Archives for August 2018

A little Poke Bomb for Hunter from Virginia ! Lookin for what’s eating these, any minute 🤔. #benchmark #kona #shibi #yellowfintuna #poke@pelagicgear #pelagicworldwide

If your wondering why these tuna have been so hard to catch on lures the last few weeks. This is what they are eating. It’s crazy how many times you see them actively jumping and feeding right around the spread but they are just switched on to micro stuff.

3 for 4 on Blue Marlin yesterday. We finished up our trip with Bob and Cindy Dagenais going 5 for 10 on their 3 day trip with us. They left with big smiles and memory’s that will last a life time. #benchmark #kona #hawaii#bluemarlin #fishing #sportfishing @pelagicgear #pelagicworldwide@fire_tailz #dredgestrips@seamount_fishing………………………………………………………..📸 I got to press the button on a couple but was @jayblesphoto camera with all his setting,polarized lens etc so photo credit really goes to him. Photo 3 is all his golden finger work while he was also clearing lines. @ The Big Island of Hawaii

1 for 2 yesterday catching a 300 lb blue and jumping off one that looked probably like a 700 lb fish. The bigger one came unhooked after only a couple big jumps so was probably never really hooked. Always hurts a bit more when everyone onboard gets a good look at her. Oh Well the law of averages should work in our favor sooner or later on the big girls 😂. Despite jumping off the big one we are super happy for Cindy catching her first Blue Marlin and it was a good one! ( note to self gopros take average still pictures, time for me to get a camera and stop bogarting @jayblesphoto camera rig ) #benchmark #kona #hawaii#bluemarlin #bigbuggah #rats #fishing #biggamefishing @pelagicgear #pelagichawaii #pelagicworldwide @fire_tailz #dredgestrips @ Hawaii

JULY 2018 WRAP UP, well that was fun !! For the month of July we went 19 for 40 on blue marlin. We caught 5 fish over 400 lbs ( 750,650,640,550,450) a few 300’s and a bunch of rats to fill the gaps, we were rigged & hunting for big Julie so our Hook up to catch rate suffered on the smaller ones, but for me quality over quantity is how I prefer it. We We were stoked on that month of fishing and looking forward to much more to come as we head into what should be an epic autumn and Fall. Big thanks to my crew @jayblesphoto and the biggest thanks of all to all our charters. Without you guys we would be sitting at the dock, thanks for coming down and fishing with us. I really appreciate it and look forward to doing it again. Yeeeew that’s all for now.#benchmark #kona #hawaii #bluemarlin #july #summer #bigbootygirls@pelagicgear #pelagichawaii #pelagicworldwide @fire_tailz #dredgestrips @squidnati0n www.grandermarlin.com @ Grander Marlin Sportfishing

1 for 4 yesterday on Blue Marlin but also had 2 other blues wack the short corner around. We have had a few days off the water so was good to get bck out there and find a some. Mostly super hyper rats except for a really nice one that we had all over our short corner XXL Lure at the same time a 200 lb rat was jumping around on our long rigger. The big girl that exploded on the short corner lure, knocked it down hard but never got hooked & never came bck… next . @koyalures808 opelu head bullet in green flash getting lots of action yesterday. Back out here the next few days, see what we can find. #benchmark #kona #hawaii#bluemarlin @pelagicgear #pelagichawaii #pelagicworldwide @fire_tailz #dredgestrips @squidnati0n @ The Big Island of Hawaii