Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2015 i Hawaii Fishing News

Aloha, My name is Kellie Kitaoka. On July 28, my dad, Guy Kitaoka, caught a 1,368-lb marlin off the Kona Coast on the Big Island. This is an enormous marlin! My dad’s birthday was the following day, July 29, which made this catch a little more special. What made it extraordinary is the fact that my dad caught it on a 20’ Grady White boat. My uncle Darrell Omori was fishing with my dad at the time. They hooked up to the marlin at around 1 p.m. and boarded the fish at around 2:30 p.m. The fish measured 141⁄2 feet in length with an 84-inch girth. Kellie KitaokaHonolulu, O‘ahu P.S. That is my mom, Carol, with my dad. To all interested fishers - UH Marine Biology Graduate Project My name…

Keyhole Lake, Wyoming ◼ This year’s U.S. Freshwater Spearfishing Championship (Nationals) tournament came around fast. It felt as though we’d just finished the 2014 South Dakota Nationals. 2015 would be different. This year we had a 16-year-old on our team who couldn’t wait for his turn with the “big boys.” Elijah Lai, my son, who participated in local tournaments in Kona and did very well two years in a row, wanted to try his skills at the national level and perhaps compete in the first Youth Freshwater Championships. A division of 16-year-olds and under would vie for the Individual Youth U.S. Freshwater Championship title. A very excited Eli couldn’t wait to leave Hawai‘i on May 30. Hanalei and I were ready for another win to make it four in a…

What Did It Weigh? ◼ Nearly every week of the year, some member of the Hawaii Fishing News staff or writing team is confronted with an issue involving the “fish-weighing formula.” It is almost always a misuse of the formula based on a misunderstanding of what the formula does and does not do. So this month we are going to be very brave and ask you to be brave, too. We are going to show you where the formula comes from so that you can see why it doesn’t do what you think it does. It is a mathematical formula, so, of course, we need to discuss mathematics. I promise that you won’t be asked any questions and will not be required to do the hard stuff. You just have…

◼ The Fifth Annual New Hope Keiki Fishing Tournament was held on a beautiful and sunny Saturday morning, July 18, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at Maunalua Bay Beach Park. A total of about 400 people were in attendance for this free community event including 146 keiki from ages 1 to 18 participating in the tournament, parents, grandparents, church members and friends. A total of 22 fish were caught, ranging from a 3-inch mamo to a 101⁄2-inch papio. According to New Hope Hawaii Kai Church Fishing Ministry member and organizer of the event “Uncle” Mike Kim, who is an avid fisherman at heart, the purpose of the event was to allow our keiki to experience the basics of fishing, as many of them may not have had an…

◼ July was Lahaina’s best month for blue marlin in many years, with 27 weighed (the most since August 2011) and another 32 released (the most since November 1995), for a total of 59 fish (the highest total since July 2011). Of the 27 blue marlin that were weighed, I sexed 24 of them. There were 18 males weighing between 94 and 220.2 lbs, and seven females weighing between 121.2 and 578.6 lbs. There were four blue marlin over 400 lbs (412.5, 553.3, 568.7 and 578.6 lbs), all of which were female. Gill-Hooked, Bill-Wrapped The REEL HOOKER joined the 500-lb marlin club with a 568.7-lb blue captured by Bryce Dickey. Bryce was fishing with Capt. Jason Duby and deckman Chad Quedding. They were heading back to Lahaina, near the end…

◼ On July 11, the waters of the leeward coast of O‘ahu were primed for the 2015 Annual Pearl Harbor Fishing Tournament (PHFT). Double- and triple-hookups were reported early in the tournament, and 40 fish were caught during the early morning hours. On the water, conditions were calm. The particularly light winds allowed the warmer ocean water to extend into the depths, creating a haven for the ocean’s marine life and favorable conditions for this tournament’s 59 fishing boats. This year’s tournament, conducted from the Wai‘anae Boat Harbor, was made possible by many generous sponsors and volunteers. A special mahalo to Pearl Harbor Federal Credit Union, the National Association of Superintendents Hawaii Chapter, and the Federal Manager Association Chapter 19 for providing monetary support in addition to volunteer support. Fishermen…

For letters, with photos, received during September 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> Hi Uncle Chuck, I’m sending these pictures on behalf of my 80-year-old dad (Roy) and my nephew Matthew who just made 13 years old. Here’s grandson Matthew with two nice ‘o‘io that Grandpa Roy caught at 5 o’clock in the afternoon during the 4th of July weekend. We made some sashimi with them and they tasted really ‘ono. In the other, Roy’s friend Willy poses with some ‘o‘io he caught in the morning during their camping trip last year. It was good fun. Hope these pictures make it into Hawaii…

MISSING FADS HAWAII A- SOUTH PT. C- LOA PT. HK- HILO G- PEPEEKEO RN-PALIMA PT. VV- KAHALUU XX- PUAKO ZZ- WAIMA PT. OAHU P- PENGUIN BANK T- MAKAPUU V- MAKUA X- KAHUKU MAUI JJ- KAMOHIO GG- NAKAOHU PT. HS- HALONA LA- LAHAINA MC- PALAOA N- HALAWA SO- KEALAIKAHIKI KAUAI AA- PORT ALLEN BB - MOLOAA DK- ANAHOLA KK- WAIMEA Z- KIPUKAI to report a missing faD call: oahu 848-2939 KAHO‘OLAWE TROLLING - SEPTEMBER 12-13, 26-27 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 moilOa..........Maui 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…