Innholdsfortegnelse for May 1988 i Hawaii Fishing News

■ MAY SLGNALS BETTER WEATHER FOR HAWAIIAN WATERS-THERE IS LESS CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER, LIKE STRONG KONA WINOS, THUNDERSTORMS OR HEAVN RAIN. THERE IS STILL A SMALL CHANCE OF BAD WEAKER IN MAY BUT NORMALLY IT IS A WELL BEHAVED MONTH. TRADE WINDS WILL BLOW ABOUT 86 PERCENT OF THE TIME, AND ONE SHOULD EXPECT ABOUT FOUR TO 10 DAYS OF GUSTY TRDES. NORTHWEST SWELL ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. SURF AT SUNSET BEACH, O’AHU, WILL NOT RISE ABOVE FIVE FEET ON MOST DANS, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT 10-TO 15-FOOT SURF CAN OCCUR. HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL SWELL AND SURF ON THE SOUTHERN SHORES WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH. THE MONTH AS STCRMS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE BECOME STRONGER. TROPICAL CNCLONES DO NOT NORMALLY OCCUR IN HAWAIIAN WATERS IN MAY.…

■ “Stand up! Sit down! Fight! Fight! Fight!” The words of the old cheer call to mind a new opportunity for offshore fishermen: stand-up fishing. Il’s a “new” opportunity because modern tackle is being designed specifically for the fisherman who wants to fight on his feet. Stand-up fishing is satisfying, economical and practical. For an experienced angler in good condition using specially designed equipment, the battle is man against beast in a toe to toe wrestling match, and victory provides an extra jolt of elation. Here’s one of those rare cases in life where economics complement ego. You don’t need an expensive fighting chair (the best platforms for sit-down fishing cost $2,000 or more). The rods and reels even tend to be a bit less pricey, though, as with all…

Curtis Chong pulled his collar up and huddled down even deeper into his raincoat as another i wave struck the point called Smoking Rock. Big drops of salt water and a fine mist came over the hard lava ridge and into the small hollow where Curtis and his halfbrother, Charles Yokomizu, sat. A light hiss rose from the Coleman lantern next to Curtis as the salt spray settled on its hot lid. The warm, yellow light beamed into the night and illuminated the half-dozen ulua poles on the point. . As he looked down and away from Curtis, Charles could feel the cold salt water dribbling down-from his head and down his collar. He was soaked. He tilted his hand downward and allowed the water to drain from his sleeve.…

Fishing and Sightseeing ■ Once again I was invited out to sea on the boat PINK LADY with Capt. Itsuo Kitamura and crewmember Eddie Uratani. We left Wailoa ramp at 6:30 a.m. and headed for the ono grounds. As Capt. Itsuo drove the boat, Eddie and I started to set up the poles. The sea was a beautiful blue, which is a good sign for fishing, and the sky was clear, except for the morning wind that made the air a little chilly. Our first hookup was at 7:20 a.m. outside Shipman Bay. One of the outriggers popped and Eddie and I both brought the short line up first. I then went over to the pole that had the hookup and started to crank the fish in as Eddie got…

■ When the rumors started about two ‘ahi aboard Reuben Ching’s POPO TOO I thought it was just a hoax. It wasn’t until they caught another one the following day that I confirmed the story. Uncle Reuben related the facts to me one afternoon following a very good fishing weekend. It seems the first duece was just like any other catch, except that they were chasing an aku pile about 44 miles out, which is quite far. Reuben’s two crewmen, Warren and George Kawelo, wanted more action and encouraged him to go again. Since they knew where the pile was, it would be very easy to get there the next morning. Everything was going fine the following day as they found the fish in the same general area and awaited…

■ A rather formidable group of eastern U.S. sportfishermen and sportfishing industry types have teamed up with leading tackle manufacturers, fishing publications and outdoor writers to create an ambitious East Coast tagging effort directed at yellowfin and bigeye tunafish we collectively know in Hawai’i as ‘ahi. The “Tag a Tuna for Tomorrow” program is enthusiastically supported by the National Marine Fisheries Service which readily admits the need to learn more about these pelagic tuna populations, their life span, growth rates and migration routes. Facts about all of these areas of interest can be developed through an intensive tagging program. Costs of the tagging program are being underwritten by AFTCO, Berkley, Daiwa, Kunnan, Lowrance, Sevenstrand and Shimano, a group of concerned tackle and marine electronics manufacturers. They have agreed to underwrite…

Digest of Fishing Laws and Rules The Wahiawa Public Fishing Area includes a portion of the privately-owned Wahiawa Reservior (Lake Wilson) in the central portion ot the island ot Prohibited Activities: a) To enter into or fish without a valid Freshwater Game Fishing License or other appropriate permit and.a readily available life-saving device, and provided that all licensees or permittees under 15 years of age are accompanied by an adult. b) To epter onto, fish from, or approach within 200 feet of t he spillway dam and its storeline, or to enter into or fish within the Forest Reserve along the North Fork. c) To swim, water ski, camp, picnic,’build fires, dispose of refuse or pollute the waters, or damage private and public property. d) To possess and firearms, air…

Expedition: Strike Force ■ Recently, I brought together a bunch of guys who are special to me as friends as well as talented in their own style of fishing. First, there was Tokuichi Nakano, 69, who is very j talented in thrownetting and whipping for papio and ulua with jumping jacks and also for small game at night. Toku also knew the grounds we were about to fish from his I past experience. I recently reported about Toku in j March’s issue. Brad Perez, inventor of the Reef Rippers that are, locally sold in some fishing and retail stores and soon to I be available on Molokai, Maui and O’ahu, also came. The ’ Reef Rippers are floating surface plugs made out of wood that come in all different colors…

Parsons Meets with Boaters ■ State Boating Manager David Parsons graciously met with 15 representatives of the marine community representing yacht and fishing clubs, marine retailers, sailors, commercial charter and recreational fishermen on March 16. The meeting, which concerned the “boating under the influence” bill before the legislature, was held at the Hawai’i Fishing Club through the courtesy of Commodore Al Bento. Each senator sitting on both the Transportation-and Judiciary committees was invited to attend the meeting since they would be the ones voting on the bill. Senator Mary Jane McMurdo took time out on her way to a hearing on the convention center to stop by and state that she was against the BUI bill as written. She said that it was getting “dangerously dose to a police state”…

■ Perry Langston, head plantation manager at Christmas Island, told me of a Honolulu fisherman who had invented a lure that, in his opinion, was the greatest trevally (ulua) catching device he has seen in all of his 20 years of fishing there. The fisherman he was referring to was none other than HAWAII FISHING NEWS feature writer, Peter Dunn-Rankin. The “miracle device” was his newly designed surface chugger named the PILI lure. That was in 1980, and, today in 1988, every major fishing supply outlet here stocks a wide selection of topwater lures for both big and small game. Without question, Peter and his resin surface lures can be credited with bringing topwater fishing to the forefront here in Hawai’i. The popularity and interest that followed generated a tremendous…

■ April was the beginning of mahimahi season, but at our house the ‘ahi was plentiful; something about a secret lure my resident fisherman was using. It’s a good thing I had more ‘ahi than mahi to cook because I enjoy mahi baked and my oven was broken. (It has been almost three months, but that’s another story that begins,“When you live between Hilo and Kona, it’s hard to get your major appliances repaired…” Fortunately, the broiler and top burners are okay.) Anyway, the ‘ahi are playing in island waters this month and should continue to tease the fishermen throughout the summer, so here are some new taste treats to try at your house…and ail without i baking. Note that most of these recipes have a bit of bite s…

■ Recently, I went over to Captain Cook on the Big Island to visit with Deighton Emmons, a talented sportsfisherman I had met in Samoa. Deighton teaches at Kono Waena High School. That evening, along with his wife Tisa and 4-year-old daughter Heather, we visited a black pebble beach near Ho‘okena and 1 tried my luck with a new lure that Jeff Konn dubbed the bombula. The bombula is a round headed urethane core lure that darts around on the surface. In Hawai‘i the bombula is the.big marble that scatters all the other marbles out of the ring. As night was falling I tossed a purple-backed bombula out beyond the rocks on the right side of the little bay, and 50 yards out a 6- to 8-lb barracuda grabbed the…

■ Aloha from Lahaina Town. The marlin action during March dropped off considerably from the first two months of the year. There were two blues, 19 stripers and six spearfish reported, with four of the stripers being tagged and released, all from aboard the ABSOLUTE, with Capt. Charlie Sims at the helm. ISLANDER II captured the top marlin during March, with her 416-pounder by angler Paul Kilsby. Capt. Tim Putnam and Crewman Mark Shultz were working the CC-buoy to K-buoy area in the early afternoon with no bait, no birds and no bites to be found when they received a call from Capt. Rick Medenwald aboard the EXCITE. He radioed he had just landed a 200 plus-lb-blue marlin near the K-buoy on his way back to Ma’alaea Harbor. ISLANDER II…