Steve Cravens is 2010’s top captain
LAHAINA — As in the Top Boat rankings, just looking at total numbers doesn’t reflect all the variables in coming up with the final rankings for the top Lahaina Harbor Sportfishing captains.
I cross-reference my monthly numbers and totals with the captains as close as possible. I look at all the variables in each category, give them a number, and try to come up with a fair ranking. Size does matter. I’m not going to please everyone. The final statistics are my own and are open to opinion and interpretation.
Of the 26 Lahaina Harbor Sportfishing captains that caught a billfish during 2010, Capt. Steve Cravens captured the most total billfish among the top captains with 15. He had 12 blue marlin and three spearfish.
Capt. Fuzzy Alboro was next with 14. He had six blue marlin, two striped marlin, six spearfish and two ahi over 100 pounds.
Captains Randy Evans and Chad Leonillo had ten each. Randy had seven blue marlin and three spearfish. Chad had six blue marlin, three spearfish, one sailfish and six ahi over 100 pounds.
Captains Patrick Dorn and Mike Tappero both had eight. Patrick had five blue marlin, two striped marlin and one spearfish. Mike had five blue marlin, one striped marlin, two spearfish and one ahi over 100 pounds.
Captains Timster Putnam, Hunter Betts, Brandon McKinley and Dave Hudson captured seven each to round out the top ten. Timster had six blue marlin, one spearfish and one ahi over 100. Hunter had five blue marlin and two spearfish. Brandon had four blue marlin, one striped marlin and two spearfish. Dave had five blue marlin, one spearfish and one sailfish.
Now the ranking, based on six different categories and ten variables for the top three captains.
Capt. Steve Cravens aboard the Start Me Up, Start Me Up Again and Start Me Up Too took top honors among the fleet for 2010.
He weighed nine blue marlin (most among the captains) totaling 2,331.0 pounds (second highest blue weight) and three spearfish (tied for second most) totaling 96 pounds (third highest total weight). Steve’s 12 billfish weighed (tied for most among the captains) totaled 2,427.0 pounds (second highest total weighed).
Steve also released three blue marlin (most among the captains) estimated at 475 total pounds (second highest estimated weight), giving him a total of 12 blue marlin (highest blue marlin captured) totaling 2,806.0 pounds (highest blue marlin capture weight).
His 15 billfish captured (most among the captains) weighed a grand total of 2,902.0 pounds (highest total weight).
Steve’s largest blue marlin weighed 519.7 pounds (seventh biggest), along with a 470.7-pounder (15th).
Capt. Randy Evans aboard the Start Me Up Das It was second. He weighed seven blue marlin (second most among the captains) totaling 2,714.0 pounds (highest total blue weight) and three spearfish (tied for second most) totaling 82.4 pounds (fifth highest total weight). Randy’s ten billfish weighed (second most) totaled 2,796.4 pounds (highest total weighed).
His ten billfish captured (tied for third most) weighed a grand total of 2,796.4 pounds (second highest total weight).
Randy’s largest blue marlin weighed 688.1 pounds (third), along with a 485.1 (12th) and a 462.2 (17th).
Capt. Chad Leonillo aboard the Exact, Finest Kind and Ikaika Kai finished in third place. He weighed five blue marlin (tied for fourth most) weighing 1,753.2 pounds (third highest blue weight), three spearfish (tied for second most) weighing 126 pounds (second highest weight) and one sailfish weighing 76.2 pounds (largest weighed). Chad’s nine billfish weighed (third most) totaled 1,955.4 pounds (third highest total weighed).
Chad also released one blue marlin estimated at 350 pounds (third highest estimated weight), giving him a total of six blue marlin (third highest blue marlin captured) totaling 2,103.2 pounds (third highest blue marlin capture weight).
His ten billfish captured (tied for third most) weighed a grand total of 2,305.4 pounds (third highest total weight).
Chad weighed the largest blue marlin for 2010 at 725.2 pounds. He also weighed six ahi over 100 pounds (most among the captains) weighing 790.4 pounds (highest total weighed). He weighed the largest ahi at 164.3 pounds, a 158.3 (third), 137.6 (fourth), 120 (eighth) and a 110 (12th).