The Great Marlin Race

The Great Marlin Race is on again this year. It is a race of Marlin tagged by sat tags. The marlin the travels the farthest wins. Sponsors of the tags are the contestants and it is a fun way to see the science of where the Marlin go. We put the tag in this Marlin …

Overnight with Bruce Alden

The fishing has been good to the sotuh so we planned a overnight trip. When the fishing is good at Milolii it is so nice to stay on the action for more time in the bite zone. We provisioned up for the 2 day trip and headed south. Mat and Bruce rigged up the lures …

A Day Down Under

Today the Mathesens From Australia fished with us. we found that they had caught a nice fish here last year on another boat and they were looking forward to getting another one this year. We trolled down south on the 500 fathom line and when we reached Hookena we had a nice fish come up …

Tough day on the grounds

Today we trolled up to the grounds and looked as far up as OTEC buoy trying to repeat last years trip with the David Family. The current was good on the front side but as we went back to the back side there was a rip that came from the outside and the current went …

James Gets His First Of The Trip

James fished a lot of days with us before his turn came and even though it was tough at times to watch the fish get caught by my clients and his family. He showed great patience waiting for his turn in the chair. looking at the smile on his face when he got his turn …

Laurel Gets Her First Blue

After the great start yesterday Mat got the Davids out for a early morning first pass. The lures got set and within the first few minutes they had a perfect blue on for Laurel. One of their goals was to catch her first blue and it didn’t take long. With Jimmy on the leader they …

Davids Off to a Good Start

To refresh your memory last year the David Family was here last year and caught 8 blues and 6 ahi last year this time on the best Kona fishing day in history. It was one of those days where everything went right for us and the fish kept biting until dark. With the fishing so …

Jay Does it for the 3rd Time

Today my friend Brian balencio fished with us because Mat had the 37 Merritt out with the David Family. The ribbing from Jay started right away to see if Brian could keep the streak going. The second session of teasing came when the short bait disappeared in a hole the size of the cockpit. Jay …