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Aloha Chuck, My name is Milo Murguia, and I am a jet-ski fisherman from the island of Kaua‘i. I am writing you this letter because I wanted to share a fishing tale with you and the rest of the great folks who read HAWAII FISHING NEWS. I had a beautiful daughter on December 15, 2012, so I have not been able to fish as much as I once could. That being said, I try to take advantage of every opportunity I get. On March 29, 2013, I had a chance to go on an evening run out to the KK-buoy. I had called a few friends beforehand who told me that the fish were biting in the morning and that there wasn’t much going on after that–not the news I…

Aloha Chuck! It seems like almost everybody around here has a “Tail Tale” or two to tell, but until about a month ago, this wahine didn’t. All I had on my fishing resumé was a morning at a reservoir with my grandpa, back when the top of my head barely reached his hip. I remember we used bright orange bait that reminded me of Play-Doh®, and I sang “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” all the way through… three times. Poor grandpa. On that morning, the guy sporting the plumber’s crack next to us on the dock hooked a stocked trout, and let me reel it in. But in 26 years of my life, I had never felt the pure excitement of the tug on the line and the…

A new fishing trend has exploded over the last few years here in Southern California. It’s called hoop netting. The primary target is the Pacific spiny lobster, and nightly trips are available at most landings. For $55 you get the use of a hoop net and you can keep seven legal-sized lobsters. You need a special lobster stamp for your fishing license and a card to record all of your catches. Typically it’s a short ride to the breakwater wall. Most boats drop their nets along the outside and ends of the breakwater. The regulations allow you to soak your net for only 30 minutes. The maximum number of nets per boats is 10. I went hoop netting for the first time out of Marina Del Rey on March 11,…

NEARSHORE FISH Weight Digital Wt. Angler Location of Catch Date Aholehole (flag-tail fish) ……………………………………….. 2 lbs 1 oz ………………. 2.10 lbs Ryan M. Okino …………………………….. Puna, Hawai‘i …………………………………. 6-24-03 Awaawa (ladyfish) ……………………………………………… 22 lbs 3 oz …………….. 22.18 lbs Darryl Nakasone ………………………….. Pearl Harbor, O‘ahu ………………………. 10-26-85 Butterflyfish, lined ………………………………………………………. 2 lbs ………………. 2.07 lbs Michael Tamashiro ………………………. Moloa‘a, Kaua‘i ………………………………… 8-7-10 Cowfish (spined) ………………………………………………….. 1 lb 10 oz ………………. 1.65 lbs Thomas Newton ………………………….. ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu …………………………. 5-27-00 Cornetfish …………………………………………………………. 7 lbs 12 oz ………………… 7.8 lbs Michael Ignacio …………………………… Manuka, Hawai‘i …………………………….. 2-19-11 Durgon, black ……………………………………………………….. 1 lb 7 oz ………………. 1.44 lbs Ciarra Kimi Koki …………………………… Koloa Boat Harbor, Kaua'i ……………….. 6-29-00 Durgon, pinktail …………………………………………………… 1 lbs 6 oz ………………. 1.38 lbs Breana Kon …………………………………. Ka‘ena…

Hilo Trollers Tournament The Hilo Trollers opened their 39th season with a safe and successful fishing tournament on Sunday, April 7. Small-craft advisories were cancelled before the 6 p.m. Saturday deadline, so the tournament was able to run as scheduled. The weather was good and the ono bite had been on during the previous week, so a number of boaters went south to the point. Nine boats entered, and six landed qualifying fish. Fishing was slow, but that is often the case with the first tournament of the season. Five ono and one mahimahi were weighed. All of the state buoys were missing, so only one or two boaters headed offshore. No ‘ahi or marlin were landed. To support conservation, the current tournament rules allow only two fish in each…

Every time I E-mail the guides on Christmas Island and ask them how the fishing has been, I get the same report. “The fishing is good; it is always good,” they will tell me. I don’t think they have many bad fishing days on Christmas Island. The place is loaded with many different species of fish, creating a diverse and incredible ecosystem. Recently the guides reported to me that the tuna bite outside of Paris was really good and that big schools of tuna were busting the surface just offshore. Paris is only a short boat ride away from London Point, where the marina is located. I also heard from local restaurant and boat owner Mr. Buraing that he was catching a lot of ono every time he took his…

After dedicating many fishing trips and countless expenses I finally caught a dream ulua! It all started after I heard my buddy had pulled in a 50-pounder off the Kailua pier. I instantly got the itch to go test my luck out at my local spot. So I gathered my gear, and headed across the street from my house to a spot I had fished a couple times but only caught fat puhis there before. After setting everything up, I cast my poles at sunset, and then went to catch bait. We missioned it out to some tide pools where we tried to scoop some wigglers but the tide was too high and almost washed my friend out to sea! He turned his back to the ocean (big “no no!”)…

Hello, My name is Mary and I live in Pearl City on the island of O‘ahu. I have a fun fishing story for you. My husband, Jordan Gallarde, is a very hard worker and a wonderful husband, I couldn’t imagine life without him. He has been fishing his heart out for the past 10 years. His fisherman’s goal has always been to catch an ulua one day. Whenever he has spare time, he works on his favorite hobby, making and spray-painting lures. He’s been content with whipping for barracuda and papio with his lures–as long as his ulua poles are out and freshly baited at all times. Never in his wildest dreams–after dunking over hundreds of tako and bait fish–would he find himself catching his first ulua on a whipping…

As a guy who writes about big-game fishing here in Hawai‘i, I fight with my spell-checker every day. It doesn’t know how to spell “mahimahi.” It tries to stick a hyphen between the two “mahi” parts and scolds me–even though I’m the one who knows the written Hawaiian language doesn’t have a hyphen. Or maybe it is a dash, not a hyphen. If any Hawaiian word deserves a dash, it is “mahi”–a very dashing word in its own right. The word means “strong and energetic” and is often used in modern days to refer to a dashing young man of strength, energy and good looks. Mahimahi have all of those traits in double doses, hence the need to double the name to do justice to the powerful and acrobatic game…

Every chance I get, I make a run to the Wai‘anae Boat Harbor. I stop and have some great conversations with fishing friends who seem to enjoy just sharing. One friend told me a very exciting story. I haven’t had a chance to go fishing with her yet, but you bet I will. Tuesday, March 19, 2013, was a great day for the crew of the 19’ Glasspro NIGHT NURSE. They heard the ‘ahi had been running for the past few days, and they wanted to get into that action. Capt. Pono Napierala, Cheston Holt, Johnny Texeira and my friend Kim Holt left the Wai‘anae Boat Harbor in search of an ‘ahi. They headed toward Kaena Point and Victor-buoy. While looking for “the big one,” they came across a few…

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Aloha, Chuck and HFN Readers. The staff of the ‘O‘io Tagging Project would like say mahalo to the volunteer anglers participating in the ‘O‘io Tagging Project. The ‘O‘io Tagging Project has been operating since 2008, and our volunteers have collected a great deal of information on the biology of ‘o‘io in Hawai‘i. Project volunteers have donated more than 7,000 hours and tagged 1,326 ‘o‘io. We want to share some of the results of this study with HFN through a series of articles and hopefully inspire more anglers to participate in this project so we can continue to learn more about ‘o‘io, promote the conservation of this resource, and ensure fishing opportunities for future generations of Hawai‘i’s fisherman. Overview In Hawai‘i, bonefish or, ‘o‘io, are highly regarded as one of the…

Hi Chuck, I’d like to share my family fishing experiences while serving in the U.S. Air Force and stationed at various bases halfway around the world. No. 1: My son Stephen Calma holding a sea bass and his sister Sharon holding the pole. No. 2: My son Stephen Calma went ice fishing at Duluth, Minnesota. No. 3: My day’s catch or mahimahi, aku and amberjack while chum fishing from a special service boat at Kindley AFB, Bermuda. No. 4: After retiring from the U.S. Air Force, we caught this marlin off Wai‘anae after a fourhour battle. That’s me on the left and my crew Clifford Takesono (yellow shirt) and Andy Arakawa (lower right). The marlin was estimated over 500 lbs and took over an hour to tow to the harbor…

Commission Fights Spear Ban Rob White is owner of the Blue Water Hunter dive shop in Kona and a member of the newly organized County of Hawai‘i Game Management Advisory Council. “Splash!” talked with Rob about the current proposal in front of the Board of Land and Natural Resources to ban scuba spearfishing on the Kona Coast. The Game Management Council amendment to the Hawai‘i County Charter was approved by Big Island voters last election, and Rob said, “The commission is not official yet. The timeline is with the county, and we’re waiting to be sworn in…. We’re trying to figure out what we are.” Rob began working at Kona’s Dive Locker in 1991 and bought Blue Water Hunters in 2003. Hawai‘i County voters included management plans for hunters, fishermen…

The fish was a beast. We called it a dinosaur. It was the first time out fishing on the first boat I ever owned. It was just another weekend for us out on the ocean–just a little more exciting ’cause of the new boat. We planned to head out in the morning on Saturday and troll the coast. Darryl Barros, my dad, Alden Pulgados, Travis Texiera and I all met up at the harbor, got ready, and made sure Trav got his Dramamine ’cause we didn’t need any extra palu. We got the boat in and rolled out–well, not really “rolled,” but you get it. We got the outriggers, poles, lines… chee, we were all set! We trolled about an hour and a half to two hours before “Bam!” the…

Growing up on the Wai‘anae Coast in the 1950s, I developed an immense appreciation for the beauty of her waters, beaches, and especially the abundant fishing. The majestic Wai‘anae Mountain range, especially upper Lualualei, Makaha and Nanakuli, were playgrounds for the pig hunters. Today, you can still see wild boars proudly lining the tops of trucks and jeeps at Nanakuli Beach on a Saturday afternoon. Yes, the ultimate environmental paradise extends from the mountains to the sea throughout our islands and is known as the ahupua‘a in Hawai‘i Nei. Directions from mountain to ocean were often connected by historical markers such as a heap (ahu) of sentinel stones or other images and tributes. Fast forward to East O‘ahu where I now live in the Wailupe ahupua‘a. The Wailupe ahupua‘a rises…

For letters, with photos, received during May we will send you these great gifts from HFN, our way of saying thanks for sharing your catch! … Hana pa‘a, Chuck Send to: P.O. Box 25488, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96825 or e-mail: <fishnews@hawaii.rr.com> Aloha Chuck, These are my friends Aaron and Mitch from Minnesota. They went fishing with the NO PROBLEM on 2/2/13 and caught 21 ‘ahi and three mahimahi. We took Aaron ulua fishing on 2/9/13 and caught a 12-lb ‘omilu and a 7-lb awaawa. Mahalo, Paulo, for landing the ‘omilu! Mahalo for an awesome magazine! Kirk TogashiLahaina ShorecastersLahaina, Maui Kirk Togashi Lahaina Shorecasters Lahaina, Maui Here’s a picture of a 5-lb ‘o‘io that I caught and released on Easter Sunday. I was using a brand new rod that my Uncle Walter…

May 1 - Sunrise: 6:00 am, Sunset: 6:57 pm · May 15 - Sunrise: 5:53 am, Sunset: 7:03 pm · May 31 - Sunrise: 5:49 am, Sunset: 7:09 pm MISSING FADS HAWAII D- KUMUKAHI HK- HILO F- KAILUA KONA G- PEPEEKEO OTEC- WAIKALOA MAUI Q- PAUWELA PT. FF- PUKAULUA PT. LA- LAHAINA KAUAI BB- MOLOAA OAHU J- WAIALEE HH- PEARL HARBOR 4/15/13 ALL OTHER FADS ON STATION FOR UPDATES OR TO REPORT A MISSING FAD CALL: OAHU 848-2939 KAHO‘OLAWE TROLLING - MAY 4-5, 18-19 RESTRICTIONS APPLY-243-5889 CIGUATERA DATE NO. FISH ISLAND 01/31/12 2 UKU……………..OAHU 08/19/12 1 ULUA……………KAUAI 09/01/12 1 KOLE…………..KAUAI MAUI 09/10/12 2 KUMU…………..OAHU NO NEW CASES REPORTED SINCE 09/10/12 Department of Health (808) 586-4586 TIDE VARIATIONS FROM HONOLULU TIMES LISTED TO DETERMINE THE TIME OF THE HIGH AND LOW…