Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2023 i Hawaii Fishing News

Four 100 Plus Ulua Catches Bernie Llanes is a shorecaster with a history of catching monster giant trevally. He already had placed three 100-plus-lb ulua in the 100-Plus Club and this, his fourth, is his biggest so far at 137.5 lbs. He caught the fish using a half-and-half bamboo pole that he'd made, a Daiwa Sealine 6/0 reel filled with Suffix Titanium line (100-lb test) and a 3-lb frozen octopus. Bernie battled the fish for over an hour and thought it was a large ray or perhaps a big shark until he saw the silver sides of the fish reflected in the light of his brother Brian's light.…

Editor’s Note: HFN receives requests to repeat some of your favorite recipes, and this one is a very popular request from the February 2020 issue. Great for the Ulua Challenge-Enjoy! Back in the day, when my father, brother and I used to pound during ulua season, we used to just fry the ulua. I eventually got tired of eating fried ulua, so I was searching for a new way to prepare and cook it. One day, I was flipping through the green Hongwanji cookbook and came across a recipe for rock fish and lemon chicken. I took the two different recipes and combined them together into something ono. Lemon Ulua & Marinade Ingredients 5 small cut pieces fresh ginger root2 tsp Brandy liquor¼ cup shoyu2 tsp sugar1 tsp salt6 Tbsp…

Halfway through the 2023 Hawaii Island Spring Turkey Hunt, the Three Amigos got their respective schedules aligned and set off on what has become an established annual turkey chase. The three old friends (some less charitable use the term ‘old geezers’) meet each year to renew relationships and maybe even snag a turkey or two. The geriatric trio is composed of junior member Marlin Dubetz (a mere 67), our senior advisor, guru, and mongoose trapper extraordinaire, Dick Peters (now 94), and the writer, markedly closer in age to Peters than Dubetz. Peters and I reside on the Big Island of Hawaii, he on the west side, two hours distant from me on the east. We hunted game birds together on Parker Ranch for about 15 years. Dubetz currently hails from…

Fishing, and hunting are my happy places and help me balance everything in life. I favored fishing mostly because if I caught a fish, I could always release it and still keep fishing. Also, there is something about fishing for me that was even better, like when your Ulua rod would go “off”, ratchet screaming, line peeling out like it was hooked to a whale and hanging onto your pole for dear life! Plus, you never know just what is on the other end of the line. Fishing led me to learn how to build fishing rods, and eventually I had the opportunity to become the Kauai Island sales rep for Talon USA. Working with Talon means I get to field test different model rod blanks and build them myself…

Across the globe, climate change is altering the way people look at the world. Adjusting to shifts in economic drivers are now the norm, as access to natural resources becomes more limited and coastal infrastructure is often diminished. Many nations experiencing the impacts of climate change are responding by relocating to inland areas and identifying new target resources. However, for island nations in the Western Pacific, land and resources are limited. Without the ability to move very far inland, perform indigenous and cultural practices, and/or pursue traditional food sources through local fisheries and agriculture, many of these Pacific Island nations have nowhere to turn. The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has jurisdiction over the federal waters of Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands and…

… Hana pa‘a, Carrie Send to: P.O. Box 25488, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96825 or e-mail: <hawaiifishingnews@gmail.com> Aloha Carrie, I was diving close to town with my girlfriend in the afternoon. Supposed to be just a quick one. We spotted a couple Mu piles with a few bigger fish and spent our time there. I got a pretty close shot on the fish, hitting right behind the peck fin but not out the other side. It was hurt and losing a lot of blood so it didn’t go far. I caught up to it and pushed it out of the water to secure. Naoki did a great print of it for me! His first of 2023. Mike Moody Kona, Hawai‘i Aloha Hawaii Fishing News, One Play Day after another, followed by MUesday!…

Hilo Trollers Hilo trollers is getting reorganized for the 2023 season after some recent board changes, and the board is being reconstituted. By the time this Hilo Seawatch reaches print it is likely there will have been a Captain’s meeting, an election of the new board members, and confirmation of the tournament schedule. The May Tournament is/was cancelled. The streamlining rules changes voted in at the banquet and general meeting on October 23rd, 2022 stand and the rules are being rewritten to reflect them. Progress is being made on planning for the June tournament scheduled for June 4th. All forms will be available at the ramp from 4-6 P.M. on the Friday before each tournament, or they can be picked up and turned in at S. Tokunaga Store by 4:00…

Editor’s Note: The plan, released by the Ocean Policy Committee last month, is over 100 pages and also has additional appendices and FAQ sheets. It will take a collective effort for many of us to understand both the big picture as well as the small details reviewed in this plan. The Plan’s reach is extensive and appears to have many historic and civil implications, in an effort to curb a potential crisis. The impact of these proposals, as well and the hazards and risks posed by climate change to an island state are huge and complex. So this is just Part 1 of HFN’s efforts to share and learn together with you, about what this will mean for all of us. From possible wind turbines proposed to be staged in…

Last month the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s completed its 194th meeting in the Mariana Islands. In Guam, the meeting began with a cultural blessing ceremony led by Para I Prubechu’n I Taotao’ta. The members called on ancestral spirits to guide the meeting participants as they discussed international and national issues affecting local communities, saying the ocean is our wealth and connects everyone. The Honorable Governor of Guam Lou Leon Guerrero opened the meeting expressing his views on President Biden’s direction to the NOAA secretary of commerce to consider designating a national marine sanctuary in the Pacific Remote Island Areas. “It really is about communications, respect for each other, respect for what we represent, and respect for federal and regulatory agencies,” said Palacios. “Government policies have profound impacts on…