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2012

MAUI JIM TOURNAMENT SERIES
  SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

  • 2ndAnnual Kona Kick Off.... June 23 & 24...$750
  • 22nd Firecracker Open.... June 30 & July 1...$1,100
  • 19th Skins Marlin Derby ....July 6, 7, 8...$3,000
  • Series Championship...July 13, 14, 15...$2,500
  • Lazy Marlin Hunt...August 13, 14
  • 23rdBig Island Marlin Tournament...August 18, 19, 20...$2,700

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

Team Sea Strike won the 2006 marlin division with this 880 pound pacific blue marlin in the 2006 Maui Jim opener

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.

2012

The Charter Desk's Tournament Schedule

Charter Desk New Years Day Tournament...Jan. 1, 2012June 2003 marlin tournament winner was a 400 lb Pacific blue marlin

Rock'n Reel Hawaiian Open...June 15, 16...$500

25th Annual World Cup Blue Marlin Championship...July 4th, 2012...$3,000

8th Annual Marlin Magic Lure Tournament...July 3 & 5...$2,000

Huggo's Na Pua O Ke Kai Tournament...July 28, 2012...$400

53rd Annual HIBT...August 12th thru 18th...$5,200

September Challenge...Sept. 14 - 16th...$1,500

Queen K Tesoro Dirty Dozen...1st Saturday of every month...$200

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