to send them temporarily to the McKinneys. They will be returned soon. The address: 85-748 Waianae Valley Rd., Waianae, Hawaii 96792.) ■ Back in the ’30sand ’40s when bears and wolves were still plentiful in the forests, Darrel Burt Skelton always carried a shotgun or. 22 rifle by his side. In those days he hunted game, rode horses, snow skied, went swimming and fished in the creek up in the raw-natured lands of the Great Lakes. As a young boy he spent a lot of time fishing and never stepped out of the house without a hook, sinker and…

■ On July 7, I took Gary Onuma up on an old offer to take me skin-diving if I ever came to Lana‘i. Gary and I had never met; we had only heard of each other through my father. But because of his reputation I felt confident having him as my dive guide and partner. Gary, a native of Lana‘i, is employed by Castle & Cooke as a ranger. He is an accomplished outdoorsman with remarkable skin-diving ability. On Lana‘i he has a reputation of being one of the best for spearing mu. To top it off, he is a fierce competitor in the annual Waikiki Rough Water Swim. That morning, not long after my plane landed, we were in the water off a Lana‘i harbor—the sight of our dive.…

■ Because I knew which fuse to change to restore life to his ‘67 Datsun pickup, my friend Bob asked me to wire his boat. “You’re a genius, Wayne,” he added. “I don’t know anybody else like you.” “I know,” I replied. “Where’s this boat you want wired?” “Right here! You’re standing in its shadow. You’re leaning on its hull!” “Good grief!” I said with some heat. “I thought this was your house! You didn’t tell me I had to rig up an ocean liner.” “It’s only 34 feet, Wayne,” Bob said reasonably. “Besides, you promised.” “OK, OK. But it’s gonna cost you.” “Oh?” he said apprehensively. “How much?” “Keep me in fish for the next six months,” I replied. “You know. Ono, mahimahi, ‘opakapaka, da kine stuff like that.”…

■ An innovative new way to fish, originating in Japan, has enthusiastic O‘ahu fishermen experimenting with a high-center outrigger with extremely outstanding results lately. Hideyoshi Takasawa, president of Pacific Hi-Tak, Inc., and professor Mikio Tokuda of Japan have introduced a type of fishing to Hawaii that has been used in Japan for the past five years. Fishermen here who have tried the “green stick,” or Tokuda pole have been pulling in up to 24 ‘ahi, each over 100 lbs, in a single day! Mikio Tokuda, fishing advisor and technical consultant of the Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co. Ltd., perfected this Japanese style of fishing. The telescoping pole, which is a green outrigger of either 34 or 42 feet (depending on the length of the boat) is made of a type of fiberglass.…

■ Another 1,000-lb Pacific blue marlin joins the ever increasing rolls of the Kona Coast “Grander Club.” The third of its class to be taken off the west side of the Big Island this year, the nominee appeared during a tournament celebrating the club’s 26th anniversary. The 1,055½-pounder angled by Lloyd Toriano won the Kona Mauka Trailers Invitational and became the third largest catch in the club’s history. Traditionally, teams from every district of Hawaii travel to Kona to participate in this event held on the weekend nearest Independence Day. This year eight of the total 46 entries came from other districts. Three of the visiting boats were towed from Kohala while one each came from Hamakua and Hilo. Three Kona Iki Trailers also competed in the two-day contest, which…

■ On Saturday, August 18, members and guests of Atlapac Fishing Club gathered for the club’s 58th annual awards banquet. In attendance was Ben Yuen, one of the founders and charter members of Atlapac, which was established in 1926. Ben gave a brief history of the club. He told how a group of Honolulu Post Office workers, who were among the island’s first shore casters, originally formed the club. The newly formed organization was named after the then-popular Atlapac casting reels manufactured on the East Coast. To this date, several of these reels are still held in club member’s collections. Today, Atlapac is not only the oldest casting club in the state. With 35 active members, it is also one of the largest clubs on the island of O‘ahu. Shore…

■ Here come the ‘ahi, and come they did from the white sands of La‘ie to beautiful Chinaman’s Hat. Finally the yellowfin tuna arrived close to the Windward Coast in large numbers, and everybody had a chance to get their fish. The ‘ahi were very late in arriving on this side of the island, and many wondered if they would ever come at all. A few stray ‘ahi had been showing up on several boats throughout the summer, but no real run had ever materialized. Many boats caught their ‘ahi early in the month of July and I tried to get as many recorded as I could, but it was a losing battle. Several boats had outstanding catches one being the ALICE CII, which had a four ‘ahi day. John…

■ Aloha everybody. July was a month we’ll remember for steady trade winds, lots of 90-in-the-shade days and not nearly enough rain. The aku catch increased, so the price of aku was way down and plenty of sashimi, poki and dried fish was on the menu. The backside grounds weren’t lacking for action, and the aku armada brought ‘em home by the truckload. Among those enjoying good hauls were Dolfo Sanches aboard ROCHELE and Jerry Pagay aboard JERRY LEE. Al Alboro got an ulua skunk but kept peace in the family with coolers full of skipjack. Boogie Bandalan, Frank Pagay, Kazu Nohara and “Pinnochio” Hubin all checked in with plenty. Jason “Wave Rider” Fujie caught a quarter ton of aku aboard HOLO NALU, and Kazu Masada scooped as usual plus…

■ By now everyone should be aware of the water shortage. The lack of water is affecting the lake in more ways than one. Actually, we’ve been somewhat fortunate. A little rain in the mountains has replenished what the sugar company has been drawing off. But even so, the water level recently got low enough to prevent use of the boat ramp for a while. This may sound selfish, but I don’t really mind that, because I like it when I can go fishing without being harassed by the usual bunch of hot rodders out for a weekend joy ride on the lake. The biggest impact the low water is having is that, despite the seemingly large spawn of tuc, there is no indication that any of the hatch survived.…

ELIGIBILITY 1. Team entrants with past tournament experience must be in good standing with the past tournaments. False misrepresentation and fraudulent actions which are concluded to be an attempt to improperly secure a share of winnings, in this tournament or in past tournaments, is sufficient cause to bar an angler—or anglers—from participation in this event, without rebate of entry fee, and shall be considered grounds suffucient to bar said angler(s) from future Chuck Machado Luau Jackpot tournaments. Such fraudulent action on the part of one team member may be considered as a joint team effort, thereby resulting in disqualification of the entire team. 2.(a) Teams may change crew members/team members up to and including the time of registration. but not thereafter. 2 (b) Any team shall be composed of not…