Hilo Seawatch

Hilo Trollers Year-End Awards

This year’s Hilo Trollers T-shirts were distributed at the ramp on October 1. The club’s board of directors is working hard to organize the perpetual trophies for the largest fish in each of the four flag-fish categories, the Fisherman of the Year trophies and the ‘Opala trophy. A new trophy for second-place Fisherman of the Year has been created and donated. Because there will be no banquet and awards ceremony, all of the awards and prizes will be distributed at an appropriate time, most likely by a drive-up at the ramp. Captains will be notified.

This year’s Fisherman of the Year, Capt. Aric Okuda of the , is