The captain

​Born and raised in Kailua Kona Hawaii, Captain Tracy Epstein grew up fishing in Kona with his dad, longtime Kona charter captain Steve Epstein.  He began his charter fishing career at the age of 15. Since then, Tracy has traveled to fish in the top destinations in the world for marlin fishing, including Madeira Portugal, Cabo Frio Brazil, Cairns Australia, Cape Verde Africa and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.  He has been an integral member of many tournament winning teams in both Kona and Mexico, amassing over a million dollars in total winnings.

In 2005, while working as a deckhand on the Northern Lights, Captain Kevin Nakamaru and Tracy tagged and released eight pacific blue marlin in a single day, breaking Kona's previous record of six.  In 2019 Tracy along with his crew Ian Keinath and Jesse Dixon tied the Kona trolling record of 7 blue marlin in a single day.  Only a week later they broke the Kona Marlin tournament series record of most Blues caught in a day by catching 6 marlin in a day.   To date, Tracy's largest pacific blue marlin weighed in at 966 pounds.

Tracy has also branched into the photography aspect of sport fishing.  His spectacular images have been featured in multiple issues of Marlin Magazine and Australia’s BlueWater Magazine.  

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