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We took the day off from work today to see Gabriella hula. Good day off the water for me. The family days will be back soon. Our schedule usually opens up a little starting Oct. The girls did great!

Tim Thomasson came to fish with Rob and I for 4 days. We fished for big fish the whole time which here in Kona can be a bit of a wait. We put our time in and the odd big one being seen and caught kept our attention. The porpoise pods were loading up with fish finally. Boats were getting action, catching between 1 and 3 a day. We were feeling it a little because the tuna finally came and we were trophy hunting. Tim has fished all over the world and really want to try for a big one so we stuck with it. The porpoise came close to us and they were really biting so Tim said we could try to catch one. Rob started clearing the lines when a big hole in the water on the long rigger appeared. The black Polu Kai Tube again! It was her the one we were waiting for. She was a nice fish and put on a great show. It turned out to be worth the wait and we never did end up seeing the tuna. Oh well. Rob did great  on the leader. The fish was strong and really gave him a good pull.

After a long flight and a full night of sword fishing we managed to see a bunch a boats. The boats that fit our needs was a 40 foot Gamefisherman named the Lu Lu. It was in good shape and a little bigger and more comfortable. A perfect boat for Kona. Not to big but not to small. We liked it enough to sea trial and put in a offer. We will see where it goes.

Time for the part we love. Varnish. It looks good but sure is a ton of work to keep up. Mat and I found that there was a problem with the varnish. Our varnish that we used didn’t hold up to the summer like it has in the past. It was splitting in cracks down to the wood. It needed to get fixed right away or we would loose it. Got 3 coats on in the 3 days we had off.

Today we got an early start and ran up to the grounds and started live baiting right away. Andy and Bill caught baits and we started the grounds live bait chess game. Every think has looked so good on the grounds that I have had to go there everyday. The fish have been acting funny. They chase the baits all over but won’t bite. Finally today we got a couple. Great shows on both fish. This one had a long line hook in the corner of his mouth. You can see the ring on the shiny hook.

Mat’s parents Susie and Andy came to fish with us along with their friend Bill. The first day we had planned we would fish a half day and then go up to our bosses house for a beach barbecue. We trolled up to the grounds and checked the current and where the bait was. The current has been switching so much lately we weren’t sure if it would be the same. I trolled between 2 boats hooked up on the top corner and knew things were right. We changed over to bait and hooked a fish right away. It took the bait and took off right away so I knew we had a funny hook up. The foul hooked the fish went into the shallow waters of the grounds ledge. The sharks started to chase the marlin as Mat’s mom fought her first marlin. We inched up the drag so the shark’s wouldn’t get it and we pulled the hook. Possibly if we soaked it we would have caught it but I think it would have been eaten. We fished until 12:00 and left a good looking ledge to have an afternoon off.

Today we had the Paradise Fishing Club out for their 2nd day we had planned this summer. We went up to the grounds and trolled the ledge that looked so good the day before. It still looked great and we saw a few fish hooked and caught. We caught a nice ono and just couldn’t get a marlin bite. From so hot to so cold all at once. Funny how the luck of fishing rolls. We had a nice day again and look forward to fishing with everyone again soon.

The 4th day of the TART the fish moved away from the spot we were fishing the day before. I tried to stay in the area but a few boats that weren’t in the tournament would not lay off of us. They cut in front and in back which made it really hard to concentrate. I saw fish getting hooked around us but just couldn’t get a bite. Mike our angler wasn’t feeling well and we all just plain came out flat. The Ihu Nui crept up 2 fish closer to us and were going to make the last day of the tournament very interesting.