Innholdsfortegnelse for June 1993 i Hawaii Fishing News

Texas angler Pam Basco fishing on “Northern Lights” landed a 157 lb. Tuna on 7/14/92, breaking the eleven year old mark of 146 lb., 13 oz. Two days later Pam broke her own record with a 203 lb., 8 oz. Yellowfin. She also holds world records for Sailfish on 80, Dolphin on 4 and has a pending record for Oceanic White-tip Shark. All caught on Ande Tournament. Congratulations Pam, only wish we had more room to describe all your fishing feats. Thanks for using Ande. ANDE HOLDS OVER 400 CURRENT IGFA WORLD RECORDS Please release all Billfish and other species not going directly to the table. We must all work together to protect our very precious marine resources. Get involved…together we can make a difference. 4340 53RD STREET, WEST PALM…

■ When the longline fleet first began arriving here several years ago, it wasn’t hard to convince everyone of the potential risks. Something needed to be done before Hawai‘i’s fishery followed many other fisheries around the country that have been destroyed by special interest groups. Now, many of you may feel that there’s nothing to worry about because we were able to get some relief through the longline area closures and a temporary three-year longline moratorium. After reading this, we hope you’ll understand why Hawaii’s fishery may be facing a bigger threat than anything it has faced before. First Order of Business The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council held its 80th meeting in Honolulu on April 26 through 29. The council began the pelagics portion of the meeting with…

Open Letter: First, they imprisoned our queen and took over our islands and made us part of their government. Second, the government came and lied to our people and cheated them from their lands including taking the island of Kaho‘olawe completely away for the military. Now, we fight again for our rights—and this time it’s for our waters! Our Governor and politicians, who say they are for the people, have turned their backs on us and have made the waters surrounding Maui County into a whale sanctuary. I ask why!! In 1973, the United States government enacted laws to protect the whales. Those laws were enough. We did not need a sanctuary. The government may not respect our wishes, but we, the people of Hawai‘i, respect our ocean and everything…

■ The forces of conservation in Hawaii seem to be effective in cycles. There are times when conservationists seem to lose nearly every battle they enter, often appearing to be doing little more then quixotically pursuing their goals. At other times, conservationists seem to get on a roll, winning major battles with developers and city, state and federal agencies, and getting many of their conservation agendas accomplished. At this point in time, Hawaii is apparently in a period of successful environmental activism. The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund and Hawaii’s Thousand Friends won an impressive legal battle with the City and County of Honolulu over sewage treatment systems. Big Island conservation groups have successfully delayed or killed a number of developments including a marina at Kohanaiki near Kona and the…

■ There was a red-hot striper and spearfish bite during April. Of the 77 billfish recorded during the month, seven were blue marlin, one was a black marlin, 32 were stripers, and 23 were spearfish. Another 14 billfish, 11 of which were stripers, were released. All but one fish were caught on artificial lures. The 100-fathom ledge of the Kealai-Kahiki Channel was the most productive area. The Lanai Lighthouse/” Slides” area produced 26 billfish. In a four-day period, 34 fish came from the Kaho‘olawe Shoals area. The fleet boated one blue marlin, one black, 21 stripers and five spearfish. Six other billfish were tagged and released. Capt. Mark Shultz and crewman Tom Brzozowski on the HINATEA found a 126-lb black marlin on the Shoals. Lahaina’s last black marlin was brought…

Kauai To Launch 1st Major Jackpot ■ This July Hawai‘i fishermen will have the unique opportunity to enjoy an exciting offshore tournament and help the youth of Kaua‘i prepare for future opportunities to do the same. The First Annual Hanalei Hana Pa‘a Fishing Tournament, scheduled for July 17 and 18, will make it all possible. This weekend tournament will benefit the Seamanship and Boating Class to be offered through the Department of Education on Kaua‘i this fall. Tournament sponsors Kauai Marine and Aloha Lumber plan to return 33 percent of tournament entry fees ($150 per team) to the team weighing in the largest fish after the two day-event. The teams capturing the largest ono and mahimahi each will earn 7 percent. Thirty-three percent of the entry fees will be donated…

■ Earning more than $1,000 in cash, Karlton Borges was the big winner in the Kimura of Hawaii Custom Fishing Rod’s Second Annual Ulua Fishing Tournament. Karlton’s 57.05-lb ulua captured first place and won the fisherman $500. Karlton also won the ulua jackpot and an additional $550. Four other anglers who went after “serious” ulua were honored. Eric Nakamura won second place and $350 with his 49.75-lb ulua. Daryl Harry Ching hauled in a 29.25-lb ulua, which netted him third place and $300. Placing fourth was Eric Imasaka with his 16.05-pounder that secured him $200. Jason Yanase snagged fifth place and $100 with his catch, a 14.45-lb ulua. Amid the hustle and bustle of Sunday’s weigh-in, Kimura of Hawaii’s Joe Kimura remained calm and collected. He was watching the final…

■ “Gracious” isn’t a word I ever thought I’d use to describe a person. It seems Southern and old-fash-oned to a person like me who was raised in the Northeast. But recently when I met Virginia Clinton Kelley, President Bill Clinton’s mother, in Kona and watched her participate in a fishing tournament to benefit the American Cancer Society, gracious was the word that seemed to best suit her. Virginia traveled to Kona with her husband, Dick, to visit Big Island residents and long-time friends Glynn and Nancy Ross. Knowing of Virginia’s love of fishing and commitment to the American Cancer Society, Glynn combined the two and organized a benefit fishing tournament, the Virginia “K” 1993 Fishing Tournament. Fourteen teams paid $750 each for a chance to outfish the president’s mother…

■ From other hunters, no less. The 1993 Moloka‘i axis deer season, scheduled for March 6-28, 1993, was first postponed and then cancelled after a small group of “subsistence hunters” (read poachers) designating themselves “PONO,” threatened to blockade access roads to the DHHL hunting area. They have demanded that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) open talks with them to give them preferences in hunting axis deer and feral pigs on Moloka‘i. PONO (which ironically means “upright, righteous” in Hawaiian) spokesman Glenn Kaleo Len Wai, in an interview reported by Honolulu Advertiser writer Edwin Tanji (Sunday, March 14, 1993) claims special hunting rights as an extension of native Hawaiian religious and cultural practices. His group is also negotiating with Molokai Ranch to prohibit commercial axis deer hunting on…

Kona Marlin Canter 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. Marina Seafood Catch Report Due to the limited space avaliable and the large number of fish caught, catch reporte are limited to tuna over 10Ibe0 and billfish of any size, any species. (S) = Striped marlin, (B) = Black marlin and (1) = Tag and rel, weight estimated…

■ In ‘ahi fishing, success is a matter of habit. Yellowfin tuna follow routines and rituals. So, too, do anglers. Catching ‘ahi means matching the habits. As obvious as that may seem, many fishermen lose out simply because they don’t vary their own routines when the fish do. Consistently catching yellowfin tuna in the Pacific means gearing for at least seven different fishing methods and knowing how and when to use each one. These seven techniques consistently put yellowfin tuna in Hawai‘i fishboxes throughout the spring and summer island ‘ahi run each year. Trolling Surface Lures The least productive ‘ahi technique, lure trolling still accounts for most of the yellowfin caught by sport fishermen each year. That paradox happens because ‘ahi are an incidental catch in sportfishing centers like Kona…

■ The wind blew in strong, steady gusts while I made cast after cast and hoped a menpachi would bite. As I grew accustomed to the misty salt spray, I wiped my eyes with my jacket sleeve and wondered if I should be at home watching my favorite TV program. I was fishing for a menpachi or ‘aweoweo because my ulua poles were cast and primed for bait. It was nearing 8 p.m. “Better start hustling!” I told myself as I continued to cast into the blustery wind. I finally started to get strikes and managed to bring in several good-sized menpachi and ‘aweoweo. Bait was finally caught! In the distance Hal Higuchi and Ted Teramoto were trying for menpachi and ‘aweoweo, too, with no apparent luck. The fish just…

■ Spearfishing by free-diving is a momentary expedition into the liquid world of your adversary-often at depths of 60 feet. This is not a forgiving sport. Everything must be planned, and problems must be anticipated in order to survive, let alone to actually catch fish. You take one last breath, then free fall through the deepening blue of the Pacific. As you descend through inner space, colors fade and darkness closes in around you. You strain to see your elusive prey. The depth reads 55 feet as the bottom spreads out, harboring hundreds of hiding places for fish. The water is now a murky gray blue. Suddenly, your eyes pick up the sight of a fin disappearing into a prevasse in an outcropping of coral. Your adrenalin pumps through your…

■ Here is an amazing fishing story in which luck ana coincidence play an important part! On April 24, 1993, Eric Oura and I decided to take a cruise down the beach. We ended up at the Ma‘alaea mudflats on Maui. It was late in the afternoon, the tide was high and the surf was pounding on the beach. We were just hanging out, talking story and listening to some music. Suddenly, we noticed something splashing on the shoreline. At first, I thought it was a shark, but after getting out of my truck and running to the water, we realized it was a large yellowfin tuna (‘ahi). It was thrashing around like crazy and kicking up sand and water into our faces. We weren’t planning on fishing that day,…

■ The Department of Land and Natural Resources advises the public that Gov. Waihee has signed into law Act 86, which changes the time limits that gill nets may be left unattended to the water. It is now unlawful for any person fishing with a gill net to leave the net unattended for more than two hours without visually inspecting the net and releasing or removing undersized, illegal or unwanted catch. It is also unlawful to leave any gill net in the water for a period of more than four hours in a 24-hour period. Gill nets are defined as curtainlike nets suspended in the water with mesh openings large enough to permit only the heads of fish to pass through, ensnaring them around the gills or spiny parts when…

■ There were 24 teams in this year’s Lahaina Yacht Club Spring Wahine Tournament. The 89 participating anglers had two days to find their fish, and 39 of them boated or tagged fish. There were 10 billfish landed, and another 12 were tagged and released. Also, one big ‘ahi, 23 ono and 10 mahimahi made it to the scales Capt. Marty Sands took his 31-foot Bertram ABSOLUTE to first place in this year’s Lahaina Yacht Club Spring Wahine Tournament. Angler Debrann Kate wrestled with a 114.4-lb yellowfin tuna on 50-lb test line for 28 minutes and landed the largest fish of the tournament. Crewman Leo Vendiola was working the back deck, and Debrann’s team members were Eline Brown and Toni Campbell. The ABSOLUTE team left Lahaina around noon on Saturday…

Pearl Harbor ■ Angler Larry Sloan had no idea what he was in for as Capt. Walt Johnson steered the KALOHI out of Pearl Harbor. When the 12/0 reel started singing and line was being stripped, Larry grabbed the pole and started the fight of his life. His talent, hard work, and possibly a little luck, too, helped him land a 114-lb ‘ahi on 25-lb test line! Great job, Larry! The KALOHI also reported two marlin caught during April, Angler Todd Brady brought in a 76-lb striper on the 2nd, and on the 13th, angler Tim McLemore landed a 68-lb striper. On the 25th the KALOHI found lots of mahimahi around the HH-buoy. They came home with a box full of mahimahi with an average weight of 25½ lbs. Other…