February 28, 2011 Lahaina Harbor, Maui

Aloha from Lahaina Harbor. The billfish bite off the leeward side of Maui is very sizzling. Striped marlin have been attacking lures in packs and some anglers have been returning to the harbor with double digit counts of marlin bites. In addition to the striped marlin, some shortbill spearfish and great blue marlin have been about. There has also been the common steady trickle of mahis and tunas coming into the harbor. Total, the fishing is excellent appropriate now. For a lot more details on the fishing, call Deli at 808-667-7879 among 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Hawaii time or email startmeupfish@gmail.com. The photographs beneath have our anglers and some of their catch from the previous week.

Roger Stern had a very intriguing fishing trip. He was in a position to appreciate the thrill of catching this mahi and was also lucky ample to witness what he called an epic battle. Steve Stupak, an 18 12 months old from Minnesota, caught an about 650 lb. blue marlin just south of the Lanai lighthouse in a hundred fathoms. The fish would not give up on the brief corner purple softhead and, following six attempts, ate the lure. An hour and 10 minutes later on Steve was the successful angler of a large blue marlin. In accordance with Start off Me Up’s policy for marlin above 500 lbs., Steve’s trip was totally free and a 300 dollar donation was produced to a neighborhood charity. Congratulations to Steve on his fish of a lifetime.

There were striped marlin all around for Amanda and Mark Quam and Ann and Matt Sutton. They successfully caught and introduced two near the Lanai lighthouse and picked up two mahis as effectively. With all that motion, these anglers described their morning as awesome.

Mike and his twin boys Nick and Alec trolled the one hundred fathom ledge and acquired a couple of bites. They converted on the two bites, landing these two mahis.

Shantel Williams landed this mahi on a brief morning journey. That’s not a undesirable way to invest a morning.

The proud father and son crew of Manning and Connor Louie also did a short morning trip and came up with this mahi. They will surely have fond reminiscences of their fishing knowledge.

Tom Carroll, Jim Lawrence, Rich Roman, and Mike Dennison had been in a position to carry some very good seafood back again to the harbor. They caught a few of shibis and a mahi.

Roger Paye and his wife Cindy caught and released a striped marlin and boated a 28 lb. aku. That is a massive aku, or skipjack tuna, which are actually named otaru when exceeding weights of twenty lbs. Michael O’Brien also received fortunate and caught and released a striped marlin. This group had a fantastic day on the h2o.

Ben Rock, from West Virginia, was rock strong when he reeled in this mahi. Ben came across his mahi while trolling the one hundred fathom ledge off Lanai.

Nathan Millar did a four hour afternoon trip and hooked up to a striped marlin in the vicinity of LA buoy. Nathan caught the fish, which was released, and said that he had a great time on his 1st fishing journey in Hawaii.

Jim Higgins also caught a fish on his initial fishing trip in Hawaii. Jim boated this mahi although trolling close to the Lanai lighthouse.

Jace McNaic and Caroline and Mitch Bartrem didn’t require a quite prolonged time to discover the fish. They have been on their way in from LA buoy on a two hour journey when these fish bit. Doing work jointly, Jace, Caroline, and Mitch brought the mahis to the boat.

Johannes McDonald, all the way from South Africa, landed a nice cow mahi and Doug Hansen and his spouse caught a fish for the dinner table. They all said that they had a enjoyable day.

With a complete of 10 marlin bites, Shaun Sutton and Gary Coleman had been each and every in a position to catch and release a striped marlin. All of their motion came while trolling on the backside of Lanai.

In this scenario, the picture does not notify the total story of the trip. Though Sheldon and Melanie Burch and Dean and Debra Scammell did get a mahi on the boat, they missed 8 marlin. Most ended up striped marlin but one particular was a good blue marlin. All of the motion took spot behind Lanai. This trip is just yet another example of how hard billfishing can be.

Gwen Miller, George Russell, and Rosanne and Gene Schmaltz did an afternoon journey and fished relatively shallow drinking water along the inside ledge. The ledge created these two mahis and there were a lot of whales to be noticed.

Even with all the billfish close to, Jason Chisholm was nonetheless pleased to catch this wonderful mahi.

Maui Fishin lures, made by Captain Steve Carroll, are often on display in Begin Me Up’s booth at Lahaina Harbor. Captain Steve styles and creates these baits, all of which have been productive. The big lure has caught many marlin. Captain Steve is partial to the marlin lure in black and red although the so-referred to as Coors Light hues have also been used with fantastic success. The smaller flat-head lure also functions fantastic. The lure is not extremely huge, but can make a whole lot of noise in the spread. Captain Steve’s tiny bullet lure, however, is a favorite among quite a few captains, specially in the coloration blue. The tiny bullet is a preferred due to the fact of the confirmed ability to catch all kinds of fish time and time yet again.

This is a single of Captain Steve’s greater marlin lures. With Start Me Up Sportfishing embedded in the head, some anglers get these lures residence as souvenirs. Some of the anglers truly decide on to use the lures back at house. One angler, for illustration, intended to use a Maui Fishin lure to goal walleye in Canada. Anglers could also choose to use Maui Fishin lures although fishing on Maui, where the lures are identified to function properly.

This is the Maui Fishin little bullet lure. Pink has been one more 1 of the really productive hues, but the shape of the lure head alone is so good that the fish possibly don’t even care about colour.

Thanks for checking out nevertheless another Begin Me Up fishing report. If anyone would like a daily report for Lahaina Harbor, phone our booth at 808-667-7879 amongst nine a.m. and 5 p.m. Hawaii time or e mail startmeupfish@gmail.com. Our next report will possibly be posted inside a week. Till then, restricted lines.

Aloha,
Jonny