Cliff came over from Oahu to fish with us. We have a bunch of friends in common so it was great to compare notes.We had a great time at the party last night. We were up late and morning came too soon. It was good to be out riding the wave of the tournament win. …
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I did this painting to celebrate 20 years of TART as a gift to Ken for a great tournament and congratulate Ken on 20 years.
Today we had Dan on board. I owed Dan a fish due to having a slow day with Dan on a hot tournament year. The day started off tough and boats hooked fish and lost them. The Ihu Nui needed 2 fish to beat us and we were aware that a 2 fish lead on …
Today we had the Malahini Peter. The Malahini is the new comer to the tournament. The Malahini usually doesn’t have much experience because it is their first year in the tournament. We trolled in the morning and didn’t get any bites. We switched to bait mid day and worked the middle to the corner all …
Today we had Angelo on board. We trolled up to the grounds on the 500 fathom line and caught a 120 blue on the stinger. It was good to get that bite stuck because it was the only bite we had all day. This was our 5th fish of the tournament and put us in …
Today we had Donny on board. Donny is pretty lucky and has won the Tart 2 times. He is looking for his 3rd win this year. We went North with the other boats and didn’t get any bites trolling up to the grounds so we switched to bait. We raised 4 fish before one finally …
Today was the start of the 20th annual Tag and Release Tournament. Today the host of the tournament started with us. We headed north up to the grounds where the bait and birds started to build due to the good north current we have now. The trades are up and the swells were big. We …
Today Gabby tried for her first Marlin again. With the fish here I hoped she would get her first one. We trolled all day with no bites. Again we had current trouble and had to look for current for the TART Tournament this coming week. The current was good to the north so I worked …
Today we took friends of Geza and Paul and trolled south looking to repeat yesterday’s fishing. I trolled down to Hookena and saw that the current was dead as we went south so I stayed up by Red Hill and Keauhou. No bites by lunch so I headed back south to Hookena. We were trolling …
I had heard the marlin were here and I guess they are. Arnesto Koo of Panama came over from Maui and stayed at our vacation rental for the night before his trip so we could get a early start. Oskie Rice came in to filling for Mat while he is gone. He and I have …
Today was my first day back. I had heard the fishing was good on my way back so we put a trip together with Geza. My friend Brian Balencio who fishes with us a lot came with us to fish the dolphins. We started out by catching live bait early in the morning. Once it …
The night I got back from Alaska Mat had to fly out to get back to his business Maine Mobile Shrink wrap. (mainemobileshrinkwrap.com)in Maine where he works for the fall shrink wrapping boats. The process he does protects boats, water towers and high end homes from the winter weather. It is a good seasonal job …
It was a great trip and all great trips come to an end. Being in the fishing business I understand how hard it is to leave good fishing to go back to our lives at home. I want to thank my mom and dad for a great trip. My mom watched our girls while we …
Here you see Dr Jack and son Kai ( age 11) catching ’em up. Kai caught the biggest salmon of the trip. (17 pounds) Looks like he is a chip off the old block. Dr Jacks wife Danni also caught a bunch of fish on the trip rounding out our family trip.