Spice up your dinner with a zesty flavored Mahi Mahi
Ginger Glazed Mahi Mahi
Ingredients
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
1 clove garlic, crushed or to taste
2 teaspoons olive oil
4 (6 ounce) mahi mahi fillets
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Directions
In a shallow glass dish, stir together the honey, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, ginger, garlic and olive oil. Season fish fillets with salt and pepper, and place them into the dish. If the fillets have skin on them, place them skin side down. Cover, and refrigerate for 20 minutes to marinate.
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove fish from the dish, and reserve marinade. Fry fish for 4 to 6 minutes on each side, turning only once, until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove fillets to a serving platter and keep warm.
Pour reserved marinade into the skillet, and heat over medium heat until the mixture reduces to a glaze consistently. Spoon glaze over fish, and serve immediately.
Footnotes
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove fish from the dish, and reserve marinade. Fry fish for 4 to 6 minutes on each side, turning only once, until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove fillets to a serving platter and keep warm.
Pour reserved marinade into the skillet, and heat over medium heat until the mixture reduces to a glaze consistently. Spoon glaze over fish, and serve immediately.
for more information on catching Mahi Mahi, follow the link!
Often times we get requests on the best way to prepare and cook your catch - here is one of our favorites
Marlin Kabob
Ingredients:
1/2 lb Marlin steak, cut in squares
1 cup fresh basil leaves
1 tsp olive oil
2 Tbsp lemon juice
4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
salt
15 cherry tomatoes
12 whole mushrooms
1 yellow pepper, cut in squares
1 green pepper, cut in squares
1. Combine basil, oil, lemon juice, garlic, and salt in blender or food processor. Process until smooth. The result should be a brushable sauce - add 1 Tbsp water if too thick
2. Alternate fish and vegetables on skewers. Brush on all sides with sauce
3. Place on a hot grill and cook until fish flakes easily, about 5 minutes each side
For more information
Ever caught a beautiful Ono? Not sure what to do with that amazing flavored meat?
Grilled Wahoo with Pineapple Butter Marinade
6 TBS melted butter (3/4 stick)
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1/8 cup soy sauce
2 TBS. lime juice
5 cloves garlic
5 cherry tomatoes
1 mild hot pepper
fresh herbs (I used sage, thyme and parsley)
black pepper
STEP 1: Mince all of the hard ingredients.
STEP 2: Melt the butter on the stovetop in a metal baking pan. Add the remaining diced ingredients, raise the heat, and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat, and cool for 10 minutes.
STEP 3: Now add your wahoo steaks and marinade for about 20 minutes.
STEP 4: Fire up the grill - Start the steaks skin side up, and grill about 4 minutes (Continuously baste them with the additional marinade.)
for more information on catching Ono
If you're in Hawaii on our Nations Birthday we have compiled a list of firework shows for you that you could attend after that successful day of fishing!
July 3
Kauai
Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands
4 p.m. entertainment, 9:45 p.m. fireworks
Free and open to the public with photo ID
July 4
Oahu
Ala Moana Beach Park
8:30 p.m. fireworks (preview)
Tune into KSSK for the soundtrack
Kailua Beach Park
6 p.m. airshow, 8 p.m. fireworks
USS Missouri
6 p.m. picnic, 9 p.m. fireworks
admission required
Turtle Bay Resort
8:30 p.m. fireworks
Maui
Lahaina
Front St.
4 p.m. block party, 8 p.m. fireworks
Kauai
Lihue
Vidinha Soccer Field
4 p.m. entertainment, 8:35 p.m. fireworks
admission required
Big Island
Hilo Bay Blast at Bayfront
9 a.m.-9 p.m., 8 p.m. fireworks
Kailua-Kona
5:30 p.m. parade, 8 p.m. fireworks
Waikoloa Beach Resort
10 a.m.-9:30 p.m., 8 p.m. fireworks
For more information
Located about 10 minutes from the heart of Waikiki sits Kewalo Basin Harbor. Kewalo has a history rooted in the art of fishing, and was traditionally the heart of a bustling fishing village in Kaka‘ako. On June 10, 1970, the largest marlin caught rod-and-reel in the world was caught by Captain Cornelius Choy off of Kewalo Harbor, weighing in at 1,805 pounds. The marlin was dubbed “Choy’s Monster” and continues to hold the record today. In honor of Choy’s Monster, Kewalo Harbor introduces the Kewalo Harbor Big Fish Chase. The base entry will be split evenly among the largest marlin, ahi, ono and mahimahi and the guaranteed $10,000 purse is split amongst the largest marlin, ahi, ono, and mahimahi.
2015 – Schedule of Events
June 5th 6PM – Pupus, Registration and Team Briefing at IBM Building – 1240 Ala Moana Blvd. – Honolulu.
June 6th 7AM to 4PM – Fishing
June 6th 4PM to 6:30 PM – Weigh in and Pau Hana
June 7th 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM – Awards and Mahalo Brunch
There can be only one !! Save the date for the Blue Marlin World cup on July 4th, 2015.
The Blue Marlin World Cup celebrating it's 31st anniversary, is the only Big game fishing tournament that allows teams to fish anywhere in the world for 8 hours in their time zones. The World Cup is for 1 day only, for 1 species only and with 1 winner only. There is no second place in the World Cup.
The entry fee of $3000 includes everyone on the boat. The OPTIONAL additional $5000 BIG BLUE CHALLENGE is for those who want to win an even BIGGER AWARD, In 2011 this division was won with a 585 lb Kona blue marlin.
Fish aboard your own boat or charter a professional team in many of the big blue marlin hot spots around the world. If you live in New York, go to Bermuda; if in Australia, charter a boat in Fiji or if in Las Vegas, why not fly to Kona to fish? The World Cup has been won in 10 locations around the world with many more famous blue marlin hot spots not yet producing a winner.
On July 4 make sure your team is ready to win hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention bragging rights for having caught the biggest blue while competing against some of the top sport fishing teams around the globe.
In 2013 - The World Cup Blue Marlin Championship (World Cup) took place on July 4 in 18 countries and territories with 130 teams participating. However, for the second year in a row it was Bermuda where the winning blue marlin was landed.
For 2014, Teams registered from the Cape Verde Islands in the far eastern Atlantic to Kona, Hawaii. Kauai, well north of Hawaii's Big Island, was represented this year for the first time. Anglers from as far away as Russia competed and the winner was Capt Steve Epstein and Angler Stephanie Choate who won the Blue Marlin World Cup on July 4th 2014 with a Blue Marlin fish coming in at 656 lb.
The 2015 Tournament season is almost here! If you have a chance to be in Kona this summer, get into one of these amazing events. Hawaii Deep Sea Fishing works with The Best Captains. ** Tournament Dates are filling up very fast and few boats are available for each event.
Dirty Dozen Tournament - First Saturday of every month.
June 12-14 Rock and Reel Tournament
June 27-28 Kona Kickoff
July 2-3 Marlin Magic Lure Tournament
July 4th Blue Marlin World Cup
July 4-5 Firecracker Open
July 7-9 Kona Across The Board Offshore Classic
July 7-9 Kona Throw Down
July 10-12 Skins Marlin Derby
July 18-19 Kona Classic
August 8-15 Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament
August 21-23 Big Island Marlin Tournament
September 12-14 September Challenge
