PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Kona Sportfishing Turns Red Hot for the 21st Annual T. A. R. T Tournament Five Boats Catch 24 Blue Marlin during the Five-Day Fishing Tournament in Kona Hawaii Kailua-Kona, HI – July 11, 2011 – Some of Kona’s best sportfishing captains competed this past week in the 21st annual T.A.R.T. ...
Kona, Hawaii – July 11, 2011 – The crew of the Humdinger, Captain Jeff Fay, and Deckhands Henry “Butch” Chee Jr. and Brett Fay along with Anglers Jim Humphries and Eldon Lee went on to win top honors in the total points and most tags categories in Kona Tournament Series Skins Marlin Derby held in ...
By Charles Levine Marlin Magazine online www.MarlinMag.com While it might seem unfair to the mainland ports listed in this article to mention Kona, it would be even more unfair to leave it out. Located on the leeward side of the Big Island of Hawaii, Kona is home to one of the United States’ most prolific ...
A Real Humdinger Captain Jeff Fay learned from the pioneers of Kona big-game sportfishing By Captain Peter Wright – Reprinted with Permission This article first appeared in Marlin Magazine in October of 2007 “Marlin” I yelled at the top of my lungs. I felt like I was being deafened by the rattling, clanging, metal, ...
In an August 26, 2010 article by Charles Levine posted on MarlinMag.com, the author details the top sportfishing destination world wide with the highest probability of catching a “Grander” (a blue marlin over 1,000 lbs). What makes Kona an ideal location is that it sits in the middle of the pacific ocean and the waters ...
Reprinted from Western Outdoor News with Permission, March 2000 By BILL KARR WON Staff Writer KONA, Big Island, Hawaii I glanced off the stern and the waving palms were barely 1/2-mile away, framing the volcanic mountain backdrop of Mount Hualalai behind the town of Kailua Kona, and behind that towered 13,677-foot-high Mauna Loa Mountain, one ...
Kona, Hawaii - July 24, 1998 - The highlight of this year’s tournament actually came during the final hours of the last day. In keeping with the old adage of “saving the best for last”, the veteran crew on board “Humdinger”, a 37′ Rybovich that consistently places in the top of every Hawaiian sportfishing tournament, ...
Humdinger Captures Five Blue Marlin On Final Day To Win The 14th Annual T.A.R.T Tournament “Copyright 2000, Jim Rizzuto, Used with Permission.” Kona, Hawaii — Team Humdinger, with Capt. Jeff Fay at the helm, won the 14th Annual T.A.R.T (Tag and Release Tournament) last week with one of the most spectacular days of fishing in ...