Every angler dreams of the day that they will get tight line on a huge tuna. Bill Sanders was in a position to reside this dream, hooking a 145 lb. yellowfin tuna. Bill’s ahi ate a live opelu on fifty lb. test line. Fighting these a huge fish on light tackle resulted in a 45 minute battle, which Bill sooner or later won. Excellent work Bill!

Placing forth the work to wake up early compensated off for Mike Vanhemelryck, Bill and Justin Hallock, and Grant and Ted White. The anglers went out on Start off Me Up’s early trip and caught nine mahis on reside bait at the offshore FADs.

This wonderful bull mahi ate a purple softhead for Jelena Hallock. As every single angler would, Jelena truly had her work reduce out for her with a fish of that dimension. She did a excellent task fighting the fish as evidenced by the simple fact that her mahi ended up on the boat. Her husband, who was along for the experience, was even capable to get some great images.

The waters near Lahaina Harbor have been creating some fish lately. Debra and Mark Matthews capitalized on the inshore bite to choose up a mahi on a small morning trip.

Daniel and Tristin Sullivan also took benefit of the within bite. The father and son teamed up to catch this mahi on a small afternoon trip. Catching a wonderful cow mahi jointly is a very good way to bond.

Bill Connery didn’t have to go significantly to locate his mahi. Bill joined the significant group of current anglers that have made the most of the inside of bite shut to Lahaina Harbor.

Jonah Bierisch hooked an ono that acquired absent. Jonah’s consolation fish was this kawakawa that he caught on the ledge off Manele Bay, Lanai.

Dennis Schaffer arrived across a relatively cooperative ono and boated the fish. James Champion did the identical with his mahi. Catching a few of various species always mixes points up nicely.

Wayne Jarrett, Ben Venegas, David Bandazian, Cameron Stadnky, and Duane Wagner fished at an offshore FAD. They missed a couple of fish but managed to boat these three mahis even though employing bait.

Craig and Tammy Loggins, who are freshly married, caught a few of nice fish although trolling off Lanai on a brief morning trip. The mahi weighed in at a respectable 24 lbs. and the aku, also known as skipjack tuna, will make a delicious meal or two.

The area surrounding the Lanai lighthouse yielded some good fish for Rich Martin and Dan and Lori Kartman. Abundant and Lori each and every landed a mahi whilst Dan boated an ono.

Chad and Hawley Clark appreciated their initial sportfishing knowledge on Maui. Chad and Hawley caught a mahi in addition to a huge kawakawa which was about a few instances larger than the average specimen.

In this situation, the smiles truly say it all. James and Sam Kline had a great time on their afternoon trip. They capitalized on the afternoon bite by strategically steering clear of the early morning rush at the FADs. James and Sam went out to K buoy, in which they caught a 35 lb. bull mahi and 20 lb. cow mahi. Both fish ended up unable to resist bait on standup fifty lb. class rods and reels. The use of standup gear authorized James and Sam to actually battle their good mahis, resulting in an exceptionally entertaining trip general. Afternoon trips have been very productive recently. Two days before James and Sam went out, one more Commence Me Up afternoon trip caught twelve mahis at K buoy. That trip returned late to Lahaina Harbor and, however, no photographs ended up taken.

Kyle and Nathan Zanetto specifically targeted onos. Kyle and Nathan went two for a few whilst trolling a spread of jet heads at the slides on the backside of Lanai.

This lucky angler caught a big aku. Akus, also identified as skipjack tuna, are normally quite small, but larger folks are capable of attacking lures utilized to target mahi mahi. Occasionally catching a good aku can be a refreshing alternative in comparison to catching a mahi.

Chris Delia and Trent Miller enjoyed their initial sportfishing escapade off Maui. Chris boated an ono even though Trent caught the two a mahi and an ono.

Alex Threlfall and Jim McKinlay caught some sashimi although Jim Truwe caught a mahi for the barbeque.

The Murray and Reichel group picked up a couple of onos and a mahi even though fishing behind Lanai.

Mike Sager caught the fish of the trip with his large bull mahi. Even so, Tony Zumwalt and Dan Miller have been not left out of the action as they place 3 far more mahis in the bag. All of the fish had been hooked at an offshore FAD.

The McCarty loved ones manufactured fishing a loved ones affair and Ryan McCarty ended up catching a good mahi.

The Maris celebration was stored active landing several mahis and an ono. The anglers stated that they a fantastic time, as the fish and the crew furnished a exciting trip.

Kevin and Tara Knapp had a few of shots at shortbill spearfish as they trolled the ledge from LA buoy to Manele Bay, Lanai. Kevin and Tara ended up ready to catch and launch a good shortbill spearfish approximated at forty lbs.

This ono made the day for Drake Griffiths, who is eight decades outdated. As he should be, Drake is really proud of his catch. Way to go Drake!

Many thanks for checking out this Start Me Up fishing report. Any inquiries can be directed toward Deli in Start off Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth at 808-667-7879 amongst 9 a.m. and five p.m. Hawaii Time. Another option is to e-mail startmeupfish@gmail.com. As prolonged as the waters all around Hawaii continue to create fish, the up coming report should be up in a affordable quantity of time. Right up until then, tight lines.

Aloha,
Jonny