Fishing Report January 17, 2012 Lahaina Harbor, Maui, Hawaii

Aloha from Lahaina Harbor, Maui, Hawaii. The fishing has absolutely advanced given that the very last report. The striped marlin are nonetheless biting and the FADs are beginning to make much more fish. All round, the fishing is good proper now as fish are becoming caught equally on synthetic lures and purely natural bait. If there any queries about the fishing, experience totally free to contact Deli in Start off Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth at 808-667-7879 or startmeupfish@gmail.com. This fishing report consists of some of Start off Me Up’s anglers and their catch from the starting of January. The catches not showcased in this report are largely striped marlin that had been tagged and released.

John and Spence ended up thrilled about tagging and releasing a striped marlin in the waters in the vicinity of Lanai. The striped marlin was Spence’s 1st billfish. Excellent likely Spence!

The Pitts family from Alabama spent their early morning fishing off the island of Lanai, wherever the striped marlin have been coming up. The striped marlin were elusive that early morning but the Pitts household did catch a mahi rather.

Not astonishingly, Hank and Tanya Graham fished Lanai in hopes of working throughout some striped marlin. Hank and Tanya imagined they hooked a single when the long gone Ahi P took off around the Lanai lighthouse. The fish turned out to be a mahi, which was fine with Hank and Tanya.

Even though trolling alongside the coastline of Maui, Jeremy Cook hooked a wonderful kawakawa. The inshore tuna set up an entertaining fight on mild tackle.

This mahi nearly shook the hooks following heading aerial on the strike. Robert Vanbavel, even so, did a great job maintaining the line tight. Stress on the line kept the hooks firmly in place and Robert’s mahi wound up on the boat.

Mike Gardner and Waleed Ahsam ended up kept busy while fishing the north shore of Maui on an early departure excursion. Mike and Waleed took benefit of the sunrise bite to catch some tunas and a number of mahis.

Karen Grant produced the most of her opportunity to catch a fish when this mahi darted guiding the boat and hit the long rigger lure.

Erald and Gena Kikenny had a exciting excursion alongside with their companion dog Nace. Nace served by barking encouragement while the mahi and tuna have been on the line.

This mahi was intent on consuming and tried using to swallow the lure running on the lengthy corner. The tables have been turned when Andy Geres introduced the mahi to the boat and immediately iced his catch so that the meat would remain fresh.

Nathan, Tyler, and Mike Martin headed for the horizon and fished driving Lanai. They caught a pair of mahis although trolling in the slides region on the backside of Lanai.

Seth caught an ono while trolling above Maui’s inside ledges and pinnacles. The underwater structures draw in bait fish which in turn attract predatory fish that are specific by fishermen.

Andrew Huffman was also privileged adequate to catch an ono throughout the wintertime. Andrew’s fish, as is typical for winter season onos, was a wonderful one particular and tipped the scales at 32 lbs.

These anglers set forth a whole lot of effort and completed the day with a mixed bag of fish. They caught a few great mahis and an ono. They also caught a tiny tuna for sashimi.

Travis Wilson made short work of this mahi, which he hooked although operating the place about LA buoy.

As her smile suggests, this mahi produced the trip for Melissa Barnes.

The Kallis team fished tough and returned to Lahaina Harbor with a few of mahis for their efforts.

Versatility translated into fish for Invoice Kirchner and Ryan Blum. One fish struck an synthetic lure whilst the other was hooked on a lifeless opelu. When 1 approach stops doing work, acquiring one more selection is always wonderful.

Dylan McKee sprung into action when this mahi came streaking in on the Ahi P lure operating in the quick rigger situation. Dylan’s speedy response helped place the mahi in the fish bag.

There have been some onos biting out in the deep drinking water. Calvin Dycks received in on the motion when his ono pounced on the lure jogging furthest guiding the boat.

Dave Dabruzzi and Mike, Daniel, and Connor Jost ventured to the north shore of Maui. Their journey paid out off as they caught some tunas at a FAD, which includes a single that obtained little bit by a shark even though staying reeled to the boat. They got a simple mahi bite while trolling and managed to get 3 much more mahis by dropping again purely natural baits. On resuming the troll they instantly hooked an ono. The ono and the mahis indicated that a piece of floating debris was in the water close by, but trolling and looking for the flotsam did not make any a lot more bites.

Many thanks for checking out this Commence Me Up fishing report. Any concerns can be directed in the direction of Deli at 808-667-7879 or startmeupfish@gmail.com. There are presently some great catches that will be included in the up coming report and hopefully there will be an abundance of great fish caught in the around future. Very good luck and restricted lines to everybody out there in pursuit of the fish.

Aloha,
Jonny