Kona Hawaii, on the west coast of the Big Island is thought by many to have some of the greatest deep sea fishing God ever created on Earth.

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean where the winds can be gusty and the seas large stands an island with enormous mountains and incredibly deep, calm, indigo colored water right offshore.

The fleet of Kona fishing charter boats at Honokohau Harbor, in the lee of mighty Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, stands ready to fish. Even during times when the rest of the state is landlocked by gale force winds from the East which build seas to thirty feet,Kona charters go fishing as though they were oblivious to the storm.

Some even say the red flags used to depict small craft advisories and hurricanes have never been removed from the package, but the flags used to display the fish that were caught by each boat on a given day fly until the rays of the sun tear them apart. Then they're replaced.

Kona Fishing News

Deep sea fishing off Kona has been good lately.There have been alot of big marlin caught this year. There are alot of other fish around too. It was for this reason that we went fishing on a recent Sunday to see if we could find a spearfish for our 10 year old son to catch. Poor boy never got his chance. We were only 20 minutes out of the harbor when the line starting peeling off the reel. It turned out to be my day instead of my son's.

This monster marlin was tough. Even though I had pushed the drag all the way up, it still took line. The fish took line, and I got it back. We played this tug of war for almost 2 hours, before the battle was finally won.

This is my biggest pacific blue marlin to date, at 517 pounds! I told my son I was sorry he didn't get a chance to catch his spearfish, and he said "that's okay Mom, it was so worth it!"

Heading out of the harbor and out to the grounds for Marlin on the United States East Coast, West Coast or the Gulf of Mexico means spending an hour or two "running" first, thus adding to fuel and engine maintenance costs. Not in Kona. The water is 100 fathoms less than a mile and a half from the harbor entrance and 1000 fathoms only three and a half miles from shore.  Within 10 minutes from leaving the harbor, the crew is preparing the lures and a few minutes later, you are fishing. Combine this with a sunny day and a flat sea filled with thousand pound marlin, plentiful ahi, ono, mahi-mahi, and a multitude of others, and it becomes difficult to argue just how perfect the Kona fishing environment is. The term "legendary" cannot be overused when describing Kona fishing waters.

As you venture out into this area on a Kona fishing charter, legend stands before you as ominous as the mountains to the East and the open sea to the West, you can't help but feel you are trespassing among the land of the giants. As a humble human, you can't help but feel the presence; as a fisherman you can't help but feel the power. Your focus is sharp and your hearing enhanced. Your eyes become hawk-like as you constantly scan the surface for signs of activity, and your muscles stay itchy with anticipation of the next strike.

The scenery is gorgeous, so take along your camera. View the lava flows that have poured down these slopes for years, and you'll suddenly realize why it felt like you had landed on the moon when you flew in. 

OOld landmarks used by the early anglers are still used today.  Kona deep sea fishing in areas such as "the grounds" and "the trail" still ring out on the radio as much as when the pioneers of the sport first worked the area. But now, with the onset of Fish Aggregation Devices (FADS), hotels and resorts, newer landmarks such as "OTEC," "The Hilton," and "V V" further define the mystique of this amazing fishery.

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