Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2004 i Hawaii Fishing News

I’d Read Every 100-Plus Article…Then ■ On November 5, my friend Kurt Lum called to see if I would be going fishing. He lives on the North Shore and said the waves weren’t too big. We usually fish at least two nights a week, but everybody was kind of busy. I called our other fishing partner, Brian Araki, and he agreed to go overnight. We got to the fishing spot at about 2 p.m. and set up camp. All we had for bait were some frozen tako, so we started bait-casting, hoping to catch anything fresh or live to slide. I set up my two slide poles and made sure my leads were stuck well. Then it was time for happy hour and dinner. Anybody who fishes with us knows…

To Guam and Palau for a Bait Survey ■ In Part VII we focused on all the work that an aku fisherman must do, day in and day out. We showed that the only time the fishermen actually make money is when the aku start to bite. This happens when the fish come to the stern of the boat to feed on the bait fish the baitman has been throwing over the side to bring them to the boat. Here fishing is just starting on the MARLIN. Note the spray around the stern to hide the fishermen from the aku and to make it appear there are a lot of bait fish around the stem. Using a lot of pictures, we showed what it was like to hook aku from…

■ An amazing encounter with a variety of tiny saltwater game fish was recorded on digital camera by internationally renowned marine artist Carey Chen of Fort Lauderdale. Carey and friends were swordfish fishing one night early this past fall and had an amazing experience. Young Colton Chase Hoover of Miami was catching baby fish with a dip net while Carey was snapping photos. Nighttime fishing for swordfish off the southeast Florida coast has enjoyed a revival of interest over the past 18 months or so. Most of the current swordfish action is taking place after dark in 1,000 or 1,200 feet of watermore or less—from Key West north to Cape Canaveral. “Sometimes swordfishing can be downright boring because on a slow night, it can be a long time between strikes,”…

■ Chanting “Get on the right track-stop killing the leatherback!’’ a festive protest by people of many ages dressed in colorful turtle costumes wound its way along the busy streets of San Francisco’s Fishermen’s Wharf. The October 2003 demonstration marked the debut of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project’s (STRP) “Save the Leatherback” campaign for a moratorium on longline fishing in the Pacific Ocean. Longline fishing in the Pacific kills tens of thousands of sea turtles annually to serve up swordfish, shark and tuna poisoned with high levels of methylmercury for lucrative seafood markets in Japan, the United States and Europe. Longlines, composed of invisible monofilament lines up to 60 miles long, which annually float billions of hooks in the Pacific alone, are the greatest threat to sea turtles, maiming and…

■ After leaving Honolulu for Seattle on a Sunday via Hawaiian Airlines, I spent a couple of days at rny daughter’s home in Snohomish; County, north of Seattle. My son-in-law Hugh and my daughter got up early on Tuesday morning and headed for Vancouver, B.C. It was a two-hour drive with stops along the way to stretch our legs. Crossing the border to Canada was no problem with a passport or birth certificate. From the border, it took us about 30 minutes to reach the Vancouver International Airport where we boarded a Canadian Airlines commuter flight to Nanaimo Airport on Vancouver Island. After a 20-minute ride, we were greeted by Evelyn and Walter Soares from Hawai‘ikai. Evelyn and Walter spend the summers at Port Alberni, making it a second home…

Submarines and the Fishin’ Genie ■ When my employer first learned about my interest in ulua fishing and the trials and tribulations that we go through participating in the sport, he thought a little and had a few suggestions. I think I was lamenting about how tough it was to cast a 10-oz lead far enough, yet accurately place it in the desired location. True to the interest of efficiency, he suggested using a radio-controlled motorboat. His idea was to use an RC toy rigged with a releasing device to take the lead out past Timbuktu with very little effort. This way you could achieve substantial distance and still place the lead almost exactly where you wanted it. I smiled and politely explained that the act of physically casting a…

Wahi Pana ■ Aloha, me ke aloha pumehana! Hiki ke ‘ike i na manu no fca afcu a me ke ahi? Ma hea i ka i‘a? ‘Oiai i ka lawai‘a ‘ana, nui na ninau? I ka wa kahiko, ua ‘ike ka po’e lawai‘a i na wahi pana o ka i‘a. No laila, ua hiki ia lakou ke loa‘a i na i‘a nuf no ko lakou home. Warmest greetings. Can you see the birds for (where) the albacore and the tuna (congregate)? Where are the fish? During fishing, there are a lot of questions pertaining to where the fish are con’ gregating. In early days, the fishermen knew where these fishing spots were located. Therefore, they would obtain fish for their home. This months piece is about a bunch of famous…

Original Message Posted on <Ulua-Fishing.com> ■ On the HFN October issue‘s front cover there is a picture of Holi Correa’s 134-lbulua. In that issue there is also an article by Troy Haspe on Holi Correa‘s 134-lb ulua, which was weighed at the Hilo Casting Club‘s certified scale. On the front cover and in Troy Haspe’s article it states that Holi’s ulua weighed 134 lbs, but if you look at page 6 of the same issue, the results of the Ohana Shoreline Fishing Tournament state Holi’s ulua weighed 132,3 lbs. Now there is a big difference of almost 2 lbs. How did this 2-lb difference come about? There are only three possible explanations: #l-after catching the monster ulua, Holi forgot to ice it down, let it dry, and on its way…

Rippin’ and Diggin’ in Paradise ■ When you visit Angler‘s Paradise in Fiji, this is what you will experience: the powerful predators that inhabit the waters will try to rip your lures to shreds and, once hooked, dig out as deep and as far away from you as they can possibly go. The setting, action and range of fishing opportunities at Angler‘s Paradise are fantastic. Capt. Jim Siers owns and operates Angler’s Paradise, which is located in Vatia on Viti Levu, the larger of Fiji’s two main islands. Jim’s home and comfortable guest lodge are located on a 20-acre seaside plantation. On the makai side of his property, Jim has excavated a marina, which gives him access to Bligh Water. Its hundreds of square miles of reefs and channels are…

Aloha Chuck, This is your friends Paul and Earlynn Trevino from Kona. We wanna tell you about a great day here on the Big Island. Hopefully you might print it in your big fish section (LOL) of your magazine, or in your Tail Tales section. So here goes. We have been fishing in these waters for four years now, hoping to catch whatever comes along. We’ve had great luck with the exception of the almighty marlin. In 2003 in the months of August and September the dream was close to being reality. In August we had three marlin strikes, with two coming on the same day. On this day, we leadered to the boat… even gaffed a marlin that looked approximately 400 lbs. But being the rookies we are-my self…

■ Anyone who hunts upland game with a trained bird dog knows first hand that a canine hunting partner plays a large part in filling a game bag. A trained bird dog covers orders of magnitude more ground than a solitary hunter can, vastly increasing the chance of discovering that wary old rooster that has decided that its best chance for survival is sitting tight and letting you pass by. Your odds are increased that your dog will find the bird and hold it for you. But there is another important part that the bird dog plays, and that is locating game that has been brought down by the hunter. A recent personal example serves to illustrate this point. My human hunting partner and I were spread out, working the…

For letters, with photos, received during the month of January we’ll send you HFN’s Embroidered, with “Holoholo Style” Fishing Cap…our way of saying thanks for sharing your catch! …Hana pa‘a, Chuck Send to: P.O. Box 25488, Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 Hey Chuck, Here is a picture of my latest catch. Caught at La‘le Point at 3 a.m. on 28 August. By all rights I should have lost this one. Fishing by myself, on my smallest pole (9-foot Ugly Stick). 40-lb test line and live ‘aweoweo bait. I didn’t even tie down the pole. How lucky is that? Crashed out in my van when the bell went off. Fought for 20 minutes, with some rubs, and had to jump down off the cliff into knee-deep surf to put a hand in the…

Johnston Island Chemical Weapons Pau ■ A Honolulu reception ceremony marked the end of a decade of cleaning Johnston Island’s toxic chemical weapons. Over 100 people celebrated the dismantling of the chemical weapons destruction facility on Johnston Island, The U.S. Army will continue to work with the Environmental Protection Agency to run tests that will assure the island’s safe status. Eventually, Johnston Island, which is now a Sanctuary for more than 500,000 sea birds, will be turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Since 1971, Johnston Island was the disposal site for 7 percent of U.S, stockpiles of mortars, bombs, rockets and land mines containing blister, mustard and nerve gases. Case Seeks Maui Coastline Protection U.S. Congressman Ed Case introduced a bill calling for a study to create…

January 5, 2004, Monday, Wai‘anae, Oahu Wai‘anae Library (6:30to 0), 85-625 Farrington Hwy. January 20, Tuesday, Lihu‘e, Kauai Wilcox Elementary School Cafeteria January 22, Thursday, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Kealakehe High School, 74-5000 Puohulihuli St. January 23, Friday, Hilo, Hawaii Waiakea High School, 155 W. Kawili St. January 26, Monday, Molokai Mitchell Pauole Center, Kaunakakai. January 27, Tuesday, Lanai Lanai Public Library, Lanai City January 29, Thursday, Maui Maui Waena Intermediate School, 795 Onehee Ave., Kahului, Maui January 30, Friday, Windward O‘ahu Benjamin Parker School, Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu Key Features of the Lay Net Proposal That Will Now Go Out for New Public Meetings Include: • A statewide ban on the use of lay nets. This includes commercial, recreational and subsistence lay net uses. This ban does not apply to throw nets, cast…

■ Concerning lures, the fish of Bligh Water are omnivorous. Just about any Jure shape, color and action produced hits. Lures with two eyes or no eyes, colors that mimicked bait fish or not, or action that went side-to-side or a dead-straight retrieve all drew hits. Angler’s Paradise is a place where a first-time caster can go “hit-for-hit” with a seasoned whipper. A Jim Sier’s popper I used had a pale olive green color, which seemed to be a most inappropriate lure color. But fish attacked it with gusto! This color choice was not the result of an exhaustive study; it was simply leftover house paint. My “tutti-frutti” colored Olapa lures produced hits, as did my ciear-finished wood prototypes. Thinking about a super-powerful, multi-hundred dollar pole? Jim has a few…

■ The invention and fast-growing popularity of superbraid lines, such as Spiderwire, Power Pro, Fire Line and Tuff Line, have opened up a fast-growing fishery in Hawai‘i. Japanese anglers were the first to popularize a very aggressive style of deep-water jigging using the braided lines, light, strong rods and large, lightweight spinning reels that produced a lot of action. The main targets? Amberjack (kahala) and giant trevally (ulua), known in Japan as kanpachi and G.T., respectively. The average-sized amberjack caught in Japan is only 5 to 10 lbs, and the G.T. are also smaller and fewer compared to those found in Hawai‘i’s waters. When the, first Japanese anglers started jigging the waters off Kona, they were amazed by the abundance and size of the Hawaii jacks. Kahala caught on jigs…

■ It’s one of the most demanding fishing contests on any ocean. It runs seven days over six months from April to Labor Day. It‘s been held continuously for over 25 years. The prize isn’t a bag of money or even bragging rights. It’s fishing local style where the real prize is giving sashimi to the neighbors. The crew of the LAWAI‘A rose to the challenge and were named the Hilo Trollers’ 2003 grand champions. To start off 2004 right, let’s look into the LAHZAFA‘s tackle box for proven big-game fishing tips. Fishing beside LAHZAI‘A’s Capt. Hinano Matsu Jr. (a.k.a. Junior) were Van Uemura, a buyer for the Suisan Fish Market, and Michael Tokunaga, owner of fishing supplier S. Tokunaga Store. Together they have over 80 years of trolling experience…

■ Blue marlin, striped marlin, spearfish, ‘ahi, mahimahi and ono were all on the monthly catch report. Not very many were captured, but all of these species were coming in. We had three big blue marlin, over 500 lbs each, weighed in. On the day that Capt. Tim Hicks of the ILLUSIONS brought in his big blue marlin, they boated three other marlin, as well. Veteran angler Vern Grizzle of Southern California reeled in all four fish. This full day of fishing began with a troll out to VV’buoy. Vern likes to live bait for marlin while in Kona waters, so Capt, Hicks began by targeting some aku. Shortly after catching some baits and putting them out, Bent Fin, the porpoise, stole their baits twice, which put an end to…

■ We hope Santa brought everyone the Christmas gifts they wanted. Those folks who didn’t get what they wished for have got to try harder to be good next year! Remember, Santa checks his list twice and he knows who’s been naughty and nice. Winter is definitely here. We have the water puddles to prove it! Fortunately, the large northwest swells have not affected the entrance to the harbor yet. This is a good time for everyone to prepare for when these large swells break in and across the harbor entrance. Remember to check for the black flag and listen to the weather reports. Winter is usually not the time for large marlin, but once in a while one does show up at the dock. Capt. Leslie Balles has a…

The coral reefs of our Hawaiian Archipelago are home to over 5,000 species of marine plants and animals. Approximately 25% of our marine life is found nowhere else in the world. Our coral reefs serve as both home and nursery for many species of fish. Reefs add millions of dollars in revenue (by fishing and viewing) to Hawaii’s economy each year, as well as protect our shorelines from hurricanes and tsunamis. Increasingly however, Hawaii’s beautiful coral reefs are being impacted by human activities on both land and ocean. These activities have the potential to harm our coral reefs and the animal life that depends on them. The loss of our reefs can impact the quality of our lifestyle. While there are many everyday human activities that can damage our reefs…