Blackwater International Inc., maker of fishing lines, will be co-sponsoring the Blackwater North Shore Fishing Tournament on Aug. 1. The event will take place at Hanalei Bay with weigh-ins at the Hanalei Pier.
Boats will be checked in starting at 3:30 a.m. with an official start time of 5:30 a.m. The event will conclude at 7 [...]

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With tennis shoes on, wallet in pocket and a bamboo stick in hand, Kaua‘i resident Curt Carish on Wednesday may have written himself into the most eccentric fisherman’s history book.
To catch a fish with such simple gear would be an interesting tale in itself. But after Carish hauled in a nenue, the 10-inch fish coughed [...]

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State continues its search for cause of fish kill
Further testing has revealed that fresh specimens of various fishes caught in April around Ni‘ihau did not contain detectable amounts of diphacinone, the active ingredient in rodenticide, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
These additional tests confirm that the current fish supply is not [...]

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What started out as just another afternoon on the job for Kawika Kilar, a captain for Capt. Andy’s Sailing Adventures, turned out to be an unexpected day of life-saving adventures.
It was almost 3 p.m. on Wednesday when Kilar, nicknamed ‘Eagle Eye’ by his co-workers, was about to leave the Na Pali coastline to take his [...]

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