Duncan Giddens fished Kona with us on the Northern Lights. We caught him on a live opelu outside Keauhou. His goal was to catch a big tuna and we completed the mission. We didn’t get his spear this trip but we will have something for us to chase next trip. Of all days to not …
Had a great half day charter and got these nice shots of a good blue. We tagged a Spearfish after the Marlin and were in by 12:00. the guys were able to catch a Marlin in the morning and the game in the afternoon.
Jacques Monteil of Waikoloa Village got this nice ahi while trolling on the 37 Merritt. Jacques has an unbelievable run of luck going. He has caught a bunch of fish with us as a guest of friends of the Ciege’s that own the 37. We have caught a bunch of marlin and this nice tuna. …
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We saw this whale shark out there 1200 fathoms outside the harbor. We had a double spearfish bite not long later. We ended up working the area that the spears were and got bit on the short bait on a fish 400 or so. It jumped all over far away. I missed the good shots …
Gabby and friend Jordan came out for an early morning troll for ono. Our plan was to fish for marlin offshore after we tried for ono but the girls got sea sick so we went in early. Friend Pam Basco joined us for the morning. It was frustrating to not be able to go offshore …
Patty and Vincent Carr fished with on their anniversary and caught this nice tuna. Their near perfect record continues with this nice tuna. They have shared some of their special occasions and always bring the kind of attitude and feeling that fish like. We caught this nice tuna in the south porpoise pod. There were …
We had the honor of fishing with a true legend in sport fishing. Joe Moore not to be confused with our local anchorman fished with friend Val Sousa. Both South Floridians they were vacationing here and came out fishing for two days. We caught Val 2 spears and Joe one releasing them all. It was …
Micheal Waugh fished with us in Kona again this month. The last time he came we got a 500 plus pound fish high speed trolling back from deep south late in the evening a couple years ago. We had a great day releasing 2 spearfish. Great to see him again.
Geza and Paul came out with us and caught this nice ahi and a spearfish. Here you see the ahi on Mat’s cutting table. Good sashimi-
Richard Capoza Hunted goats with us this season. He was here years ago and got a big Muflon ram that measured 36 inches. He brought his sons out to fish and hunt. We headed south and got a nice goat right away. We lost another nice goat over a cliff. We looked hard and didn’t …
Today we started off with this big Kahala then headed off shore to troll. We had a fish come up short and Mat switched the fish to a live bait. The fish took the bait and took off. The line went up the starboard side as line pealed off the reel. I headed towards the …
My dad fished with us his birthday and caught this nice stripy. We bait a switched this one and it got all tangled up after we hooked the fish. It was the second fish of a double. We had a stripy on the long rigger and we pitched the bait trying to poach it off …
The Roth’s won the charter we donated to the Kona Hospital Foundation Auction and we were able to get the out for a full day. They were joined by their friends the Higgins who are active in help raise funds for the Hospital. We found a nice Stripey on the back side of the grounds …