Paul gets an Ahi
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-
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Close One
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 …
Dad Gets a Birthday Fish
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 …
Hospital Foundation Auction Win
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 …
Happy Birthday Shawn
Shawn shared his birthday with us on the Northern Lights. He caught this nice Ulua and a nice ahi early on a live bait. We fished bait most of the day and about mid day caught a 80 pound Striped Marlin. Happy Ninth.
Laryssa Unleashed Catches a Stripey
Huntress Laryssa fished with us on the Northern Lights and caught a Stripey. She is usually hunting all over the world filming her show Laryssa Unleashed. She does do some fishing and on this trip got out and caught a Marlin. Perhaps next trip she will do some hunting here with us at Hawaii Safaris. …
Ken Killian Gets a Stripey on the Fly
Ken Killian of Alaska caught this nice Striped Marlin in the fly with us on the Northern Lights. We got hooked up on the second Stripey that came to the pattern. We teased him to the corner and got the fish to switch. After a 15 minute fight we got the fish by the bill …
Father Daughter Team Gets ’em
Father Daughter team Dayton And Monya came to hunt and fish on the Big Island with us. We started our 2 days together fishing a half day on the Northern Lights. We looked at the grounds and it looked good and we marked fish but didn’t get any bites. We worked our way back south …
Double Trouble
Here you see a crazy double blue we caught recently. It was hard to make sense of for a minute but in the end we tagged two little blues. After a long day of trolling 2:30 brought us the day saver.
Curtis Slam Out
Curtis Wells coming off of catching a 538 blue and having a good day of bottom fishing caught a Billfish Grand Slam today. We caught a small blue marlin first on the stinger. Mat fixed the lure and sent it back out. With one line out a striped marlin bit. It took about 4 tries …
Banner Trip for Curtis Wells
Curtis Wells return customer and his buddy came to fish with us again this year. We got the trip off to a good start by catching this nice blue. We caught bait in the morning and headed off shore. I had heard the bite was deep so we shot for the 1200 fathom line where …
Right When You Thought You Have Seen It All
Right when you thought you have seen it all some thing happens out there at sea that has you in shock. We had trolled all day with no bites and I saw the chance to flip some live baits to some tuna under a floater. After a few passes Mat got bit. We struck the …
Alaskans Get ’em
Friends Brian and Noll came to hunt on the Big Island with us. We had a schedule issue to begin with and appreciate the guys patience while we worked it out. We seem to get busy all at once and had a overlap when they got here. We rescheduled their hunt and it turned out …