No fly fishing for me. Probably down the road though when my son gets old enough.Do you fly fish? Go fish for bones off of the flats in Kihei. Charter fishing in Hawaii is a waste of time and money, as it is most places.
If you want to do some killer spear fishing (lion fish especially) go to Cay Caulker Belize and look up Ash (or just ask the first person you see when you get there where he is- they'll know).I've gone fishing in Maui I think 4 times. It was a waste of time and money. I've fished all over the south in the gulf, Alaska and CA. All of them were better than Maui IME.
I've seen successful people come in, just not on the boats I've been on
My opinion and what I may do next time is buy a Hawaiian spear and snorkel after fish off the reaf. Just drive to various reefs and do some Intel on fish you would like to eat and get after it.
It's like hunting and fishing at the same time.
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That's good info... thank you!.. I've got a buddy who owns a dive shop here locally. I'm sure he's got something I can use while I'm there.If you want to do some killer spear fishing (lion fish especially) go to Cay Caulker Belize and look up Ash (or just ask the first person you see when you get there where he is- they'll know).
We were scuba diving there with Ash's outfit and went out for lion fish with the rubber "three point" spears (easy and fun just watch the Loin Fish spines!) But our dive master nailed a 4 ft barracuda with his full spear gun. We watched him reel it it for a few minutes- perfect shot from 15 ft out!
We also dove (snorkled) for conk- got 4 lbs of MEAT! (But you can't scuba for conk- have to free-dive- which we did between scuba dives).
After we got in, they let me help clean it all (laughing at me trying to hammer the conk out of about a dozen large shells). When we were done they gave me a 5 gallon bucket FULL of ready to freeze/eat fish and conk- like 35 lbs!. I insisted on giving them about 1/2 of it, then tipped them another $80 on the spot.
I think we saved about $300 eating our OWN fish and conk (dropped off day one, and prepared nightly for four nights out of six by "Enjoy" restaurant a few blocks from our condo). They like to SLOW smoke most fish there-- right in front of you, while you hang on the swings and enjoy good drinks. And you can walk home afterward. Bliss!
Headed there on Tuesday! Two weeks of family chill time. Bringing my fly rod and snorkel mask.If you want to do some killer spear fishing (lion fish especially) go to Cay Caulker Belize and look up Ash (or just ask the first person you see when you get there where he is- they'll know).
We were scuba diving there with Ash's outfit and went out for lion fish with the rubber "three point" spears (easy and fun just watch the Loin Fish spines!) But our dive master nailed a 4 ft barracuda with his full spear gun. We watched him reel it it for a few minutes- perfect shot from 15 ft out!
We also dove (snorkled) for conk- got 4 lbs of MEAT! (But you can't scuba for conk- have to free-dive- which we did between scuba dives).
After we got in, they let me help clean it all (laughing at me trying to hammer the conk out of about a dozen large shells). When we were done they gave me a 5 gallon bucket FULL of ready to freeze/eat fish and conk- like 35 lbs!. I insisted on giving them about 1/2 of it, then tipped them another $80 on the spot.
I think we saved about $300 eating our OWN fish and conk (dropped off day one, and prepared nightly for four nights out of six by "Enjoy" restaurant a few blocks from our condo). They like to SLOW smoke most fish there-- right in front of you, while you hang on the swings and enjoy good drinks. And you can walk home afterward. Bliss!
Yep , my experience also, hop on a plane to Kona and it’s night and dayI've gone fishing in Maui I think 4 times. It was a waste of time and money. I've fished all over the south in the gulf, Alaska and CA. All of them were better than Maui IME.
I've seen successful people come in, just not on the boats I've been on
My opinion and what I may do next time is buy a Hawaiian spear and snorkel after fish off the reaf. Just drive to various reefs and do some Intel on fish you would like to eat and get after it.
It's like hunting and fishing at the same time.
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At least you caught one. All I caught was a buzz on some Piton beer.Happened to me in St.Lucia.
Caught a 52" Wahoo, all I got was a pic.
The only other fish on our boat was a smallish Barracuda.At least you caught one. All I caught was a buzz on some Piton beer.