Non-yak Kauai report

I fished Thursday on the Grander kauai with skipper Darrin Auger.

It gets so deep there, we put lines in about 1/8 mile ftom the harbor at about 7:30am.

Watched a couple other boats hook up with yellowfin and a marlin.  Our turn came around 8:30, when we saw a feeding frenzy ahead of us.  Huge crashes from yellowfin on skipjacks.

We trolled through and got a triple hookup!  One of the rods was mine.

I fought the fish from the rail, mainly just cranking, pulling the line by hand because I couldn't take it out of the rod holder.  the guy in the chair had a big one on.  My fish came in 1st, 110 pounds.  SWEEEEET!!!!!

then the guy in the chair got his to the boat.  HUGE, shook one gaff.  I had to help the skipper and mate get the thing in through the little trap door in the stern.  215 pound yellowfin, biggest ever for this skipper!

Awesome fishing.  Four hour trip cost $150 + tips of course.

pics below.

i would recommend this skipper to anyone going to Kauai, he'  a great guy, really cares about his clients, and obviously knows what he's doing.  (also surfs the cloudbreaks on Kauai, tow-in guy.  monster!)

Allen

Amazing fish........do they ever yak them being so close?

now you're showing off...j/k

Amazing fish........do they ever yak them being so close?

yeah, is there some mother ship or something else available for yaks?

You blow my mind......Nice!

You can't really tell what the conditions are like in these photos.  4-6 foot swell, with a 2-3 foot wind chop on top of the swell; and wind steady at 15-20 kts.  Not very yak friendly conditions.

Someone really dedicated could do it for sure, but for safety I think a chase boat would be necessary. 

This is the time of year the yellowfin are there in good numbers, also the time of year the tradewinds blow, all day and all night every day and every night.

to my knowledge, no one is doing any kind of mother ship trips over there yet.

Allen

how long did it take to get that fish in?

Wow... a 110 yellowfin!!!....  Congrats Allen!

Can you imagine that on yak.... over even more mind blowing... that 215 pounder?!?!

Both make the one in my avatar look like bait.

Beauty!  Do you get to keep the fish, or do they still do the whacky Hawaii thing where you have to buy the fish?

Very Nice Mr. Scallen !!!!

  $150.00 to get out on a cruiser, that's cheap, most definitely want that Captain's #

  Congrats again,

  Drumed up some business for ya yesterday, you should be getting some calls.........Danglin

Everytime I hear about the great open water fishing in great places like Kauai I wonder why I am not living there.  Looks like a great day, and 150 is a good deal.  Congrats allen.

Jim

Holy freaking cow Allen!!! WTG!! That's a lot of tuna

What can I say....a very deserving catch! 

Beauty!  Do you get to keep the fish, or do they still do the whacky Hawaii thing where you have to buy the fish?

Yeah, that's a mean buzz kill turnoff.

Looking at those pics is making my mouth water for ahi.

What a beauty.  I also am curious about whether you have to buy the fish you catch 

I always thought that the fish is kept by the boat - for them to sell to the local restaurants.