Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2013 i Hawaii Fishing News

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On Saturday July 6, 2013, while at work, I kept thinking about diving. I decided to round up a couple of friends (Danny Defries and Ron Cayaban) and a boatman (Stanley Kinimaka) and head out after work for an afternoon boat dive. We met at Nawiliwili Harbor. I decided to reline my 110-cm Bobby Abrilo hybrid gun because the mono was getting brittle after being rubbed on the reef a lot. We headed out. I knew of a spot that usually has a lot of uku and “Joes,” so we jumped in. After about 45 minutes of diving, we’d worked over that spot. My buddy Danny asked me if I wanted to shoot my first ulua. I said, “Sure, why not?” We jumped backed in the boat and headed to…

Throughout the history of offshore fishing in Hawai‘i, local fishermen have used a variety of very odd “teasers.” Why not paint a school of bait fish on the bottom of your boat? Or whittle some big splasher out of lumber or maybe a bowling pin? Or tow a live fish behind the boat as a decoy? What works? About 40 years ago some engineers from General Motors put their heads together and came up with the “Dubba-Dubba.” The name comes from the sound it makes as it wobbles from side to side. The one I have looks like a toy race car with wheels. Legendary Maui lure maker Steve Elkins has a slightly different one, but it doesn’t look any fishier than my miniature NASCAR. “In the original plans, they…

Day One–Monday, August 5 Game Fishing Club of South Australia Hooks First Day Lead Four Teams Tied for Second Place One hundred twenty seasoned anglers on 38 teams from around the globe were on the starting line as Day One of the 54th Annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament (HIBT) got underway in Kona. As the legendary “Start Fishing! Start Fishing! Start Fishing!” opener rang out across the fleet, 14 U.S. teams from across the country, six teams from New Zealand, five teams from Japan, four teams each from Australia and China, and teams from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, South Africa and Vanuatu took off across the Pacific Ocean in search of big game fish. Fishing conditions were excellent. The Beijing Fishing Club (Team #23) was the first to…

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MISSING FADS HAWAII A- SOUTH PT. HK- HILO TT- KANEWAA PT. UU- AUAU PT. KAUAI AA- PORT ALLEN WK- WAIALUA MAUI FF- PUKAULUA PT. M- HANA BAY 08/15/13 ALL OTHER FADS ON STATION FOR UPDATES OR TO REPORT A MISSING FAD CALL: OAHU 848-2939 KAHO‘OLAWE TROLLING - SEPT. 14-15, 28-29 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 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 TIDES FOR THE FOLLOWING PLACES, (+) ADD OR (-) SUBTRACT HOURS AND MINUTES FROM HONOLULU TIME LISTED. OAHU ISLAND HIGH LOW HALEIWA, WAIALUA BAY..............-1:02........-2:05 WAIANAE................... +0:20.......+0:18 HANAUMA BAY............-0:59.........-0:45 WAIMANALO...............-1:15........-1:09 MOKU O LOE...............-1:24........-1:14 WAIKANE, KANEOHE BAY.............-1:46........-1:18…

It was another sunny Kona afternoon in July, and we were out holoholo fishing on the RENEGADE. It was just the three of us: my husband, Shawn Palmer; our friend Loyd Potter; and me. We were not having a good day. We had been trolling the top corner of “the Grounds” since the morning. We watched every boat around us catch but got no bites of our own. Grumpy and hopeless, we pointed the bow toward Honokohau Harbor and started our journey home. We were on the bridge, discussing theories and pointing fingers at whomever could be at fault for chasing the marlin away from our boat. We were 20 minutes outside of the harbor when Shawn spotted a decent-sized floater inshore of us. We headed for it. As we…

I didn’t even want to dive on that day. I woke up early to run errands and was drained by the time I got home. It was noon when my friend came to pick me up at my house. I normally would drive because I have a truck, but I asked him to drive due to my fatigue. We headed westbound on the H-1 to a spot where I had caught an ‘omilu (bluefin trevally) earlier in the week. We checked out the spot for a few minutes and decided to keep driving due to a southwest swell pounding the shoreline. At some point in the drive, we decided we’d just have to find a spot to get wet, catch or no catch. We ended up at a spot that…

Hey Chuck, About three weeks ago, I caught an unusual-looking papio. I’m hoping you can help me identify it. The body looks just like a white papio, but the head is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. I tried to compare it to a chart of different types of jacks at Nanko’s Fishing Supply in Kane‘ohe and nothing comes close. It weighed about 3 lbs and was 16 inches in length. I caught it from the shoreline on the windward side. Here is another thing that was different. The flesh was slightly pink in color. I know most papio flesh is white. hope you can solve this mystery for me. Mahalo,Al ChongKahalu‘u, O‘ahu Chuck: In my opinion, this jack is either deformed (from birth) or a fish that has recovered…

Aloha, It had been a full year since I had been fishing at “the end of the road” at Haena and beautiful Hanelei Bay on Kaua‘i. I was apprehensive about fishing. Was I going to be as successful as I had been during my previous trip when I hooked and caught several ulua? I arrived late in the afternoon, corresponding with low tide. I prefer the minus-low tides so I can walk out and fish the perimeter reefs. I mostly cast out into the ocean side of the reefs where the larger fish hang out. I caught a 2-to 3-lb ‘omilu and lost an approximate 5-pounder that went into a hole. At least I had a fish for dinner! It seemed like the bite was on. The next morning, I…

Turtle Soup? In the August HAWAII FISHING NEWS “Splash!” column, my friend, colleague and fellow fisherman Bob Duerr cited a recent article on green sea turtles that claims to estimate the loss of historic nesting beach sites and suggests it may be premature to consider delisting Hawai‘i green turtles under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). At first read, the article seems reasonable and well-documented. On a more careful read, the article has some flawed assumptions. I’ve put on my fishery social scientist hat and drawn from my experience working with archeologists on midden and bone analysis to provide this comment. The article mines a massive database that includes a sizeable number of historical accounts and archeological reports that include midden (faunal) analysis and reference to turtle bones. Midden analysis depends…

This is the story of the time I caught my first ulua. We went on a trip to the Big Island. This was our third annual trip to go fishing and to try to catch an ulua and small game. Two weeks before the trip, I decided to get another pole and reel. I bought an Okuma heavy-action ulua pole from Charlie’s Fishing Supply for $178. Then I got a Penn 4/0 from Kaya’s Fishing Supply. I thought about it some more and decided that I should get an Okuma Cortez reel, so I went back with my dad and returned the Penn reel. My dad paid for almost half of the Okuma reel. The very next week we went to the Big Island to meet our friend Blaine Ito,…

We had just dropped anchor about 30 miles out of Suwannee and were readying for a day of grouper fishing when we saw a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 coming out of the south. The plane was flying low and fast. Suddenly, the boat radio, which we kept on Emergency Channel 16, crackled to life, “Panpan, pan-pan, this is a message from the United States Coast Guard, Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, break.” My heart sank. This was not going to be a good day for someone–and it was Father’s Day. The relayed message asked for all mariners to be on the lookout for an overdue boat last plotted approximately 11 miles northwest of Horseshoe Beach. We were close enough to the area that we watched the HC-130 doing a search pattern…

Hilo Trollers July Tournament The Hilo Trollers held their regular monthly fishing tournament on Sunday, July 14. This tournament was deferred one week to accommodate the Suisan Ho‘olaule‘a. The weather cooperated, and the Trollers had a safe, successful and fun tournament. The bite had slowed, but everybody had a good time getting out on the water. Eight boaters entered, and five caught fish. Seven ono, one ‘ahi and two aku were weighed. The largest ‘ahi and first largest fish overall was a 114.7-lb fish landed on the JENA by Capt. Francis Lui and angler Gil Kuali‘i. The largest ono was a 39.8-lb fish, also landed on the JENA. By landing two or more qualifying flag fish, the JENA also earned the Grand Champion Award. The Hilo Trollers’ award structure is…

New Hope Hawai‘i Kai held their third annual Keiki Fishing Derby on Saturday, July 20. Together with their parents, 136 children attended the event on a beautiful day at Maunalua Bay. It was a wonderful opportunity for family to spend time together outdoors. A total of 16 fish and two eels were caught. They ranged from a 2-inch mamo to a 16-inch eel. With conservation in mind, all fish were released in good health. NOAA with their Barbless Hook Program and the UH Manoa Oio Tagging Project were there to share their knowledge. After everyone swept the entire area for trash, homemade chili and rice was served and rainbow shave ice kept the crowd cool on a nice, hot, sunny day. Generous sponsors who donated prizes made everyone winners. The…