Today we started out front and worked our way to the grounds where we started their trip. It was a slow morning so I worked my way south on the outside down to Kaiwi and the VV buoy area. We found the current to be slow and barely moving. When I decided to try to …
We had budgeted 5 days to complete our mission and we had 3 days booked for sure with 2 possible day ready if we needed them. We went up to the grounds for day 4 and would call it a trip now that we had the spear caught. On our first set of baits in …
Fishing was slow the day of the Expo and I told Jimmy that if he needed a day with the family that it was fine with me to do something on shore.Our plan was to get out sail fishing on the L and H with Jimmy’s family along with his mate Wes. Jimmy said “No,No …
I flew all night and really lost a day in the air. Debbie David picked me up at the airport with son James and daughter Laurel. Dad Jimmy was fishing on his charter boat the L and H so we went down to see him at the boat after I got in. We had a …
We did it! It is always amazing to see how much a relatively small fish can be so rewarding to catch. Most days they are caught by accident and not appreciated like they are when we are chasing them for a slam or a record. At 9:00 we got a double outside of where we …
Earl and Pam Warren came to Kona in search of the spearfish that are common to Kona this time of year. Going into the week we were optimistic due to the numbers that were here at the end of January. True to form the spears disappeared right before we started. I kept in touch with …
Here is a shot of the new addition to the family. We cam home from fishing and found that our ewe had baby’s two little rams we named Double and Trouble. The father is a nice looking ram. He looks like he is going to be a good one someday.
Daryl fished with us today again so we tried to do the same thing we did yesterday. We looked for porpoise all day and found a good looking pod that had some fish in it but they wouldn’t bite.most of the time when you find them first you have a good chance of getting bit …
Today Geza and Paul and I took out our friend Daryl Fujimoto out fishing and did well on the ahi. We found one pod of dolphins that we got a double in and caught 91 pounder.Unfortunately we missed the second one of the double.Late in the afternoon got into another pod friend called us to. …
Today my family and I took the 40 out fishing to fish for the good run on spears that Kona has been seeing. The boats that have been going out have done very well catching something each day. We gave a half day and had 2 bites on stripeys and taught this nice mahi.
Born and I started his 2 day hunt on the Big Island for goats and pigs down south. We were looking for a goat on with his bow. We sighted in the day before and I saw that he could shoot well. W were checking to make sure his pins were on and everything checked …
the bottom fishing was good yesterday so we decided to go again. We had just got started and this whale shark showed up to check us out. We had Jack and Kai Bunnell with us today and Dr. Jack jumped in with a mask to check him out. His son Kai and my dad Kent …
We finished a 2 week dry dock today. We pulled the boat to clear coat the toe rail and the varnished areas downstairs. Lots of parts and lots of sanding. We have been clear coating the varnished areas so we can get more coats on with less sanding. it is still a ton of sanding …
Today we had a great trip with the Staples. They came from Destin Florida to visit the Big Island and fish with us on the Northern Lights. They operate a charter business in Destin so they were no strangers to catching fish. They brought their luck and skill to us here in Kona filling up …
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 …