02-28-2004, 09:42 PM
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Kona Hawaii fishing report – Feb. 28th, 2004[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Winter’s not over but the marlins don’t know it. The striped marlin are basically gone and the big blue marlin have moved in. A few nice size ones topping the 500 lb. mark and several in the 150 to 250 range have been coming in this month. I got all of my 130 rods back out and sized up my lures but I haven’t had a whole lot of action from the big ones since I’ve done that. The spearfish bite is still good and the mahi mahi bite, although fluctuating a lot is remaining pretty strong for winter. [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]A few ono are starting to show up out in the deep. [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Shibi size ahi are being caught in the koa’s by the handline commercial guys and a few big ahi are coming in by the guys using green sticks in the porpoise schools.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The bottom bite is finally good again. It was March of last year that it got real hard to find the bottom fish. I don’t know where they’ve been on vacation for the past year but it’s good to have ‘em back. The 30 to 60 lb. jacks are taking the baits as soon as they get near the bottom and yes, sizing down my circle hooks did increased my hook-up ratio. There have also been a lot of sharks around. The sandbar sharks are a good challenge for most anglers with an average of about 75 lbs. and we’ve also had some fights with tiger sharks, dusky sharks and bronze whalers in the 300 to 500 lb. range. If they take just a bite out of a fish we’re bringing up, then they will usually follow it all the way up to the boat. Then the fun really starts. I tease them right up near boat and let them finish eating. WHAT A SHOW! I hope to get some videos of that up on my web site soon.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]See `ya on the water,[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Capt. Jeff Rogers ,[/size][/font]http://FISHinKONA.com
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Winter’s not over but the marlins don’t know it. The striped marlin are basically gone and the big blue marlin have moved in. A few nice size ones topping the 500 lb. mark and several in the 150 to 250 range have been coming in this month. I got all of my 130 rods back out and sized up my lures but I haven’t had a whole lot of action from the big ones since I’ve done that. The spearfish bite is still good and the mahi mahi bite, although fluctuating a lot is remaining pretty strong for winter. [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]A few ono are starting to show up out in the deep. [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Shibi size ahi are being caught in the koa’s by the handline commercial guys and a few big ahi are coming in by the guys using green sticks in the porpoise schools.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The bottom bite is finally good again. It was March of last year that it got real hard to find the bottom fish. I don’t know where they’ve been on vacation for the past year but it’s good to have ‘em back. The 30 to 60 lb. jacks are taking the baits as soon as they get near the bottom and yes, sizing down my circle hooks did increased my hook-up ratio. There have also been a lot of sharks around. The sandbar sharks are a good challenge for most anglers with an average of about 75 lbs. and we’ve also had some fights with tiger sharks, dusky sharks and bronze whalers in the 300 to 500 lb. range. If they take just a bite out of a fish we’re bringing up, then they will usually follow it all the way up to the boat. Then the fun really starts. I tease them right up near boat and let them finish eating. WHAT A SHOW! I hope to get some videos of that up on my web site soon.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]See `ya on the water,[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Capt. Jeff Rogers ,[/size][/font]http://FISHinKONA.com
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