The Lure-Making Tips blog is for readers who already know the techniques and methods explained in the books Lure-Making 101/102 and Lure-Making 201/202. If you don’t have these books, be sure to get them. Here’s a tutorial using lure-crafting methods … Continued
If lure brands make a difference, then every fishing day is an informal lure-maker’s challenge. It’s one simple challenge to see if your lure will even catch a fish and a more exciting challenge to see if it will catch … Continued
The Lure-Making Tips blog is for readers who already know the techniques and methods explained in the books Lure-Making 101/102 and Lure-Making 201/202. If you don’t have these books, be sure to get them. Lead can make a big difference … Continued
The Lure-Making Tips blog is for readers who already know the techniques and methods explained in the books Lure-Making 101/102 and Lure-Making 201/202. If you don’t have these books, be sure to get them. What a mess! The lesson here … Continued
Black marlin are extremely rare here, which you can tell by following our “Big-Fish List.” The black marlin slot has been empty all year so far. The few caught off Kona since January were either not weighed or not reported. … Continued
If you are having trouble hooking big fish, think small. Capt. Kenny Fogarty has been running a 7-inch blue bullet in his pattern behind Makana Lani. That’s small enough to be gulped by the 10-pound mahimahi that grabbed it Wednesday … Continued
Thunder, lightning, torrential rain, flash flooding, roads turned into rivers, even some scattered blasts of hail — last week we had it all. How did Kona’s mini-monsoon affect your fishing? As seen in many fishing stories last week, the … Continued
Sixty years ago, Capt. George Parker made headlines around the world when he caught the first certified, world-record grander Pacific blue marlin. Since that 1,002-pound giant in November 1954, Hawaii’s lee eddies have churned up a stream of 1,000-pound blues … Continued
For long stretches of the year, the billfish report was dominated by 100- to 300-pound blue marlin. Female blues grow much bigger than males, which rarely top 300 pounds, so the catch has been predominatly fully mature males. When few, … Continued
In the months ahead we may finally learn the answer to our most frequently asked question about the effect of weather on fishing in Hawaii. Meterologists are predicting what might be the strongest El Nino on record. It comes … Continued