Here are some
previous reports as far back as 2003
2006
May 12th
- The mahi are still running. We have a new 2006 boat record of 45 pounds.
In fact, we had a grand slam for the boat by catching yellowfin tuna,
bigeye tuna, skipjack tuna, wahoo, mahi, and a 480 pound blue marlin,
which is also a new 2006 boat record. That's 2 marlin boated in 5 days.
May
9th
- 13th
- The mahi are running!!! Marlin are back in. Yellowfin are moving in.
Fishing is really picking up in the places where we go! New 2006 boat
record marlin of 264 pounds was taken on the 12th. Wahoo are still hit and
miss.
May
5th - 8th
- Fishing is starting to pick up again with most of the fish being big eye
tuna. Skipjacks are moving in, as are the mahi. Wahoo are hit and miss,
but should be running in full force soon. The last few times out, people
were taking home 200 + pounds of fish fillets.
April 1st - 26th
- The 1st was the last really good fishing day we had this month. A very
strong cold water current moved in and slowed the fishing down all around
Okinawa. On the 24th, fishing began to pick up again as far as big eye
tuna and skipjacks are concerned, but still no mahi or wahoo in sight.
March 11th-12th
- This last Saturday was kind of slow due to various weather conditions.
In spite of that we still landed some nice mahi and tuna over 20 pounds.
Sunday was slow as well, but the mahi fishing picked up. We landed 5 mahi
that were over 20 pounds with the largest being a new 2006 boat record of
40 pounds.
March 4th-6th
- Fishing wasn't too bad over the weekend. We are still boating between 60
and 80 fish every time out. The mahi are still a little sporadic, but will
soon be hitting hard and fast. We are still boating tuna over 20 pounds on
every charter. The long awaited signal.....THE MARLIN ARE HERE!!!! We went
out yesterday (Monday), and were dragging some new lures behind our boat
on the way to catch some tuna. We lost one lure within 6 miles of shore,
and the marlin that took it went dancing away, jumping continuously and he
made off with the lure. Then, we hooked up with a big blue marlin that was
bigger than what we had gear for, so we brought this monster next to the
boat and did a catch and release. We had 3 other marlin strikes that were
not hook ups, but its good to see that these beauties are running. I will
be upgrading our gaffs and harpoons for these huge fish within the next
few days. We also landed 4 nice tuna ranging from 20 to 40 pounds Monday.
Feb 25th &26th
- Last weekend's fishing was super. We are continuing to set new 2006 boat
records on a daily basis. The newest record was a 25 pound mahi taken on
Sunday. We have been averaging between 60 to 80 fish daily. Tuna are still
big, but the mahi are moving in and are starting to steal the show. The
wahoo and marlin aren't far behind.
Feb
20th-21st
- Fishing has been super lately! We have been setting boat records on Tuna
almost on a daily basis. Monday, we landed 14 tuna between 20 and 35
pounds with the new 2006 boat record being the 35 pounder, and about 50
smaller fish. Tuesday found us with a new 2006 boat record tuna of 38
pounds along with about 70 other fish. Check out the pics on our Gallery,
and Ladies Gallery!
Feb 13th
-
The full moon played havoc with
the fishing this past weekend. Friday night was overcast which made the
fishing pretty good on Saturday, with a couple of 20-25 pound tuna being
taken, along with several smaller fish. Saturday night was clear, which
allowed the fish to feed all night long, so the fishing was pretty slow
on Sunday. Sunday night was cloudy, so the fishing on Monday, when the
sun came out, was super.
We have a new 2006 boat record
tuna at 33 pounds. Catching this fish was a story in itself. When the
fish was finally up to the boat, we noticed that the swivel was bent
open, the leader was barely on the snap part of the swivel. When I
grabbed the leader, it disconnected from the rod completely! Shawn was
able to net the fish before it made another run. We also caught several
other tuna in the 15 to 25 pound range, a 22 pound wahoo trolling, and
about 50 smaller fish.
Jan 27th-29th
-
Fishing over the
last weekend was very interesting. We caught several Tuna in the 15-30
pound range on Friday. We were swarmed by hundreds of dolphin (flipper
type) on Saturday. The dolphin pretty much decimated the fish population
at the buoy where we were fishing. Sunday, we are at a different buoy, and
back into the tuna again, boating up to 25 pounders. Mahi are still few
and are looking small. We are still landing large rainbow runners. We
sighted our first marlin of the year last Saturday. The fish market had
over 20 blue marlin on the floor last Tuesday, so it looks like the marlin
are starting to come in.
Jan 4th
- Still catching lots of tuna. Taking a few decent mahi by trolling, but
tuna are still the star of the show with most being taken by deep power
jigging. Most tuna were in the 10 - 25 pound range, with a few larger ones
getting away. Don't know what deep power jigging is? Join us on one of our
charters and find out.
2005
Dec 10th & 17th
-
Tuna, Tuna,
Tuna...we've been hauling in really nice tuna every time we go out. Big
mahi (50+ pounds) are still in the area and are hitting free lined live
bait, but mostly we are catching tuna.
Dec 3rd
-
Tuna was the
star of the show today with several in the 20-25 pound class being taken.
Mahi were few and far between as were rainbow runners. Sashimi anyone?
Nov 23rd - Nov 29th
-
The Thanksgiving
weekend fishing was super, from Wednesday all the way through Tuesday the
following week. Lots of tuna in the 15 to 30 pound class were taken, mahi
up to 38 pounds were boated, and several large rainbow runners were on the
menu as well. It looks like this is going to be a great winter for fishing
this year!
Nov
10th - Nov 13th
-
Fishing was pretty good all around the island. Tuna over 100
pounds were taken, and several tuna from 15-40 pounds were taken on our
charters. Large mahi are hungry, and we boated several ranging from 15 to
30 pounds. It looks like the seas will be rough for a while, allowing to
large mahi to regroup on the piles for the next time out.
Oct
28th - Oct 30th -
This past weekend was great for catching mahi. They are around
the buoys in large numbers. We also set a new boat record with a 32
pounder on Saturday. Hook ups with giant yellowfin tuna are still
occurring. We had another 100+ pound tuna at the back of the boat
before the line snapped like a gunshot. Almost had him in gaffing range. A
real heartbreaker, but exciting action! Looking for the size of mahi to
increase as the seawater continues to cool down.
Oct
4th - Oct 10th
- Fishing
has really slowed down all around the island since typhoon Longwang (real
name) passed by. We are still hitting large mahi up to 40 pounds, tuna in
the 20 pound class, and hefty rainbow runners. Trigger fish and blue
mackerel are coming way out from the buoys, indicating that nothing in the
area is large enough to threaten them. Looking for catches of big mahi to
increase over the next few weeks.
Sep
22nd -
Sep 25th -
Fishing
is good with catches ranging from 40 to 60 fish. Lots of yellowfin tuna in
the 15 to 20 pound range are being taken. Large rainbow runners are being
boated as well. The larger mahi are moving back in with several 15 - 20
pound mahi being boated, and some really big monster mahi sighted at the
buoys. We have a new boat record 28 pound wahoo that was taken on the
25th.
Sep 16th -
Sep 18th -
Last
weekend started out well with over 100 fish being boated on Friday. Mahi and
tuna in the 10 to 20 pound range were the stars of the show. One monster tuna
spooled one of our reels, broke 100 lb line like it was nothing at the end of
the spool, and didn't even slow down. Large rainbow runners were taken as well.
With the full moon out on Friday and Saturday, and the fish feeding all night
long, the fishing dropped off as expected, however 10 - 20 pound mahi and tuna
were still being boated. Pictures will be posted on our Gallery when I receive
them.
Aug 1st -
Aug 20 - Offshore
Fishing in Okinawa has been hot and cold over the past couple of weeks. We
noticed that when the current is strong, the fishing is super. The recent lack
of wind, waves and current has caused the fishing to slack off considerably. In
spite of that, we are still catching some pretty nice fish which include a 25
pound mahi, large rainbow runners, several wahoo in the 15 to 20 pound range,
lots of tuna in the 20-40 pound range and one monster yellow fin tuna at 137
pounds.
July 30th-
Aug 1st - Tuna
have been thinning out over the last week. Lots of chicken mahi are being taken
with the smaller ones being released. The wahoo are coming back with several
being taken on each charter via trolling. We have been taking several large
rainbow runners on cut bait and squid. One of our lures produced a very large
gill when it was hit. We don't know the kind of fish it was,, but with a gill
that size, it had to be huge!
July 15th
-
70 fish were boated today not counting the release of a couple of small mahi. Lots of yellow fin and skipjack tuna. One
boat record 18 pound wahoo and a few nice rainbow runners. We started keeping boat records on July 1st.
July 8th,
9th, & 11th -
Lots of yellow fin and skipjack tuna. One 15 pound wahoo and a current boat
record 30 pound bull mahi. We started keeping boat records on July 1st.
July 4th
Weekend 2005 -
Lots of yellow fin and skipjack tuna. Mahi were few and far between. No wahoo
and no marlin. We have been releasing small mahi and small rainbow runners that
are not fatally hooked. We encourage all fishermen to follow suit.
June 25th,
26th 2005 -
Finally back in the water at the end of the monsoon! Saturday we took about 50
fish in the 5 to 15 pound range. Most were tuna, but we had a few rainbow
runners mixed in with the bunch. Sunday, we came back early due to heavy rains
and rising seas. Before we came back, we had taken several tuna ranging from 15
to 40 pounds. More than enough to fill the cooler. We saw a few mahi circling
the boat, but they were not biting.
June 3rd,
4th & 5th 2005
-The
fishing on Friday and Saturday was super. Lots of big mahi
and lots of tuna in the 15 - 30 pound range. The typhoon had the seas stirred up
on Sunday, and the fishing dropped off with the falling pressure. Still
waiting on people to send the pics!
May 21st 2005
- Another banner day on
the Seiya Maru! Lots of big mahi in the 20 to 40 pound range were taken,
Several football tuna in the 10-20 pound range were taken along with a few
rainbow runners and skipjack tuna. We are consistently catching fish in the
30-40 pound range.
May 19th 2005
- Real good day for fishing! We boated 2 each -
40 pound yellow fin tuna, a 20 pound yellow fin, 5 mahi over 20 pounds, and an
assortment of smaller tuna in the 10-15 pound range, blue mackerel, rainbow
runners, trigger fish, and a giant 12 pound bonito!
May 18th 2005
- Went out to test the buoys on the south end of
Okinawa today, and it was awesome!. 5 large wahoo between 15 and 30 pounds, 7
mahi that were 20 + pounds, rainbow runners (several) in the 10-15 lb range, and
about 8 tuna in the 10-15 pound range. I wasn't prepared for all these fish, so
I left to return to port at 12:00 Noon, because the only cooler with ice in it
was packed full of fish.
April 28th 2005
-
Had some business in Zamami, so...when we move the boat, we at least troll. Just
going and coming we boated some nice 20 pound wahoo, and some 20 pound mahi.
Didn't have time to really stop and fish, but the mahi and wahoo are grouping up
for the spring catch!
April 15th
- 17th 2005 - The
weather was good for a change, and we are back on the fish. We were averaging 55
hamadatsu fish per day on Friday and Saturday. Only a few were taken Sunday
because of rising seas and increasing winds. These fish are usually about 3 feet
long, they jump and try to bite and spear you with their long bills when boated.
Hamadatsu fish are in the needle fish family and are suitable for sashimi and
frying.
March 2005
- The
government has banned recreational fishing at the prefecture buoys. Even though
this will kind of cramp our style, it won't be long until we are back on the
fish, but it may be a different kind of fish. We are deploying our own
underwater buoys to attract fish in an effort to serve you, our valued
customer!.
February 5th
- 6th 2005 - The
weather has been bad most of this year, but this weekend brought out the monster
in the mahi. Several mahi over 30 pounds were taken, and one in the
Gallery
is reported to be a 60 pounder.
2004
Christmas
& New Year's -
Holiday fishing has been hot and cold. From chicken mahi to monster 50 pounders.
Both small and large rainbow runners are being taken along with a smattering of
small tuna. Fishing patterns should change over the next few weeks as the winter
shark migration kicks in.
November 9th
- 14th - A few
monster mahi were taken along with a few monster rainbow runners. Several tuna
in the 20 pound range were boated, but the fishing began to taper off as the
holiday weekend progressed.
November 6th
& 7th - Large
quantities of tuna being taken on both days. No big fish, but a few large
rainbow runners have been harvested along with some small mahi.
October 30th
& 31st -
Finally back in the water again after 3 weeks of typhoons and rough seas.
Saturday, fishing was pretty slow all around the island except for the
northeast. Large quantities of small tuna and small mahi along with a few
rainbow runners were taken, but no large fish. Sunday's fishing improved with
larger quantities of tuna (up to 150 per boat) being taken, large quantities of
the smaller mahi, and a few large rainbow runners in the 15-20 pound range. (I
wonder how many children received a slab of sashimi in their candy bag...) It
looks like the seas will remain relatively calm this week, so next weekend's
fishing should be picking up.
October 2nd
- The
boats from Ishikawa were forced to return to port because of high seas. The
boats from Awase returned early, but they tied into the monster mahi, large
rainbow runners, and big eye tuna. From Ginowan, we had a 45 pound yellow fin tuna taken, lots of skipjack tuna, large rainbow runners, several
big eye tuna
and monster mahi.
September
15th -
Sep 19th
- The
MONSTER MAHI are back! Boats
are taking over 100 mahi per boat. Wahoo are schooling with several 10-45
pounders being boated. Big eye tuna are moving back in and average 15-20 pounds. No reports of yellow fin tuna. Marlin are still being hooked, but not
being boated.
August 10th -
Sep 12th
- Typhoons
every week have stopped the fishing for 5 weeks in a row.
August 7th -
8th
- Saturday,
fishing was kind of slow. We did pick up a nice 20lb wahoo along with several
tuna in the 15-20 pound range. We caught an unusually large amount of trigger
fish, lots of small mahi which were released, and several small wahoo were
released also. Sunday's fishing improved in the north with an increase of tuna
catches in about the same weight range, but a tropical system that popped up out
of the blue to the south of Okinawa forced the charters on the south end to
return to port early with a small catch of mostly bonito.
July 23rd -
24th
- The seas
were glassy calm. No wind, no drift, and the fishing was poor. Everyone was
still catching fish, but they were scarce. In spite of all this, we still boated
a nice 40 pound wahoo trolling along a secret area that we discovered. Night
fishing is producing tuna in the 50-90 pound range. The boats are being
surrounded by hundreds of 5 inch long mahi at night. A 20 inch marlin was
spotted feeding on the 5 inch mahi.
July 19th -
22nd
- Ishikawa is
producing a tremendous amount of fish daily, up to 20 fish per person! They had
2 marlin hookups, wahoo hookups, but none were boated. Tuna fishing is getting
hotter as the weather gets hotter!
July 17th -
18th
- The south
of the island wasn't producing much, but the northern buoys were yielding 300+
fish per boat. Most were football tuna and bonito. Some "chicken" mahi
were taken along with a few rainbow runners. Night fishing in the north was not
productive. Several 40-90 pound tuna were boated in the southern trench at
night. Again, no reports of billfish being taken.
July 10th -
11th
- Finally
back on the water again after several close calls from tropical systems. Bigger
tuna are moving in, but the pace is still slow. We have been catching a large
amount of big rainbow runners on cut bonito. Big mahi are still here, but are
few and far between. No reports of billfish being taken. The seas are calming,
and I expect the next weekend to be super!
June 12th -
13th
- Tuna and
bonito fishing is hot. Catches are up to as much as 30 fish per fisherman. Wahoo
are hitting in full force. Mahi are thinning out as the water and air temps
continue to warm up. Marlin are still being taken, up to 4 per day per boat.
May 29th -
31st
- Fishing was
hot for some and cold for others. The weather was great, and the large mahi were
still hitting pretty well. Wahoo fishing is picking up when trolling at 20 feet
down. The big tuna are moving in on the trench, and night fishing is beginning.
The marlin are still in, but we are coming to the end of their annual
run.
May 15th &
16th
- Northern buoys
produced lots of large Mahi and the southern buoys on the trench produced
lots of tuna up to 40 lbs. Marlin are still around in large numbers, hook-ups
are frequent, but boating them seems to be more difficult. The west side of the
island is having trouble with dolphins on the piles, and therefore are not very
productive. The Japanese Coastguard is busy looking for fishing violations. Make
sure the boats you charter are legal. Contact us if you have questions about the
boats that you are chartering.
May 8th &
9th
- Ishikawa
buoys were not producing a lot of fish this weekend. Awase buoys were producing
a lot of mahi, and the Chinen buoys were producing a lot of tuna, bonito, large
mahi, and we even took a nice blue marlin! See the "Gallery"!
May 1st
& 2nd
- The
boats on the southern end of the island made it out and caught several small
tuna and bonito. Large mahi were also taken. Wahoo are beginning to move
into the area. The boats in northern Okinawa experienced rising seas and were
forced to return to port.
April
24th-25th
-
Sustained winds of 15 knots and greater caused the cancellation of charters for
this weekend.
April
17th-18th
-
Catches are increasing to 50 - 70 fish per boat. Several Yellow Fin Tuna were in
the 20-40 pound range, lots of bonito were taken, and a few Large mahi in the 20
to 40 pound range.
April
10th-11th
-
Catches are averaging between 30 and 40 fish per boat. Yellow Fin Tuna are
moving back in, and average in the 5 to 10 pound range, nice rainbow runners in
the 5 to 15 pound range are being taken as well. Large mahi in the 20
to 40 pound range are in being taken.
April
3rd-4th
- This
weekend brought some cold rain, but we still brought in a lot of fish. Several
large mahi were taken along with good sized rainbow runners. The tuna and
bonito fishing is starting to heat up, and we landed a nice 300 lb blue marlin
on one of our charters. Check the "Gallery" for pictures!
March
27th-28th - High seas (again).
March
20th-21st - High seas (again).
March
12th-13th - Mahi are moving back in and catches are increasing. Big eye tuna and bonito
catches are also increasing. Larger rainbow runners are being taken, and reports
of large marlin are coming in from off the south end of the island.
March
6th-7th - High
winds and high seas (again).
February
28th-29th - It
looks like the fishing is starting to pick up again. We averaged 5 fish per
fisherman. We landed large mahi several big eye tuna, and a few rainbow
runners. The catch of the day was when Barnacle Bill's brand new SFO Gear hat
blew into the ocean while trolling. One of his own custom made lures snagged his
hat and it was recovered safely.
February
21st-22nd - High
winds and high seas (again).
February
13th-16th -
Friday brought in a nice 420 pound swordfish off the east side, Saturday had no
winds, no swells, no drift, and almost no fish. We did hook up with a marlin,
but weren't able to boat it. Sunday and Monday reports were poor fishing all
around the island. Small big eye tuna and a few bonito were all that was taken.
Typical winter fishing around Okinawa.
February
7th-8th - High
winds and high seas (again).
January
31st-Feb 1st
-
Several small big eye tuna were taken. We lost several medium sized tuna, we
took about 10 Mahi-mahi, and lost a couple of really big bulls. We landed one
nice black marlin while trolling between piles. It is still a bad time of year
for fishing, but in Okinawa, even the bad times are pretty good. Join us for a
day of fishing on the open seas!
January
24th-25th - High
winds and high seas (again).
January
17th-18th - High
winds and high seas (again).
January
10th-11th - It
was a beautiful day on the 10th. Many boats were reporting very poor catches,
but we were testing some new equipment, and caught nearly 20 fish per fisherman.
We caught Mahi up to 40 pounds, Big Eye Tuna up to 25 pounds, Rainbow
Runners up to 10 pounds and a couple of small Bonito. All in all, we had an
extremely successful charter in the worst time of the year for fishing!
January
1st-4th -
The
Skippers were off for the New Year Holiday.
2003
December
25th, 26th, 27th & 28th -
Winds
picked up a little early and the charters were cancelled. I was still able to
get out for about an hour and picked up 3 big eye tuna on the SE side of the
main island, 22 lbs, 18 lbs, and 10
lbs.
December
20th
& 21st -
High
seas again
December
13th
& 14th -
High
seas again, however, inshore fishing produced an abundance of gurukun and
grouper.
December 6th
& 7th -
Rains
and shifting seas kept us off the ocean again
November
27th-30th -
High
seas...again...over 6 meters!
November
22nd & 23rd -
High
seas...again...
November
15th & 16th -
After
a valiant attempt, seas were too high to continue once we hit the 10 knot mark.
We were forced to turn around and come back.
November 8th &
9th -
As
expected, the fishing on the west side of Okinawa wasn't so good. The tropical
low that passed by the west side along with the appearance of dolphins on the
piles has scattered the fish. The east side of
the island is picking up. We were averaging about 10 fish per fisherman. Catches
included yellow fin tuna from 5 to 15 pounds, large bonito, mahi and
rainbow runners.
November 1st &
2nd - Fishing was
pretty slow all around the island. Small tuna, mahi and rainbow runners
were about all that were taken. Buoy number 11 on the west side, and number 5 on
the east were producing about the same. The commercial fishermen have been
reporting good catches of large tuna by night fishing at 50 meters depth. Large
numbers of grouper in the 10 - 40 pound range are being taken out of Kin bay.
October 25th &
26th - Seas were
too high to get out
October 18th &
19th - Seas were
too high to get out...went out on a glass bottom boat to inspect the reef on the
SE end of the main island. Plenty of activity around the reef for gurukun, and
large pin fish. The large coral beds seem to be recovering nicely. If any of you
are visiting the parks down south, be sure to stop by the glass bottom boat on O
Shima (a small island connected to Okinawa by bridge.) and get a look at the
colorful coral. They also have a very nice collection of sea shells for sale.
Make sure to tell them that we sent you!
October 11th
& 12th - Seas
were too high to get out
October 3rd &
4th...Finally back in the water after a 4 week layoff due to typhoons. The 2
meters + waves made this trip more like combat than fishing. Most of the
fishermen were in choir practice, singing the familiar chorus over and over
again to the fish below from over the side of the boat.
Where's the Tuna? Not one. Not even a bite. No bonito at all. Mahi were
hitting anything that moved, including anchovies, hot dogs, ice cream and
etc.... The Mahi are larger than 4 weeks ago, and some very large specimens
were seen mixed in with the bunch. Average was 10 lbs per fish.
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