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 …
Ray does it Again
Ray Diaz did it again with a really nice blue. Ray’s first day we caught a bunch of Mahi Mahi at a great floater.There were 100’s of mahi mahi around a net and we caught a nice load in between the big game fishing we did for the day. The tuna would n’t bite in …
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 …
Close Call
Today the Capitolas shared a close call with us today. We decided to go south to Milolii and trolled down they inside run. We had a giant hole on the stinger and what I thought might be a Ahi turned into a nice Marlin. After two thirds of the spool got out on us we …
Tailing Swordfish
Today Matt and I took his girlfriend Laura out for the day. We jumped off a fish over 500 and continued to work the area. On a tack in from the outside our friends hooked a small fish and we went to watch and take pictures. As we approached they started yelling there was another …
Mate Appreciation Day
I woke up early and decided to go fishing. I had not gotten in touch with anyone the night before and decided at the last minute I would go and fish alone like I used to all the time. I ran out to the dolphin pod and trolled them until they came together. There weren’t …
Trijicon “Game Chasers”
Scott the host of Trijicon’s “Game Chasers” filmed a few shows here in Kona mostly hunting with Pat Fisher of Fisher Outfittiers. They filmed segments of hunting the Black Hawaii sheep, The spanish goats and flew to Molokai to hunt Axis Deer. They had great hunting and got the footage for their shows. They had …
Good Bye Uncle Phil
Kona fishing icon Phil Parker passed away this week. Phil was the voice of many of the Kona tournaments. He is known as KC longnose and his unique voice will forever be remembered as he kept score of the round ups and encouraged teams on . A service and burial at sea to follow really …
Hunting for Marlin and Spears
Jesse Sanchez and his family came to hunt with Pat Fisher of Fisher Outfitters. He was from Montana and here on vacation to enjoy Hawaii and hunt and fish. They found lots of spanish goats to choose from and ended up getting to nice sized billys. Jesse hunts and fishes Montana for trout and for …