Family Fishing In Kona
Family Fishing In Kona. I want you to meet the Hamilton family from MA. I dare you find anyone in this family without a smile. All day long the smiles were contagious. From the time we met them on the dock until we brought them back to the harbor, the enthusiasm and camaraderie in this family never faltered. We started out inshore with the Ono lures in the pattern. We are headed to Captain Cook to do a little snorkeling. On the way down the coastline Linda spotted something floating off in the distance. Knowing this family really wanted food fish, I quickly headed a little offshore to check it out. There it was, a nice big coiled rope. Not only that, we had no other boat in sight and it was holding Mahi Mahi. One pass and we are hooked up! Dad (Jim) is in the chair. He lands the first Mahi Mahi effortlessly! High fives all around and Adam and Linda get the lines back in for another pass at the floater. Hooked up again! Caitlin is in the chair fighting her Mahi Mahi. She too brings her fish in with little effort. At this point, Dad’s fish is biggest. Lines back in again and we are making another pass to try for something for Sarah. One pass, nothing. Second pass, nothing. We try several more passes without a bite and then decide to leave it and head back inshore to “Ono Lane” and on to Captain Cook. When we arrived at Captain Cook, there were Spinner Dolphin in the bay entertaining several kayakers. We approached with the family on the bow filming the action. It was awesome! Later after we finished our snorkel the Dolphin were still in the bay and I was able to put Caitlin and Sarah in the water to swim with them. What a thrill. The girls are both Rowers and are very strong swimmers, they had no trouble swimming with the graceful animals. Now as we are headed back up the coast to the harbor, we have the Ono lures back in the water and as planned…..we are hooked up! The Ono we have been waiting for. Now Sarah is in the chair and this is a much stronger fish than the Mahi Mahi. Sarah buckles down and starts cranking. She has landed the largest fish of the day! With that, we decided to head back offshore and try for a Pacific Blue Marlin for Jim. This is just one of those days… we are hooked up again! A Pacific Blue Marlin! Jim is getting to the chair, the stinger line is screaming , the Marlin makes a few jumps and it is off. AAARRRGG! Still the excitement was thrilling. This is one of those perfect Family Fishing in Kona days. Something for everyone!
