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All Reviews for Fishing Charters & Tours in Big Island

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18 reviews

Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Good catch

Reviewed by: John, 2023/02/04

We had a blast. Caught some mahimahi and enjoyed the company of the guides. A great charter.

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Activity Date: 2022/03/24
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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Fun but no fish

Reviewed by: Jim, 2023/02/03

The crew and boat were really good Unfortunately, we didn't have good luck and were left without any fish. No fault of the guides. Just one of those days.

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Activity Date: 2022/03/31
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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Not impressed

Reviewed by: Unhappy customer , 2019/12/03

The two people running the boat barely acknowledged us when we arrived. Never asked our names, where we were from, nothing. We had our two boys with us and when they finally did ask what we wanted to fish for we said things the boys could catch (they are 5 and 7)
Spent over two hours fishing for bait that we didn’t even use!!! They wanted it for the next trip.
Never talked with us. Unfortunately didn’t ever come across anything.
Would not recommend

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2019/10/08
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Captain Jack Kona Sport Fishing Charter (from Keauhou Bay)

Great trip

Reviewed by: Hedy, 2019/03/16

My cousin and I have gone out on fishing with Capt Jack 4 times over the last 4 years. We have caught fish on each trip. The trip we took last week was a blast. 1st we
spent about a 1/2 hour catching bait.Then we used the bait to catch 9 small (10 -15 lb) yellow fin tuna and a mahi mahi on live bait. At least twice we each had a fish on at the same time. Then the 1st mate took out the big rods and we looked for bigger fish. We caught about 20 lb ono. If you like fishing, head out the Mark on Captain Jack out of Keauhuou Bay, you can start catching fish at the mouth of the harbor. Mark and his first mate always provide helpful guidance to the ladies. We took 5 one gallon baggies of fish home. Great job Capt Mark.

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Kona Sport Fishing Trip - Shared & Private Charters (from Kona Pier)

Wonderful experience!!

Reviewed by: H family, 2017/01/09

First time for my kids and me and we would definitely do it again!! The crew was great and professional. We all hooked a fish!! Loved it!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2016/12/17
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Kona Sport Fishing Trip - Shared & Private Charters (from Kona Pier)

Charter was great:)

Reviewed by: Chris, 2016/01/02

We had a great time got four bites but that's fishing crew was fun I would go again

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/12/30
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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Great Company!!!

Reviewed by: John Kuehn , 2015/07/30

Went out on two trips! Both were amazing and I had a great time! The crew and captain were very nice, helpful and knowledgeable. I will defiantly go out with them again when I visit!

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2015/07/27
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Kona Sport Fishing Trip - Shared & Private Charters (from Kona Pier)

Bite Me IV fishing

Reviewed by: Ken, 2014/06/09

enjoyed the fishing trip even though only caught one skipjack tuna, the crew were very nice and did their best to catch some fish

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2014/06/02
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Kona Sport Fishing Trip - Shared & Private Charters (from Kona Pier)

Nice boat with a terrible crew!

Reviewed by: Justin, 2014/03/01

Went out with 13 year old son on this boat and ended up with multiple reasons to complain.
First let me say that the boat itself is very nice and my son thought it was really cool.

The problems were with the crew. The first thing that happened is we left late because the captain was late getting to the boat. All passengers were standing around for over 30 minutes while we waited for the captain to finally show up. This probably wouldn't have been the end of the world if we would have just stayed out on the water a little later but we actually ended up coming back a little bit early. Overall I paid for a trip and got shorted between 20-40 minutes. Both crew memebers smoked multiple times without even asking the passengers if they minded. With a kid on the boat this seems like it should have happened.
After being out on the water for an hour or so we arrived in an area that had a bunch of other boats. The captain had the deckhand put small rods out and we began catching 1 fish every 10-15 minutes. In an attempt to be polite I let the other 5 passengers catch a fish and chose to go last. After the 5th fish was caught the captain ask the deck hand "how many was that?" and recieved the relpy "that was five, we have one more". The captain then made the decision to leave this area to supposedly look for bigger fish. This was aggravating because I chose to let every one else catch theirs due to the fact the spot was producing consistenly. At the rate it was going it would have taken 10-15 minutes for me to catch my fish. The captains choice to supposedly go look for bigger fish was really just him starting to motor back towards the island to end the trip. We never saw any other fish and arrived back at the dock early.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2014/02/13
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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Bite Me

Reviewed by: Linda D, 2012/09/23

First, we were late because we got lost (our fault, not theirs). Second, we didn't catch anything, not even a bite. However, we had a perfectly lovely cruise from the harbor and around the coast of Kona. The guide and captain - who happened to be father and son - were very skilled, informative, knowledgeable and helpful. They even delayed our return to port, trying to get us a bite at least. Great trip over all.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

April fishing with Dad.

Reviewed by: Sam, 2012/04/29

My father need some assistance on and off the boat. The captain and crew were great. Did not catch anything ... but that is how fishing is sometimes. Love the stories and making new friends. It was worth the money.

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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Half Day Shared Sport Fishing

Reviewed by: Wanda and Keith, 2011/11/24

Although this was a lot of fun; it is a bit pricey... an expensive boat ride. You don't actually handle the rods unless something is caught, otherwise you just enjoy the ride. In our case, we didn't catch anything so we just enjoyed the ride. The views are spectacular and we ran into a school of dolphins which was amazing to watch. If you don't mind the money, it is still a good way to just relax and soak up the sun. It's not much in the way of fishing since you don't actually get to handle any of the rods, that is done by the crew only although they said if anything was caught, you could try to reel it in and they'd help.

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Big Island Kona Sport Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor - Bite Me 3

Mr.

Reviewed by: Jerry Fox, 2010/12/29

Nice boat, nice day, nice crew, not so nice fish. We all enjoyed ourselves. Very relaxing!

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Big Island Kona Sport Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor - Bite Me 3

Ms

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous, 2010/02/20

Captain and crew surely cannot be faulted for the fish not biting. They did their best to navigate us into waters where fish were known to be biting in the past, but with the big beautiful Humpback Whales roaming the seas the odds were against them. It would have been nice if at least one of them was a bit more communicative and share with us some local knowledge, but they kept to themselves. I know that is not their job, but it would have added some color to the day.

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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Great time!

Reviewed by: Cherie, 2010/01/31

It was a beautiful day and the staff was great. They were friendly and knowledgeable and it was very exciting for us!

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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Great time

Reviewed by: Kim, 2009/03/10

My son and boyfriend spend 1/2 day fishing and had a wonderful time. The staff were very helpful and friendly. My son caught a 30lb spearfish and was thrilled. Both of them would do it again.

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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Nothing like a Hawaiian Sunset!

Reviewed by: Kyle Bond, 2008/06/07

We booked a two day trip on the "bite me" - there is nothing like watching a sun setting in HAWAII while floating in the middle of the ocean. Day one was pretty relaxing but by day two we were ready for some aggressive fishing ... two marlins later! Haha! Capt. Brian and Crew AMAZING JOB and hoping to see you again soon!!!

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Big Island "Bite Me 1" Kona Sports Fishing Boat Charter from Honokohau Harbor

Melissa Billups

Reviewed by: All Around Travel Svcs, 2008/04/17

I have only started using hawaiiactivities.com and this was one of the trips we booked. It was great and so was the service with hawaiiactivities.com. I will be selling all of these tours to my clients and I have placed a link to my site at http:www.allaroundtravelservices.com also so that I can recommend it to everyone! The only problem we had on the fishing trip was our sea sickness! BRING DRAMAMINE!! Caught some awesome Mahi Mahi and Tuna and the crew was GREAT! We did the 3/4 day charter.

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