David Jensen landed a nice 40 lb. striped marlin.  Dave is with tons of family on a Hawaiian vacation and the wanted something for the BBQ while they are in Kona.  Dave got the perfect fish with a 40 striped marlin today.  Photo to follow.

For the first time ever, two Granders (Blue Marlin over 1000 pounds) have been landed in Kona during both January and February this year. Today, February 19, a Blue Marlin weighing in at 1030 lbs was weighed in by a Kona charter boat.  Overall, our fishing has been very good during both January and February this year with Blue Marlin, Spearfish, Striped Marlin and Mahi Mahi being the main catches.

Nia Bean from Oahu, Hawaii landed a nice 80 lb. striped Marlin today.  It hit the long rigger on a lure called “baby blue”.  As she was from Oahu and has a lot of family in Hawaii, we took the fish for the BBQ and a hawaiian dish called “poki”.  Photo to follow…

Every once is a while we spot unusual sea life.  Here is a giant Whale Shark right next to our boat.  Estimated length was 25 plus feet.  These gentle creatures are not dangerous at all.  In fact, they will approach the boat and rub their backs on the bottom of the boat.  Great photo by Matt Schubert from Denver, Colorado taken on January 28th!  Thanks, Matt!