Today we set for a sheep and if things go well maybe a goat. Things went well in the morning. We saw a nice herd down low and got on a nice ram. Tim made a nice shot and we got this nice ram. It was 9:00 so we headed south and got this nice …
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 …
I was asked to speak on blue marlin fishing by Organizer Skip Smith again this year.It was held at the IGFA this year. There was a good turn out again this year and it was really good to see old friends fellow captains and charters again. Being so far from Florida it is hard to …
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 …
Today I took Rob hunting for sheep. We went looking up in the high country to find that the sheep were down low today. There was a really nice herd that was up top lately but found that they were not there. Nervous I went back down where I had seen a couple of sheep …
Today Mike Skovie and his son Cole went sheep hunting with me today. We tried a different area than we usually go early in the morning to see if the difference in our timing would pay off. When we got to the area we saw that our timing paid off. A big herd of sheep …
Today I had the honor of hunting with Ed Yates a hunter that has hunted all over the world and is a nominee for the Weatherby Award the highest honor in hunting. The criteria is steep and the travel and miles in the air to cover the 300 species of animals he has hunted all …
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.