Fishing Report September 3, 2011 Lahaina Harbor, Maui, Hawaii

Aloha from Lahaina Harbor, Maui, Hawaii. Despite the fact that there are nevertheless small tunas close to, the billfish bite has surely slowed down. Luckily, the mahi bite has picked up so fish are nonetheless staying caught. The ono bite also appears to be picking up as a quantity of ono have been brought into Lahaina Harbor over the past numerous days. If there are any issue about the fishing, come to feel free of charge to call Deli in Begin Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth at 808-667-7879 among 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Hawaii Time. An choice is to e mail startmeupfish@gmail.com. The subsequent report includes some video from this summer season as effectively as some of Commence Me Up’s anglers and their catch from the latter component of August.

To commence points off, here are a few video clips that had been filmed this summer season.

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This approximated 175 to 200 lb. blue marlin was tagged and released again in July. The boat went 1 for a few on marlin bites that day.

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There had been a lot of marlin tagged and released in July. This video exhibits one more 200 lb. blue marlin that was tagged and released in that month. The fish was caught on a 30 lb. class rod and reel.

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This video clip exhibits the tagging of nevertheless an additional blue marlin in July.

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This tiny blue marlin was tagged and launched again in June after staying caught on 30 lb. class standup gear.

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Scott Wilson visited Maui from Colorado in July and caught a quite nice mahi on a king king with light line and really light leader. Great job Scott!

These anglers had a wonderful day on the water and finished up with a blended bag of fish dominated by mahis. Among their eight mahis, three had some pretty wonderful measurement. The anglers also caught an ono and nice aku.

The Bishop ladies hooked these akus on a tiny lure jogging in the back of the lure spread. A tiny lure signifies a tiny hook, which is relatively easy for a fish to spit out. Nevertheless, the Bishop ladies brought their akus to the boat without a hitch.

These anglers started out their day early in the early morning at a FAD. They specific the fish around the buoy using natural bait, which in this situation was opelu. The moment the bait was in the h2o, the anglers caught their fish one following the other. Following catching the 4 mahis at the buoy, the anglers determined to troll in search of a billfish but weren’t lucky sufficient to get the bite for which they had been browsing.

Michael Rigis had a excellent time catching his kawakawa, which was stored in order to serve as a dead bait in the foreseeable future.

Start Me Up’s early departure trip has the potential to make a quite great catch, specially when the FADs are holding fish. A lot of of these mahis have been caught at the crack of dawn at an offshore buoy making use of organic bait.

These anglers arrived a extended way to go fishing on Maui. These three mahis ended up their reward for creating the journey all the way from England.

Ryan Kwan, a young angler from Canada, experienced a thing new when he went fishing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and caught this aku, or skipjack tuna.

Pound for pound, all tunas are extremely robust fish. Even a 5 lb. aku can place up an fulfilling battle on light tackle.

The early departure trip struck once more and caught these five mahis. Everyone had large hopes upon arrival at the buoy and five mahis including a great bull cannot be deemed a disappointment.

Summer time time is typically the peak ono year in Hawaii but the ono bite has been relatively sluggish this summer season. Nonetheless, Dillon Ross and Ally Ratzke caught a pair of onos, which is a good sign. The bigger ono weighed in at a hefty 36 lbs.

The Mogg brothers have been all smiles following catching a few of akus. Way to go boys!

Kristen Johnson demonstrated the proper way to combat an ono to the boat, as evidenced by the fact that her ono ended up in the fish bag.

John Allen found this great cow mahi whilst trolling. The fish attacked a lure with out hesitation just before staying subdued by John.

For the Wilsons, fishing was a family members affair. The Wilson loved ones expended some quality time jointly observing the ocean views as properly as catching some akus.

Jay, Prosperous, John, and Ken went out for 4 several hours and came across this nice mahi. Abundant was the angler that caught the 28 lb. bull.

This team of anglers experimented with tough to locate some large fish but had to settle for some scaled-down tunas that included 3 akus and a shibi. At minimum there was a lot of sashimi to go about.

Afternoon trips can generate fish. A few leisurely hrs of trolling in the afternoon developed this ono and kawakawa.

These good cow mahis made for a proud team of anglers. Mahis can place on a great combat when they swim sideways with regard to the boat. Mahis can also put on a fantastic display with their excellent hues and frenzied jumps.

This great kaku, or barracuda, held everyone guessing until the fish ended up on the boat. At a glance or in disturbed drinking water, barracudas can be easily mistaken for onos.

Utilizing a combination of heavy and light gear can be a fun way to fish. Some more substantial lures can be run nearer to the boat on large tackle even though more compact lures can be operate on light tackle even more again in the pattern. With this set up, all sorts of fish from marlin to akus can be caught. These angler used that technique and caught a couple of akus while at the same time getting a opportunity to catch a marlin.

This family received a kick out of catching a great kaku. Many folks take pleasure in catching barracudas just to get a search at their extremely toothy mouths.

Another entertaining afternoon trip was in the textbooks following these anglers caught a number of fish. The highlight was clearly catching the ono, but the akus have been entertaining as nicely.

Ethan McAnally expended some time producing a shallow ono run on his four hour trip. The inside pinnacles have been effective for Ethan and he caught this ono.

Al Bjerke got a bite but didn’t get hooked up. Luckily, Al happened to be employing a two lb. tuna as live bait so the fish arrived about for a second attempt. The second bite resulted in a reliable hookup and Al was in a position to land his wonderful bull mahi.

Bruce and Wayne Randall united for a day of fishing and returned to Lahaina Harbor with a pair of mahis. Bruce and Wayne caught equally of their fish whilst functioning a latest line at the rear of Lanai in the vicinity of K buoy.

Richard Bennett’s short early morning trip resulted in a mahi that would surely have time to company up in the fridge for that night’s dinner.

Blair and Mike, visiting Maui from Canada, went fishing in the afternoon and caught a pair of mahis. Blair and Mike also tagged and released an believed 150 lb. blue marlin. That’s an thrilling afternoon of fishing.

Many thanks for checking out this Start Me Up fishing report. Keep in mind to immediate any queries in direction of Deli at 808-667-7879 or startmeupfish@gmail.com. Until the up coming report, tight lines.

Aloha,
Jonny