Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2011 i Hawaii Fishing News

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How many types of ulua have you caught during your fishing career? Do you even know how many there are? You might be surprised. The questions came up because of a really amazing fishing trip Big Islander Tad Fujikura took to South Point on the boat HOOKED UP with Capt. Chuck Wigzell and Billy Ross. Tad, 63, is a Japanese national who retired to Kona in 2009 specifically to go fishing every chance he could. On this trip, some fishing friends from Japan joined him and their goal was to catch a big G.T. (giant trevally), a big amberjack and a blue marlin. Let me pause here to clarify some nomenclature. In this story, I am going to set Hawaiian names aside and stick with the basic common names in…

Capt. Tommy D. of Kane'ohe's He'eia Kea Harbor said that boat owners are angry. They were neither consulted nor notified when the DLNR cancelled the weekend harbormaster. Capt. D., who's been at He'eia Kea Harbor for more than 30 years, said the harbor has "more trouble than any other in the state" and is now unsafe from the antics of weekend "party gorillas." He'eia Kea Harbor is "command central" and the launch pad for the Kane'ohe Bay party sandbar. At its best, the area is family safe for anchoring and drifting off the sand bar into the deep. It's an accessible and fun spot for watching underwater sea life. At its most rowdy, this is Hawai'i's version of drunken "Pirates of the Caribbean" raging with MTV's "Spring Break." Memorial and…

The mark of perfection has just been raised with increased Power, Retrieve Speed, and Line Capacity to reach greater depths! Destined to become the most versitle fishing equipment on your boat. Historically, commercial fishermen have had to use large, dangerous, and bulky "one arm bandits" for commercial fishing in extreme depths. Units that have to be bolted to the side of the boat and left out in the weather causing unnecessary repairs and maintenance. Brute Models have been designed so that they can be used in standard heavy-duty rod holders already in your boat gunwale. At the end of the day, it is easily stowed away. Visit your favorite tackle dealer for full features and to see how these new models can increase your fishing productivity. Electric Fishing Reel Systems,…

Dear Chuck, I am a 67-year-old woman who has lived in southwest New Mexico my whole life. On July 28, 2011, I and part of my family went to Kona, Hawai‘i for a once in a lifetime vacation. We rented the LINDA SUE III for a day in hopes that the boys could catch a marlin or some other fish. My two sons decided that since I had never been fishing that I should reel in the first catch of the day. We waited for about two hours, then we got a bite on one of the lures. I got into the fighting chair but didn’t know what to do or how to do it! My son helped instruct me on how to crank the reel. In about 25 to…

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For letters, with photos, received during June we will send you HFN’s New LED Mini Light to add to your tackle tools!… our way of saying thanks for sharing your catch! … Hana pa'a, Chuck Send to:P.O. Box 25488, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96825 or email: fishnews@hawaii.rr.com Aloha Chuck, Here's a photo of the first fish I ever caught. He put up a great fight. I caught him fishing last week with my dad in Kana. Aidan JonesBig Island Hi Uncle Chuck, My name is P-Nut Augustus. This is my biggest papio yet. Just wanted to share this with you. Shayden P-Nut Augustus'Ewa Beach, O'ahu Chuck, Aloha brah. My name is Pat Augustus from Halawa Prison Guards known as the "Bad Boys." We caught 11 ulua. Our crew was Mal, Pat, Merrell,…

Why have n'It ever been surveyed? Although we talk of many fishermen each year through hours urveys and dockside sampling you may never be one of them. By its very nature, random samplingm eans that some people get interviewed and some people do not. Can sampling surveys really produce accurate numbers? With an estimated half a million fishermen taking 2.4 million fishing trips a year in Hawaii, this not possible to interview very fishermen to find out when they went fishing and what they've caught. However, NOAAF fisheries Service gets an accurate picture of an entire fishery by looking at the active so random some people fishermen. Have fishermen be part of the process? Recreational fishermen have play major role in develop in implement in MRIPT. The MRIP team includes…

This year's Parks & Recreation Ohana Fishing Tournament was here before we knew it. Our group was more ready than ever. It had been a rough year for the fishing tournaments. Except for Gerald Llanes, we had all gotten skunked and had not even come close to placing in a tournament. This tournament is always our favorite because there are five divisions: Children 12 and Under; Teens; Men's; Women's; and Kupuna (60 and over). We had anglers entered in each division. And in this event we were hunting for the biggest fish, not just the very hard to catch ulua. (Sharks, rays, eels and marine mammals were excluded.) Last year in this same tournament, all of us had placed including my girlfriend, who placed first in the Women's Division, and…

Topwater Lures Before 1980 Back in the '50s, when I was fishing the oyster bars off Sarasota, Florida, the lure of choice for jack crevalle and snook (robalo) was the Zara Spook. The wooden Spook was a topwater lure that could "walk the dog." That is, it could be made to dart back and forth across the line of retrieve. When I came to Hawai'i in 1965, I brought half a dozen Zara Spooks with me. In Yap, Micronesia, I lost all the lures in the course of two weekends. 'Omilu, ulua and whitetip sharks made a picnic out of the Heddon Spooks. Offerings of Eger Dillingers were stripped of their hooks. The Rapala was a good lure, but it had to dive to wobble and be effective. It was…

The ELEV and Her Crew Voyages to 'The Rock' When fishing around O'ahu's west side seems too crazy because there are too many boats hunting too few fish and too many near collisions and line cut-offs, I look for alternatives. Sometimes I get that feeling, mostly from listening to the radio, that everyone except me is hooking up and catching 'ahi. My thoughts turn to a place where there are no crowds: Ka'ula Rock and Ni'ihau. My crew, Armand Charron and Shuji Hamamoto, were amenable to the suggestion that we plan a three- or four-day trip to "the rock." We hoped two other boaters could go, but one had to bow out because of a more pressing commitment and the other because of a problem requiring drydocking. This meant the…

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On August 24, 2011, 24 teams participated in the 21st Fire Fighters Fishing Tournament on the Kona side of the island. According to tournament rules, fishing could be done by boat around the Big Island; start fishing was at 5 a.m.; and teams with fish or weigh slips needed to be at the Old Airport pavilion by 5:30 in the afternoon. During prior weeks, the fishing had been slow around the Kona Coast and it was slow on this day. Some teams trolled live bait up on “the Grounds” (outside the airport). The Steno Magnets trolled from Keauhou to OTEC buoy and back with no strikes, hits or errors. Team Kona ARFF trolled from Honokohau down the coast for ono and checked out C- and UU-buoys with no luck. After…

The billfish catch numbers dropped by 60 percent from the previous month. Blue marlin made up 98 percent of the catch. Thirteen blue marlin were weighed, and another six were tagged and released. One striped marlin and one sailfish were also landed. There were four mid-range females captured during the month. They weighed between 340.3 and 383.6 lbs. Of the 18 blue marlin that were captured, 12 weighed between 130 and 200 lbs. Of the seven that were weighed, all blues in the 130- to 200-lb range were males. All of the five blues in the 265- to 384-lb range weighed were females. Team Effort Tag The MAUI JIM tagged and released an estimated 700-plus-lb blue marlin angled by Kimo Taitague and Strider Kerrick from Kimo’s Restaurant. They were fishing…

La Nina continues to influence our weather. Conditions have been relatively mild with trade winds and fairly good fishing. The currents favored us with a strong otaru, or large aku, run that yielded delicious catches. We had almost forgotten what big aku tasted like. They are so much better than the little 2-pounders. ‘Ahi, or yellowfin tuna, stuck around a little while longer. Several more boaters had a chance to catch “the fever.” On a Saturday in September, Kenny Risso, son Matthew Risso, Bill Risso and grandson Kain Lyman headed out at dawn for a holoholo fishing trip on the PRYDE. They headed north and came across some rubbish. There they picked up a few mahimahi. They continued on, following the birds, which led them to a huge pile of…

Aloha Chuck and HFN staff, On 10/1/11 my friend (Kel) and I met at Wai‘anae boat harbor at 6 a.m. for a day of fishing off of our jet skis. We were set up and in the water by 6:30. The plan was to troll the ledge to Makaha, then make our way out to R-buoy. The ledge had no action so we headed out to the buoy, got to the buoy and there were several boats there baiting. Kel stopped and picked up an aku and baited it while I kept trolling out on the 500 headed towards V-buoy. Then my port side pole got nailed but the fish didn’t stick. I turned around and headed south toward S-buoy. I got a call on the radio from Kel, “I’m…

Howzit Chuck, It's been a long time since I last wrote to you … back in 1999 was the last time, I believe. Fourteen years ago was the last time I caught an ulua. Now, here I am getting back into serious fishing 14 years later and getting back on the board with some pretty good results. Here is a pair of ulua I caught on August 9, 2011. Both were caught in the morning on a rising tide. One weighted 29 lbs and the other was 4 7 lbs. They were caught about an hour apart. Both fish put up nice fights. The 39-pounder was a feisty one, screaming out my line and running all over the place. The 47-pounder was a stubborn one, not wanting to give up.…

Dear Chuck, It has been a long time since I wrote to you about our fishing tales. We have been catching a few good-sized ulua in the past years, but this one takes the cake. October 2, 2011, was a day to remember! We headed out on a normal morning, got to the area and set up camp. During the day, we caught our bait and waited for the right time to send them out. The first night–Friday–we had a slammer and we could not stop the run. It took us to the rocks and snapped our line like nobody’s business. The next day, we prepared our equipment and made sure that wouldn’t happen again. We couldn’t be making mistakes. We had to be on it. The night came. It…

It was August. We hadn't had any fresh bottom fish to eat for months, but the "Deep Seven" season would be opening soon. Calvin Kumano called to tell me that Elec-Tra-Mate just released the Brute 1000 electric reel that had been displayed at this year's Izuo Bros. Products Show, and it was ready to pick up. I drive to town to meet Calvin. The box holding the electric reel was heavier than I had expected. I carried the box and the boom to my car, put them in the trunk and headed back home. Out of the Box At home, E3 and I unboxed the unit for reassembly and got it ready to fish. Right off, I was struck by the build and good looks of the reel. It is…

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Sixth Annual Ulua & Papio Challenge The Sixth Annual Ulua & Papio Challenge was held on the weekend of September 9 to 11. The weather was fantastic with no wind, a beautiful moon, and fish that were biting. The only downside was the large northwest swell pounding the west-side spots. Mark Ishiki said they were out on the west side but decided to come back to the east side because of the waves. Luckily for him, he got his fish after the move. The weigh-in was held at the Kapa'a Ball Park Pavilion on Sunday. It started at 11 a.m. sharp. Fish came in till closing at 1 p.m. Phil started out with the lucky-number drawing then presented the awards. It seemed that everyone went home with something-for sure a…

I have what I consider a healthy respect for electricity. I would not even consider trying to install a ceiling fan. Even changing a faulty light switch scares me. I retreat from the lake at any hint of thunder and lightning. After all, there is a label right on my fishing rod that warns of the danger of holding a graphite “lightning rod” during a thunderstorm. Until recently, I had never met a person who had been struck by lightning and lived to tell about it. In retrospect, I understand Shane’s verbal warning to be very careful as we approached the overhead wires that stretch across the lake from Boy Scout Island to Mikimiki Point. “Watch those wires when you’re casting. Keep away from those wires. Careful with your cast,”…

November 1 - Sunrise: 6:34 am, Sunset: 5:55 pm • November 1S-Sunrise: 6:42 am, Sunset: 5:50 pm • November 30 - Sunrise: 6:52 am, Sunset: 5:48 pm MISSING FADS HAWAII 8-MILOLII SS-APUA PT. ZZ-WAIMA PT. KAUAI AA-PORT ALLEN Z-KIPUKAI OAHU J-WAIALEE P-PENGUIN BANK V-MAKUA MAUI LA-LAH AINA CC-KAENA PT. JJ-KAMOHIO S0-KEALAIKAHIKI 10/15 ALL OTHER FADS ON STATION FOR UPDATES OR TO REPORT A MISSING FAD CALL: OAHU 848-2939 KOHO'OLAWE TROLLING - NOV. 08-06, 19-20 RESTRICTIONS APPLY-243-5889 CIGUATER DATE NO. FISH ISLAND 01/29/11 2 RED SNAPPER …. KAUAI 01/31/112 UNKNOWN …. MAUI 04/05/11 1 WEKE …. OAHU 05/01/114 ULUA … KAUA NO OTHER CASES REPORTED SINCE 11/15/11 Department of Health (808) 586-4586 TIDE VARIATIONS FROM HONOLULU TIMES LISTED TO DETERMINE THE TIME OF THE HIGH AND LOW TIDES FOR THE FOLLOWING…