The Mahi Mahi are here! It is that time of year again when we see greatly increased numbers of the highly prized food fish arriving. Make sure you have the Binoculars and eyeballs tuned up, to help locate the “Floaters”. Since we have no grass or kelp here in Kona, it is floating nets, ropes, […]
The Mahi Mahi are here! This time of year we are looking under every single piece of debris we find for a prize Mahi Mahi hiding out. The last two days out turned up two different “floaters” Each being large nets tangled with rope and floats. The first one we spotted kept us busy with […]
Pygmy Sperm Whale Sighting and First Mahi Mahi for Alaska Couple. Considered a rarity in Kona waters, a pair of Pygmy Sperm Whales were sited just off Kaiwi Point at about the 400fa ledge by Neal and Lauren Labrie visiting from King Salmon, Alaska. We slowed the boat and cautiously circled and observed the whales […]
This post is shared with you from one of our guests that posted their experience on TripAdvisor. “What a great family fishing trip! We were initially a little hesitant about bring our 2 y/o girl and 4 y/o boy, but were assured that children were most welcome. The boat was absolutely beautiful, complete with […]
Old Friends Unite and Celebrate a Three Marlin Day aboard the Fire Hatt this week. Pete Hooper, a United Airlines Pilot and longtime friend Jim Elliott joined Linda and I along with old friend and past Crew Mate Adam Ludwig for a half day on the water. Pete and Jim really wanted Ono. We […]
We assisted National Geographic with a TV show in March of this year. The episode isn NOT about marling fishing but is about putting a submersible robot submarine down a few thousand feet into the ocean outside Kona. The episode is titled “DIY Robo-Sub” and is part of the National Geographic TV series called “How Hard […]
Mike and Sharon McAllister from Tampa Florida celebrated their 25 Anniversary and their first Pacific Blue Marlin while fishing in Kona Hawaii aboard the Fire Hatt . Mike had his shot at a Marlin on an early morning bite that did not stick. After a long pause in activity, we are bit again. This […]
Blair Howard, a local Fire Fighter from the Big Island fights his first Marlin. Along with his Mom visiting from the West Coast, they boarded the Fire Hatt with anticipation of what they might hook into today. Around 2:00pm the fish hit the short corner, ripped out line and was off! It came back and […]
This is a great video of a catch and release that Fire Hatt Sportfishing guests had in August 2011 fishing just outside Kailua-Kona. The marlin starts to appear around the 4 minute mark and you can watch Linda tag the big fish prior to compliment an impressive catch and release. Fire Hatt was featured on […]
A big day for little fishermen Marley and Calin. Mike Williams and Gayle Thomas both Firefighters from Alameda, CA joined us for a day of snorkeling and fishing. Although we were light on the side of catching fish today, we got to see many while snorkeling at Captain Cook Bay. This was Callan’s first snorkel […]