Mat Bowman on one of last duck hunting days before he heads back to Kona. We are looking forward to Mat coming back to help out this season again. We are fixing to get busy soon so I think his timing is right on track.
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Mat Bowman Due Back
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Andre get the biggest of 2011
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
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My Apologies
Friday, December 30th, 2011I apologize for my posts being late this season. It has been a great year with a ton of good action. We have been in the field so much working that it has been really hard to get in the office. I have been hoping to have the trips and stay busy fishing and hunting and thanks to all of you we have. The problem with this is it is hard to post. My New Years resolution is to post on time and be better at keeping up. For those of you who follow our website regularly I apologize to you for the spotty posting. The news is all there it is just a little late. If you don’t hear from me for awhile you know that we are busy in the field or at sea. This is a good thing!! With good luck we will have a bunch more catches and hunts to share with you. Aloha Kev
A Halloween Birthday
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011The Bergstedt family fished with us today on Halloween. It was Sharon’s birthday and we had a good day at sea to celebrate. We trolled down to the dolphins and fished the tuna stick most of the day. It was poor timing for the traffic. There were a lot of boats there which made it more difficult to fish. After lunch the tuna came up all over the surface of the water. I was able to get a few shots as they slowly cruised around on the surface eating little fish off of the top. They are such a nice family and did so well on the boat because the fish were there and the boats left we stayed late and got one to bite. Great finish to a long day of watching 
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Day 5 and 6 of Spearfish Impossible
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011We had a nice couple of days of fishing focused on our goal. A spearfish. By this time word had spread of our quest. Everyone in the fleet was helping us try to find one but they weren’t to be found. At 2:30 in the afternoon on our last day we hooked another nice Blue Marlin. It was over 600 pounds and jumped all over the ocean. We got 40 jumps out of her before she settled down. We got tight on the belly that collapsed after a 10 minute chase and it appeared the fish was tired and we would get an early shot. We just started gaining on the tight line and the hook pulled. After all of that jumping, unreal. After day 6 Sandra decided to keep traveling in search for a couple of the other billfish she needed.We wish her all the best in her quest for all nine billfish.Perhaps we can try again when they show up in better numbers this winter. Thanks to Brain Balancio, Boyd Decoito, and Chip Van Mols for helping me with Spearfish Impossible I know we gave it all we had and caught some nice blues on the way.
Day 4 Spearfish Impossible
Monday, November 7th, 2011
We hunted and hunted for spears and found that they really are rare billfish especially in Oct. It was a tough thing to do but we kept fishing hoping for the luck that Sandra has in fishing. She has caught a lifetime of billfish in a short time. Her accomplishment over the last 35 days fishing was unbelievable. Many of the billfish she caught in her quest were caught out of season. We kept hoping that her luck would continue for the spearfish. Her fishing luck proved to come through for her today on a really nice blue. I marked the fish shallow and we watched to see if it would come up. The fish did exploding on the short bait. We missed it and it went and ate the long corner. Chip Van Mols got the lines clear in time to release the fish in about 15 minutes. Chip had a good pull on the leader and did a great job. We got photos and released the fish at 600 pounds. My camera card got full and I didn’t get the greatest shots but got these before it tapped out. It really bummed me out that such a large card got so full so fast.
The Carnetts Catch Sashimi on a Half
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Mat Finishes Up Summer
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Mat Bowman finished out the 2011 summer with a bang. The great tuna day with had with Geza capped off a great summer. Mat heads to the East Coast for the fall to run Maine Mobile Shrink Wrap with his partner Ben. They have a business that specializes in shrink wrapping boats and water towers and construction sites that need to be covered for the winter. He will be back in January after they are done with work and the holidays. Mat has been the do it all guy this summer. He has been my right hand with everything we are doing now. Had a great season as my mate but also did great as a captain of the 37 Merritt and been a great apprentice guide on our hunts. I am grateful to have had him back this season and look forward to seeing him in January when we get rolling again. Good duck hunting and fly fishing to you this fall- See you back soon Thanks again- Mat
Geza Gets the Tuna Again
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Geza got the tuna on great timing on 2 great days. The fish have been in the dolphins and we were able to get on them pretty good. We had good action on the tuna stick and some luck live baiting for them. The fall can be hard fishing due to the small food fish the tuna find to eat. There are silver dollar looking bait and tiny squids that they eat. They sometimes drive us crazy because they won’t bite. The 2 days we spend fishing the dolphins were great. They saw what we had and they bit. 2 fun days and good to get Geza out finally after a busy summer of charters.
TART Day 4
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011We had Angelo on day 4 . We stared off trolling and stuck with it. The grounds looked great and the bait raced in and out on the ledge. We trolled through it all day and couldn’t believe we couldn’t get a bite. I slid down to the light and we finally caught a fish. We got a tag in a little guy that put us in second by 199 points. If the Ihu Nui tagged a fish they would go back to second by one point. That one point increased the drama for us. If we could catch another fish we would be better off going into the last day.It was a great tournament going into day 5 22 fish for the 5 boats in the 4 days of fishing.
