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Kona Hawaii fishing report – November wrap-up . Mahi mahi tops the list as the most common catch of the month. Normally these fish are caught in the deep either “in the blind” or around the FAD’s (Fish Aggregating Device’s), or on any floating debr…

Kona Hawaii fishing report – October wrap-up . The marlin bite is picking up quite nicely especially compared to the end of last month and the beginning of October when the bite was pretty poor due to the water conditions. The waters have cleared u…

Kona Hawaii fishing report – September wrap-up . The beginning of September was pretty good fishing but I haven’t been getting out much. September is the slowest month for tourism. I’m one of the busiest captains in Kona so if I’m not going out, ha…

Kona Hawaii fishing report – August wrap-up . The marlin bite remains good for Kona. So, “good” being a relative term, what exactly is a “good” bite for Kona? Any day you catch a marlin is a good day but the yearly average for Kona boats is only on…

Kona Hawaii fishing report – July wrap-up . We had some big tournaments this month. The Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament (HIBT) was a huge success with a huge amount of marlin and spearfish tagged and released but almost all of them were…

Kona Hawaii fishing report – June wrap-up The male blue marlin showed up in force this month. These guys average around 150 lbs. and are so abundant now that on a full day charter, you’re almost guaranteed to run into at least one. So what about th…

Kona Hawaii fishing report – May wrap-up . In last months fishing report I focused in on “Grander” (over 1000 lb.) marlin. Just a couple of days ago another “close but no cigar” was weighed in. This one tipped the scale at 913 lbs. There have been…

Kona Hawaii fishing report – April wrap-up Kona is the Pacific blue marlin capital of the world for more reasons than one. First, it a year round fishery. There’s usually at least one marlin brought in each day even in the off-season. Second, we ca…