An excited group of five friends on the Hilo boat Liberty Dream made history on Monday when they boated a 1,010-pound Pacific blue marlin. The “grander” was only the fourth Hilo marlin weighing over 1,000 pounds on the official list … Continued
The latest Kona report by Jim Rizzuto features intense tournament action, some odd catches (a 213.5-pound broadbill and 50.5-pound mahimahi), and the longest tag report of the year. Connect with Fishtrack.com to see the action. Kona Fishing offshore update July … Continued
For the latest Kona report from Jim Rizzuto, check out http://www.fishtrack.com/…/young-angler-catches-big-kona-ma…. Great story about a very young angler and her big fish. Plus non-stop action on Marlin Magic II and the week’s biggest tagged fish on Sea Genie II. Action shot … Continued
The Hawaii Marlin Tournament Series enters its 29th year this weekend, which is somewhat interesting because organizer Jody Bright says he never intended to be in the tournament business at all. “We created the Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament back … Continued
As a guy who writes about big-game fishing in Hawaii, I fight with my spell-checker every day. It doesn’t know how to spell “mahimahi.” It tries to stick a hyphen between the two “mahi” parts and scolds me – even … Continued
In a huge celebration of boats, fishermen, family and friends, Randy llanes’ ashes were scattered at sea off Kona last Friday. But if you think that’s the end of Randy, think again. I have a few stories for you. … Continued
Our latest Kona update is up on Fishtrack.com now and features great recent catches of ono and blue marlin. http://www.fishtrack.com/fishing-reports/big-ahi-in-kona-report_1853 The Big-Fish List and catch report are stuffed with great fishing results this week. Big-Fish List for 2015. The list … Continued
From June, 2001. Reprinted from The Kona Fishing Chronicles 2001. Rapping to “The Beat Goes Ono” The latest rap hit on Kona radio (that’s fishing radio, of course) is “Be There When the Bite Turns Ono.” The stars of this … Continued
Check out this week’s Kona update featuring a wide-range of catches from otaru, blue marlin, yellowfin tuna, ono, bigeye trevally to an overnight broadbill swordfish. Follow the action with Jim Rizzuto every week. http://www.fishtrack.com/fishing-reports/kona-offshore-update-report_1827 Big-Fish List for 2015. The list … Continued
We are reprinting this story from The Kona Fishing Chronicles of 1999. We first published it in our weekly column in June 1999. It tells the tale of a very mystifying case of mistaken identity for what was thought to be the … Continued