November 2024
November 2024
Pacific Islands Fisheries Group Tagging Update
Aloha to all the taggers,
Some great fish came in during September and October. We had one Recapture, Fish A1260X by Layne Ohama. Dan and Camden both landed some nice Ulua’s on the Big Island and a handful of Papios from Oahu.
Upcoming Virtual Tagging Get Together - PIFG will host a virtual meeting December 4th at 6pm for our taggers. Please register here to recap 2024 and hear about upcoming 2025 plans. for virtual tournament and engagement Click Here to register. If you have any issues, please email: Pacificfisheries@gmail.com.
Interview Highlight - Top Papio Tagger, Kevin Mita:
Check out our interview below with Kevin Mita, he’s tagged the most fish so far in 2024, totaling 22 Omilu/Papios and one Omilu-Ulua. He highlighted that
Kevin’s shout out to Sato Lure Shop, check them out if you are looking for some new grubs - https://www.satolureco.com/ or IG@Satorlures
Tagged Fish - Highlights
September and October had some great fish. A total of 29 fish were tagged. Highlights include:
Brian Kurosawa 2 Oio 19” & 15”
Sherm Warner 5 Papios 17” 17” & 14”
Layne Ohama 15 lb Ulua A1260X re-released
Christopher Lewis 2 Omilu 14 5/8” & 17”
Alan Higa 18” Oio
Stuart Hee 28” Ulua
Kevin Mita 6 Omilu
Ian Tominaga Omilu
Camden Arrand 36” Ulua and 4 Omilu up to 29”
Keith Kamikawa 3 Oio
Dan Frick 32” 31” & 27” Ulua
Also… One exceptional update - a 3/3!
Congrats to Sherm Warner on Kauai for catching 3 species of Jacks - White Papio, Menpachi Papio, and Papio all in one morning. Keep up the great work.
Images of other Submitted Tagged fish below:
Please continue to share your fish pics, if you need help with uploading, please reach out.
Layne Ohama’s Recapture - we are still looking for the original tagger - the tag numbers are: A1260X, if you have tagged an Ulua, please send us an email. We are missing the last number and Layne released the fish. Hope someone else can recapture!
Kevin Mita’s Omilu
Stuart Hee’s Ulua
Camden’s Omilu
Sherm Warner’s White Papio 1
Sherm’s White Papio 2
Dan Frick’s Ulua
Camden Arrand’s Ulua
Please reach out to pacificfisheries@gmail.com if you would like to share any interesting tagging stories, talk story, or provide feedback on how we can improve the Tag It program.
Mahalo for supporting the PIFG Vision
PIFG Tag It Team
