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These ‘omilu mean a lot to me. I got my plugging setup from Oshima Store in South Kona before they closed down and got a good deal. I had the setup for three years but had not caught anything on it. I lost interest and basically gave up on fishing for two years. I picked it back up on December 31, 2021. My motivation was to catch a fish before the year ended. I got to the fishing spot at 5:30 a.m. The first couple of hours were slow. We kept working the spots we wanted to fish. At 9:30 a.m., we were working the last spot we wanted to try when I got a hookup on a sinking stickbait. I couldn’t believe it! After all those years of trying…

HFN has always enjoyed highlighting the best achievements and unique talents of our fishing and hunting community. In this reoccurring Hawai‘i’s Craftsman section we highlight and celebrate the local people that have been inspired to create, design and make by hand products that work best right here in our island paradise. Learn more of their origin stories and the personal inspirations that led local artisans and craftsmen to make innovative fishing, diving, and hunting gear for all of us, in future issues of HAWAII FISHING NEWS and on our website. Celebrating 40 Years of Pili Lures in Hawaii: 1982–2022 Each and every Pili lure is handmade, one by one, in Kona the ‘Old Fashioned’ way at the Pili factory. They offer many colors, but you can also custom order your…

Regulations for Pollution, Not Just Fishermen There was once a time when Hawai‘i and federal officials exclusively blamed fishermen for declining fish populations. According to The Maui News, Luna Kekoa, a public liaison for proposed DLNR fish regulations, acknowledged in a scoping session that fishing is not the only culprit for smaller fish populations. Warming ocean temperatures and poor water quality also degrade fishing and marine ecosystems. The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) is undertaking DLNR’s Marine 30×30 initiative, with the goal of actively managing 30 percent of Hawai‘i waters by 2030. The DAR is proposing to change reef fish fishing regulations, including fish size, maturity rules and bag limits. The DAR calls reef fish herbivores and has published a DAR “Sustainable Herbivore…

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary will be running a modified Ocean Count program for 2022. The 2022 Ocean Counts are scheduled for the following Saturdays: January 29, February 26, and March 26. Due to COVID-19 safety precautions, the sanctuary is running a modified program without the normal participation of volunteers for the first event of the 2022 season. Instead, each site will be monitored by trained site leaders working individually or as a couple for the January 29 event. For the February and March events, conditions may allow for a small number of general volunteers to participate along with trained site leaders. This will be dependent on multiple factors including, but not limited to, state/county guidelines, site access permissions, and safety of all participants. A decision will be…

Records indicate that the first turkeys were brought to Hawai‘i from Coquimbo, Chile, by Capt. John Meek in 1815. They were of undetermined type, but the introduction was successful, particularly on the island of Hawai‘i, where several thousand were harvested annually. While several different strains of wild turkeys appear to have been released over a protracted period of time in Hawai‘i, the species that currently inhabits the island clearly displays the characteristics of the Rio Grande variety. The public hunting areas of Mauna Kea present an opportune location in which to hunt them. Wild turkeys may be hunted on Mauna Kea in the fall during the Upland Game Bird Hunting Season, which occurs from the first Saturday in November through the last Sunday in January. During the fall season, game…

February 1 Sunrise: 7:09 am, Sunset: 6:22 pm  February 15 Sunrise: 7:02 am, Sunset: 6:30 pm February 28 Sunrise: 6:52 am, Sunset: 6:35 pm FISHING FADS CURRENT UPDATE Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology RECENTLY DEPLOYED ZZ, OT, VV, C, UU, B, TT, A RN, SS, G, MC, K, SO, HS, NL, M, FF, HO, DD, S, BO, HH, P, MM, LL, X, J, CO MISSING FADS MAUI GG, Q, CC, JJ, N HAWAII E, XX, KH, HK, F, D OAHU R, U, V, T, II KAUAI CK, PP, KK, BB, DK, Z, WK DISCONTINUED: HAWAII QQ, MAUI LA 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 TIDE VARIATIONS FROM HONOLULU TIMES LISTED…

With the holiday breaks allowing for longer adventures, we had one thing on our mind: fishing! We loaded up the truck and headed to a remote location somewhere on the Big Island. Like all great adventures, ours started the night before with packing, rigging and checking the list twice. We like to spend a couple of days on the water when we can. Sometimes we’re weekend warriors; sometimes we get four days of ocean adventures in a row. This was my first big five-day kayak fishing adventure, and I was super-stoked! During the moments in the dark before the sun came up, we stared out into the abyss of the mysterious ocean and pondered what waited below. When launching my Hobie Sport kayak, I trusted myself and listened for the…

Aloha. I had a great week that started on Monday, December 3, when Greg France, captain of the TAI PAN 2, and I went fishing out of Lahaina, Maui. The morning was awesome. We had a blast with our charter, and we picked up five mahimahi out at K-buoy, a FAD located in between Kaho‘olawe and Lana‘i. It was a rainy day from the start. Our saltwater bait pump didn’t want to work for our bait well, so I decided to keep the bait alive by filling the tank using a bucket. I managed to keep about eight ‘opelu alive while we made our way to K-buoy, which is a few miles away from Lahaina. As we pulled up to the buoy, I tossed out two rigged live ‘opelu. Mahimahi…

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For letters, with photos, received during February we will send you a NEW SURPRISE gift made especially for HFN — our way of saying “thanks for sharing your catch!” … Hana pa‘a, Carrie Send to: P.O. Box 25488, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96825 or e-mail: <hawaiifishingnews@gmail.com> Aloha HFN! Just wanted to share my fishing story with you. I went fishing with my dad and caught this nice ‘o‘io with a small hook and only 8-lb test line. It put up a good fight. It almost took all my line from my spinner! I thought I was going lose it. After a long fight, I finally landed it. We ended up making ‘o‘io burgers with it. It was so ono! Robert Amano Mililani, O‘ahu Hi Hawaii Fishing News, Reef Kutaka and Genevieve Iida…

My friend Logan and I went on a normal early-morning mission to whip for whatever would bite. We walked far down the coastline on the Big Island but didn’t get much action while throwing out a few different lures. I decided to rig up my lucky lure, walk a little farther down the coast and make a few casts. I noticed a piece of shallow reef about 60 yards straight out from where I was. I also noticed there was a ledge out there. I cast my lucky lure beyond the ledge and started reeling it in. Right after my lure came over the ledge (I could see it because it’s white), I noticed something chasing it as the swell rose. As soon as the swell passed my lure, I…

Lately I’d been telling Jane I wanted to experience a solo sailfish catch on the kayak. She encouraged me by saying that one of these days, I would get that opportunity. On December 17, 2021, that day came. I caught my first sailfish back in 2017. It was a 68-lb fish that took a frozen ‘opelu bait while I was fishing with my wife, Jane. I fought the sailfish for only 10 minutes before landing it. This time, I planned to go fishing with my brother-in-law, Edgar, and my friend, Arnie. Arnie got to our spot at 5:15 a.m. and called me to say there were already 10 guys out and the parking lot was almost full. He asked if I wanted to go to a different spot. I told…

Sea Bass Don’t let the exterior of the grumpy looking hapu‘upu‘u put you off. In the case of this sea bass, looks are deceiving. Under its dark, spotted, purple-brown skin hides sweet, white meat that can be cooked in every imaginable way. The dense, mild meat holds its shape well when stir-fried, cubed in soups and chowders, or skewered and cooked over the coals. It is equally moist and tender when poached, fried or baked. Its head makes delicious fish broth, and, to top off the praise for this rather plain-looking fish, you may note some similarities between the taste of hapu‘upu‘u and lobster. Hapu‘upu‘u ore most plentiful through the fall and winter months, particularly in March, and average 5 to 15 pounds. Barbecued Hapu‘upu‘u INGREDIENTS 2 pounds hapu‘upu‘u fillets1½…

Gone Crabbin’ As a youngster, fishing was a popular weekend and summertime activity. It was an exciting and challenging adventure that often resulted in a discouraging “whitewash.” I’m not sure of the origin of this term, but for me it meant zero catch. Nothing! Living close to Nu‘uanu Stream, we found that crabbing was also something that we could do; with crabbing it was almost guaranteed that there would be no whitewash. We generally crabbed in the shallow brackish waters on the muddy bottoms. Our favorite locations were the sides of the waterway on River Street or College Walk, between the Kukui and Beretania Street bridges. Our catches were usually the red crab (long-eyed swimming crab) with its spotted markings and the prized Samoan crab (serrate swimming crab) with its…

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