Capt. Terry Kellam (left) and deckman Tyler Olsen caught this rare 72.5-pound sailfish in September 2015.

Trying to come up with the top captain statistics for billfish involves several variables. Just looking at total numbers doesn’t reflect all of the variables in coming up with the final rankings for the top Lahaina Harbor charter sport fishing boat captains.

I look at all the variables in each category, give them a number and try to come up with a fair ranking. Tagged or released billfish were noted as both a total number and estimated weight, but all weights were “guesstimations.”

The final statistics are my own and are open to opinion and interpretation.

Now, the rankings for the top Lahaina sport fishing captains

Capt. Terry Kellam took top honors as the top sport fishing charter boat captain for Lahaina Harbor in 2016, among the 25 captains that caught a billfish during the year. He accumulated his billfish while fishing aboard the No Problem and Finest Kind.

Terry weighed eight blue marlin, second most, totaling 1,145.8 pounds, the sixth highest total blue weight. He also released five blue marlin (in a four-way tie for fourth most) totaling 825 pounds, the fifth highest total release weight. This gave Terry 13 blue marlin captured (the second most) estimated at 1,970.8 pounds, the fourth highest total blue capture weight.

Terry weighed 12 striped marlin, the most weighed, totaling 719.8 pounds, the highest total weight. He also released one striped marlin estimated at 50 pounds. This gave him 13 striped marlin captured (the most captured) totaling 769.8 pounds, the highest total capture weight.

Terry weighed 17 spearfish (the most weighed) totaling 488.5 pounds, the highest total weight, while releasing two more totaling 65 pounds. This gave him 19 spearfish captured (the most captured) totaling 553.5 pounds, the highest total capture weight.

This gave Terry 44 billfish for the year – the most billfish captured among the captains – totaling 3,294.1 pounds, the highest total capture weight.

Grabbing the second place spot was Capt. Fuzzy Alboro. He accumulated his billfish while fishing aboard the Die Hard 2 (the top charter sport fishing boat of 2016) and the Finest Kind.

Fuzzy weighed 14 blue marlin, the most weighed among the captains, totaling 2,142.3 pounds, the highest total blue weight. He also released three blue marlin estimated at 560 pounds. This gave Fuzzy 17 blue marlin captured – the most captured – estimated at 2,702.3 pounds, the second highest total blue capture weight.

Fuzzy weighed three striped marlin (in a three-way tie for third most) totaling 198.4 pounds, the third highest total weight. This gave him the fourth most striped marlin captured and fourth highest total striped marlin capture weight.

Fuzzy weighed 11 spearfish (fourth most) totaling 332 pounds, the fourth highest total weight. This gave him the fifth most weighed and fifth highest total capture weight.

This gave Fuzzy 31 billfish for the year, the second most captured, totaling 3,232.7 pounds, the second highest total capture weight.

The third place spot went to Capt. Ryan Fiedorowicz. He accumulated his billfish while fishing aboard the Reel Hooker and Exact 2.

Ryan weighed seven blue marlin, tied for third most, totaling 1,434.8 pounds, the second highest total blue weight. He also released two blue marlin estimated at 350 pounds. This gave Ryan nine blue marlin captured (tied for sixth most) estimated at 1,784.8 pounds, the sixth highest total blue capture weight.

Ryan weighed three striped marlin, in a three-way tie for third most, totaling 171.8 pounds, the fifth highest total weight. This gave him three striped marlin captured, in a four-way tie for fourth most captured, for a total of 171.8 pounds, the eighth highest total capture weight.

Ryan weighed 14 spearfish (second most) totaling 431.6 pounds, the second highest total weight. He also released one spearfish estimated at 20 pounds. This gave him 15 spearfish captured (third most) totaling 451.6 pounds, the third highest total capture weight.

This gave Ryan 27 billfish for the year – the fourth most captured – totaling 2,408.2 pounds, the fifth highest total capture weight.

Capt. Jonny Keiley took the fourth place spot while fishing aboard the Action. He weighed two blue marlin totaling 701.5 pounds. His largest was 631.5 pounds, the second largest of the year. He also released nine blue marlin (the most released) estimated at 1,125 pounds, the third highest total release weight.

This gave him 11 blue marlin captured, tied for fourth most captured, totaling 1,826.5 pounds, the fifth highest total blue capture weight.

Jonny weighed two striped marlin totaling 77.4 pounds while also releasing one estimated at 50 pounds. This gave him three striped marlin captured, in a five-way tie for fourth most, totaling 127.4 pounds.

Jonny weighed 12 spearfish (third most) totaling 359 pounds, the third highest total weight. He also released four spearfish, in a three-way tie for second most released, totaling 95 pounds. This gave him 16 spearfish captured, second most, totaling 454 pounds, the second highest total capture weight.

This gave Jonny 30 billfish for the year – the third most captured – totaling 2,407.9 pounds, the sixth highest total capture weight.