Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2014 i Hawaii Fishing News

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Onomania First surface rod on the port side went off; then the deep downrigger rod jerked violently and started screaming; finally the starboard rod started to scream: a triple hookup. It was my turn for the first fish so I grabbed the port rod. My friend George Austin grabbed the downrigger rod and the deckhand Brian willingly tended the third rod as Spectra line simultaneously disappeared off all three Shimano Stella spinning reels. Five minutes later Brian’s fish fell off the hook. That freed him up to gaff my fish 15 minutes later: a nice 40-lb ono. Meanwhile, George was still working on his fish. Over the next 20 minutes, it came near the boat two times but then took another 100 yards of line trying to escape to Moloka‘i.…

Hawai‘i’s fishermen, boaters and ocean users may ease some of their hair-pulling frustration by understanding that the state agency regulating them, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, is a real estate conglomerate. One of DLNR’s subsidiaries is the Department of Boating and Ocean Resources (DBOR). Looking at DBOR’s “Proposed Rules Amending Title 13-231, 251 & 256 et al.,” it is easy to see that real estate developers who spend little time on the water draw up wobbly regulations that make ocean users seasick. “DOBOR’s rule making system is broken, and the end result is a1 ⁄2-inch thick package of new rules that further complicate, confuse, obfuscate and confound the boating community and threaten our all-important ocean recreation tourism industry,” said Rick Gaffney, the co-chair of the Konabased Hawaii Fish…

The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) is the sportfishing industry’s trade association committed to representing the interests of the entire sportfishing community. We give the industry a unified voice, speaking out on behalf of sportfishing and boating industries, state and federal natural resource agencies, conservation organizations, angler advocacy groups and outdoor journalists when emerging laws and policies could significantly affect sportfishing business or sportfishing itself. ASA invests in long-term ventures to ensure the industry will remain strong and prosperous, as well as safeguard and promote the enduring social, economic and conservation values of sportfishing in America. ASA also gives America’s 60 million anglers a voice in policy decisions that affect their ability to sustainably fish on our nation’s waterways through KeepAmericaFishing™, our angler advocacy campaign. America’s anglers generate more than $48…

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, more than 150,000 people fish on or near our islands. With all of the lines, spears and nets in the water, it is inevitable that some would worry about the decline of our fishing stocks and call for tighter regulations. Of course, things are a bit more complicated than simply “more fishers means more fishing and therefore less fish.” Overfishing is definitely an issue in a number of locations, but fish stocks are also often affected by pollution, run-off from land-based development, invasive species and a number of other factors. These, however, are much more difficult to deal with, and fishers like you eventually suffer the brunt of well-intentioned, but misguided regulations. Regulations themselves are not the issue. As you know, they…

Tournaments (and Big Fish?) Coming Up! A number of fun tournaments are coming up, so it’s time to begin preparing for them. The ono should be starting to run, the ulua should be getting ready for their spawning season, and the ta‘ape are always around for light-tackle action. Hilo Trollers First Tournament: Sunday May 4 The Hilo Trollers monthly events begin in May this year and will run later, with the inclusion of an October tournament in hopes that more and bigger fish will come up. New tournament rules, entry forms and membership forms are available at S. Tokunaga Store (which may have already moved to their new location at 661 Manono Street) and at J. Hara Store. Membership and tournament entry forms must be turned into one of these…

■ The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announced an open fishing season for rainbow trout in the Koke‘e Public Fishing Area (PFA) on Kaua‘i, tentatively beginning Saturday, June 14, 2014. Anglers may fish daily from Saturday, June 14, to Sunday, September 28, 2014. Fishing hours will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Trout fishing at Pu‘u Lua Reservoir in Koke‘e has always been a popular family activity, and anglers will have a chance to catch trout from last year’s stocking,” said William J. Aila Jr., DLNR chairperson. Last year (2013), a total of 3,798 anglers caught 25,821 rainbow trout with the largest trout caught measuring 12.75 inches in length and weighing 1 lb 1 oz. Fishing was very good because over 33,000 juvenile trout were restocked in…

MISSING FADS HAWAII A- SOUTH PT. C- LOA PT. HK- HILO TT- KANEWAA PT. UU- AUAU PT. VV- KAHALUU MAUI DD- OPANA PT. FF- PUKAULUA PT. LA- LAHAINA M- HANA BAY HO-HOOLAWA PT. MC- PALAOA OAHU MM- MOKAPU PT. BO-BARBERS PT. LL-HAULA MM-MOKAPU PT. P-PENGUIN BANK R-MAKAHA KAUAI AA- PORT ALLEN CK- MAKAHUENA PP- KOLOA WK- WAIALUA 04/15/14 ALL OTHER FADS ON STATION FOR UPDATES OR TO REPORT A MISSING FAD CALL: OAHU 848-2939 KAHO‘OLAWE TROLLING - MAY 10-11, 17-18 RESTRICTIONS APPLY-808 243-5889 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 08/13/13 2 GROUPER ..... KAUAI 02/08/14 2 MOILUA ......... MAUI Department of Health (808) 586-4586 TIDE VARIATIONS FROM HONOLULU TIMES LISTED TO DETERMINE THE TIME OF THE HIGH AND LOW…

With Aloha, My brother Kevin and I have been diving from a very young age, the good old “hanabata days.” He developed his love for spear diving around intermediate and high school. He really started to blossom after I moved from the Big Island to O‘ahu for school. He would text me pictures of his recent catches. Let me tell you, it got to the point where I thought my little bro’ was surpassing me in diving abilities. It was funny for me to realize that the “student” was passing the “master.” Kevin was always proud of his catches, but it was I who was more proud of him. He soldiered on and practiced and practiced, and he became a great diver. Around five years ago, Kevin got diagnosed with…

Another milestone was reached recently as teams from the Anuenue Fisheries Research Center (AFRC), a facility of the state’s Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), planted the 200,000th juvenile sea urchin in O‘ahu’s Kane‘ohe Bay. Over the past three years, AFRC has successfully spawned and raised collector urchins in captivity with the express purpose of releasing them in the bay as part of an ecosystem-based management plan and for environmental mitigation work. The combination of fast-growing seaweeds that smother patch reefs and the depletion of native sea urchin populations were rapidly altering the natural ecosystem balance in Kane‘ohe Bay. “Now with our two-pronged approach; utilizing the ocean-going vacuum Super Sucker to remove seaweed from affected coral reefs, combined with the introduction of the native Hawaiian collector urchins (Tripneustes gratilla), we’re beginning…

As I’ve said many a time, spring and fall are the best seasons to fish the Big Bend of the Florida Gulf. But even then, results may vary from day to day. Here’s an example of a recent week of fishing. On a sunny Sunday morning, we headed out of Cedar Key with our friends Preston and Ernani on their boat, a 23’ Key West. Ernani hails from Hanapepe where she, like me, learned to fish from shore. Ernani has adapted to the fishing conditions here and has managed to control her motion sickness. We ran the boat through the channel. Using the fish viewer, my Fishing Buddy noticed a nicesized clump of fish cruising around. While trolling, we managed to pull in a good number of Spanish mackerel. We…

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, the agency that has authority over federally managed fisheries in Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the U.S. Pacific remote island areas, held a meeting March 17 and 18 in Garapan, CNMI, and Tumon, Guam. As part of the Council meeting, a Fishers Forum on the Malesso (Merizo) communitybased management plan and on shark management was held. The Council’s recommendations were transmitted to the Secretary of Commerce for final approval. For the meeting agenda and background documents, go to the meetings section of the Council’s website at <http://www.wpcouncil.org/>. CNMI Submerged Lands and Militarization CNMI Gov. Eloy S. Inos opened the Council meeting, noting fishery-related issues of concern to the Commonwealth. Key among them was President Obama’s…

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! My name is Stafford, I wanted to share a picture of my wife Ramona’s first ‘omilu. I’ve been teaching her how to shore fish for a while now and she normally catches po‘opa‘a or hinalea. “Bait fish” for me, as she calls it. Finally, after all the time spent fishing and learning she finally got a fish she is proud of! We went out to Kohala for holoholo on our anniversary this past February–yes, it was Ramona’s idea! It was a beautiful day and we were fishing…

The first rule of any endeavor is the first rule of every endeavor: be prepared. If you don’t learn that useful lesson in the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, you definitely learn it on the way to becoming a better fisherman. There is more to being prepared than having good gear, well-maintained, but that’s a start. You need to be ready for both the expected and the unexpected. Preparing for the expected is easy–you already do that. “Unexpected” really refers just to events that haven’t happened to you yet. But you can bet that they have already happened to someone else, as some of the most interesting recent Hawai‘i fishing adventures have reminded us. Like the day in March when Bob Loza and Gene Gossett played dodge ball with a…

An announcement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that NOAA Fisheries will develop a national recreational fishing policy was greeted enthusiastically by sportfishing and boating leaders who have urged the agency to adopt exactly this approach to define and coordinate efforts throughout the federal government, and particularly the National Marine Fisheries Service, to advance saltwater recreational fishing. NOAA Fisheries’ announcement capped off its national 2014 Saltwater Recreational Fishing Summit held April 1 and 2, 2014, in Alexandria, Virginia. Leaders from the saltwater recreational fishing and boating community met with NOAA Fisheries’ leadership to assess recent progress, identify goals, and strengthen ties between NOAA and stakeholder groups. “With the ‘Vision for Managing America’s Saltwater Recreational Fisheries’ report as our guiding document, we came to the NOAA Summit with a clear…

National Fishscape Changing Approximately 11 million Americans saltwater fish recreationally, making fishers one of NOAA’s largest stakeholders. A recent fishing summit in Alexandria, Virginia, put recreational fishermen where they belong: at the ocean resource regulation negotiation table. The summit was held just in time because America’s top fish law, the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), is up for renewal in 2014. “America’s 11 million saltwater recreational anglers spent $27 billion in 2011, generating more than $70 billion and sustaining 450,000 jobs,” said Whit Fosburgh, president and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Hawai‘i’s Dave Itano, who is a NOAA fishery management specialist with the Pacific Island Regional office, said, “Last week I attended the 2014 Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Summit. All NOAA regions were represented by over 100 recreational coordinators, Science Center…

Could these be the final days of fishing? The green monster vs. fishermen? Imagine fishing an area of coastline for the past 10 years. Each weekend you and a bunch of friends cast out a couple of poles, lay net, throw net, pick ‘opihi and enjoy the environment. Then one day you see a sign stating “Marine Protected Area-No Fishing Allowed.” This is happening! Each year, millions of dollars are pumped into the community in the name of conservancy, also known as the Green Monster! These millions help to get buy-in by community members via grants, educational programs, etc. Once the community buys into the ideas, then laws are pushed forward. The next thing you know, a bunch of us fishermen have to fight to keep fishing alive for everyone.…

Whether you’re a novice cook or a gourmet chef, you’ll love the tempting simplicity of the more than three hundred recipes offered in “Fresh Catch of the Day...from the FISHWIFE.” An extensive array of Fishwife’s Tips will guide you to success-from choosing fresh seafood, to safe handling and preparation, to innovative cooking in the kitchen and barbecuing and smoking seafood outdoors. We at HAWAII FISHING NEWS are sure that this cookbook with its many recipes featuring the diversity of Hawai‘i and the island nations of the Central Pacific and a sampling of the best of the Northwest and Alaska will elevate seafood preparation to new heights and increase appreciation for seafood cookery. 17 CHAPTERS & 300 RECIPES Whether you’re a novice or a gourmet seafood chef, you’ll love the tempting…

ADD YOUR TOURNAMENT! Send your tournament dates and contact information to <fishnews@hawaii.rr.com> 2014 OFFSHORE TOURNAMENTS HAWAII–KAWAIHAE WAHINE FISHING TOURNAMANT May 3, 2014 Ned Salvador (808) 880-9444 or cell 557-2063 MAUI–LYC SPRING WAHINE TOURNAMENT May 31, 2014 Lahaina Yacht Club (808) 667-6211 E-mail <kokolele5@aol.com> MAUI–NEW MAUI MAHI MAHI CLASSIC June 7, 2014 Anthony (Kaco) 870-4267 OAHU–AHI FEVER June 14 and 15, 2014 Norman Swift (808) 696-3399 Website <http://wbfc.net> WORLDWIDE–WORLD CUP BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT July 4, 2014 Mike Leech (954) 561-9116 E-mail <mike@bluemarlinworldcup.com> Website <www.bluemarlinworldcup.com> HAWAII–HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH TOURNAMENT July 26 to August 2, 2014 HIBT (808) 836-0161 P.O. Box 29638, Honolulu, HI 96820 Website <www.hibtfishing.com> MAUI–HALLOWEEN SHOOTOUT October 31, 2014 Capt. Jeff Kahl (808) 242-8350 2014 SHORECASTING TOURNAMENTS OAHU–ISLAND COLORS 6TH ANNUAL WESTSIDE ULUA CHALLENGE May 2 to 4, 2014 Phone…