Innholdsfortegnelse for January 1992 i Hawaii Fishing News

Be sure to see Bishop Museum’s “SHARKS; Fact and Fantasy” exhibit before it closes on January 10. “SHARKS’ Fact and Fantasy” is the largest, most extensive exhibit about sharks ever displayed and features over nineteen life-size models of sharks, live shark embryos, a walkthrough diorama for a fluorescent coral reef habitat, and much more. Bishop Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission is $5.95 for adults, $4.95 for seniors, military and youths ages 6 through 17. Children under 6 and Bishop Museum members are admitted free. For more information, call 847-3511.…

(* = Fatality Involved) Compiled by the Honolulu Laboratory, NMFS No. Date Location Victim (1*) 1779 Maliu, Hawaii Nu‘u-anu-pa‘a hu Young male gashed on one side of buttocks after being pursued while surf boarding. Subsequently suffered “great pain” and died at Pololu (Kamakau 1961; Anonymous 1983c). (2*) 1828 Lahaina, Maul Male “A man out riding surf at ‘Uo was killed by a shark which bit off his limbs and left his body floating.” Attack witnessed by a number of Hawaiian chiefs (Kamakau 1961; Anonymous 1983a). (3*) 2 June 1886 Hamakua, Hawaii 2 females Washed into the sea while fishing from shore; one woman found bitten (fatal), the other woman disappeared (Morse 1953; Gilbert 1963). (4) Early 1900’s Kakaaka, Oahu Emil A. Berndt Young boy severely chaffed when a large shark…

■ It was night, and at 400 feet below the surface the darkness was intense. A light shiver suddenly ran through the shark’s body as it passed through the subterranean thermocline, a deep layer of extremely cold water. The transition was traumatic. The temperature plummeted to almost freezing, but the silversided shark almost seemed not to notice. The shark slowly pulsed its extra-long tail and continued its downward course into the dark, cold water. Normally the shark wouldn’t venture into this icy layer, but some abnormal ultrasonic tone kept alerting it and drawing it into the deeper, darker waters. The thermocline altered the signal, but in general it was coming from down deep. The deeper the shark went, the stronger the signal got. The shark hadn’t eaten in about 11…

■ In most areas, ulua fishing during the winter months drastically slows to a dribble-in some areas even to a dead halt. Although cooler winter waters still yield some big whites and kagami, your time could be better spent going for other game that can provide just as much fun as well as good table fare. Two of my favorite game fish are the to‘au and the ta‘ape. The to‘au, otherwise known as the black-tailed snapper, was imported from Tahiti to Hawaii’s waters. Fishing for to‘au is quite simple. All you really need is a basic baitcasting rig. Start with a stout rod that can handle a spinning reel big enough to hold anywhere from 12- to 20-lb test line. Why use such heavy line to catch a fish that…

■ Club Nautico is located at Waianae Small Boat Harbor and its office in the same building as Victor Rapozo’s ice house. The club is owned and operated by Tom and June Corea and their son Kyle. They have five boats: two Donzis, two Hydra-Sports and a sailboat. All are seaworthy and kept in top shape by a factory-trained mechanic. Their service is impressive. The boat is warmed up, ice is on board and the rods are in the holders when you arrive at the harbor. All you have to do is check over the boat, sign an inventory and start fishing. When you’re done, unload your fish and gear, pay the tab and go home to a fish dinner. Club Nautico members who rent the boats get an excellent…

■ With the plummeting cost of GPS navigation units, the fishermen of Hawai‘i now have the opportunity to enjoy the kind of precise electronic navigation that fishermen in the rest of the country have had for decades. Throughout most of the coastal United States and even on many lakes, LORAN-C has filled the need for the kind of simple, relatively accurate navigation fixes that fishermen need to be able to return to specific fishing locations time and time again. The fishermen of Hawai‘i never really had a chance to utilize this technology due to poor LO-RAN coverage in the main Hawaiian islands since the shutdown of the old-style LORAN-A transmitters many years ago. Today, with the final positioning of a worldwide array of some 24 GPS satellites virtually complete and…

■ Capt. Bill Phillips of the JAMY K returned to the fishing scene after redoing his boat and taking a long vacation. He went out one day with some guys from the plumbing union, Fred Eli, Randall Wong, John Rodrigues and Charlie Tabar. They were planning to go diving in Kane’ohe Bay, but when they heard that there were aku around the U-buoy, they had a change of plans and out came the small aku lures. The squid and manini would have to wait because aku poke sounded just great to all of them. Well, the aku fishing sounded better than it really was: boy, was it slow! After a while they decided to follow their original plan and go diving. When they were leaving the FAD, their comer pole…

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 billtlsh of any alze, any species. (B) = Striped marlin, (B) = Black marlin and (T= Tag and release, weight estimated.…

■ In the October 1988 issue of HAWAII FISHING NEWS, my story, “Surfboard Whipping for ‘Omilu” was printed. Since then I’ve had numerous fishing trips and filled my fishbag with tons of those spunky bluefin trevally. In the last couple of years, I’ve had many experiences that almost sparked me to write again. One time on a remote outer-island reef during a huge Kona storm, I kept hooking what felt like goodsized ulua; but my fairly light tackle couldn’t handle the stubborn beasts. The fish would run into the reef where they’d fray and snap my line. While I was setting up my line for what was sure to be another big strike, looming dark clouds let loose pouring rain accompanied by thunder, lightning and 40-mph winds that blew me…

■ A large tiger shark was hooked off Olowalu, Maui recently on gear set out by a fishing crew hired by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) A 10- to 12-foot tiger shark was found hooked early this morning on gear set Tuesday evening by O‘ahu fisherman Steve Kaiser, using his 26-foot boat, HIOLANI. The shark was caught in 35 feet of water about ¼ mile off Olowalu Point. Bill Paty, DLNR chairperson, said that he is satisfied with the results of this fishing effort and has no further plans to catch sharks. “We cannot be absolutely certain that this shark is the individual that attacked and killed a Maui woman,” Paty said. “But the fact that we fished this area for two consecutive nights, and caught only…

■ The black Reef Ripper zipped and chugged through the water leaving a trail of foamy bubbles as I cranked the Penn 650ss reel as fast as I could. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of the dark figure of a charging ‘omilu. “Whoa! Over here, Ted!” I yelled excitedly to Ted Teramoto, who was still tying knots in his line. “Nice one, maybe 6 to 8 lbs. Nice ‘omilu!” I told Ted as I lifted my graphite rod for another quick cast. The dark boulder-strewn bottom looked like prime grounds for hungry papio and ulua. Ted finally got his line wet and began to whip the water with a small surface plug that was made for papio and small ulua. As Ted and I…

■ 1. Baitkeeper. A fresh bait is definitely better than something old, soggy and ripe. But how old is too old? A story from a recent shorefishing trip may help answer the question. “The Fishwife” and I like to pack a picnic, turn our four-wheel drive vehicle down a rutted road and watch the sun set from a secluded beach. (Romantic? At 52, I’m old, but not dead.) Surf rods are always part of our gear. An occasional fish adds to the pleasure of a glowing red sunset, a savory dinner surrounded by sea-smelling stillness, and the rhythmic swoosh of a light surf sweeping across sand crystals. On this occasion, however, fish had become a nuisance. Not the two papio we caught soon after we arrived, but the dozens of…

A Hard Lesson ■ With the New Year comes new challenges and new hopes. I think a lot was accomplished in fisheries management in 1991, but I feel we still have many more issues to address and many more controversies to encounter. During one of the ceremonies at the Pearl Harbor Anniversary Celebration last December, President Bush said something that for some reason struck me differently than everything else that was said. He said, “It’s for the future generations that we must learn from the lessons of the past.” When I heard this, it hit me that this has been the motivation of most of the people I’ve come into contact with who have a conservation and fisheries management ethic. Looking back I tried to remember how the longline situation…

■ William Paty, chairman of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, praised Japan’s decision to quit fishing with drifting gill nets. “We are elated that Japan has agreed to back off from their use of drifting gill nets in their Pacific fishing operations,” Bill said. “Drift netting is the most destructive fishing method ever practiced. The nets are literally ‘walls of death’ that catch and waste three times as many sea creatures as the target species.” Japan’s efforts to change drift netting methods to reduce the “by-catch,” or catch of non target species, have been successful, Bill said. “It has been clear to fisheries managers for years that the practice of drift netting itself had to be eliminated, not altered. I…

■ My New Year’s wish is for better fishing, an end to all drift net slaughters and an understanding of our problems by those who can help. It’s hard for people who love to fish, whose living is connected to fishing and to the ocean, to understand those who care only for money. The waters belong to everyone, not only a few who have the money to exploit them. Maybe in 1992, the longliners will give back something that belongs to everyone. November was a dismal month for marlin, but mahimahi and small (very small, like 10-inch) ‘ahi were in good supply, if you went out 20 miles. Keehi Boat Club The only marlin caught during the month by a Keehi Boat Club member was captured on November 30. Capt.…

Reprinted from the June 1980 issue of HAWAII FISHING NEWS. ■ A moderate population of sharks in any given area serves a function intended by nature. That is, they tend to control the population of other marine forms, lest, they, themselves, overpopulate our shallow waters and reefs. Sharks also, through their predation, systematically eliminate the sickly, crippled, wounded or dying and diseased. This, in effect, prevents the reproduction of weak, unhealthy strains of the different species. Not to mention the function they perform as “sanitation and refuse collectors” keeping the bottom clean and clear of the accumulation of dead, decomposing marine animals. And perhaps in time, they may become a plentiful and valuable source of food and protein for man, a resource as yet untapped by man. We are slowly…

■ “You’ve got your lures, Brad?” asked Tom Corea, the owner of Club Nautico. “Yessir!” I replied as I lifted a blue bag of rigged trolling lures to reassure him. “Before you go, I have a lure I want you to run today,” Tom said. “We had a 700-lb marlin up to the boat a few days ago on this lure, but we lost the fish.” That statement caught the attention of my crew, and I saw looks of surprise and widened eyes. Allen Battiest and Sean Miller had never been trolling before, and avid shorecaster Rob Mon try’s only bluewater trolling experience was on chartered boats. The thought of doing battle with a 700-lb marlin was almost as exciting as getting lucky with “Wheel of Fortune” hostess Vanna White.…

There are more brands of GPS units available to Hawai‘i fishermen today than there are brands of VHF radios or depth recorders, thanks to the fact that many of the companies offering this new technology don’t make other marine electronics. Virtually every modern marine electronics manufacturer offers one or more GPS units today, and if you are happy with the reliability and service you are getting from one particular brand of marine electronics, you may want to look at that brand of GPS, as well. Most of Hawai‘i’s marine electronics dealers carry a variety of GPS units and have the expertise to describe to you the strengths and weaknesses of each unit as it applies to your particular style of fishing. Stop by your favorite marine electronics dealer, and ask…

New Year’s Resolutions? ■ It’s the beginning of a new year and I (Russ), like many of you, have analyzed the old year and have come up with several New Year’s resolutions for 1992. Each resolution falls in one or more of four categories-ludicrous, lunatic, laudatory and others. Being sick (I godd a badd code) and tired (I just came off the midnight shift this morning), and blankly staring at the computer monitor like a caffeine-saturated zombie, I can’t decide which is the proper category for some of them. Some of you already know how I think, so you may be able to figure them out for me. I hereby resolve the following: –To fish all club tournaments with the tenacity of a professional bass angler. –To show, teach or…

■ There were 151 teams in the 15th Annual Lahaina Jackpot Fishing Tournament. The three-day event posted $75,500 in total prize money for the 15 largest fish of the tournament. All flag fish were eligible, and first place was worth $25,000. It was a close tournament up to the last day. The Maui boats swept the first five places, and their catches were separated by only 41 lbs. This years winner was a 272 ¼-Ib blue landed from aboard the SNOOPY TOO from Kahului, Maui. Not since 1983 has a smaller blue won the $25,000 jackpot prize. The team raised their fish while trolling over the 100-fathom ledge between the NL- and GG-buoys on the south side of Maui. The next four spots were taken by Lahaina teams. Capt. Jim…

■ The Board of Land and Natural Resources has declared the opening of a new game mammal archery only hunting area on the island of O‘ahu. The purpose of the new opening is to provide new hunting opportunities while controlling the population of feral pigs. No dogs will be permitted. This new hunting area is divided into two subunits and is described below: 1. Hunting Unit F-l: Those state-owned lands which lie west of the Pali Highway from Napu‘umai’a along the top of Kekoalele Ridge, northeasterly to Pu‘u Lanihuli, then easterly along the Main Ko’olau Summit to a boundary fence: approximately 300 feet from the Pali Lookout, then southwesterly along this fence to within 150 feet of the Nu‘uanu Pali Dive, continuing southwesterly and paralleling a posted line 150 feet…

A member of the “Collector Patriot Senes.” This months prize is a Blue Water Game Fish Lure. Featunng the latest in thermal plastic technology for “Crystal Clear” head with weighted insert, skirted for Hawaiian waters…from “Collector Fishing Products”, our way of saying thanks for sharing your catch! …Hana pa‘a Chuck Send to: P.O. Box 25413, Honolulu, Hawai’I 96825. Dear Chuck, Here is a plcture of our most recent and most successful lobster hunt. From left to right are Bryan, Rick, Steve and Sam. Keep up the g-cod worx,Steve McMurrayKihei, Maui Dear Chuck, Here’s a picture of the pending world record giant needlefish (Strongylura giantea) that my husband, Matt Kiviaho caught. It’s the fish I called and told you about. It’s pretty hard for him to get his fishing time in…