Its not very often in Kona that the weather limits where we can fish, but Hawaii’s weather pattern for the last week has been very unstable. As we started our morning run up to the grounds the seas started to grow as well as the wind. Hal Westbrook a good return client joined us for the day, unknowing we would be taking him into Kona’s version of the Bering sea. A few other boats followed us up to the fishing grounds but the message came loud and clear that the ocean wanted no part of us this morning. Our 37′ Merritt was definably not built to handle rough water, so we were forced to make the decision to high tail south into the calm. On our way out of the grounds we watched marlin tail down sea and marked at least five others on our depth recorder. We made in effort to catch a bait but with all the blues around the bait just wouldn’t bite.We trolled our way south with the rest of the fleet hoping our number would get called and a fish would strike. It took pretty much the whole day to finally get bit. A decent size blue made a few efforts to eat our long corner Polu Kai tube before switching over and getting stuck on the short rigger. She didn’t do much at first and mostly just paddled on the surface not taking much line. We chased her down, and within minutes Tracy had the leader. She was swimming away from the boat and as Tracy pulled her closer she spurted out for a jump. She made a quick leap and Tracy dumped the leader and her next jump was almost 90 degrees the other direction. She just kept jumping and in the blink of an eye she was heading up the port side and around the bow. I quickly pivoted the boat in a tight circle and we were able to come out of what could have been another bad situation. The fish settled back down and within moments Tracy had the leader again. This time he was able to settle her down along the side. After taking some good photos from the bridge the blue took off for another squirt and Tracy was forced to let her take off again. After all was said and done we estimated her at close to 400 pounds, a long day for one bite but what a show.