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Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Feb. wrap-up. The Kona trolling bite is HOT, HOT, HOT! It’s been almost a decade, nine years to be exact since we’ve had a really hot striped marlin bite in Hawaii. Top that off with a good bite on mahi mahi of all sizes even though it’s not the season for them, toss in a fairly g...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report Jan. wrap-up. It’s surprising that the mahi mahi bite is still going strong. Mahi mahi are known as the most temperature sensitive of fish so when the water in Kona gets just a couple of degrees higher or lower than our average 79 degree water temperature, the mahi mahi usua...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – December wrap-up. Thanks for the emails I got wishing me a speedy recovery after wrist surgery. It’s still a little messed up, not totally done healing yet and may never end up being 100% but it’s better than it was. Mahi mahi, ahi (mostly shibi size) and spearfish topped...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – November wrap-up. I’m only giving you guys this report because if I didn’t, the more than 10,000 monthly readers of my Kona report would wonder what the heck happened. I’ve been on vacation for most of November while recovering from wrist surgery. You may have heard that...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Oct. wrap-up. October started out pretty slow for both charters and fish. Those otaru tunas dominated “The Grounds” for most of October and all though they weren’t biting readily, perseverance paid off but when the current switched late in the month, the otaru went by-...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Sept. wrap-up.Normally September is a very slow month for tourism but this year the number of boats out fishing was pretty good. There were two tournaments this month lasting several days each and just a little more activity in the charter fishing sector than in the past f...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – August wrap-up. Several large blue marlin and even a large black marlin were caught this month. It started on August 1st when the biggest fish for August was brought in. A 964 pounder. There were several other marlin caught and released that same day. The five-day Hawaii...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – July wrap-up. The Kona blue marlin bite has been reel good (pun intended). On July 3rd, during the Marlin Magic Tournament a 1043 lb. blue marlin was weighed in to take the tournament win. That made #5 “grander” marlin weighed in worldwide and Kona caught 3 of the 5. That ga...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – June wrap-up. Let the tournaments begin! It’s officially summer and that means back-to-back fishing tournaments in Kona. We just had the two day “Rock ‘N Reel” and “Wee Guys” tournaments and both resulted in a bunch of fish caught. The June bite for marlin was a bit slow b...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – May wrap-up. As we head into summer, the total number of fish being caught off the Kona coast will rise just like it does every summer. Why is that? I’m glad you asked. It comes down to just simple math. More boats out fishing = more fish being caught. There are more boats out f...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – April wrap up. April was certainly a mixed bag of bites. We would have a good blue marlin bite for a few days, then the marlin would almost disappear and the ono would be the big bite. Then the mahi mahi would show up and the ono would disappear. Spearfish, even though it’s sti...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – March wrap-up. Hawaii is the Blue marlin capital of the world for several reasons and we can add a couple more reasons this month. March has always been known as a month that the BIG blue marlin show up. In fact, there’s only one month that beats out March for “granders” (marl...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Feb. wrap-up . I’m going to start this month’s report with a quote from the fishing season calendar page on my web site because it’s so appropriate. Quote; “A good blue marlin run can happen for a short period of time in any month of the year.” And we’re luckily experiencing...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Jan. wrap-up The New Year really started off with several bangs so this report will be a little longer than most. Just like in the beginning of 2012, Kona is the first place in the world to weigh in a “Grander” (over 1000 lbs.) marlin. It happened on January 15th when the boat...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Dec. wrap-up. Our mahi mahi run should have lasted about 3 months but it started late and ended early. There were hardly any caught in month of December. In fact, the December catch numbers for any fish was pretty pitiful over all but there are a few factors involved here. T...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – November wrap-up . I normally get the monthly report out before the end of the month but I just got too busy to get it done by then so, better late than never. In last month’s report I said that the Fall mahi mahi run starts in October but we weren’t seeing any yet. They finally d...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report October wrap-up , Just days before I wrote last month’s report, another “grander” Pacific Blue marlin was landed in Kona but I didn’t know about it. That’s the 4th grander this year but this one is VERY special. Capt. Gene Vander Hoek with his boat the Sea Genie II has weighe...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Sept. wrap-up . Tourism makes for a good economic indicator. When people are prospering, they often use their extra income to travel. Here in Hawaii, EVERYTHING revolves around tourism. For instance, here in Kona we have Kona Coffee and while some of it is exported, mos...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – August wrap-up . Kona got its third “grander” marlin of 2012 this month weighing in at 1,022.5 lbs. The marlin was hooked by the “Anxious” while fishing in the Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament. This tournament is IGFA rules and while I have nothing against fema...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – July wrap-up . The summer marlin bite finally kicked in to gear this month proving Hawaii to be the blue marlin capital of the world….. or, tied? The World Cup Blue Marlin Championship held of July 4th each year has kind of been the measuring stick for the title of “blue marl...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – June wrap up . “Blind strike” yellowfin tuna tops June as the most common catch. I’ve discussed “blind strike” before but for the benefit of my newer readers, I’ll explain it again. Here in Hawaii “Ahi” are yellowfin tuna that weigh over 100 lbs. Smaller ones are called sh...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – May wrap-up . May started out kind of slow as far as the trolling bite is concerned but has been VERY good lately. Statistically the mahi mahi bite should be slowing down by now but we’re having the best bite we’ve seen with them so far this season. The same is true for the spea...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – April wrap-up . I have to report that there weren’t a whole lot of marlin caught this month but I can easily point to the cause being a lack of fishing effort. If only 1/3 of the boats (or less) that would normally be out fishing in April are going out on charters, then you can ex...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report March wrap-up . After “grander” blue marlin were caught both in January and February, It was looking good for another one in March because March is known to be a good month for granders here. While there is still today left to make the mark, the biggest blue marlin of the mont...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Feb. wrap-up . Another “grander” (1030 lbs.) for Kona! In last month’s report I stated that since 1954 we have averaged slightly more than 2 granders a year here in Kona so we’re off to a good start with 10 months left in the year to up that average. A few days after the catch I s...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Jan. wrap-up . Marlin over 1000 lbs., known as “granders” are regularly caught all over the world. Some are taken and some are released but here in Hawaii, we only count the ones that are actually weighted in. Some of the captains here have made the claim that they caught an...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Dec. 2011 wrap-up . I was really hoping that the striped marlin bite would be better this month and while there are a few being caught right now and with more frequently than last month, it’s not really enough of a bite to call it a “run” yet. It’s still early in the season for t...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Nov. wrap-up . So what happened in October? Where did the report go? Well, I didn’t write one. I was out of action for most of October because I had back-to-back bladder cancer surgeries. Not only didn’t I fish for most of October but I didn’t stay in touch with other fisher...

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Sept. wrap-up . As usual September is the slowest time of year for tourism and with the economy still in bad shape; it’s even slower than normal so there’s not many boats out fishing, including me. I used the extra time off to do some work on my web site and I made a videos page....

Capt Jeff Rogers · Capt Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii fishing report – August wrap-up . This month was one of the best months for blue marlin that Kona has seen in quite a while. With that, the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament, the Lazy Marlin Hunt and the Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament were all BIG successes. The mar...

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	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Feb. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Feb. wrap-up. The Kona trolling bite is HOT, HOT, HOT! It’s been almost a decade, nine years to be exact since we’ve had a really hot striped marlin bite in Hawaii. Top that off with a good bite on mahi mahi of all sizes even though it’s not the season for them, toss in a fairly g...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	391	Feb 26, 2014 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Jan. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report Jan. wrap-up. It’s surprising that the mahi mahi bite is still going strong. Mahi mahi are known as the most temperature sensitive of fish so when the water in Kona gets just a couple of degrees higher or lower than our average 79 degree water temperature, the mahi mahi usua...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	425	Jan 29, 2014 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Dec. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – December wrap-up. Thanks for the emails I got wishing me a speedy recovery after wrist surgery. It’s still a little messed up, not totally done healing yet and may never end up being 100% but it’s better than it was. Mahi mahi, ahi (mostly shibi size) and spearfish topped...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	385	Dec 29, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Nov. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – November wrap-up. I’m only giving you guys this report because if I didn’t, the more than 10,000 monthly readers of my Kona report would wonder what the heck happened. I’ve been on vacation for most of November while recovering from wrist surgery. You may have heard that...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	409	Nov 30, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Oct. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Oct. wrap-up. October started out pretty slow for both charters and fish. Those otaru tunas dominated “The Grounds” for most of October and all though they weren’t biting readily, perseverance paid off but when the current switched late in the month, the otaru went by-...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	450	Oct 31, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Sept. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Sept. wrap-up.Normally September is a very slow month for tourism but this year the number of boats out fishing was pretty good. There were two tournaments this month lasting several days each and just a little more activity in the charter fishing sector than in the past f...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	420	Sep 30, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - August wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – August wrap-up. Several large blue marlin and even a large black marlin were caught this month. It started on August 1st when the biggest fish for August was brought in. A 964 pounder. There were several other marlin caught and released that same day. The five-day Hawaii...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	477	Sep 1, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - July wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – July wrap-up. The Kona blue marlin bite has been reel good (pun intended). On July 3rd, during the Marlin Magic Tournament a 1043 lb. blue marlin was weighed in to take the tournament win. That made #5 “grander” marlin weighed in worldwide and Kona caught 3 of the 5. That ga...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	440	Aug 1, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - June wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – June wrap-up. Let the tournaments begin! It’s officially summer and that means back-to-back fishing tournaments in Kona. We just had the two day “Rock ‘N Reel” and “Wee Guys” tournaments and both resulted in a bunch of fish caught. The June bite for marlin was a bit slow b...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	456	Jun 30, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - May wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – May wrap-up. As we head into summer, the total number of fish being caught off the Kona coast will rise just like it does every summer. Why is that? I’m glad you asked. It comes down to just simple math. More boats out fishing = more fish being caught. There are more boats out f...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	437	May 30, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - April wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – April wrap up. April was certainly a mixed bag of bites. We would have a good blue marlin bite for a few days, then the marlin would almost disappear and the ono would be the big bite. Then the mahi mahi would show up and the ono would disappear. Spearfish, even though it’s sti...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	482	Apr 30, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - March wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – March wrap-up. Hawaii is the Blue marlin capital of the world for several reasons and we can add a couple more reasons this month. March has always been known as a month that the BIG blue marlin show up. In fact, there’s only one month that beats out March for “granders” (marl...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	469	Mar 31, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Feb. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Feb. wrap-up . I’m going to start this month’s report with a quote from the fishing season calendar page on my web site because it’s so appropriate. Quote; “A good blue marlin run can happen for a short period of time in any month of the year.” And we’re luckily experiencing...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	570	Feb 28, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Jan. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Jan. wrap-up The New Year really started off with several bangs so this report will be a little longer than most. Just like in the beginning of 2012, Kona is the first place in the world to weigh in a “Grander” (over 1000 lbs.) marlin. It happened on January 15th when the boat...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	655	Jan 29, 2013 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Dec. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Dec. wrap-up. Our mahi mahi run should have lasted about 3 months but it started late and ended early. There were hardly any caught in month of December. In fact, the December catch numbers for any fish was pretty pitiful over all but there are a few factors involved here. T...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	779	Dec 31, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Nov. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – November wrap-up . I normally get the monthly report out before the end of the month but I just got too busy to get it done by then so, better late than never. In last month’s report I said that the Fall mahi mahi run starts in October but we weren’t seeing any yet. They finally d...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	504	Dec 3, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Oct. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report October wrap-up , Just days before I wrote last month’s report, another “grander” Pacific Blue marlin was landed in Kona but I didn’t know about it. That’s the 4th grander this year but this one is VERY special. Capt. Gene Vander Hoek with his boat the Sea Genie II has weighe...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	493	Nov 1, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Sept. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Sept. wrap-up . Tourism makes for a good economic indicator. When people are prospering, they often use their extra income to travel. Here in Hawaii, EVERYTHING revolves around tourism. For instance, here in Kona we have Kona Coffee and while some of it is exported, mos...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	497	Oct 1, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - August wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – August wrap-up . Kona got its third “grander” marlin of 2012 this month weighing in at 1,022.5 lbs. The marlin was hooked by the “Anxious” while fishing in the Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament. This tournament is IGFA rules and while I have nothing against fema...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	631	Aug 31, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - July wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – July wrap-up . The summer marlin bite finally kicked in to gear this month proving Hawaii to be the blue marlin capital of the world….. or, tied? The World Cup Blue Marlin Championship held of July 4th each year has kind of been the measuring stick for the title of “blue marl...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	487	Jul 30, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - June wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – June wrap up . “Blind strike” yellowfin tuna tops June as the most common catch. I’ve discussed “blind strike” before but for the benefit of my newer readers, I’ll explain it again. Here in Hawaii “Ahi” are yellowfin tuna that weigh over 100 lbs. Smaller ones are called sh...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	553	Jul 1, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - May wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – May wrap-up . May started out kind of slow as far as the trolling bite is concerned but has been VERY good lately. Statistically the mahi mahi bite should be slowing down by now but we’re having the best bite we’ve seen with them so far this season. The same is true for the spea...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	475	May 31, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - April wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – April wrap-up . I have to report that there weren’t a whole lot of marlin caught this month but I can easily point to the cause being a lack of fishing effort. If only 1/3 of the boats (or less) that would normally be out fishing in April are going out on charters, then you can ex...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	587	Apr 29, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - March wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report March wrap-up . After “grander” blue marlin were caught both in January and February, It was looking good for another one in March because March is known to be a good month for granders here. While there is still today left to make the mark, the biggest blue marlin of the mont...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	543	Apr 2, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Feb. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Feb. wrap-up . Another “grander” (1030 lbs.) for Kona! In last month’s report I stated that since 1954 we have averaged slightly more than 2 granders a year here in Kona so we’re off to a good start with 10 months left in the year to up that average. A few days after the catch I s...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	497	Mar 1, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Jan. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Jan. wrap-up . Marlin over 1000 lbs., known as “granders” are regularly caught all over the world. Some are taken and some are released but here in Hawaii, we only count the ones that are actually weighted in. Some of the captains here have made the claim that they caught an...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	466	Feb 1, 2012 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Dec. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Dec. 2011 wrap-up . I was really hoping that the striped marlin bite would be better this month and while there are a few being caught right now and with more frequently than last month, it’s not really enough of a bite to call it a “run” yet. It’s still early in the season for t...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	463	Dec 31, 2011 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Nov. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Nov. wrap-up . So what happened in October? Where did the report go? Well, I didn’t write one. I was out of action for most of October because I had back-to-back bladder cancer surgeries. Not only didn’t I fish for most of October but I didn’t stay in touch with other fisher...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	519	Nov 30, 2011 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - Sept. wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Sept. wrap-up . As usual September is the slowest time of year for tourism and with the economy still in bad shape; it’s even slower than normal so there’s not many boats out fishing, including me. I used the extra time off to do some work on my web site and I made a videos page....	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	613	Sep 28, 2011 by Capt Jeff Rogers
	Kona Hawaii fishing report - August wrap-up (Preview) Kona Hawaii fishing report – August wrap-up . This month was one of the best months for blue marlin that Kona has seen in quite a while. With that, the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament, the Lazy Marlin Hunt and the Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament were all BIG successes. The mar...	Capt Jeff Rogers	0	452	Aug 30, 2011 by Capt Jeff Rogers
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