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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Calm waters and prizes for a few hours of fishing fun lured fishers of all ages to the Night Shoreline Fishing Tournament, held Sept. 25 and 26, 2015.
Tournament contestants came in Saturday to weigh their catches on the fuel pier near the base marina aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
“The tournament was great exposure for the marina,” said Milton Tsuneda, a recreation assistant with the base marina and a Honolulu resident. “It was a good reminder we have local fishermen out partnering with the military who are glad to answer any questions they have about fishing here.”
Adults were up against the clock, with a 24-hour time period to hook their heaviest catch and make it back to the base marina for the official Saturday weigh-in. Joe Guieb took first place in the adult category and brought in his catch of a young rudderfish, known in native Hawaiian as nenue. Guieb won the grand prize, a set of tiki-style bar furniture and a free full-day pontoon boat rental from the base marina.
In the children’s category, contestants who were 12 years old and younger tried their luck at catch-and-release fishing. Keegan Ross, a boat repair helper with the marina, crafted a special tank for each participant’s fish that kept the catches alive until they could be released back into the bay.
“With all of the fish in the special container, I think it sent an important message to the children,” Tsuneda said. “If you don’t eat the fish, you need to let it go.”
The tournament encouraged children to practice responsible fishing, as marina staff and the base’s game wardens offered fishing tips. The game wardens brought in the official scale to measure the tournament catches and offered their knowledge to fishers who are new to the area.
“We were there to help monitor rules and regulations for fishing,” said Mark Takekawa, the senior animal enforcement technician and game warden with the Provost Marshal’s Office. “We also identified what type fish each of the children caught.”
Takekawa said most of the fish the children caught were papio, the smaller version of the heavy full-sized fish found in the bay named ulua.
He said the tournament helped the game wardens encourage other fishers to be mindful as they fish.
“As long as the population is sustained, the fish can be there for future fishing,” he said.
Everyone who registered for the event took home a tournament T-shirt. Christopher Sereno, general manager for the marina, said his office has received positive feedback about the event through the Interactive Customer Evaluation system.
Sereno said one parent wrote to their office about their appreciation for getting youth-sized T-shirts for the tournament and hoped the event would continue next year.
For every catch they landed and released, the child participants received a raffle ticket that increased their odds for winning other prizes. Those raffle items included free tickets for K-Bay Lanes, the base theater and other Marine Corps Community Services facilities on base. Every child participant also received a free fishing rod.
Although the tournament is finished, those who want to fish aboard MCB Hawaii can still find information about fishing regulations at the marina.
“We have sheets that provide information on what size of and type of fish to catch along with a map of the area,” Tsuneda said. “There are people out there willing to help (educate) families about local fishing.”
For more information about fishing regulations, visit base marina staff in building 6800 on D Street or visit the MCB Hawaii website and do a search for the “Fishing Aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii” page.
| Date Taken: | 10.02.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 10.02.2015 21:00 |
| Story ID: | 177962 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, US |
| Hometown: | HONOLULU, HI, US |
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