Dr Wengler Does it Again

Dr Wengler and his friends came to visit once again. Dr Mike was armed with his cameras and we got some great images together again. This fish was a wild one that jumped back at us and passed the boat as it exploded up the side. Again I had to drive and had to put …

Paq Inc Fish In Kona

Tim Robbins of the meat distributing company Paq Inc put a group trip together to hunt and fish with us. We fished 3 days with 3 boats and had fairly good action. The marlin fishing slowed down a bit and we were able to get into the tuna fairly well. The OTEC Buoy was biting …

Spiritual Day of Fishing

 My dad Kent and Terry have become close friends over the years  and he looked forward to catching up with Terry while he was here. Even better my dad is a good photographer and I was happy to have him there to shoot pictures for us after I missed a great shot the day before …

Big Shortbait Bite

We had current trouble and found ourselves wondering around looking for current that looked right. We had good looks at the current that was on the surface at times but we felt that the current underneath wasn’t right because the reads we were getting on the top were not right. I looked in shore and …

T and Ann Fohey Come Back to Kona

We were long awaiting the reunion of Terry and Ann Fohey the previous owners of the Northern Lights. The many great times we had over the years were too many to count and we looked forward to making more. The 37 Merritt served as the perfect boat for our mission to fish with our families …

J Hara Store and Steinlager

Jeff Hara of J Hara store and Steinlager did a promotional drawing during the holidays for a drawing to win a trip on the Northern Lights. Jeff and his winners were out with us on the boat. We fished far south and found the fish in the calm waters of the lava flows. After lunch …