January 2026
Dan Frick’s 32.5” Ulua
Aloha Taggers,
Congrats on a fantastic year in 2025. Below are the statistics that each of you contributed to. It’s a huge accomplishment and our ambitious goal is for 500 fish tagged in 2026. We are also sending out individualized score card results from 2025, please look for that to your inbox in the coming weeks.
2025 Recap
332 Fish Tagged & Released
8 Recaptures
2,071 days (5.7 yrs) longest fish at liberty
DA LIST
This list contains the top taggers and their results in 2025. Thank you to each of you, each fish counts, even if you only tagged one!
Eric Suzuki 52
Kevin Mita 45
Keith Kamikawa 38
Cory Olores 28
Matt Mita 16
Louis Carreira 13
Robert Shibukawa 11
Alan Higa 10
Camden Arrand 9
Thad Nakajima 9
Alexander Min 8
Clayton York 7
Zach Pang 7
Chris Demarke 6
Tommy Cabanting 6
Bryson Uno 5
Stuart Hee 5
Kimo Ah new 4
Kyle Ragan 4
Tyrus Lum 4
Andy Kim 3
Dan Frick 5
Jourdan Kua'ana 3
Kaelin Lopez 3
Ladd Yoshimura 3
David Aegler 2
Tyler Hardesty 2
Tyler Souza 2
anthony pedrina 1
Belanio Belanio 1
Christopher Lewis 1
Colton Keliipio 1
Ian Tominaga 1
Jacob Blancas 1
Kekama Demello 1
Ken Miyata 1
Landon Lewis 1
Len Young 1
Likeke Keliihananui 1
Richard Kaui 1
Rory Belanio 1
Royce Yoshimura 1
Scott Edwards 1
Taidas Belanio 1
Recoveries
Louis Carreira with the tagged ulua.
Tyler Matsukawa with the recovered Ulua
On 1/6/2026, we had the first recovery of the year, by Tyler Matsukawa. The tagged fish was an Ulua, A12086, originally caught and tagged by Louis Carreira on 8/30/2025. The fish was at liberty for 129 days between August 30, 2025 and January 6, 2026. The fish traveled from Makapuu to Kualoa, approximately 20 miles during it’s time at liberty in an Easterly direction. Which reflects the general movement of fish counterclockwise. Good going by Louis on a safe release and by Tyler on a nice recovery!
December Catches
Eric Suzuki’s nice Omilu
Both the First and Last Fish of 2025 were caught and tagged by Eric Suzuki. One of the top taggers in the State, he has continuously shown commitment and resolve in his tagging efforts. Great Job to Eric.
Kevin Mita’s 11.75” Omilu
Thad Nakajima’s 19.5” Oio
Keith Kamikawa’s 19” Kaku
Additional Catches in December include:
Matt Mita Omilu (bluefin trevally) Chris Demarke Omilu (bluefin trevally) Keith Kamikawa Kaku (great barracuda) Eric Suzuki Omilu (bluefin trevally) Eric Suzuki Moi (pacific threadfin) Eric Suzuki Omilu (bluefin trevally) Eric Suzuki Omilu (bluefin trevally)
2026 Recognition and Tag It Tournament
January (Knife / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)
First Fish of 2026
Largest Moi
Most Oio tagged
February (Coast Lantern / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)
Largest Shore Based Fish
Barracuda
Random Raffle
March (set of 3 Promar Ahi Jigs / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)
Pao Pao / Sasa / yellowspot Papio random raffle
Random Raffle Omilu
Random Raffle
April (Scale / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)
Most fish tagged in one day
Random Raffle Ulua
Random Raffle
May (Scale / Set of 10 tags /PIFG tagging Shirt)
First fish ever tagged random raffle
Largest Oio
Random Raffle
June (Scale / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)
Most Omilu tagged
Most Ulua Tagged
Random Raffle
July (Scale / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)
Clean Sweep (one of each species)
Random Raffle
Keiki tagger
August (set of 3 Promar Ahi Jigs / set of 10 tags / PIFG Tag It Hat)
Random Raffle
Best tagged fish photo
Most omilu one day
September (Penn Battle Reel / set of 10 tags / PIFG Tag It Hat)
Random Raffle
Most oio and omilu tagged in the month
Kaku Random raffle
October (Coast Lantern / set of 10 tags / Lawaia Shirt)
Random Raffle
Most oio tagged in one day
Moi Random raffle
November (Coast Lantern / set of 10 tags / Lawaia Shirt)
Random Raffle
Kaku random raffle
Best papio photo
December (combined Year Tagged Fish) Prizes TBD
Grand slam (1 Moi, 1 Ulua, 1 Papio, 1 Oio, 1 Kaku)
Largest Ulua (Shore)
Largest Ulua (all)
Most Oio tagged
Most Kaku tagged
Most Moi tagged
Most Papio tagged
Most total fish tagged
Most fish tagged in one day
Best tagged fish photo (crowd favorite)
Highest new tagger in 2026
*Recognition will be announced the following month, all data must be submitted timely to be recognized. All ties and disposition will be awarded to the earliest submitter.
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PIFG Tag It Team
