Aloha from Lahaina Harbor, Maui, Hawaii. The fishing has improved a little little bit because the last report. The FADs on the leeward facet of Maui County have been keeping some mahis and making use of bait at these buoys has confirmed to be an efficient approach for putting fish on the boat. Trolling has also led to some marlin bites given that the starting of October. Given that some aku piles have been located as nicely, the marlin bites are not shocking. If there are any inquiries about the fishing, sense free to get in make contact with with Deli in Start Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth. Deli can be contacted by phone at 808-667-7879 amongst 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Hawaii Time or via e mail at startmeupfish@gmail.com. The following report consists of some of Start Me Up’s anglers and their catch from the finish of September and the beginning of October.

With favorable temperatures and fishing studies, Dave Huchlak and Ken Porisky determined to head out on an early departure excursion. Dave and Ken manufactured the proper selection and ended up catching a shibi in addition to a good group of mahi.

Particularly tranquil winds authorized Ben Simmons, Kelly Aman, Todd McClane, Ryan Anderson, and Tom Joll to fish off the island of Molokai. The anglers fished fairly shallow waters shut to the coast with a variety of jet head lures. This tactic resulted in a pair of mahis as properly as 3 onos.

Chris and Melissa Rumph ended up comforting when a good fish abruptly broke the surface, grabbed a lure, and began to rip line off the reel. The exciting bite resulted in the effective tag and release of an about 200 lb. blue marlin, which produced for a very good day on the drinking water.

Paul Falcone caught a great aku. Akus, or skipjack tuna, are normally scaled-down than Paul’s fish and are regarded as to be the main staple of blue marlin that check out the Hawaiian Islands.

As his shirt suggests, this angler genuinely did get busy right after a mahi darted behind the boat and attacked a lure. Subsequent time he really should wear a shirt that references catching a 500 lb. marlin.

Chan Hance, Frank Warga, Delbert High-quality, Leo Pryor, and Jose Escobedo visited a few of buoys and picked up a number of mahis in the procedure. Absolutely everyone was hoping that the buoys would be keeping more fish, but Chan, Frank, Delbert, Leo, and Jose have been nonetheless smiling at the conclude of the trip.

This mahi, which was caught in the afternoon, was not the biggest specimen out there. Nonetheless, the fish did give some entertainment and fillets.

Employing natural bait at FADs was a productive technique for Roberta and Ryan Kinslow, Lynn and Ed Millette, and John Sharun. The anglers completed the day with a stringer of mahis that consisted mainly of great fish, including a large bull.

Mike Cate had been dragging an aku along a latest line in hopes of obtaining a massive bite when this bull mahi came in on the bait. The greedy mahi took the bait and Mike did a very good occupation of guaranteeing that the bait was effectively traded in for a larger fish.

Lo Khamphan used the approach of dragging a dwell opelu all around a FAD. Right after heading into the h2o about the buoy, the bait was not alive for long. This nice cow mahi pounced on the opelu with no hesitation and Lo proceeded to battle his fish to the boat.

This kawakawa offered some entertaining for a younger angler. If the kawakawa is utilised as fresh bait, there is no doubt that a mahi would try to eat the little tuna. The kawakawa can also be reduce up to serve as bait for bottom fishing. The bloody meat draws a whole lot of strikes and the difficult skin prevents the bait from coming off the hook.

Jason, Ben, and LJ Woody went fishing as a loved ones. They diligently worked a FAD with a combination of bait and little lures to catch these mahis. The even larger mahis are much more probably to take a bait while the more compact mahis sometimes favor a modest lure through a organic bait.

Sean Dickt was prepared for action when this mahi picked up the bait he had been dragging. Sean responded speedily to the bite and managed to get his bull mahi to the boat with no any difficulty.

Michaela and Peter Hanzlik, Julios McGruder, Ahmadou Ndong, and Natalie Frasier discovered an aku pile and picked up some tuna, one particular of which was a nice aku. The anglers also caught a kawakawa, which is yet another species of tuna.

Laurie Shepard and Jason Demars didn’t have to go far to come across their fish. As an alternative of heading for the horizon, Laurie and Jason labored the inside of pinnacle known as key spot. Key spot has a nutritious population of bait fish and, as a outcome, predatory fish can also be found there. Laurie and Jason discovered some predatory fish and caught these two mahis.

Jeff and Frank Loehmann, Sara Johnson, and Jim Schliabba trolled through an location and caught a shibi on their smallest lure. Staying in the place, the anglers converted from lures to bait. The consequence of that adjust in methodology was 3 mahis, which includes a wonderful bull.

Eli and Lorisa Huerta went bottom fishing for a few of hours and had a productive excursion. In addition to inedible species which had been produced, Eli and Lorisa caught an uku and a papio, both of which are very good to eat.

John Merrill and Alex Menkies put in a great day out on the h2o in search of the biggest fish that they could find. By the stop of their journey, John and Alex had located a couple of cow mahis.

Audrey Inga seasoned the exhilaration of viewing and hooking a blue marlin. Audrey also felt the disappointment of obtaining a wonderful fish shake the hooks out. Nonetheless, Audrey was thrilled about catching this thirty lb. bull mahi.

Chad and Blake Payton ended up joined by Justin Stell at an offshore buoy. A few mahis at the bouy were unable to resist the normal bait presented to them. Chad, Blake, and Justin took gain of all their bites to catch a mahi apiece.

Many thanks for taking a appear at this Begin Me Up fishing report. Any concerns can be directed towards Deli in Start off Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth at 808-667-7879 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Hawaii Time. An alternative is to email startmeupfish@gmail.com. Right up until the following report, tight lines.

Aloha,
Jonny