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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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MEDIA RELEASE The 16th Annual Huggo’s Wahine Tournament is set for Saturday, July 30. Hawaii’s only all-women tournament is looking for wahine (women) anglers for its legendary tournament of fun, sun and of course, great fishing along the Kona coast. Entry fee is $400 per team and includes four anglers, captain and crew aboard some [...]

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Special to Hawaii 24/7 Kona is to blue marlin fishing as Pebble Beach is to golf – an “old school” name in an ever-increasing swarm of flashy brands. But along with being an established brand comes a certain reputation that does not always hold up to closer inspection. The Hawaii Marlin Tournament Series just turned [...]

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In preparation for the September 1, 2011 opening of the main Hawaiian Islands bottomfish fishery, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will hold free statewide public workshops, starting July 23, on the new bottomfish fishery rules and regulations.

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Strong Persuader, captained by Shane O’Brien, won the Kona Kick Off fishing tournament this weekend, after hauling in a 718-lb. marlin. Angler Joe Gallegos, fishing aboard the Strong Persuader, was the top point-getter in the first of the 2011 Kona Tournaments, which wrapped up Sunday. Leilani wins Largest Ono [...]

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Angler Daron Castoro pulled in a 27 pound Ono on boat ‘Kona Blue’ skippered by Captain Dave Crawford Saturday (June 25).

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Kona Kick Off Tournament weigh-in slated for 4-6 p.m. at Honokohau Harbor

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) reminds the public that the moi fishing season is closed beginning Wednesday, June 1, 2011. State regulations make it unlawful for any person to take, possess, or sell any moi during June, July, and August.

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) reminds the public that the season for taking ula and ula papapa (spiny and slipper lobsters) and Kona crabs in state waters will be closed starting this Sunday, May 1. The closed season extends through the end of August.

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