Five Marlin In One Day

August 17, 2000

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 local history... Continued....

Be sure to check out Jim's book, "The Kona Fishing Chronicles 1999". Also check out Jim's series "Fishing Hawaii Style".

Excerpt Reprinted From The Houston Chronicle.com

By: Doug Pike , October 5, 2000, Copyright, The Houston Chronicle

For hooking those really big blue marlin, there's no place like Hawaii

Photo By: Amy Pike

There is billfishing, and there is billfishing. Marlin fishing off the upper Texas coast can be productive, if you ignore the 90-mile haul over often sloppy seas, but it pales in all categories against the backdrop of gentle swells, dramatic scenery and a short boat ride to the action off Kona, Hawaii.

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Press Releases

July 5, 1999

Humdinger Captures Hawaii's Richest Fishing Tournament

Kona, Hawaii -- When the marlin refused to show on the first day of the 13th Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament (BIIMT), it looked like there might be a repeat of last year's disappointing performance. Fortunately, several big ones appeared over the next two days to spread out the purse of $139,230 among 5 of the 33 boats entered in this annual event. Continued....

Articles

Hawaiian Blues -- as in Marlin --close up, personal and nearshore

Reprinted from Western Outdoor News, March 2000

By BILL KARR
WON Staff Writer

KONA, Big Island, Hawaii--We had just left the dock, exited the breakwater and were powering up when the throbbing power below-decks was throttled back, the boat settled into the water and Capt. Butch Chee was lowering lures over the side of the Humdinger. Continued....

Excerpt Reprinted From MarlinMag.com

By: Dave Ferrell

America The Bountiful

Kona Hawaii

Although Hawaii qualifies as an exotic destination with warm tropical breezes, a remote Pacific locale and breathtaking island vistas, excluding the state's great billfishery from any top 10 list would be a crime. Kona consistently produces some of the world's biggest blue marlin, and it's the only place on earth that boasts a grander caught in every month of the year.

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Excerpts taken from Marlin Magazine On-Line

Kona, Hawaii. If you're looking for a family vacation, Hawaii has to be pretty high on your list. That should be fine with any fisherman, because once you're in Hawaii, a quick trip to the fishing village of Kailua-Kona will give you access to year-round fishing for blue, black and striped marlin, as well as big yellowfin tuna and wahoo. Consider the world's most reliable run of spearfish a nice springtime bonus.

It goes without saying that this option offers a plethora of family activities, ranging from secluded relaxation to adventurous excursions. And since charter boats in Hawaii are numerous and relatively inexpensive, you should be able to squeeze a day of world-class fishing into your trip with little hassle from the wife or the pocketbook.

Season: year-round. Spearfish peak in spring, blue marlin June to September and striped marlin November to March. Sea condition: calm.

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This Story first appeared in:
Marlin
Aug/Sep/1999
© 2000 World Publications, Inc.

Excerpt reprinted from Sportfishing Magazine On-Line

Big Island, Hawaii, July 5, 1999

Humdinger Captures Hawaiian Marlin Tournament

The highlight of this year's tournament actually came during the final hours of the last day. The veteran crew of Capt. Jeff Fay and Capt. Henry "Butch" Chee on board Humdinger, a 37-foot Rybovich that consistently places in the top of virtually every Hawaiian sport-fishing tournament, managed to land a 634-pound marlin that proved to be the largest of the tournament. To make their victory even sweeter, it all happened within the last two hours of the tournament.

Read the whole story here www.sportfishingmag.com

Excerpt taken from 1999 Kona Marlin Series Recap

Read the whole story on the Kona Tournaments Web Site at: www.konatournaments.com

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Bruce Moe from Washington State caught the second largest marlin of the Series from Capt. Jeff Fay's Humdinger. Their 634 pound blue won them First Place Overall in the 13th Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament. Moe and Fay also earned an invitation to the IGFA's Tournament of Champions to be held in Kona in March of the Year 2000.

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