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Jan. 26th.   No bites on the troll on this 3/4 day charter but jigging got Donna and Dan Butler two almaco jacks each.

Jan. 25th.  Kelsey Williams started the action with a mahi mahi for the dinner table. We did some jigging to pick up some more fish where we went 2 for 8. Dan Williams and Emmi Morrison each caught and released almaco jacks.

Jan. 22nd.  A good variety of fish today. Ken McFarland caught the spearfish while Ray Trafton and his son Jerry caught an almaco jack and a yellowfin tuna.

Jan. 15th.

One of those days where we missed more than we caught and this giant trevally (GT) was released but just wouldn't revive. Even after several minutes of trying. The GT slot on the "Big Fish List" was vacant so by weighing it in, Ezer Mathews has set the bar for the biggest of the year at 41.5 lbs.

Jan. 14th.  We focused on trolling today because of rough water and that Nancy Meehan and Matt Borgman wanted a fish to mount. Nancy caught a spearfish and later Matt fought a big blue marlin but we broke line on that one. Later Nancy caught and released a small blue marlin. We were lucky to have this much action on the troll and Nancy mounted the spearfish.

Jan. 12th.  Brothers Brian and Jason Mortorano had some fun action today with a giant trevally (GT) and a shark.

Jan. 11th. 

Slow action on this trip but the fight we did have was a very hard battle. The shark is hooked at the base of the pectoral fin and that gave the shark a lot of leverage over Sean Kendall the angler.

Jan. 8th.  A couple of nice amberjacks for David Hannay and John Azevedo. On the way home, right in front of the harbor as we were about to pull the lines in, a yellowfin tuna jumped on a hook to become that nights dinner.

Jan. 6th.

Roland Metivier showed up to the Aloha Kai by himself saying everyone else backed out and told him to expect a $100 off his full day charter (my rebate if we don't catch) but Roland told them he was bringing back dinner. I had full confidance that we would catch but each day is it's own adventure. We went to a FAD and got some yellowfin tuna for the dinner table. On the way to "the grounds" for some bottom action, we hooked into a "beast" (over 500 lb.) marlin. We decided that if we got it to the boat that we would release it but it sounded and died during the fight. At the scale the blue marlin weighed in at 598 lbs. making it the first "beast" of the new year and the biggest blue marlin in Kona so far this year, ie "Big Fish List" but I'm sure that someone will get a bigger one soon enough and our glory will be short lived.

Jan 5th.   Brad Allen brought out his sons for a 3/4 day. We ran into some otaru tuna. The 3rd one we were bringing is was eaten by something big near the boat but we couldn't see what it was, only that it was huge. We got lucky in ono lane when we hooked 3 ono at the same time and managed to get all 3 on the boat.

Jan. 4th.  First trip of the new year with customers from Hawaii out for a 3/4 day. We caught some bait fish and dropped 'em down. The first fish got off. Danielle Takenouchi fought the next one, kind of. Her husband Daniel had to hop in and help her and they got a shark. Elmer Yada caught an amberjack for the dinner table.