May 2026
Eric Suzuki’s 33” Kagami
Aloha Taggers,
Happy May. The Fishing is on fire, Halalu/sardines & Oama are showing up across the islands, and the fish are biting.
This will be a season to watch with plenty of bait in the water. The fish tagged now, we hope will someday be recaptured and show us the growth/changes occurring in a season where we have had some of the heaviest rainfalls in decades and a high abundance of bait in the water. Good luck out there and check out the Summer recognition categories below!
April Catches
Some of the great pictures submitted in April
Recaptures:
We had two recaptures this month. a Moi tagged by Matt Mita and an Omilu we are currently working to put the data together on.
The Moi, tag A14231 (image above) was originally tagged by Matt Mita in March and recaptured by Jonah Kalili with a thrownet, not far from where it was tagged. The moi was at liberty for 33 days and did not grow or change length. Good Going Matt on a healthy release and thank you Jonah for submitting the data!
The Omilu we are working on the data is tag 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
April Recognition
April (Fish Scale / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)
Most fish tagged in one day Fish Scale - Darren Ishikawa 4 Fish! 3 Kakus & a White Papio
Random Raffle Ulua Set of 10 tags - Tommy Cabanting
Random Raffle PIFG Why Bag Um T-Shirt- Alan Higa
Sasa /Pao Pao / Or other (march extended) 3 Promar Jigs - Eric Suzuki - 33” Kagami
Upcoming Recognition
May (Fish Scale / Set of 10 tags /PIFG tagging Shirt)
First fish ever tagged random raffle (Take a Buddy along & Share the photo!!!)
Largest Oio (Who’s master of the flats? can anyone push 10+ lber?)
Random Raffle
June (Fish Scale / Set of 10 tags / PIFG Tagging Shirt)
Most Omilu tagged
Most Ulua Tagged
Random Raffle
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.
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Mahalo for supporting Tag It
PIFG Tag It Team
