Elizabete Gets a Nice One
My wife Elizabete, her friend Jessica Williamson, and our 2 girls Juiliana and Gabriella came out with us today. We started off on the 1000 fathom line and missed a 350-400 pound fish about 7:30. We jumped him off after 4 jumps. We watched and heard of boats hooking up in the area so we …
HIBT Day 4
The Kona Game Fishing Club-Miake fished on the Northern Lights on the 4 the day of the tournament. The bite seemed to be moving south. We trolled our way down the inside combing the shoreline in 300 fathoms. The 300 fathom line is right against the rocks and we looked to shake off the hard …
HIBT Day 3
Today we had the Pajaro Valley Game Fishing Club Team number 1 on board. This team goes way back in the tournaments history and won the tournament 2 times. At 20 minutes into the second day we hooked up on 50. The fish jumped and jumped as we got the lines clear. We got he …
HIBT DAY 1
Today kicked off the 50th anniversary of the Hawaiian International Bill fish Tournament. We drew the Hilton Grand Vacations Fishing Club- Japan for our first day. The drawing of the teams has all the teams switching boats everyday to keep the field of competition as fair as possible. It allows the charter fleet to connect …
Wesley and Kent’s 828
Nice blue that our friends needed help bringing in this fish that weighted 828. The bill on this one was huge. It was a long fight and she came up dead tail wrapped.
Jay Marvin Day 3
Jay’s dad who just turned 85 years young caught a small blue 10 minutes from the harbor once again at 7:00 in the morning. We actually got to stay out until 12:00 today and had 2 more blue bites. We rigged up a Polu Kai 12 inch instigator and it went off 5 minute later. …
Jay Marvin Day 2
The Marvin’s set sail early again and caught a blue before 7:00. Jay took the second one and again caught an early fish. His son wasn’t feeling well so again we headed in early.
Jay Marvin Day 1
Three generations of Marvins joined us on the Northern Lights and had great luck. Such good luck they were able to catch their fish early and head back to the hotel for lunch and a swim at the pool. Jay’s son 10 years of age caught this nice blue at 6:30 in the morning on …
Grunwald’s Late Blue
Doug Grunwald and his family had a long day on the boat with us. We love to catch them right away so the pressure doesn’t build. It was 3:00 and we had to turn south for one more pass through the area there were fish caught down south. I went through there with no luck …
Skins Tournament
The 3 day event was interesting again this year. The rules follow the Skins Golf tournament rules. It takes a 500 pound fish to win a skin. A Skin wins the money for the day and depending the different betting levels there can be a ton of money to win especially if there is a …
Fire Cracker Open Day 2
Day 2 of the Fire Cracker started out great. A new day of fishing and all of the side action open to win. The Pacific Blue wasn’t in the sides so all of the money was there for the taking. About 1:00 we were digesting our Carnita Pork tacos with green chile sauce when we …
World Cup
Team Lightspeed Fished the 2009 World Cup in Kona Hawaii during the Fire Cracker Open this year. We got up in the morning and I called Tracy to find out what we need to beat in Madeira and found that a 575 was caught. I thought with the great fishing they have been have that …
Kona Classic
I fished on the Lightspeed for the Kona Classic. We had a lot of fun and although it is an adjustment to be on the Lightspeed team and not be fishing the Northern Lights everyday this time of year. The Kona Classic is a good format because all of the species of fish count for …
Capitolas Do It Again
The Capitolas timing was great for good fishing. We were able to find a great dolphin pod and have some fun. We found a few scattered dolphins which led us to the big pod. It was a beautiful pod charging to the north. There were 50 birds flying off the head of the well organized …