If you are interested in fishing in a 2010 marlin tournament in Kona, make your reservations as early as possible.  Many boats book up to a year in advance.







2010

MAUI JIM TOURNAMENT SERIES
  SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

14thAnnual Kona Classic.... June 26 & 27
entry fee $350.00
22nd Firecracker Open.... July 3 & 4
entry fee $1,000.00
19th Skins Marlin Derby ....July 9, 10, 11
entry fee $3,000.00 
Series Championship...July 16, 17, 18
Lazy Marlin Hunt...August 7, 8
23rdBig Island Marlin Tournament...
August 21, 22, 23

880# pacific blue marlin caught in Kona by 14 year old KJ

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 any given year

 

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.

2010

The Charter Desk's Tournament Schedule

Charter Desk New Years Day Tournament...Jan. 1, 2010June 2003 marlin tournament winner was a 400 lb Pacific blue marlin

Rock 'n Reel Hawaiian Open...June 18, 19, 20

25th Annual World Cup Blue Marlin Championship...July 4th, 2010

7th Annual Marlin Magic Lure Tournament...July 6th and 7th

Huggo's Na Pua O Ke Kai Tournament...July 31, 2010

50th Annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament...August 2 - 6

Billfish

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