Fishing Report from December 15th through January 15th 2012

The whales and fish have shown up in good numbers the past few weeks. The surface trolling boats are getting into Striped Marlin, Mahi Mahi, Wahoo and even a few Yellowfin tuna. We've had some of our most productive days with the live bait fishing than we've had in months. Mahi Mahi, Tuna, Grey Snapper, Giant Trevally, Blue Finned Trevally, Shark and Amberjacks. Love those action packed days!

Captain Tad

Luckey Strike II with their 596 lb. Blue Marlin caught on a four hour trip last summer.

Yellow Fin Tuna!

These "footballs" get well over 200 lbs. This one was caught on the last day of 2002 and made for some great shasimi for the new year.

This big Yellowfin was caught trolling lures while fishing the North Shore of Molokai. We don't see these big tuna's like we did 20 years ago.

FISH WITH TEETH!

This is a 60 lb Barracuda that could use some dental work! We tagged and released the fish to scare someone else another day.

A 40 lb. Wahoo has a mouth full of razor blade teeth that can cut through 200 lb. test CABLE leader. We are VERY careful when landing one off these fish.

This 122 lb. Ulua could eat just about anything it wanted! This fish was caught on a live "Opelu" fishing near a deep underwater cave where they like to hide out during the day .

THE POWER OF BAIT!

This is the "Snicker's Bar"of the Hawaiian Islands! We catch these Mackerel and use them for bait both on the surface and down deep. Using light spinning gear with five flies on each rig you can have a real ball just catching bait. (when in season)

A beautiful "Hawiian Salmon" or "Rainbow Runner" caught on a live bait down deep.These are great eating and fun to catch on light gear.

Another Amberjack on live bait. During the winter months we catch a lot of these fighters that we tag and release. These fish can get up over 100 lbs.!

Barracuda "Kaku"

"KAKU"
(Barracuda)
This "Kaku" belongs to Lauren Leifson and was 58 inches long! We managed to tag and release the fish without loosing any fingers! Hawaiian Barracuda get HUGE and are one of the most impressive looking predators around. They feed on just about anything but love a live "Opleu" most of all.