Fishing Reports by Capt. Jeff Rogers

Kona Hawaii Fishing Report - July wrap-up. - Kona Hawaii fishing report – July wrap-up. There are more fishing tournaments in July than any other month in Kona. One of the oldest marlin tournaments in the world, the 5 day Hawaiian International Billfish tournament is going on right now. Last more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii Fishing Report - June wrap-up. - Kona Hawaii fishing report – June wrap-up. The blue marlin bite is on! We're not seeing many big ones here in Kona but there was a grander caught off of Oahu. Of the 3 granders caught in the world so far this year, 2 of them were caught here in more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii Fishing Report - May wrap-up. - Kona Hawaii fishing report – May wrap-up. More and more blue marlin are starting to show up in Kona as we head toward summer and there were even a few Beast status marlins caught this month. A marlin is known as a Beast if it's 500 or more pou more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii Fishing Report - April - Kona Hawaii fishing report – April wrap-up. As the striped marlin season is ending, the biggest striped marlin of the year was weighed in this month and weighed in at 114.5 lbs. One thing to consider is even though the peak season is nearly over, more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii Fishing Report - March wrap-up - Kona Hawaii fishing report – March wrap-up. I mentioned in my January report that Kona has had the distinction for the past several years in a row of being the first place in the world where a grander (1000 pound +) marlin is caught each year. W more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii fishing report - Feb. wrap-up - Kona Hawaii fishing report – Feb. wrap-up. The Kona trolling bite is HOT, HOT, HOT! It's been almost a decade, nine years to be exact since we've had a really hot striped marlin bite in Hawaii. Top that off with a good bite on mahi mahi of all siz more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii fishing report - Jan. wrap-up - Kona Hawaii fishing report Jan. wrap-up. It's surprising that the mahi mahi bite is still going strong. Mahi mahi are known as the most temperature sensitive of fish so when the water in Kona gets just a couple of degrees higher or lower than our more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii fishing report - Dec. wrap-up - Kona Hawaii fishing report – December wrap-up. Thanks for the emails I got wishing me a speedy recovery after wrist surgery. It's still a little messed up, not totally done healing yet and may never end up being 100% but it's better than it was. more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii fishing report - Nov. wrap-up - Kona Hawaii fishing report – November wrap-up. I'm only giving you guys this report because if I didn't, the more than 10,000 monthly readers of my Kona report would wonder what the heck happened. I've been on vacation for most of November while r more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona

Kona Hawaii fishing report - Oct. wrap-up - I thought I posted here at the end of November but I guess not. Better late than never :) Kona Hawaii fishing report – Oct. wrap-up. October started out pretty slow for both charters and fish. Those otaru tunas dominated The Grounds for most more...
Capt. Jeff Rogers - Kona