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Kona Deep Sea Fishing
& Sea Monsters Found off Hawaii Island's Kona Coast
Call Us at 808-895-1972
Kona Hawaii is home of some of the world's BIGGEST pacific blue marlin in the world. Kona fishing charter boat Sea Strike holds numerous world records, including Ray Hawkes' spectacular 1,166 pound blue marlin on 50-lb test, caught here in Kona, Hawaii. Kona's deep blue ocean is also home to some interesting creatures. Some are caught on purpose. Some species are caught unintentionally. Some give evidence as to where Hollywood got the ideas for some of their aliens. Following are some of the interesting creatures that Captain Dale Leverone and the Sea Strike have encountered while fishing here in Kona. |
![]() The Sea Strike boys find an Unidentified Sea Monster off Kona Coast![]() On a recent Kona fishing charter trip, the Sea Strike came upon what appeared to be a car bumper floating on the surface. Upon closer
inspection, of course, it turned out to be an identified sea creature. "Oar fish" and "cutlass fish" immediately came to
mind. Unfortunately, the reason this creature had surfaced in the first place is that something had just bitten its head off, making it
difficult, if not impossible, to identify. In fact, the fish was still bleeding. Smart phones are pretty cool devices. 1st mate Jack
Leverone took a picture and uploaded it to Facebook. Fishing experts like Jim Rizzuto and Jon Schwartz, who are Facebook friends of Jack's,
saw the photo and called. Since then, the catch went viral, at least momentarily. Jim Rizzuto wrote about it in his weekly newspaper column,
the West Hawaii Today. A radio station interviewed Captain Dale Leverone and the story will be featured on a syndicated program
across the midwest in February. The catch was featured on MSN.com and Yahoo.
Jon Schwartz's Fishing Blog
presented a great article on it.
![]() ![]() There are more than 3,000 known species of nudibranchs. Sometimes called sea slugs, they are known for their extraordinary
colors, striking forms and intricate patterns. Found throughout the world's oceans, they are most abundant in shallow tropical waters.
![]() Captain Dale Leverone grew up in Miami and has fished since he was big enough to hold a rod and reel. One day, while in a
taxidermist office in Florida, he saw a moonfish, also known as opah, mounted on the wall. At the time, Dale compared it to a
![]() Uncommonly seen up close and personally, the cookie cutter shark leaves its mark on every fish it comes into contact with. The cookie cutter
shark is very small on average, just barely larger than the palm of your hand. It latches itself onto a fish, any fish (it's not picky) and
bores a perfectly round ![]() There are many creatures in the sea still waiting to be identified. They leave just enough hints behind to drive fisherman
and scientists crazy trying to figure out what the heck is that? ![]() ![]() The oilfish is a species of snake mackeral. Locally, oilfish are more commonly picked up by longliners, but occasionally caught on rod and reel as well. The fish is delicious but very oily. In fact, the flesh has an oil content of approximately 25%, and consists of wax esters, which does not digest like traditional oil. When eaten in large portions, this oil becomes a laxative. Since oilfish can be substantially cheaper than some other fish species, fish mongers have been known to intentionally mislabel
it as butterfish or codfish. Thinking they know what they are eating, cosumers eat large portions of this delicious fish and
end up with diahrea. Mislabeling of oil fish has become such a problem that Japan and Italy have imposed an import ban on it and Australia has
banned oilfish from being sold as food.
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