April 2, 2011 Lahaina Harbor, Maui

Aloha from Lahaina Harbor. The bulk of the fish at the moment becoming caught off the leeward facet of Maui are mahi mahis. Some wonderful mahis have been caught around the offshore buoys but there are also a good deal fish being caught relatively shut to shore. In addition to mahis, there have been some striped marlin close to. If there are any inquiries about the fishing, sense free to call Deli in Commence Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth at 808-667-7879 among nine a.m. and five p.m. Hawaii Time or e mail startmeupfish@gmail.com. The photographs beneath display some of Begin Me Up’s anglers and their catch from the very last couple of days of March and the 1st day of April.

Josh Stevens and Barry and Julie Simonton came across a good latest line with a lot of particles. They ended up locating a huge piece of rubbish keeping a bunch of mahis. At that stage, Josh, Barry, and Julie sprung into motion and caught these mahis. That’s a wonderful haul for three anglers utilizing light tackle.

Jack Walter was rapid to respond after this mahi bit but didn’t allow his exhilaration get the very best of him. Jack remained centered and obtained the fish safely to the boat. Jack and his household had been fired up to land the mahi, which was best for a family members barbeque.

The usual steady trolling was interrupted when the line snapped out of the outrigger. Autumn Deda did not hesitate a bit and proceeded to boat her cow mahi.

Rachel Rhodes and Doug Dallman caught two mahis apiece. They caught their fish on lures although trolling the ledge that runs from LA buoy to Manele Bay, Lanai.

John and Susan Fisher, Deedee Hawk, Joshua Whitby, and Charlie Bean worked the ledge around the Lanai lighthouse. Their persistence was rewarded as the spot yielded four mahis.

James Toohey, Sean Krauss, and Mike Vennetti ended up with a bull and cow combination. James, Sean, and Mike caught their mahis by going two for two in the vicinity of the shoals of Kahoolawe.

Laura Kingsbury, who is an avid marlin hunter, took some time away from the large ones to catch this mahi whilst fishing with her good buddy Sharon Wood. Laura has been addicted to big sport sportfishing at any time given that she missed three blue marlin in one particular day.

Brenda and Bill Hedrick ended their day on a constructive notice by catching this mahi on an afternoon trip.

When this mahi bit, the captain yelled, “Das it, now let’s catch it.” Patrick Horsman did just that and absolutely everyone aboard was pleased. Of program, Patrick was fishing on the Commence Me Up Das It.

Phillies followers Jerry, Chris, and Colby Dougherty hit a house run when this mahi came streaking in on the quick rigger and ate a chisel jet, which has been a productive lure for Start off Me Up.

Mark and Shy Donaldson took portion in a wonderful day of fishing that incorporated 10 mahis and a triple striped marlin bite. Every single brother ended up tagging and releasing one particular of individuals striped marlin.
The inside pinnacle called solution spot yielded a bull and cow mix for these two anglers. As confirmed by the wonderful retention of coloration in these mahis, top secret spot is extremely close to Lahaina Harbor. The pinnacle is one of the main producers of fish caught on quick trips.

The two Austin Holtz and Curtis Greenfield demonstrated their situational awareness and sharp eyesight by spotting this mahi as the fish came into the spread and ate the lure operating on the brief rigger. Austin and Curtis caught their afternoon mahi just in time for the fish to be integrated in their dinner options.

Phillip Shatrov, all the way from St. Petersburg in Russia, took full benefit of currently being in Hawaii and did something that he would never ever be capable to do at house. Sportfishing in a tropical setting turned out to be a good experience for Phillip as he caught his very first mahi mahi ever before.

Ritz Castro, who had in no way ahead of fished in Hawaii, teamed up with Jim Loughead to boat three mahis. All 3 fish had been caught on lures whilst trolling.

Jason Gardener and his greatest pal Rhys Fournier caught a mahi and a kawa kawa. Even though Jason and Rhys had never ever gone sportfishing ahead of, they equally agreed that they would like to come out and fish once more. Way to go men!

Tim Kauper, Michael Mhastorovic, and Nathan Otero place some lures to great use and caught these 3 mahis on the troll. All of the anglers had been thrilled about their catch.

The Bouchard family had a extremely nice experience on their bottom fishing trip with Commence Me Up. The Bouchards caught a variety of bottom fish, such as two nabetas, four la’i, a papio, and an uku. All of the fish are edible, but nabetas, papios, and ukus are especially delicious. La’i heads and skin are even used as components of lures.

Out of all their fish, the Bouchard sisters were most proud of their matching nabetas.

Jon Lowrie, Josh Pollard, and Aaron Williams caught some wonderful fish. Jon landed the ono whilst Josh and Aaron were accountable for boating the mahis.

Dave Ritchie, Brandon Baker, Scott Henderson, Gary Walsh, and brothers Alex and Marcus Cunningham liked a excellent day on the h2o. They went out on Start off Me Up’s early early morning journey and utilized live bait around the buoys behind Lanai. The buoys were holding some fish and gave up a bunch of nice mahis in the 20 to thirty pound variety. That is a rather huge assortment of top quality fish. Congratulations to the anglers on a work properly completed.

Thanks for checking out but an additional Start off Me Up fishing report. Any inquiries can be directed in the direction of Deli in the Start off Me Up booth at 808-667-7879 between 9 a.m. and five p.m. Hawaii Time. Yet another choice is to email startmeupfish@gmail.com. With a lot more productive fishing, the next report should be up rather soon and ought to have some nice catches. Right up until then, tight lines.

Aloha,
Jonny