Kona Hawaii fishing report – Dec. wrap-up

I was truly hoping that the striped marlin bite would be far better this thirty day period and even though there are a number of being caught appropriate now and with much more regularly than previous month, it’s not really sufficient of a bite to get in touch with it a “run” nevertheless. It’s still early in the period for them even though so I stay hopeful that the bite will get far better from right here. The blue marlin bite has been rather typical for this time of year so there’s one particular, two or a handful of being caught daily. We’re just coming into spearfish time. There hasn’t been any caught in a long time but 1 was caught very last Wednesday so once more, we can only hope that there will be a “run” this period.

Even although the sea surface temperature has cooled down as is standard for Hawaii this time of yr, the mahi mahi are still here and they once more best the listing as the most widespread catch for the month. Mahi mahi tend to be one of the most temperature sensitive fish but we’ve had plenty of flying fish about to keep them fed. We also have clouds of opelu (mackerel scad) proper now alongside the ledges for the mahi mahi to try to eat and it also prompted an unseasonal ono run that lasted for a few of weeks. The scaled-down dimensions yellowfin tuna (ten – thirty) are in on the act along the ledges also and the commercial fishermen have been hitting ‘em challenging. Little yellowfin tuna (one – 3) are staying caught on some of the FAD’s.

The bottom bite wasn’t really great this thirty day period due to the fact the present was heading the improper way for most of the month. As soon as the present switched to its regular North route for Kona, that’s when all the fish showed up on the ledges. If you’re a follower of my reports, and I know there are many of you out there, you’ve noticed me say numerous moments that “the present is king” when it happens to the fishing in Kona staying very good or undesirable and that there was no way to predict it. Effectively, I was inappropriate. A pal of mine sent me a website link to a Navy internet internet site and I was astonished! Pretty exact predictions up to a month in advance with the sea surface area peak, the sea floor temperature and also the velocity (provided in meters for each second) and course of the currents. Not just for Hawaii but virtually just about everywhere in the entire world! I have been subsequent the Hawaii predictions all month and with couple of exceptions they ended up right on the funds. I’m certain there are some close to that have identified about the website for a even though but not a single captain I talked to realized about it. This data is extremely beneficial in an region like Hawaii exactly where the currents can change so quickly and have so a lot impact of the fishery. Energized nevertheless? Exactly where is it? Here’s a belated Xmas present to you all. Just Google NLOM Navy and it will be on the top rated of the research. At minimum it was for me. Google can tweak its final results relying on your preceding searches but it really should be on the initial page anyhow. And with that, have entertaining with it and have a joyful new year.

See ‘ya on the h2o ,
Capt. Jeff Rogers ,
http://FISHinKONA.com
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