Fishing Report May 23, 2011 Lahaina Harbor, Maui, Hawaii

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Aloha from Lahaina Harbor, Maui. Sport fishing in Hawaii is exceptionally exciting at the moment. Blue marlin and shortbill spearfish are being hooked regularly and, as usual, the mahis and onos continue to bite fairly consistently. Every day on the water is different, but fishing out of Maui is productive overall. If there are any questions about the fishing, feel free to call Deli or Jonny in Start Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth at 808-667-7879 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Hawaii Time. Another option is to email startmeupfish@gmail.com. This report is not completely up to date because the preparations related to fishing have been very time consuming lately. Nevertheless, this report does contain some of Start Me Up’s anglers and their catch up until May 20th.


The Rieker family had an exciting day on the water. Marcus, Zak, and Brandt were fortunate enough to boat an ono and tag and release a blue marlin. They got some fish for the dinner table and felt the satisfaction of releasing a healthy blue marlin.

As the Riekers can confirm, seeing a lively blue marlin is quite a spectacle. Their blue marlin was lit up next to the boat after being tagged, meaning that the fish was displaying all of its brilliant colors.

Matt and Stephanie Kiraly elected to go out on a short morning trip. They trolled the inside and landed an ono at Olowalu, which is located approximately five miles south of Lahaina Harbor.

This mahi could not resist a trolled lure. After the strike, Tony Schatte jumped into action and boated the fish. Tony chose to have his mahi filleted so he could have a barbeque with some fresh fish.

Trey Sanchez successfully tagged and released a blue marlin. The fish was part of a double bite approximately two miles inside of K buoy. Needless to say, experiencing multiple blue marlin bites simultaneously is quite rare.

This ono was hooked while trolling off Lanai. Isabel Diaz demonstrated good technique as she fought the fish and brought her ono to the boat without any problems.

Trolling off Lanai produced another ono for Moses Kardashian. Moses was happy with his catch and had a great time on his trip. Besides taking pleasure in catching his ono, Moses was also able to enjoy some fresh ono fillets.

Taking photos on the boat while the fish still have their color is a good idea. That’s exactly what Moses did as he posed with his ono.

This 138 lb. ahi was caught on a 9 inch Maui Fishin Kolohe lure made by Captain Steve Carroll, who is a part of Team Start Me Up. The Kolohe lure moves through the water well and creates a nice amount of splash in the pattern. As a result, the lure draws a lot of strikes.

There have been bigger tunas around, but Don Elder was happy to have his shibi cut up for some sashimi.

Ono typically strike in relatively shallow water and Chris Ryan’s fish was no exception. Chris boated his ono after the fish struck a general jet.

Kurtis Aikens, Jason Smith, and Nick Ellard missed a blue marlin that shook the hooks while jumping out of the water. Kurtis, Jason, and Nick made up for missing the marlin by landing a mahi, ono, and shibi.

Rhea and Doug Wong got a double ono bite just past sweetheart rock near Manele Bay, Lanai. Both of the onos ended up on the boat with Rhea landing the bigger fish.

This ono simply could not resist the Elkins Jr. Popsicle. The fish grabbed the lure and then Rich Fontenot took care of the rest.

Teresa and Carmine Kopecky had an awesome afternoon trip. The action started when Teresa caught a shortbill spearfish, which was tagged and released. The shortbill spearfish was released in a healthy state and Teresa was even able to get a photo with her fish. That’s a win-win situation. Carmine then fought a blue marlin that was over 700 lbs. for 50 minutes. Carmine fought his blue marlin to leader, but at that point the added pressure was too much and the fish got away. Thankfully, the fish was still healthy after the fight and swam away without difficulty.

This group of anglers found out that the pelagic fish in Hawaii really do bite in the afternoon. The anglers caught two mahis and a shibi, which are all excellent table fare.

Derek Pischke also caught fish on a four hour trip. Derek caught his nice cow mahi while dragging lures.

Thanks for checking out this Start Me Up fishing report. Any questions can be directed towards Deli or Jonny in Start Me Up’s Lahaina Harbor booth at 808-667-7879 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Hawaii Time. An alternative is to email startmeupfish@gmail.com. Until the next report, which should be posted relatively soon, tight lines.

Aloha,
Jonny

[mauichas]

Looks impressive until you factor in these fish were caught on 7 different boats over a two week period.

[pedro]

Looks impressive until you factor in these fish were caught on 7 different boats over a two week period.

Charlie Sims is a low life booking agent trying to ride on the back of sport fishing boats.BD flushed him out last year but like the cheap slime ball he is his same game is back here.Mauichas aka cheap charlie will take on many new names to bad rap boats that will not work with him.The sooner he is flushed the better it will smell for hard working sportfishing boats.