After we missed one on a live bait and pulled the hook on the first run Sam got hooked up to a blind bite that bit a bait close to the bottom. Sam did a great job on the fish and Mat rolled it over on the leader in about 35 minutes.
It was a great opportunity for Mat Bowman and I to be included in the trip that Rob Hytner of New York and Jeff Kahl of the Piper out of Maalaea Maui put together with Tuna Adventures. Rob and Jeff fish together on the Piper and set up the trip to fish together this fall …
What a way to start a trip! After a long trip we arrived to find this at the dock. We checked in with Capt AJ on the Fishers Grant he told us to hang out because a fish was coming in. About a half hour later here it came the fish weighed 760. It was …
Trey Cox hunted the Big Island and got this nice sheep. After a long stalk on a herd this nice sheep showed up while we were on the way to another herd. A nice sheep and a good surprise.
We had the pleasure of fishing with the top notch fishing team from New Zealand. The team fishes ultra light tackle for fish far about the ratio of the line. They had broken over 20 billfish records most of them in the last few years. Capt. John Batterton has been an old friend for years …
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 …
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 …
We were excited going into the last day in second with the chance of possibly winning. If we weighted another fish 403 or better we could win. If we stayed fish for fish with the Ihu Nui we would get second. As the day unfolded the current shifted from good enough north to north and …
We 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 had pervious TART winner ———-with us. He caught 4 blues with us in the 2009 tournament in one day. The 4 tags help him win that tournament. We looked forward to the same kind of luck. After we had a hard time catching bait we switched over right away and hooked up a nice …
Today we had Donny on board and caught a bait in the morning!!!! Finally. It was a good bait and found a spot down the hatch. The circle found a spot in the corner and we were on.We took the fish that was bigger than the 300 qualifying weight. It was a nice sized fish …
Today we had Ken on board for day one. The day started off with a the Ihu Nui getting off to a fast start tagging one in the first 10 minutes. Before we could catch a bait the Humdinger tagged a fish right away. It was good to see the tournament off to a good …
