Re: Hawaiian SeaCraft
Hey Scott, nice to meet you. Yeah, in Hawaii a "striper" is a bit different than in the 48 states. We fish primarily for pelagics, Yellowfin tuna (Ahi), Marlin; Striped (Nairagi/ Nah-ee-rah-gee) and Blue (Kajiki/ Kah-jee-key), Wahoo (Ono/ O-know), Dolphin/Dorado (Mahimahi/ Mah-hee-mah-hee) and Bonito (Aku/ Ah-coo). During the winter season we deep sea bottom fish for Red, pink, striped snappers, and sea bass (groupers) primarily. My family is primarily into Big Game Trolling. I used to commercial fish (troll) with my brother primarily for tuna then any other pelagics.
In answer to your question re: the sponson it is like a spray rail. Water rushes up the bows curvature, hits the sponson travels sideways and back at an angle deflecting the water outward and back from the Flybridge. Do you folks do much deep sea trolling for pelagic game fish? If so what are typical game fish for you and approximate weights? I am very interested in the style of fishing you do in the 48 states. Also, why center counsels and BIIG outboards are so popular.
We started using direct drives, jackshafts and sterndriven diesels in the very early 80's. Mostly volvo 165 diesels, the 200's then 235's. Recently most have been going into the 260 diesel (all the motors mentioned are discontinued already). Some fishermen are going into the 4 cyl. Volvos, while many have already switched over to Cummins and Detroits in the 315+hP range. Volvo 200's i.e.AD41 and Kamd42 235's go into 24's and 26's while the larger engines go into the 26' like my fathers boat. We use twin aluminum saddle tanks usually 56 gal. ea. or just over 60 gal. ea. Living on an island in the middle of the Pacific gives us access to deep water relatively near shore.
Sometimes we travel from our island just off coast of a neighbor island (50+ miles one way) to chase the tuna schools. With the Volvo 200 we burn about a tank or a tad more (running the motors really hard). Ahi (yellowfin) is a 100+ lb. fish while anything under a 100 is called Shibi (She-be). Bonito under 20 lbs. are Aku (Ah-coo) and fish 20+ are Otaru (Oh-ta-roo with a rolling "r" sound). Thanks for the line and I hope to learn more about the topics I asked. Take it easy, Greg
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