Jay and Violet Strange came to Big island to visit some friends. They also decided to try their luck with High Noon Sport fishing. They wanted something good to eat plus fight a tough fish.. They accomplished both!
We had some live bait in the live well left over from our early morning charter. We had gone to one bouy that morning, but it was dead. So, with the live bait still health, we decided to try another FAD bouy called F bouy.
When we arrived, there were a 5 boats trolling lures in the area with no luck. We dropped a live bait (called opelu) into the water and with a few minutes we had a double hook up to two massive mahi-mahi. After an epic 20 minute battle on light tackle both fish were landed and the bull ended up weighing a whopping 44 lbs! Biggest mahi-mahi of the year in Kona. Great job to our anglers Jay and Violet! Here are two photos: