June 2026

Aloha Taggers,

Happy June. Thank you for all the great submissions and engagement in May. Happy to see so many folks out fishing and some great catches.

Recaptures:

We are still working on the Omilu data from April. The data is tag is A6494 and was recaptured by Isaiah Toledo with a weight of 9.5 lbs. We will provide more information about the Omilu as it becomes available.

2026 Recognition and Tag It Tournament

May Recognition

May (Fish Scale / Set of 10 tags /PIFG tagging Shirt)

First fish ever tagged random raffle (Take a Buddy along & Share the photo!!!) Kanalulai Bernabe Fish Scale
Largest Oio (Who’s master of the flats? can anyone push 10+ lber?) Darren Ishikawa with a 26.5” Oio not far behind Keith Kamikawa with a 25 and Thad Nakajima with a 23.75. Good going on the Oios this month! Set of 10 tags
Random Raffle - Sherm Warner! PIFG Tagging Shirt

Upcoming Recognition

June (Nanko’s Giveaway / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)

Most Omilu tagged (Nanko’s Special Whipping rod combo)
Most Ulua Tagged (Set of 10 tags)
Random Raffle (PIFG Tagging Shirt)

July (Fish Scale / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)

Clean Sweep (one of each species)
Random Raffle
Keiki tagger (tagger under 16)

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.

Interesting Catch:

Darren Ishikawa has been on fire, tagging 36 fish this year so far ranging from Moi to Papio to oio. One of his interesting catches was this oio he hooked that had a circle hook in the mouth, that appears to have been there for some time. He removed the hook and released this oio, hopefully to be recovered again someday.