Maui Fishing

[gabenzeke]

My wife is wanting to vacation in Maui. I have a son that is obsessed with sharks and whales. All my kids love fishing. This is asking a lot, but anyone ever book a day of fishing somewhere and get to see whales and sharks while you're out?

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[ColeyG]

My wife is wanting to vacation in Maui. I have a son that is obsessed with sharks and whales. All my kids love fishing. This is asking a lot, but anyone ever book a day of fishing somewhere and get to see whales and sharks while you're out?

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Although not a fishing trip, my kids really enjoyed this submarine tour on Maui and we saw both whales and sharks, among many other things, on the trip.

The Pailolo between Maui and Molokai is a big travel corridor for the humpbacks in winter. Any fishing trip in the channel would certainly encounter quite a few whales.

 

[HookUp]

The fishing in Hawaii is very hit and miss. And they will also sell your catch. They no longer allow shark cages which they were feeding the sharks. The submarine deal sounds better.

 

[Schism]

My wife and I visited Maui a couple years ago near the end of January. Lots and lots of whales were spotted from shore at the resort. We were also able to get close to them while on a guided snorkeling/kayaking trip. Although we didn't see any sharks I would highly recommend taking time to go snorkeling.

As others have said, fishing can be hit or miss and not being able to keep our catch was a turn off to us so we didn't book a fishing trip.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Who cares about looking at whales and sharks when you’re catching and eating ocean fish?

 

[WCT3]

I was just in Maui in April and we saw quite a few whales both from shore, big snorkel tour boat, and our fishing charter boat. I've also been in October a few years ago and we didn't see any whales but we didn't go out on a boat that time.

 

[DuckDawg22]

Who cares about looking at whales and sharks when you’re catching and eating ocean fish?

Depending on the charter, you don't get to keep your catch. Some will determine how much you can take or eat, but it's certainly not all of it. They just troll around with 50 wides and you might snag a bonita. Its a total racket

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Depending on the charter, you don't get to keep your catch. Some will determine how much you can take or eat, but it's certainly not all of it. They just troll around with 50 wides and you might snag a bonita. Its a total racket

Good point. Who has time for HI when you can fish FL?

 

[WCT3]

Depending on the charter, you don't get to keep your catch. Some will determine how much you can take or eat, but it's certainly not all of it. They just troll around with 50 wides and you might snag a bonita. Its a total racket

We kept almost everything we caught, which admittedly wasn't a lot. You could tell they weren't happy with how much we took but they didn't say anything.

 

[chizelhead]

Whale watching has a season. If that is a priority, you'll want to dial that in if you have schedule flexibility. It's typically in the winter months.

 

[WCT3]

Good point. Who has time for HI when you can fish FL?

If we're talking strictly fishing it's gotta be FL over HI but HI has a lot to offer that FL can't and this is coming from someone who grew up going to the keys every year and still loves FL