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MEDIA RELEASE If a $10,000 koa tree crashed in the woods and nobody heard it, would it still be worth $10,000? The Fuel Dock Fishing Series wants you to hear this $10,000 crash clearly: Hawaii Fuel Network and the Fuel Dock Series are giving away a guaranteed prize of $10,000.00 in free fuel in a [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mark your fishing calendars for another Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament (HIBT) scheduled for Aug. 12-18 in Kona. This prestige Tournament built on strict International Game Fish Association (IGFA) rules for world records, kicks off Sunday, Aug. 12 as teams register, draw for their tournament boats and participate in the HIBT parade through Historic [...]

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) reminds the fishing public that the season for ‘ama‘ama (striped mullet) will be closed from Thursday, December 1, 2011 through Saturday, March 31, 2012.

“‘Ama‘ama are about to enter their peak spawning season,” said William J. Aila, Jr., DLNR chairperson. “The annual winter closure is designed to help the fish reproduce successfully and protect the species from overfishing.”

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources announces the re-opening of State marine waters on Thursday, September 1, 2011 for the 2011-2012 bottomfish fishing year.

The fishing year was closed earlier this year on March 12, 2011 and remained closed through August 31, 2011. Seven bottomfish species were affected by this closure: onaga, ehu, opakapaka, kalekale, gindai, lehi, and the hapu‘upu‘u.

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Man named Marlin wins the ‘Crying Towel’ award after a bigger fish steals the big catch

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‘All that work. But what are you gonna do? That’s fishing for you. Sometimes you lose them.’

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Marlin Parker earns top charter boat captain honors – again

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New Zealand angler lands 540 lb. Pacific blue marlin – biggest fish of the tournament so far

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Tight race brewing between Kona’s skippers as they rack up the points

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Team from China makes debut, tags two Pacific blue marlin, sits in third place on the scoreboard

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Points on the board Monday for 18 Pacific blue marlin, 1 striped marlin, 4 short-nose spearfish and 2 boated ahi

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52nd Annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament Official Team List 1 Old South Marlin Club #2 – North Carolina 2 Team Lantana – Florida 3 Bay of Islands Swordfish Club #1 – New Zealand 4 Laguna Niguel Billfish Club – Col. Brooks Morris Memorial Team #1 – California 5 Kona Game Fishing Club – Taiyo – [...]

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