Angler Ty Meyer a good friend of the owner of the Northern Lights fished the Big Island Invitational with us. The Rob McCarthy fished on the Lightspeed and his 2 boats fished the tournament. We were on the fence on weather to team up on the Lightspeed or fish the 2 boats and with the [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Big Island Invitational
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Paradise Fishing Club
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009We had the Paradise Fishing Club out today for the first of 3 days they have booked from now through Sept. They were able to keep our little streak going. Old friends and previous charters Robert and Teresa Oswald active in the club put the trip together. Friends and members Gary and Leroy joined them.Having [...]
Sea Sickness Gone With Big Bite
Monday, August 17th, 2009We worked our way back the the harbor down the 1000 and really need to get 4 of the 5 in. We had about 40 minutes of trolling to get to the harbor when we raised a fish on the Polu Kai tube on the short rigger. The light was perfect as the fish swam [...]
The Northern Lights Hospital
Monday, August 17th, 2009The Coscino Family Chris,Karla,Cole,Connor and Kayla friends of Hobey and Marau Beck of Kauai fished with us today. The day started out with us fighting with a filter that kept loosing prime. I finally got it to stop and we were able to troll. Our plan was to get the kids some action so we [...]
Jessica Gets One Too
Sunday, August 16th, 2009About 10:00 Jessica got her turn in the chair. Her fish came up on the short teaser and followed it all the way to the transom. I took it away and watched it go over to the short lure. I picked up my camera and got some shots of the fish eating the lure. It [...]
Elizabete’s Fish Jumping
Sunday, August 16th, 2009Elizabete Gets a Nice One
Sunday, August 16th, 2009My wife Elizabete, her friend Jessica Williamson, and our 2 girls Juiliana and Gabriella came out with us today. We started off on the 1000 fathom line and missed a 350-400 pound fish about 7:30. We jumped him off after 4 jumps. We watched and heard of boats hooking up in the area so we [...]
Early Bird Gets the Worm
Saturday, August 15th, 2009Today ewas a perfect example of the early bird gets the worm. We ran out at 6:00 and tried to set the pattern out. The 3rd line hit the water and we were hooked up on the first line that went out. After a 10 minute tough fight Rowland caught a 203 pound ahi. We [...]
Dana Gets Her Ahi
Friday, August 14th, 2009All Bruce and Dana needed to round out their trip to catch all the common game fish we have was to catch a tuna. She did just that whipping the tuna in 5 minutes with great technique. We left at 10:00 to do a 3/4 day and it paid off. The fishing has been good [...]