Fishing Reports

Winter fishing is here, the smaller bait has moved in on the ledges while the AKU ( skipjack tuna) have moved out.  Blue Marlin action is still consistent with most boats getting one bite every full day and on average 2 fish over 200 KG have been caught for the fleet each week.  Not much to say for the striped marlin, spearfish or Ahi bite as they have yet to make a strong appearance.  Dolphin fish have been found on floaters out wide, but not on the troll.  As we head into April and May the spearfish should show up thick, with larger Blue Marlin arriving.  History shows those months to produce the largest of the Marlin ever caught here.

This winter has produced some great fishing here in Kona; The Blue Marlin Bite perked up in November and continued right on through Dec, with large numbers of small Male Marlin being caught daily. The Stripe Marlin have arrived too, while not red hot they are a common catch. Winter Wahoo are here in numbers at the moment while the spearfish bite has been a little bit slow this winter.

With so many male Blue Marlin around all winter I am predicting there to be some very XXL Marlin showing up here in the March and April period to spawn with them.  I believe we could have a really good season ahead of us.

Fall has been producing some great fishing, Consistent current and lack of boat pressure has shown some good action.  We have had large bait schools on the buoys and along the ledges.  In amongst the bait we have seen marlin up to 600lbs and lots of Mahi mahi too.  Yellowfin have been a little slow on the troll, but boats fishing with live bait and in the schools have been doing very good.   December will produce better Mahi mahi action with tapered off and spotty Blue marlin fishing, however a return of striped marlin will fill in and Shortbill spearfish action will also start back up.

August fishing fishing in Kona started off with a 412 kilo black marlin weighed, there were also Marlin lost in August that were called real big ! Big August marlin did show up but the bites were spread out and fishing was hard because of inconsistent currents. September began to really take on a bit more consistency with fair to good fishing. The Yellowfin bite was average but most marlin boats started to see 2 to 3 aggressive blue bites a day. Bluewaters own Trish Simpson released a Blue in the 430 kilo range, confirming that Big Marlin are still here. November/ December will see a return of Striped Marlin, Mahi and smaller Blue marlin.

Fishing Report

June-July 2017

 

June & July Marlin fishing in Kona was Hot and Cold quite literally, our water stayed cold with moments of Warm water currents that coincided with quick hot marlin bites, 130-180 kg fish became the norm with some nice 300 and 360 kg Blues. The yellowfin tuna bite was outstanding; everyone in the fleet catching plenty up to 90 kg.

The end of July did see an increase of lots of male Blue Marlin, so going into September there is talk of a postponed big fish bite, with the big females spawning later then usual.  The summer crowd goes home in September and fishing historically is very good.