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Kona Hawaii fishing report 4/24/02

The striped marlin have moved out and the BIG blue's have moved in. The last week of March was particularly good. 4 marlin at 300+, 5 at 400+, one at 534.5 and one at 851.5. OK, this gets even better. The 534 was caught on the "Impulse". Capt. Erik runs the boat single handed (no deckhand) and the 851 was caught on the "Carnivore". That's my boat and guess what, I run that boat single handed too! This marlin was the 2nd largest in Kona for the year but my fame was short lived. Hold on to your socks, The first week of April had 3 marlin at 300+, 2 at 500+, 2 at 600+ and Kona's first "Grander" of the year caught on the "Catchem I" with Capt. Chuck. Guess what? Yep. Chuck runs his boat single handed also. In this particular instance though he radioed to another boat for help and borrowed a deck hand to help with the beast because they were going for the woman's 80 lb. test world record. With the leader just out of reach and a very valiant attempt, she gave up on the IGFA rules and just wanted the fish. The deck hand grabbed the main line so they could take the fish. It weighed in at 1,036 lbs. Ready for the 2nd week of April? Not too many fish but there was a 600+, 3 at 700+ and another "Grander"! This one caught on the "Huntress" with Capt. Randy and weighed in at 1,174 lbs. Does Randy run his boat single handed? …… No, that would be just TOO cool. Last week, the marlin bite took a big downward turn. Only 3 marlin reported for the week and none of any size. The biggest fish of the week was a 500+ lb. dusky shark caught and released on the "Carnivore". Remember who the captain of the "Carnivore" is?

Last week seems to be the start of a good summer time ahi (yellowfin tuna) run. There were 12 weighed in and only one of them was under 100 lbs. The bite should kick into high gear by late May and early June.

The mahi mahi bite is on! Great action for stand-up light tackle and casting fly or plugs. The ono have moved in too. Last years summer ono run was the best we've seen in a long time. This year should be good too. The spearfish run looks like it's just not going to happen this year.

The bottom fishing bite has been great. Lots of amberjack, almaco jack and shark action. It was recently discovered that there are actually four similar kinds of amberjack here in Hawaii. Most people think there's only the greater amberjack here. Point of fact, a few yellowtail amberjack have been caught in the Northern island chain and recently a Japanese amberjack was caught there too. Here on the Southern most island, after a long battle of trying to prove it to the Hawaii Dept. of Aquatic Resources, they now officially recognize the almaco jack as being here in Hawaii too. I've know that for a long time but trying to prove it to the bureaucrats was much more difficult than I had expected. Last year I proved that there were dusky shark here in Hawaii after my daughters IGFA world record was finally approved. Bureaucrats seem to be tougher to fight than the fish : )

See 'ya on the water,
Capt. Jeff Rogers
http://FISHinKONA.com



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