E J and Johnny Vaughn, longtime Huntington Harbour, CA residents and fishermen spent the day aboard the Fire Hatt in Kona, Hawaii, for a day of fishing. They entered the local “Dirty Dozen” tournament held the first Saturday of each month. With much anticipation, we blasted off the starting line after Start Fishing was announced. […]
Captain Chuck Wilson (not pictured above) of FIRE HATT wrote an article for the April 2011 issue of Coastal Angler Magazine about the effects of the Asia Pacific Tsunami that reached the Kona Hawaii shores. Chuck is a regular contributor to the magazine and we will be featuring more of his articles right here on […]
Last Sunday FIRE HATT appeared in the TV show “Hawai’i Goes Fishing” in a segment called Beginners Luck on the Oceanic Time Warner Cable network. We don’t want to spoil the content of the videos, but they didn’t title the segment Beginner’s Luck for nothing! Be sure to watch both videos to get a real […]
Jim Williams brought his family back for a second fishing adventure aboard FIRE HATT. Zachery Williams, Jim’s son, caught and released a Striped Marlin after a short battle that he caught on the new weapon in the arsenal, the Lucky Linda Lure, that was made for her […]
Gandhi Balakrishnan and his family anxiously boarded Fire Hatt with the anticipation of getting something larger than the family record Salmon caught by Gandhi in WA where they live. We had just finished setting the lines and the long corner was bit! We had not even given […]
Bev, Bryan and Dana Mills along with Eric Cooper-Smith from Campbell River, BC spent the day with us hoping for the “Big One”. While following a nice current line with a lot of debris, we spotted the treasure, a Japanese Glass Float. Bev was very excited. […]
Larry and Greg Hosegood from Winnipeg, Canada along with their families boarded the Fire Hatt early to get first crack at a fish. They are fishing guides in Canada and realize the old saying “The early bird gets the worm”. After giving the chair rundown […]
The fish are here, they are biting and the fun has just begun! Doug Hemler and his son Eric from Golden, CO. enjoyed a morning of fishing along with Chet Chiara from Ankorage, AK. The morning started with a nice rip on the long corner, a Joe Yee Super Plunger was devoured by a 20+lb […]
Doug Mackenzie, a 17 year participant in the Iron Man Competition caught his first Blue Marlin while fishing aboard the Fire Hatt with Captain Chuck Wilson in Kona, Hawaii. He effortlessly fought the fish for about six minutes before we released the beauty. Doug was aboard with friends Brian and Bonnie Barber and John and […]
Rick and Chris Mercer with their 47 pound Shortbill Spearfish caught while fishing aboard the FIRE HATT in Kona, Hawaii. Rick released a Striped Marlin, a Blue Marlin and boated this Spearfish. While certainly not a rare occurance, but absolutely a banner day when you catch three billfish species in one four hour fishing day! […]