Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2014 i Hawaii Fishing News

■ Erin Liu’s wife, Ji, said she wanted to go “boat riding” with their two boys on Saturday, May 31. So, on that morning, she started cooking breakfast and lunch at 4:30 a.m. Their sons, Jayden (11) and Jaren (8) had a difficult time getting up, but they made it to the table. The family left their Pearl City home towing Erin’s 22-foot boat named JI THANKS! and headed west. About 7 a.m., they launched from Wai‘anae harbor. The night before, Jayden had helped his dad make a lure that was to prove very lucky for them. At about 1 p.m., the boys started getting seasick and wanted to go home. This was to be a fateful move for the family. With the poles still out, a big strike came…

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Inouye Regional Center ■ Honoring the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, the NOAA Inouye Regional Center is the largest NOAA facility ever built. It was opened recently on Ford Island in the Pearl Harbor Navy Base. Before NOAA built the center, NOAA’s Honolulu rent was $3 million per year. Originally estimated to cost $250 million, but totaling $331 million, the new center is located on 35 acres and has 310,000 square feet of labs and offices. More than 700 employees will work there. President Obama’s federal stimulus package provided $153 million of the price tag. Five existing buildings were also renovated for the center. The campuslike center’s main office houses a museum and visitor center. There is a fitness center, a cafeteria, and lockers for bicycles.…

Salmon Salmon, whether it’s the king, silver, red or pink variety, is very similar in its distinctive taste and texture, even though there are subtle differences among the various species. During the summer months when salmon are migrating, they are one of the best price values you will find in your local markets. Because salmon is high in natural oil content, it lends itself to a wide variety of preparations including being baked, barbecued, blackened, smoked, pickled and even casseroled. Each method can lend itself to making many distinctive taste sensations. Salmon, whether from the Pacific or Atlantic oceans, probably graces more restaurant menus worldwide than any other single species of fish. The Fishwife, after considering the many sport fishing adventures HAWAII FISHING NEWS publisher Chuck Johnston and staff made…

■ In 2013, boating accidents in Hawai‘i claimed the lives of four people and injured seven in 19 separate accidents. Hawai‘i had five deaths, six injuries and 28 accidents in 2012. These numbers highlight the need for continued awareness of safety while on the water. The boating public is strongly advised to take appropriate steps to ensure their vessels are safe and that they are prepared to operate those vessels. Mariners should follow these practices: • Wear a life jacket. In 2013, 328 individuals drowned while not wearing life jackets. • Have and know how to use a VHF-FM radio. VHF radios are much more reliable than cell phones. Make sure you have a reliable means for contacting help in an emergency situation. • Carry signaling devices, such as flares.…

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■ Pat Victorino recently E-mailed me some photos of fish that he and his friends Charles Cintron and Jeana Nakamura caught off O‘ahu. Pat also fished with his friend Grayson Gonsalves off Kaua‘i. Because it is difficult to catch anything in the nearshore waters of O‘ahu, I thought it was worth reporting. Pat’s answers to my questions are in boldface type. Let me ask about the pictures you sent me. There’s a good picture of you with a big ulua in your lap and a big blue lure on your line. What lure is that? Carpenter lure, Gamma 250 over 8 oz. Do you remember when we went fishing from shore on Kaua‘i, we drove around in your truck with a broken window. Yeah, that was my old Dodge Ram.…

■ On Thursday, May 8, Kona Coast aquarium fish collectors Jay Lovell and Tyron Terazano left Honokohau Harbor to capture yellow tangs. A second boat, the REEF DEFENSE, preparing the first salvo of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s worldwide Operation Reef Defense, also left the harbor. These boats were on a collision course and about to enter the twilight zone of global viral video. The REEF DEFENSE, flying a Sea Shepherd flag, was captained by Mike Nakachi, who owns Aloha Dive Company. Capt. Nakachi had on board Mike Long, Sea Shepherd Reef Defense Director; Robert Wintner, Snorkel Bob’s owner; and Rene Umberger, founder of “For the Fishes,” which her website says is for “protecting coral reef wildlife from the aquarium trade.” The crew on the REEF DEFENSE represented the “A”…

Winter Wrap-Up: 2014 ■ The blue marlin bite was pretty slow from January through February. There were only six blue marlin weighed during January, and three weighed and one released during February. There was a good striped marlin and spearfish run during January and February, a run Lahaina hadn’t seen since 2011. January saw 16 striped marlin weighed and four released, for a total of 20 fish. February saw 39 striped marlin weighed and another 27 released, for a total of 66 fish. The two-month striped marlin run saw 55 weighed and 31 released, for a total of 86 fish. The spearfish run was just as good. In January, 44 were weighed and another 14 were released, for a total of 58 fish. February saw nine spearfish weighed and 11…

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. Within these pages you will find a fabulous and varied collection of unique recipes for the many…

The One That Almost Got Away ■ It was May 17th, 2014, when my buddy Troy Phan and his younger brother Kang and I planned to do some trolling on the Kane‘ohe side of the island. We launch at He‘eia Kea boat ramp around 9:30 a.m. and proceeded to warm up the twin 40hp engines on my Force 18. Unfortunately, because the boat had not been run for a couple of years, the port engine couldn’t hold idle and we were ready to pack up and go home. Instead, we took a chance and decided to go out to the sandbar and amazingly the port engine came back to life. We decided to head out to deep water toward Mokumanu, the bird island. As we approached the island we observed…

Here’s One For the Tournament Fishermen as Well as Weekend Warriors ■ The Kona charterboat SILKY was on a hot streak. Capt. John Bagwell and his crew had won the 2013 “Skins Tournament” with a 645-lb blue marlin and followed it up a few weeks later with the Henry Chee Award as the “highest-scoring skipper” in the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament. The HIBT recognized J. B. and his deckies for scoring the most points for the five teams that had rotated on the SILKY during the five-day event. Capt. J. B.’s winning total included the 588-lb blue marlin that boosted the Old South Marlin Club into the team victory for the prestigious tourney. Later in the year, however, J. B. began to wonder if his 45’ Viking had lost some…

A Fisherman’s Fisherman ■ Otis R. “Red” Butler, was a well-known figure in Kailua-Kona for more than 35 years. His many contributions to his adopted community and to Honokohau Harbor will not soon be forgotten. Red was born December 9, 1927, in Cleveland, Ohio, the second eldest of eight children. He grew up during the Depression and was no stranger to hard work. As a teenager, he got a job shoveling coal for the locomotive of a train conducted by his uncle. He was a big, husky young man, who looked older than he was. At age 16, he fibbed about his age, enlisted in the Navy and became a medical corpsman, assigned to the Marine Corps. In his mid-20s he moved to Bakersfield, California, and worked as a professional…

■ While many parents worry about their children’s safety around swimming pools, as they should and need to do, drowning incidents can also occur in natural bodies of water. Safety precautions need to be taken around all water environments. According to the Center for Disease Control, about half of all drowning incidents occur in natural water settings such as lakes, rivers, or oceans. And, almost 75 percent of people killed in boating accidents die as a result of drowning. As the summer boating season begins, there are steps parents can be taking to keep their children safer in the water. The U.S. Swim School Association has put together the following guidelines to help keep children safe while boating this summer. • Make sure your children know how to properly wear…

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