Cliff Murakatani gets a Blue

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. …

TART Day 4

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 …

TART First Day

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 …

Gabriella Trys For A Marlin

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 …

Late Blue Saves The Day

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 …

The Marlin Really Are Here

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 …

Geza Gets the Ahi

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 …

Aloha Mat

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 …