Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2018 i Hawaii Fishing News

I headed out of the harbor on my jet ski to wait outside the ramp for my partner to launch. As I sat there waiting, a school of bait fish started jumping. Then a marlin jumped out and chased the bait fish. I was shocked! It was so close to shore. After my friend met up with me, I told him what I’d just seen. He didn’t believe me and said jokingly, “Well, you’re gonna catch a marlin today!” We both laughed as we headed out to our spot. Two hours went by with no bites at all. We decided to go to deeper waters. All of a sudden, I got a screamer. I radioed my partner, who was behind me, and told him, “I’m hooked up!” He radioed me…

Since I took up kayak fishing nearly two decades ago, it has been about the best thing to ever happen to me. I am very grateful. So much has changed since those early days. Kayak fishing has led me on a lot of amazing adventures, and I have been blessed to meet some really awesome people along the way. My journeys have led me to Christmas Island, the world’s largest coral atoll. A few years back, I had such an incredible experience I wondered if any fishing trip could get any better. This story is about another incredible experience I shared with Danny Viscardo and Bill Becker from New Jersey. I kayak fished with Danny before in Mexico and at Christmas Island and visited with him in New Jersey and…

Hilo Trollers Banquet and Awards Ceremony The Hilo Trollers ended their safe and successful 2018 fishing season with a lavish banquet and awards ceremony on Saturday, October 20. The event was held at Nani Mau Gardens, and the food was excellent. Some silly jokes, an ode, a lot of good “fish talk” and great camaraderie were enjoyed by all. This was a celebration of the season and a chance for all of the captains and crews to receive well-deserved recognition for their efforts. It was also a chance to honor the club’s volunteers, because they are the ones who make the tournaments run smoothly. Sandy Tokeshi, our sometimes-club secretary and long-time lovely voice of radio control, received the Dave Raabe Memorial Trophy for service to the club. The ‘Opala Award…

During the late 1960s, I became interested in duck hunting. I had heard about ducks flying around the Salton Sea, an area south of Indio in Southern California. I was fairly skilled at shooting doves, but I wanted to nail some bigger game. I’d also heard that duck hunting was the epitome of shooting waterfowl, almost as pleasurable as shooting larger geese. Anticipating the coming duck season, I purchased duck stamps for my hunting license, loaded up some hot shotgun loads and drove down to the Salton Sea the night before the opener. Unfamiliar with hunting ducks, I picked an area where there was a mix of trees and thick tules (bulrushes in the sedge family) growing in shallow water and mud. As daylight approached, the suspense within me built…

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is expected in mid-December to implement new management measures for bottom fish, coral reef ecosystem, crustacean and precious coral fisheries in federal waters (3 to 200 nautical miles from shore) around Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The new rule will eliminate the need for annual catch limits (ACLs) and essential fish habitat designations for coral reef ecosystem species; crustacean species except Kona crab, deep-water shrimp and nylon shrimp around Hawai‘i; precious coral except pink, red, gold bamboo and black coral around Hawai‘i; and bottom fish except for 11 species in American Samoa, 13 species in Guam and the CNMI and eight species in Hawai‘i – uku (gray snapper) and the Deep Seven (ehu, gindai, hapu‘upu‘u, kalekale,…

Catch a Big One? Check your catch against the HFN State Records listing at <hawaiifishingnews.com> Where you can download an HFN State Record Application. E-Mail us for more information at: <hawaiifishingnews@gmail.com> Explore our HFN Online Store: <hfnpublishing.com> A Great Day of Fishing I grew up fishing in Washington state but have been stationed for three and a half years in Hawai‘i in the U.S. Coast Guard as an aircraft mechanic. I work nights and take one class at Leeward Community College, but I am on the water at least once a week. I’m obsessed with catching my own fish. One Friday before work I decided to take my 11’ inflatable boat out a few miles to fish. The conditions were calling for 6-foot seas and about 10-knot winds, and as…

Aloha. I recently returned to O‘ahu after spending a chilly winter in New Zealand, catching huge trout near my home in Turangi. I was only back two days when I decided to fly-fish one of my Honolulu South Shore “geriatric” spots, which is easy on my dodgy old knees. I used my brand-new, just-arrived TFO 7-weight Axiom ll fly rod, floating line, just over a rod length of 17-lb test fluorocarbon leader and my favorite hot-orange marabou fly. I waded out a short way and began casting long and slow, stripping the fly in waist-deep water on a rising tide. The small roadside flat I was fishing often produces strikes in one particular area, and I have landed some big ‘o‘io there. I kept heading that way, blind casting. As…

Hunters and Researchers Collaborate to Count Game Birds Two weeks before the hunting season for game birds opened in Hawai‘i on November 1, hunters, researchers and staff from the DLNR, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) traipsed across the rugged terrain on Mauna Kea’s north slopes to gain a better understanding of game bird density, variety and populations. They gathered above the Kilohana Hunter Check-In Station at 4:45 each morning to team up, check their equipment (including GPS devices), get their dogs ready to go and receive their transect assignments. Kanalu Sproat, a DOFAW wildlife biologist on the Big Island, said, “We’ve done game bird counts in the past by just driving the roads, looking for birds. This year with the help of hunters, this is the first time we’ve…

Trolling Beyond the Norm The inertia of trolling the same handful of lures can be tough to break. I am as guilty as anyone else of not wanting to swap out the same lures that seem to produce for me. I have a garage full of lures, but there are really only a few that I run consistently. However, there are days when those go-to lures just aren’t working and I know the fish are around. Here are a few fresh ideas on trolling that may give you an edge on those days when the usual lineup isn’t producing. Dead Baits I am comfortable making the statement that a properly rigged ballyhoo is about the deadliest trolling bait around. I have had numerous days when I trolled one rigged ballyhoo…

The HINATEA, a charter boat based out of Lahaina Harbor, won this year’s 17th Annual Johnny Baldwin Halloween Shootout Tournament with a 209.9-lb blue marlin captured by Capt. Chris Canaiy. His team members were Capt. Greg France, Capt. Brad Coombs, Capt. Jason Edmisson and deckmen Brian Edmisson and Dana Ford. A little after noon, they found a porpoise school with ‘iwa and white boobies while working an area a mile off the Palaoa Point Lighthouse, Lana‘i, out toward the K-buoy. As Greg made a lap and a half around the area, Brian saw the marlin come in on the short-corner Kraken lure. The marlin came in hot right next to the lure and almost missed it. It then made a massive turn on the lure, bending it in half as…

Cover Story This story is about my son, Jack Johnson III. We call him “Little Jack.” Little Jack was born on November 21, 2003. His fishing journey started in San Diego with simple pier fishing. I quickly noticed that he would always be the one catching fish–anywhere. It was so strange. You could stand next to him, on either side, with the same bait, and he would always have something bite his line. Often, he would be the only one. Once, while pier fishing, he caught so many fish that the others on the pier applauded him as we packed up for the day. Little Jack always shared what he caught. Little did I know that this was to be the beginning of something really special. I grew up in…

Hey Chuck, In October, I went to Hilo Bay in the late afternoon after finishing work. I was going to try to get some reef fish for my friend’s baby’s first birthday party. I caught a few little humuhumus, and of course let them go. Then this potential State Record 1-lb bad boy bit! I set the hook and the buggah got hung up instantly. I was hoping for a big moana kali. I waited patiently and the humuhumu finally came out. I cranked it up with my custom-wrapped ultralight spinning setup with 10-lb test line. Mahalo, Harley Cockett Hilo, Hawai‘i island…

On October 9, five athletes with the United States Freediving Federation (USFF) made history at the 2018 World Freediving Championships held in Kas, Turkey. They earned a bronze medal and set new national records, marking a first-time U.S. appearance at the international competition. Represented by Lance Lee Davis, Daniel Koval, Kristin Kuba, Andrew Khvetkevych and Renee Blundon, Team America went up against more than 150 athletes from more than 30 countries at the week-long event. Their intensive training and diligent preparation reaped impressive results: • Daniel Koval of Hawai‘i earned a bronze medal and a new national record for his 95-meter dive in the Free Immersion discipline, sharing the ranking with Samo Jeranko of Slovenia. Daniel also set a new national record of 85 meters in the Constant Weight Bi-Fins…

Pictured is a 12-gauge Remington 870 Wingmaster shotgun manufactured in 1975. It has a Magnum receiver that fires 3-inch shells, discharging them through a full-choked 30-inch barrel. It was likely somebody’s duck gun. I came into possession of it while employed in California some 40 years ago. A work acquaintance needed to raise some cash and told me he was selling some of his guns. He said he had a Winchester 30-30 lever-action rifle for sale, so I went to his place to check it out. The gun was in good shape and fairly priced. My boys and I were hunting pigs around Fort Hunter Liggett up in Monterey County, and we could use another rifle. I told him I would take it. As I was leaving with my new…

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December 1 - Sunrise: 6:53 am, Sunset: 5:48 pm?? December 15 - Sunrise: 7:01 am, Sunset: 5:52 pm?? December 31 - Sunrise: 7:09 am, Sunset: 6:00 pm FISHING FADS CURRENT UPDATE Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology RECENTLY DEPLOYED S, BO, R, CK, EK, WK, D, E, G, FF, HS, XX, OT, A, SS, KH, K, SO, DD, Q, M, HO, MM, CC, AA, CO, DK, BB, KK, Z, HK, C, VV, RN, V, II, J, X, LL, U, HH, T MISSING FADS OAHU MAUI NL, N, LA --- KAUAI HAWAII F, ZZ --- DISCONTINUED: HAWAII QQ / FOR LOCATIONS: WWW.HIMB.HAWAII.EDU/FADS CIGUATERA *2017 REPORTED CASE COUNT NO. COUNTY ISLAND 0 HAWAII BIG ISLAND 6 HONOLULU OAHU 8 KAUAI KAUAI 3 MAUI MAUI, LANAI, MOLOKAI HAWAII FISHING NEWS (ISSN 0194-65IX) published monthly,…