BACK ON TRACK

Today we got an early start and ran up to the grounds and started live baiting right away. Andy and Bill caught baits and we started the grounds live bait chess game. Every think has looked so good on the grounds that I have had to go there everyday. The fish have been acting funny. …

THE BOWMANS

Mat’s parents Susie and Andy came to fish with us along with their friend Bill. The first day we had planned we would fish a half day and then go up to our bosses house for a beach barbecue. We trolled up to the grounds and checked the current and where the bait was. The …

TART DAY 5

Day five of the TART we had Brent. Brent and I had a great last day last year locking up first place in the tournament. He needed 2 fish to win and I think we caught 3. We hoped going into the last day that we could catch another fish to stay ahead or hang …

TART DAY 4

The 4th day of the TART the fish moved away from the spot we were fishing the day before. I tried to stay in the area but a few boats that weren’t in the tournament would not lay off of us. They cut in front and in back which made it really hard to concentrate. …

TART DAY 3

Day 3 we had Rick. AKA Malahini. Malahini is the name given to the newcomer to the tournament. Rick has been trying to come the the TART tournament for 15 years and been invited to fish with Ken but never could get away to fish it. We started off the morning with a bang and …

TART DAY 2

Today we had Donny on board for the 2nd day of the TART tournament. The weather was different with winds out of the west. It was sloppy and choppy. The lures were having a hard time. I heard through the grape vine that the current was good and that it was moving inside again. We …

TART DAY 1

Today was the first day of the Tag And Release Tournament.We had the host of the event Ken Corday on board. Ken took off from his busy schedule producing the show Day of Our Lives to fish with 4 of his friends here in Kona. He and 4 of his buddies switch boats everyday for …

Big Island Invitational

Angler Ty Meyer a good friend of the owner of the Northern Lights fished the Big Island Invitational with us. The Rob McCarthy fished on the Lightspeed and his 2 boats fished the tournament. We were on the fence on weather to team up on the Lightspeed or fish the 2 boats and with the …

Paradise Fishing Club

We had the Paradise Fishing Club out today for the first of 3 days they have booked from now through Sept. They were able to keep our little streak going. Old friends and previous charters Robert and Teresa Oswald active in the club put the trip together. Friends and members Gary and Leroy joined them.Having …

The Northern Lights Hospital

The Coscino Family Chris,Karla,Cole,Connor and Kayla friends of Hobey and Marau Beck of Kauai fished with us today.  The day started out with us fighting with a filter that kept loosing prime. I finally got it to stop and we were able to troll. Our plan was to get the kids some action so we …

Jessica Gets One Too

About 10:00 Jessica got her turn in the chair. Her fish came up on the short teaser and followed it all the way to the transom. I took it away and watched it go over to the short lure. I picked up my camera and got some shots of the fish eating the lure. It …

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 …