The TROUBLEMAKER landed a nice 256.6-pound blue marlin for Tannah Zub, taking second place during the Ma’alaea Spring Wahine Tournment. She was fishing with Captain Bob Schnoor, deckman Derek Escalera, and teammates Dianne Gates, and Renee Fletcher.
They started out at the K-buoy, off the southwest corner of Lanai, catching a small mahi mahi. They tried to catch some aku for bait, but the sharks were working the buoy area. Bob decided to leave the buoy area, and headed the TROUBLEMAKER down the backside of Lanai, to the MN-buoy off Kaumalapau.
The second pass by the buoy, they picked up a 17.1-pound mahi mahi. Bob decided to try and pick up some aku. They got double aku, with Derek putting both out. One died, so Derek set it up to…
