Innholdsfortegnelse for August 1991 i Hawaii Fishing News

■ This picture should turn the head of any ulua fisherman. On June 7 we had the pleasure of having father-and-daughter anglers, Greg and Moren Lau from Kula, Maui, aboard our charterboat K UPANAHA. Greg had especially chartered our boat to give 16-year-old Moren her first sportfishing experience. Leaving Honokohau Harbor, we decided to head north toward a bank known in Kona as “The Grounds.” The action was slow. After several hours of trolling the surface, we decided maybe sinking some small aku that were in the area might get us some action with the bottom-feeders. Randy Nathaniel, my crewman, rigged a 1- to 2-lb aku on a 400-lb mono leader with a 11/0 Sea Demon hook. We were fishing the 70-fathom curve while Randy slowly sank our bait. Moren…

■ A half-ton behemoth raised up in the wake of Capt. K. Y. Rogers’ SHOWTIME and glared at the swarm of fishing lures whizzing by. It decided a particularly pesky aggravator needed killing. “We saw it come up twice on the lure,” Capt. Rogers said later. “First time it looked as big as a Volkswagen. Its fin Was up, and it looked at the short bait—the one closest to the transom—and decided it was real unhappy with that lure.” Capt: Rogers was trolling five lures, one on a “bird,” which gave the giant fish a lot of choices. “It came up behind, lit up and went right through the pattern at a big rate, straight for the short bait. It was a true fathead—came up with its mouth open and…

How to put Your Name in the Record Book ■ The International Game Fish Association’s annual edition of World Record Game Fishes is the ultimate “wish book” for many anglers because most wish they could be in it. In fact, of hundreds of millions of recreational fishermen around the world, only a small percentage are aware of what it takes to fish for and apply for world records. Is that because the majority of anglers perceive world records as too far out of reach of the “average fisherman”? If so, they’re wrong. Every angler has the potential to catch a world-record fish. Phenomenal skill isn’t always needed. Sometimes luck will go a long way. Years ago, some anglers predicted that records would soon reach plateaus of unbeatable weights. The prediction…

■ Just when it seemed the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WESPAC) was on the track toward improving a ridiculous system by fine-tuning the policies that have failed other fisheries nationwide, it turns out it is not on track after all. From the Atlantic to the Pacific the public is under the impression that federal and local governments are working to protect the public’s interest. We also are led to believe the Magnuson Act is designed to protect our marine resources. Unfortunately we are wrong on both counts. Government on both the state and federal level is intent on protecting big business and repaying debts through political favors. The Magnuson Act exists to protect resources from foreign exploitation so American businesses can exploit them even more. If you don’t…

■ When I got the phone call from Freddy Rice of the IHU NUI asking me if I wanted to weigh in and photograph “cats,” I said, “I guess I could. I’ve weighed in lots of strange fish; I’m sure I can handle cats.” The silence that followed hung between us like a big question mark. “No, no,” he laughed, realizing my confusion. “It’s a fishing tournament, sponsored by the Japan fishing club CATS.” “Oh, well,” I said. “That’s right up my alley.” (No pun intended.) The Japan fishing club CATS held their second annual invitational fishing tournament in Kona’s waters off the Big Island on June 9 and 10. The event was headquartered at the King Kamehameha Hotel and Kailua Pier weigh scales; five fishing clubs from Japan-the CATS,…

■ The brow; murky water looked unfishable The uaae winds were gone and a slight Kona wind drew rippies the glassy surtace. I couldn’t see a thing moving unde: the waler but water surface was lined and loaded with kiawe branches and dead sugar cane leaves. “What a mess! I thought to myself but immediately knew that the fish were going to bite, brought heavy showers that eventually led to heavy run-oft. Overflow from nearby cane fields had emptied into the bay making it took like a natural disaster with floating debris and man-made trash. On the other hand, the dirty water thar overflowed into the bay dramatically raised the nutrient level and made every-thing in the water come life. Through years of experience fishing in the area. I knew…

■ The oldest yacht race in the Pacific successfully concluded its 36th run, with 40 entries finishing the 2.250-mile race in decent but not record-breaking time. Two other yachts did not finish, both pulling out early in the race. Light winds accompanied the yachts most of the way from the San Pedro, California, start to the Diamond Head finish. But smart thinking on the part of race organizers, who had decided upon a split start, made it possible for all the vessels to complete the race within five days of each other. First-to-finish CHANCE, a Bill Lee designed, Santa Cruz (SC) 70 skippered by owner Robert McNulty, arrived just before 7 p.m. on July 9 with an elapsed time of 10 days, 8 hours, 59 minutes and 35 seconds. Although…

■ Camping and beach partying returned to the Hobie Association with the running of the First Annual Cellular Source Regatta, held at Bellows Beach Park on June 29 and 30. Commodore Dan Williams and Richard Heart did a fine job as the Race Committee, and Dean Froome of Froome Boating Company assisted by loaning a Hobie Power Skiff for the race committee work. The biggest effort, however, was made by the prettiest Prindle crew, Mamie McClain. Not only did she obtain The Cellular Source as the sponsor, she also helped Dave McFaull negotiate a big sponsor budget for T-shirts and for great Olympic-style medals as prizes. Mamie also organized the Potluck Beach Party on Saturday night. On the race course, Mark and Kellie Werkmeister, despite occasional differences of opinion aboard…

■ The Maui Trailer Boat Club held its 7th Annual Maui Hanapa‘a Tournament on July 6 and 7, 1991. The awards dinner was held at the East West Dining Room of the Maui Palms Hotel on Monday, July 8, 1991. The event was a resounding success with a total number of 505 official tournament fish caught during the event with a combined weight of 6,955.6 lbs. (Most of the tournament anglers fished the area around the FADs known as DD, Q, HO, FF. and M buoys.) Shawn Boneza was the official weighmaster and judges were: Nelson Boteilho Jr., Robert Merrill, Scott English and Michelle Cabatingan. The Maui Trailer Boat Club congratulates and thanks all 56 competitors for participating in their annual event. MTBC’s Hanapa‘a Fishing Tournament Results…

■ On Saturday, July 13, 1991, an old and dear friend of our family, Exciquiel Salmasan, invited me (angler Bernie Llanes), my father, Antone Llanes, and gaffman Aaron Kaiawe on an overnight fishing trip. Exciquiel explained that the place where he was taking us was located at the end of a very long drive on private property on the south side of Kona where permission was needed to enter. Considering that this was private land, we assumed it to be virgin grounds perfect for hooking up big ulua. True to Exciquiel’s words, the drive was long and tiresome before we got a clear view of a beach. Perfect! The weather was beautiful and the sea was as calm as a lake. After a brief rest, I began to carefully choose…

■ If your favorite sport fish is not among the 151 species listed by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) in their current world record programs, you may now have an opportunity to set an alltackle world record! IGFA has announced that it is revising and expanding its all-tackle world record program by opening it to game fish species not currently on their record lists (past catches included) and by reviewing well-documented applications for past catches that exceed their current listings. All-tackle records are maintained for the heaviest fish of a species caught according to IGFA angling rules on any line up to 60 kg (130-lb) class. The listings are being expanded to recognize catches of species which, though popular in various fishing areas, have never been documented in a…

■ It was a fishing trip that Ernest Hemingway never had. The men cooked the fish, and the woman caught the world record. Mary Wallace Josepho, fishing on the Kona charterboat the HOLIDAY, teamed with Capt. Doug Pattengill to try to catch the most elusive sport fish on rod and reel: the swordfish. Instead she doublehooked a 452-lb thresher shark, a pending woman’s world record on 50-lb test line. Mary Wallace is no newcomer to world records. She has held six. She has had sailfish, shortbill spearfish and Pacific blue marlin records. Mostly she fishes light line. Her sailfish was caught on 6-lb test. Her marlin record was a 502-pounder taken on 30-lb test line. Her only standing world record is a 50-lb 8-oz Pacific bigeye tuna caught on 12-lb…

■ Each year in June, Haleiwa Harbor comes alive with the sights and sounds of sport fishermen, their family and friends and spectators. They gather for three days of sun, fun and hopefully plenty of fish. They came for the annual Northshore Hanapa‘a Jackpot Fishing Tournament, a serious yet fun contest, which had a $25,000 jackpot this year. There are four species of fish that qualify for prize money: Pacific blue marlin; yellowfin, or Allison tuna; ono, or wahoo; and mahimahi, or dorado. The highest Combined catch weight after three days wins the grand prize. To share the wealth, daily prizes are awarded for the largest fish in each category, each day. Also, the largest flag fish for the tournament wins a grand prize. Fishing each day began at 6…

■ 1. Rod Shop. Dear Jim: I’m making a rod to use with reels of 9/0 and larger. These are the kind with, front brace for extra support. Some commercially made rods seem to have a special reels seat for these. The reel seat is extended on one end to make a place for the brace to go around. I have not been able to find that kind of reel seat. The alternative is to have the brace go around the foregrip, which looks bad and doesn’t seem strong, or remove the brace. Where can I get the right reel seat? H.A., Honolulu. The accessory you are talking about isn’t really a special reel seat. Rather, (it is a separate attachment that can be used with any reel seat of…

■ The eclipse phenomenon was a godsend as it gave me a perfect excuse acceptable to my boss (work) to take three days and nights off and to my BOSS (wife) to take our five-year-old daughter, Patti, fishing on the backside of Maui. We were armed with four Lamiglas poles with 6/0 Penns filled with 80-lb test mainline and 30-lb test mono leaders. Hooks were #48 Izuo with offset curve. I also took a couple of 10-foot poles rated at 15- to 30lb test and a couple of 4/0 Penns with 30-lb test line primarily to catch bait. Although a die-hard tako-slider, I lately have had good strikes using puhi-paka, especially when sliding the head section. Also, tako is hard to get now, and on this trip I only had…

■ King Kalakaua of Hawaii, in 1886, decided to promote a sailing race from the United States to Honolulu. He had friends in San Francisco, and, on September 25, 1886, he directed his secretary to write an invitation to the Pacific Yacht Club in that city. He proposed that the club organize a yacht race to Honolulu. The contestants would all be invited to attend his 50th birthday festivities at the lolani Palace on November 16. He offered to present three trophies. The first place trophy would have a value of $1,000 (U.S. dollars) in 1886. In today’s dollars (based on the gold standard) it would be worth $24,000. There are no known records as to why the yachtsman of San Francisco didn’t organize the race, but they missed out…

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Hilo Troller’s First Tournament ■ It was a day of excitement for many fishermen when the Hilo Trailers held their club tournament. Twentyseven boats were entered in the tournament, which was held on June 2. On that day there were slight morning showers, but the afternoon was clear. The boats headed out at 5:30 a.m. and many fish were landed that day. A total of one marlin, seven ‘ahi, 18 ono, seven mahimahi and one ulua reached the scale. One of the highlights of the tournament occurred when the OCEAN WARRIOR, skippered by Nash Kobayashi, came in with a marlin weighing 264 lbs. On the MIDORI, Capt. Melvin Tanaka came in with three ‘ahi, weighing 1397½ lbs, 159½ lbs and 164½ lbs. Melvin said that all three ‘ahi were caught…

■ On June 15, the Keehi Boat Club Wahine Tournament got underway with a shotgun start at Ke‘ehi head buoy. The winds were 20 to 25 mph, and the seas were running 4 to 8 feet. We never seem to get a flat day for our tournament. Many of the wahines are not fisherwomen, just friends out for a challenge, fun and adventure. Most got more than they hoped for-a very bumpy ride. When you catch fish, the day seems short; but when you don’t, you wonder if it will ever end. The CRYSTAL J is a big beautiful boat, a good one to be on when seas are rough. When the reel screamed, the girls on the CRYSTAL J sprang into action. Linda Joaquin followed directions, pumped and reeled;…

■ The summer bite began to show up, and half- and full-day charters got a chance to do the marlin dance. There were 93 billfish and one ‘ahi boated during the month. Forty-four of them were blues, nine were stripers, 38 were spearfish and two were sailfish. Thirty-one fish were tagged and released. The “Factory” area was the hot spot, with the 100-fathom run from the LA-buoy to the Lana‘i Lighthouse producing the majority of the fish. The 28-foot Aquasport DIVER DAN weighed in a 575-lb blue marlin for angler Greg Dowell. DIVER DAN captured the second largest marlin of the year to date spot ahead of the ISLANDER H’s 550-pounder caught a month earlier. Capt. Dan Shaffer and his trusty “crewdog” Starboard were on their way out to the…

■ Aioha from the Hay (?) Island. Lanai’s latest commercial crop is forage, and if you have been here lately you no doubt noticed the stacks of bales that make you think you’re in Kansas and not in the Palawai Basin. But back to business. Summer is in full swing, and so far we’ve had the largest south swells in years, the solar eclipse, which I’m sure some of you heard about, and Father’s Day. Sylvia and I were down at Manele Harbor on Father’s Day where we took pictures of some father-and-son fishing teams. Harvey Maioho and his son Thomas went trolling aboard DESERT FOX and landed two ono, which made some good holiday kaukau. Herbert Elan and his boy Brett posed with their Father’s Day catch of ulua…

For letters and photos received during the month of August we will send you the latest High-C Lure, proven for catching aku. shibi-ko and papio…our way of saying thanks for sharing your catch! …Hana paa, Chuck Send to: P.O. Box 25413, Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 Douglas Chang’s “RED EYE The Super Aku Killer! Howzit Chuck, Have we got a fishing tale for you. On our last two diving excursions, we went to the east side of O‘ahu and had two great dives. Even though we had a couple of encounters with the man in the gray suit, we adapted and overcame the situations. Enclosed are two photos of the Halawa Seals and “da catches. ‘‘ Sincerely,The Halawa Seals Dear Chuck, Enclosed is a picture of “the Sarge” Kaneta, myself and his…

Dear Chuck, Thank you for publishing the text of NOAA’s press release on moving the Hawaiian monk seal pup from O‘ahu to Kure Atoll in your “Enough’s Enough” section (HFN July 1991). Your accompanying editorial, however, was somewhat harsh. It alleges “seal-napping, harassment and cruelty” by the National Marine Fisheries Service and contains errors to which I would like to respond. We did not “…separate the seal family before the mother had an opportunity to teach her young pup to feed…” As stated in thepress release, the mother left after nursing the pup for 45 days. This is the normal pattern; Hawaiian monk seal pups are not taught to feed by their mothers and instead must learn to feed by themselves, a process which takes months. During this learning process,…

■ Silver-haired PLAYBOY skipper, Capt. George Parker, turned 80 this past July. The event was marked by a surprise party hosted by the Parker family at the home of Capt. Randy and Lisa Parker, son and daughter-in-law of George and his wife, Marilyn. If this is sounding like a society column announcement, perhaps that befits a Stanford University alumnus who began his career in the banking business and later married a Beverly Hills High School graduate and former fashion coordinator for Bullocks-Willshire. But the real story of George’s life began in 1945 when he first took the helm of a sportfishing vessel in Honolulu and steered it toward Kona in search of great adventures. Those adventures were retold and toasted this past July, but none with more interest than the…

■ Anglers Larry and Jeff Smith on board Capt. Peter Hoogs’ PAMELA walked off more than $26,000 richer recently after the Fifth Annual Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament. This year’s BIIMT featured an ambitious and innovative rules format incorporating the tag and release of small marlin into the prize money structure. These releases of marlin were verified by human observers assigned to each fishing boat. Observers had video cameras and/or Polaroid cameras and were required to capture each fish on film to verify species and to verify that each fish was truly tagged prior to release. A bonus point system based on fighting time was also used to reward anglers releasing fish that were fought for less than an hour and released healthy. On board the PAMELA, Larry Smith caught…

■ There are a growing number of good light-tackle anglers in our sport, but there are only a select few light-tackle masters in the world of big-game fishing. Stewart Campbell is unquestionably one of them. Stewart is a handsome, sun-bronzed sportsman with a Houston-based bank account, which has been blessed by the oil industry, and a pension for hooking active game fish on light line that causes him to travel to many of the world’s hot spots when the bite is on. His passion for billfish led Stewart to buy a classic 37-foot Merritt, which he named CHUNDA, and to get Capt. Barkey Garnsey, one of the best sport fishing captains in the business, to rebuild and manage it for him. Stewart is always careful to credit Capt. Garnsey for…

■ The lazy days of summer that roll around for most people are anything but lazy for all the fishing enthusiasts along the Kona Coast. The waters abound with charterboats filled with wide-eyed visitors, and the resident families spend their vacation time cruising the Kona coastline and barbecuing their daily catches. Amid all the fun, the warm summer currents bring in a wave of exciting big-game fish, luring novice and experienced anglers out to try their fishing luck. One of the Big Island’s most popular fishing tournaments, the Kona ‘Ahi/Marlin Tournament, is designed specifically for the summer influx of Thunnus albacares, better known as Allison or yellowfin tuna, and, of course, Pacific blue marlin. This year the tournament was held on May 29 and 30, and the format offered five…

■ The North Shore Spearfishers Inc. will host their annual competition on August 17, 1991, at Pupukea Beach Park. The response of the divers has been overwhelming. Unfortunately, we had to limit the entries; we just don’t have enough dive space. We started with 12 divers six years ago, and that number has grown to 75, including some of the best competition divers as well as backyard divers. With two divisions, three-prong as well as gun class, you attract all kinds. We’ve got divers from the Big Isle, Maui, Moloka‘i and O‘ahu. Pupukea Beach Park sits on a Marine Conservation District (MLCD) Zone. We’re very aware of that, and we don’t want the public getting the idea that we’re taking marine life out of there. All Pupukea Beach Park serves…

■ The Board of Land and Natural Resources has-set archery, muzzleloader and rifle seasons for blacktailed deer on Kaua‘i. Archery Season All archers with valid permits may hunt in units A, H and F on September 14 and 15, 1991 (Saturday and Sunday only). The bag limit is one antlered male (buck) deer per archer. Archers who successfully bag a deer during the archery hunting season will not be eligible to hunt deer during the rifle or muzzleloading season. However, unsuccessful archers will be permitted to hunt during the muzzleloader and regular rifle deer hunting seasons on their assigned weekends. Archery permits for deer are required for participation in the archery deer season and may be obtained at the Kauai District Forestry and Wildlife office at 3060 Eiwa Street, Lihue,…

Dear Chuck, lam writing to comment on a fish shown on page 30 of the May 1991 issue. The fisherman, Les Saulibio of Mililani, sent a photo with a fish he says is an ‘awaawa and “possibly an all-tackle world record.” From my years of living and fishing in Micronesia and the South Pacific, it looks to be from the photo that the fish is Ruvettus pretiosus, commonly called a “castor oil fish” in English or “palu-talatala” in Samoan. If it were an ‘awaawa, the mouth would extend beyond the eye. Also, the scales appear to be the same as a Ruvettus, but he says it was silvery which most Ruvettus are not (they’re dark brownish). The fisherman described it as ugly, and if it was an oilfish it would…

■ The recent articles by Jim Rizzuto searching for Hawaii’s largest registered sailfish catch prompted me to research the back issues of HFN. Here is a reproduction of the photo that appeared in the August 1983 “Kailua-Kona Town Pier” column by the late Kona fish photographer and HFN correspondent James Sloan. At the time James reported the 119-lb, 11-foot sail captured by Ed Sceery to be the longest ever reported according to the IGFA. The fish at that time ranked third largest in IGFA history. The largest Pacific sailfish ever caught was found off Ecuador in 1947. That fish weighed 221 lbs, but was 3 inches shorter than Ed’s lanky contender. Ed’s fish was weighed on Kailu-Kona’s certified scale by James and is the current top contender for the Hawai‘i…

■ We were ecstatic that WESPAC passed the 75/50mile buffer zone, which designated areas around each of the major Hawaiian Islands as nonlonglining areas. We held our breaths when the Secretary of Commerce took so long to sign it into law, and we knew that enforcement capabilities were limited. What we didn’t know was the extent of cheating that some of the longliners were capable of. Off of Wai‘anae we could see their lights nightly lighting up the horizon. There were many fishermen who reported longliners with their gear set or in the act of pulling their gear well within the 75-mile buffer zone set around O‘ahu. Some of them were within a few miles of CO-buoy. Gene Witham, the senior resident agent with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-South-west…

Dear Chuck, In the July, 1991, issue of HAWAII FISHING NEWS, the article by Carol Hogan about Ho‘olea Fishing Tournament being “the only tournament in the state to return 100 percent of the entry fees in prize money” is not true. The Aloha Jackpot Fishing Tournament also gives back 100 percent of the entry fee and has been for three years. We also give other cash awards during the three-day tournament. This is the seventh annual tournament hosted by the Hawaii Kai Yacht Club. The Wahine Jackpot is Friday, August 30, and Open Division is Saturday and Sunday, August 31, and September 1. Fore more information on the Aloha Jackpot Fishing Tournament or to receive an entry rules package, contact Hawaii Kai Yacht Club, P.O. Box 25893, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96825.…

Honokohau Catch Report Due to the limited space available and the large number of fish caught, catch reports are limited to tuna over 100 lbs and billfish of any size, any species. (S) = Striped marlin, (B) = Black marlin and (T) = Tag and release, weight estimated.…