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Kona Hawaii fishing report - October 24, 2003

October is usually one of my favorite months to fish because of the variety of fish we can catch while trolling. It's kind of between seasons and usually some of the summer fish are still around and if some of the winter fish start biting early it can be a lot of fun. Unfortunately sometimes the summer fish leave and the winter fish don't arrive early. That seems to be where we're at right now. A mix of blue and striped marlin, some ahi, some spearfish and some mahi mahi but not much of any one of them. The best bite right now is mahi mahi. They have always been our "between season" fish for us. We get a spring run of (generally) small ones and the big ones come in the fall. Mahi mahi are among the most temperature sensitive of fish so the waters here get a little too warm for them in the summer and the winters seem to be just a little too cold. So, what's too warm or too cold? We only get a temperature variance of about 76 to 84 degrees. Picky, picky, picky.

The bottom bite should be getting pretty good right now …… it hasn't yet, still waiting. The bottom bite always picks up sometime in the fall and is usually good through summer so I have high hopes for another bountiful season coming up soon.

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



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