Aloha from Lahaina Harbor, Maui, Hawaii. The fishing off the leeward side of Maui has not altered too much because the final report. Mahis are composing the bulk of the catch and a handful of tunas and onos have been thrown into the mix as nicely. The billfish bite has been on the sluggish side so some anglers have been electing to do some diverse varieties of fishing such as bottom fishing. The bottom has been generating a assortment of species such as nabeta, papio, and the occasional uku. If there are any concerns about the fishing, come to feel totally free to contact Deli in Commence Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth at 808-667-7879. An additional option is to e-mail startmeupfish@gmail.com. The rest of this report contains some of Commence Me Up’s anglers and their catch from the finish of November and the initial handful of days of December.

Andrew and TC Coatney had a enjoyable morning on the drinking water. They caught a 38 lb. ono on light tackle by dragging a live opelu on a downrigger. They also dropped bait to the bottom and caught a papio in addition to some inedible species.

Angler, captain, and crew recognized that catching such a nice ono on light tackle was not an every day event. For that reason, they took the time to get this colourful photograph.

The Degroots get together had their supper strategies manufactured for them when this mahi raced into the pattern of lures and ate the tremendous ninja lure on the small rigger.

This curious bull mahi made a decision to look into the boat as properly as the pattern of lures driving the boat. Vincent Abbas observed the possibility and did almost everything right to get his good bull mahi in the fish bag.

The Tonge loved ones wasn’t quite certain of what to expect from their very first offshore fishing excursion in Hawaii. They ended up not dissatisfied to return to Lahaina Harbor with a mahi.

Christina and Jim Kane ended up also newbies but they didn’t skip a defeat when their mahi ate a swimming bait. Right after trading in their tiny bait for a even larger fish, Christina wished to trade in the mahi for an even larger fish.

Whilst baiting for mahis, the Goetzfried team hooked a difficult shark. The shark set up a wonderful combat on light tackle prior to being efficiently launched.

Vick Fitzer is an avid fisherman who has fished all above the globe. He had a day to keep in mind right after singlehandedly catching this stringer of mahis on standup gear. In between the catch and the scenery on the north shore of Molokai, Vick certainly had a memorable day on the h2o.

Mahis are the most widespread fish to catch although utilizing natural bait at a FAD. Mary and Todd Dinzik used this tactic to catch a mahi of their very own. Mary and Todd also caught a snake mackerel, which transpires to be a quite scarce catch whilst fishing near the surface area.

The snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens) is named in accordance to its prolonged, slender body and sharp teeth. The fish are found in tropical and subtropical oceans all about the world. Adults, which expand to just around 3 ft extended, feed in the vicinity of the surface area at evening and move to depths of virtually two,000 ft during the day. Identified as h&#257uliuli in Hawaii, snake mackerel are eaten cooked or dried.

With constant motion in thoughts, Daniel and Michael Cary invested some time bottom fishing and brought up this uku and nabeta as portion of their catch. The relaxation of the catch was unveiled simply because the uku and nabeta could offer plenty of refreshing fish.

The boys had been thrilled about their wonderful uku so they took a small break from fishing to get this photograph.

This yellow spot papio, which was not desired for use, was tagged and released to battle another day.

Mindy and Amy Datena braved some less than excellent weather problems to chase mahis. Mindy and Amy had been rewarded for their perseverance with a mahi apiece.

Catching a fish is always entertaining, irrespective of the dimensions. This nice papio was caught on spinning tackle whilst bottom fishing off the coast of Lanai.

Captain Steve Carroll (middle) evidently cannot get sufficient of fishing. On a day off, he went out for exciting and caught a great bull mahi on incredibly light tackle.

Keith Maginn created the inside of operate and trolled above many inshore ledges and pinnacles. Fish have a tendency to aggregate around underwater structures and this ono was no exception. Keith’s ono grabbed a chrome jet running in the quick rigger situation as the lure passed more than an underwater pinnacle that was keeping some bait.

The within run also created for the Stuart group. They went out on a two hour trip and found a present line. Even though trolling along the existing line, a mahi bit a single of the lures and then two a lot more mahis ended up hooked by dropping back reside opelus. A few mahis on a two hour journey is really a good results.

Dragging reside bait resulted in an interesting triple bite. Jim Wilks and Fill Osborne emerged from the rapidly-paced situation with a fish apiece. A single of the fish was a nice cow mahi and the other was a massive kawakawa. Absolutely everyone was left wondering about what the third fish may have been.

Mike Busch’s mahi was not a massive 1, but the fish was big adequate to take some line, put up a battle, and provide dinner.

Gary and Sara Thomas were joined by Phillip Hinds in catching these mahis. Yet again, these fish have been not massive but they ended up nevertheless fun.

There was a flash of blue and silver around the surface and then this mahi commenced reducing by means of the drinking water in pursuit of the lure jogging in the lengthy rigger situation. Only a moment afterwards, the fish was hooked up and Rueben Krippner acquired occupied. Rueben introduced his mahi to the boat and watched the fish adjust color, darkening to yellow and green.

This mahi was the excellent fish for angler Jared Hall. As a younger angler, Jared will certainly don’t forget this catch and will continue being fascinated in fishing for several many years to arrive. Way to go Jared!

The Haweks group had some poor luck and missed a pair of bites. Nonetheless, they remained persistent and caught this great cow mahi. The sting of lacking a few of fish is lessened when these fish have been little in comparison to the 1 that ended up on the boat.

These anglers discovered a huge bait school in an location that looked promising. Soon after functioning the region to no avail, the anglers determined to break out the light tackle and catch some tunas for entertaining. The tunas ended up also enjoyed as sashimi.

The deckhand could not resist placing out the Maui Fishin lure identified as minor boy blue. Only minutes following minor boy blue strike the water, Linnea Pasternak was hooked up with her mahi. At present, Linnea’s favourite fishing lure is tiny boy blue.

According to angler Danielle Garcia, this 29 lb. mahi was full of vigor. Luckily, Danielle had lots of encouragement from her husband Matt.

Thank you for using a search at this Start Me Up fishing report. Any questions can be directed towards Deli at 808-667-7879 or startmeupfish@gmail.com. Ideally the up coming report will include some large fish and abundant catches, equivalent to the most modern reviews from the windward facet of Oahu. Till the next report, tight lines.

Aloha,
Jonny