Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2002 i Hawaii Fishing News

DLNR’s Ka ena Point Policy Is Muddied ■ Although recent policy changes and enforcement actions at Ka‘ena Point by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Conservation and Enforcement are unclear, what is clear is that they are preventing fishermen from driving into the Ka‘ena Point fishing area as previously allowed. Both fishermen and sources at the DLNR told EnviroWatch Inc. that the sudden, abrupt change in “policy” came about last October after a complaint was filed by then DLNR’s Deputy Chairperson Janet Kawelo. While Janet and members of her family were visiting Ka‘ena Point’s endangered species plant project area, they noticed a number of vehicles, including four-wheel drives and dirt bikes, traveling beyond the closed gate. Janet particularly noted that the vehicles were joy-riding and tearing up…

This is the fifth installment of a series on Hawai‘i’s marine ecosystem and habitat. This article will discuss the weke (goatfish) and ‘ama‘ama (gray mullet) resources. The weke resources were earlier described in the May 1999 issue of HFN; therefore, most of the information pertaining to the weke resources will not be repeated. However, because weke play such a huge role in the marine ecosystem, additional comments about weke will be included. The first part of this article will be about goatfish, and the second part-in next month’s HFN-will be about mullet. Goatfish ■ In the 1999 article about the weke resources, I mentioned two species of weke that were the most important; the weke-‘a‘a (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) and the weke-‘ula, or red weke (M. vanicolensis). These two species are most…

■ I love taking local recipes and giving them a different twist. At a recent cooking class, I decided to play with Lomi-Lomi Salmon and prepared it in the traditional manner, but then encased it and baked it in puff pastry for pupus. I prepared some with red pepper flakes for those who like their food hot and some without for those who prefer milder tastes. Most of the dinner was baked, so if you have two ovens it will be a breeze. If you don’t have two ovens, you will need a little ingenuity to get it all done and be able to serve it hot. The green beans and the dessert can be done way ahead, even the previous day, and served cold. The fish and onions can…

Shelter Lodge and Anchor Point Lodge host an annual Alaska Salmon Bake in Honolulu The 2001 Salmon Bake took place on November 4 at the Dole Cannery Ballroom. Three hundred past clients and friends attended the event. Fishing awards were presented, a video presentation highlighting the 2001 season was shown, and numerous door prizes were given out. A beautiful handcrafted koa clock donated by Mike Souza of Honolulu, a Rod-Huki donated by Steven Lee of Hot Lures & Tackle, two Las Vegas vacations donated by John Rapetti of California Hotel & Casino, and two Alaska Lodge packages for the 2002 fishing season were the door prize highlights. For information about next year’s salmon bakes in Honolulu and Las Vegas, call Alaska Reel Adventures at 1-800-877-2661 or E-mail<info@alaskareel.com>.… Jackie…

■ Some guys just have it. James “The Moose” Karamouzis did it again, and some still aren’t sure how he did it the first time! What he did was win the Maui Jim Hawaii Marlin Tournament Series Championship for the second straight year. Not only were these back-to-back wins, but the Maui Jim Series has only held a championship for the past two years! The Moose started fishing big-game tournaments in Kona, Hawai‘i, on kind of a lark. Hawai‘i is like that. There are so many things to do, and the local folks are so good at helping malihini (newcomers) that visitors often end up surfing, scuba diving or winning jackpot tournaments when they never in their wildest dreams saw themselves trying those activities. Being from Arizona, big-game fishing for…

Great Whites Swim for Aloha An eyeball-to-eyeball report from a diver off Ma‘ili, O‘ahu, who looked into the soulless stare of a great white shark, was true. According to new satellite tagging research findings, the great white shark, nature’s most feared marine predator, regularly migrates between California and Hawai‘i. Using computerized tagging technology, scientists recorded great white migration data that was transmitted to an Argos satellite. Between 1999 and 2000, four great whites were tagged off Southeast Farallon Island and two great whites were tagged near Nuevo Island. Both islands are near San Francisco. One of the Farallon sharks traveled the distance to Kaho‘olawe. It remained in Hawai‘i for four months before returning to the Farallons. The findings conducted by scientists Barbara Block, Andre Boustany, Peter Pyle, Scot Anderson, Burney…

Maunalua ■ Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou i na mea heluhelu o HFN! Ho’opomaika‘i ‘oukou i keia makahiki hou! Happy New Year to all HAWAII FISHING NEWS readers! Best wishes to everyone this coming new year! I know it’s been rough for some of us, but let’s look to the future and forge ahead. I would like to continue my series of historic attributes of island fishing areas with this story on East O‘ahu, where HFN is located. Near the Hawai‘i-kai area is a bay called Maunalua. Maunalua literally means “two mountains.” The name comes from the land division’s two most prominent peaks, Koko Head (Kuarno’okane) and the summit of Koko Crater (Pu’u Ma‘i). In later years, the name Maunalua was extended to the large bay that stretches from Portlock Point to…

■ One of the most common problems with fishing for menpachi is getting your sinker stuck on the bottom as you retrieve your small curly tail or fly. You have to use a lead to get your fly down, or you probably won’t hook anything. Or will you? A new product, which is a small, solid-resin, football-shaped sinker, is now available at Kona Fishing Supply. It copies the concept of the golf ball that some menpachi fishermen use in place of a lead. The theory is that a golf ball won’t get snagged on the bottom and will bounce on the coral heads. To make a golf ball work, all a fisherman has to do is make a small hole with an ice pick and screw in a small screw-eye.…

High Surf and Strong Winds ■ The fishing in Hale‘iwa was pretty nasty during the holiday season. We had super high surf and strong southwesterly winds. The fishermen had lots of pressure to go to the market. There were a few brave “banzai” type fishermen who took on the challenge, went out in the foul weather and got lucky. They did not have to go far to find fish. Capt. Raymond Quell of the JOEY-E went out on one of those terrible days and got lucky. He found some good-sized aku weighing 10 to 15 lbs and more. He ended up catching 11 or so aku and was home before lunch, before the ocean conditions became worse. He was one happy fisherman after catching all those fish for the holidays.…

consulting meteorologist, Pacific Weather, Inc. ■ lt’s still winter but February's weather is normally less severe than January's. Good weather will prevail during the majority of the days in the month, but bad weather periods can cause problems: gusty trade winds, upper trough and Kona low with thunderstorms and heavy rain. The fast and sometimes unexpected appearance of these strong winds in local waters should be considered by those planning activities in the water. Wintertime high northwest swell and surf action is gradually winding down. At Sunset Beach, O'ahu, expect about four days of surf higher than 10 feet but less than 20 feet and surf heights between 6 and 10 feet on about 12 days. Trade winds are. expected on over half-of the days in the month with gusty…

Aloha Chuck, My name is Shanna, I am 12 years old and the daughter of Francis “Gani” Ganitano. It was suggested by my dad’s friends Keith and Chris a Waipahu Bicycle and the rest of the gang that share this fishing experience that I’ll remember for the rest of my life. On June 13, 2001, my dad and little brother Makaio, who is 3 years old, and I went fishing a one of our favorite fishing spots. Upon arrival my dad started to set up camp while my little brother and I tried to catch some live bait for the evening. After attempting several spots with no luck, we returned to camp. After my dad got his poles rigged up, he set out to see if he could have any…

Ocean City Reels ■ One distinct feature of Ocean City reels is the pull-out free-spool lever. This manufacturer put these funky levers on many of their more popular saltwater models used by ulua fishermen here in Hawai‘i from the 1930s to the 1960s. The design seems unique to Ocean City reels, but I always thought they had a good idea and wondered why other manufacturers didn’t copy it. With the free end of the lever as far away from the spool as possible, loops of line didn’t seem likely to snag during a cast. Whether the design was actually unique or not, you could always recognize an Ocean City reel, “the one with the pull-out lever.” Some may only remember Ocean City as the “other” company that competed with Penn…

In traditional times, fishers spread kukui oil on the surface of the water to calm the ripples so one could see clearly to the bottom. More Water for Windward O‘ahu Streams ■ On remand from the Hawai‘i Supreme Court, the state Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) recently revised its 1997 decision and order in the Waiahole Ditch Contested Case. On December 28, 2001, the CWRM increased its Amended Interim Instream Flow Standard for Waiahole, Waianu and Waikane streams in Windward O‘ahu. Although the revised order still fails to meet the requirements of the State Water Code and Public Trust Doctrine, the partial restoration of these streams is good news for small family farmers and those who gather and fish in windward streams and Kane‘ohe Bay. The partial restoration of…

■ “Fishing Tales®” airs five nights a week (Wednesday through Sunday) at 7 p.m. on Channel 16 on O‘ahu and on the neighbor-island cable systems. Here’s a preview of what host Mike Sakamoto has in store for you. February 4 8-Doing It All on the AIKANE KAI Mike Sakamoto joins up with Keoni Salazar and Capt. Bill Kiewell on their boat named the AIKANE KAI. First they do some light-tackle bottom fishing for nabeta and yellow-dotted pa-pio. Then they do some slow trolling for small tuna around VV-buoy and have a ball. Finally, they troll toward North Kona and hook into mahimahi on light conventional tackle. This super show features a combination of fishing styles. February 11 to 15-Opelu and Ulua on the LUCKEY STRIKE Capt. Tad and Dave Luckey…

A recent fishing trip became a dream come true for two World Trade Center survivors on their honeymoon. Fred and Dawn Hopkins from Staten Island, New York, rounded out our crew for the day aboard the 37-foot TIMES ARROW out of Honolulu. The twin diesel-powered catamaran, completely set up for serious big-game trolling, kept us comfortable through the strong trades and rough seas. We ventured out about 20 miles with no luck. I told the crew to scale down the size of our lures in hopes of catching at least some aku for kau kau. I eventually decided that I would bust out my secret lures for a guaranteed catch. The pressure was on as I put out my full spread of Kaku Lures ranging in size from 3 to…

For letters, with photos, received during the month of February we’ll send you HFN’s New ‘Embroidered 25th Anniversary’ Fishing Cap, a Holoholo Style Koolzie and an Official HFN Sticker…our way of saying thanks for sharing your catch!… Hana pa‘a, Chuck Send to: P.O. Box 25488, Honolulu, Hawai‘I 96825 Hi Chuck, Just wanted to share with you a recent photo of Dean Murayama, owner of Anchor Point Lodge in Juneau, Alaska. During his visit back to Hawai‘i for a salmon bake this fall, the staff and family went out for some fun in the sun in Waialua. Well, Dean got lucky and caught a nice-sized papio. The bell on the pole was ringing and no one was around to bring in the fish. Dean says it’s the first fish he caught…

■ At midnight on January 1,2002, the waters off Waikiki Beach from the ‘Ewa wall of the Natatorium, east to the Diamond Head Lighthouse reopened to fishing for one year. These waters make up the Waikiki-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area (FMA) where fishing is allowed during even-numbered calendar years. The adjacent waters to the immediate west of the FMA-from the ‘Ewa wall of the Natatorium to the Kapahulu groin-are not open to fishing at any time. These waters make up the Waikiki Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD) where fishing, possession of fishing gear and removal of any type of marine life are illegal. A straight line going seaward along the ‘Ewa wall of the Natatorium Separates the area where fishing will be allowed this year from the area where…

■ I imagine it was a beautiful sunny Sunday 20 years ago when the dream began. Probably the water was flat calm and reflecting the snowcapped mountains with splashes of acrobatic salmon jumping left and right. Richard was trolling along slowly, the way they do in Alaska’s waters. In the not far distance, a sign on an island beach stated “Lots for Sale.” A crafty king salmon hit Richard’s line. As he was reeling in his prize catch of the day with excitement, his mind, just as crafty as that of the king, began to visualize a cabin on that beach, people visiting him from near and far, and himself an Alaskan fishing guide for hire fishing every day of the summer! I’ll bet by the time Richard landed that…

■ Think soft and squishy. Capt. Peter Wright did and started a revolution in lure design. Somewhere in the lure pattern of most successful big-game trailers you can bet on finding a purple and black Moldcraft® Softhead. That remarkably simple innovation started in Kona very humbly back in the mid-1970s. In fact, its inelegant prototype was immediately named the “kaka” lure when one of the first fishermen who tried it said it looked like… well, you know. Capts. Peter Wright and Jeff Fay had just purchased the HUMDINGER on the East Coast and brought it back to Hawai‘i. By that time, Jeff was already a great lure fisherman from his youthful fishing experiences in Kona and Peter was one of the best with dead bait, a knack he learned growing…

Closure of Kailua Boat Ramp? Not! ■ Many are aware that I am a volunteer in the DLNR Fishing Program, but not too many know that I am also a member of Kailua Neighborhood Board #31. So it was with some consternation that I became aware of an effort to close the boat ramp at Kailua Beach Park at night. Goaded by some nearby neighbors, the police proposed to close the ramp at night. Then, when someone wanted to use the ramp after hours, either coming in or going out, they would telephone the Kailua Police Station for a patrol officer to come down to unlock the ramp. Needless to say, the proposal did not sit well with local fishermen, pleasure craft owners and us on the Kailua Neighborhood Board…

Ban Cruelty to Game Animals ■ Hunters statewide are mounting a 2002 legislative campaign to ban cruelty to game animals. House Bill 797 and Senate Bill 976 will be reintroduced this year and will prohibit the DLNR and all others in the state of Hawai‘i from killing game mammals using poisons, snares or traps that are unattended. Killing game mammals will be a misdemeanor. Attorney John Carroll, a staunch hunting advocate and Republican primary candidate for governor, drafted the bill. In recent years, state agencies, The Nature Conservancy and others have increasingly used snares, poisons and unattended traps to eradicate game animal populations. They are used less to manage game populations and more to eradicate. The eradication conservationists claim that game mammals interfere with endangered species management, controlling them is…

Kona Charter Desk Billfish Tag & Release 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. Billfish and ‘Ahi Catch and Consume 2001 came to a close with three blue marlin weighing in over 500 lbs. The largest fish of the month: was hooked twice. Capt. Jeff Heintz brought this very special story to my attention. The LINDA SUE II headed out of the harbour early on the 2nd with an interesting group aboard. Capt. Heintz gave his regular crew the day off, and Jerry Robb volunteered to fill in. Jerry had chartered the LINDA SUE II for the Dirty Dozen Tournament the day before and…

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