If you are interested in fishing in a 2008 marlin tournament in Kona, make your reservations as early as possible.  Many boats book up to a year in advance.







2008

MAUI JIM TOURNAMENT SERIES
  SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

12th Annual Kona Classic.... June 28 & 29
 entry fee $350.00
19th Firecracker Open.... July 5 & 6
entry fee $1,000.00
16th Skins Marlin Derby ....July 11, 12, 13
entry fee $3,000.00 

21stBig Island Invitational...August 8, 9, 10

New Tournament (to be announced)...
August 29,30,31

The Kona Classic Fishing Tournament starts off the Maui Jim Tournament Series each year.  Team Sea Strike won the 2006 marlin division with this 880 pound pacific blue marlin

One of the many Pacific blue marlin tagged during a Kona marlin tournament in 2005

 

 Literally hundreds of pacific blue marlin are tagged and released in Kona tournaments each year.  In many tournaments, the minimum qualifying weight of a captured pacific blue marlin is 300 pounds or greater.  Points are given for each tagged marlin, adding to a team's total score.
Marlin are excellent eating and may be prepared many ways, so marlin brought to the scale do not go to waste.  However, we in the Kona fishing community want to preserve our quality of fishing for future generations, so conservation is a priority.

2008

The Charter Desk's Tournament Schedule

Charter Desk New Years Day Tournament...Jan. 1, 2008June 2003 billfish tournament winner was a 400 lb Pacific blue marlin

24th Annual World Cup Blue Marlin Championship
July 4th, 2008

5th Annual Marlin Magic Lure Tournament
TBD

Rock-n-Reel...July 18,19,20

Huggo's Na Pua O Ke Kai Tournament
July 26, 2008

49th Annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament
August 4-8, 2008

Billfish
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