Silky Sportfishing
Silky Sportfishing
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Join Silky Sportfishing – a family-friendly charter fishing service that runs top-notch fishing trips off the Kona coast. Captain John Bagwell is an experienced angler who will make sure your trip is as productive as possible.
The Silky is a 45' Viking that provides comfortable accommodations for larger groups 4-6 adults 👨 air-conditioning and tournament ready tackle. With two staterooms and two bathrooms, the boat gives you the chance to enjoy top of the range fishing in a very comfortable setting.
A complete range of high-quality fishing equipment is supplied on board, with Penn International reels from 30 lb class all the way up to 130. The boat also features a fighting chair for those exciting big game battles, when you need to respond to a real challenge.
Capt. John offers a variety of trips you can choose from, while also giving you the opportunity to customize your trip to your specific requirements. As the crew is permitted for Kealakekua Bay special use, they offer fishing and snorkel trips and allow you to combine both of these exciting opportunities on one trip.
Target Marlin, Mahi Mahi, and Yellowfin Tuna with a crew that has over 30 uears of experience and aboard a tournament-ready boat. What more could you ask for from a Hawaii charter fishing trip?
Book a trip with Silky Sportfishing and have the time of your life fishing under the Hawaiian sun!
Join Silky Sportfishing – a family-friendly charter fishing service that runs top-notch fishing trips off the Kona coast. Captain John Bagwell is an experienced angler who will make sure your trip is as productive as possible.
The Silky is a 45' Viking that provides comfortable accommodations for larger groups 4-6 adults 👨 air-conditioning and tournament ready tackle. With two staterooms and two bathrooms, the boat gives you the chance to enjoy top of the range fishing in a very comfortable setting.
A complete range of high-quality fishing equipment is supplied on board, with Penn International reels from 30 lb class all the way up to 130. The boat also features a fighting chair for those exciting big game battles, when you need to respond to a real challenge.
Capt. John offers a variety of trips you can choose from, while also giving you the opportunity to customize your trip to your specific requirements. As the crew is permitted for Kealakekua Bay special use, they offer fishing and snorkel trips and allow you to combine both of these exciting opportunities on one trip.
Target Marlin, Mahi Mahi, and Yellowfin Tuna with a crew that has over 30 uears of experience and aboard a tournament-ready boat. What more could you ask for from a Hawaii charter fishing trip?
Book a trip with Silky Sportfishing and have the time of your life fishing under the Hawaiian sun!
Customer reviews
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What anglers say
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We were 3 adults and a 9 year old boy who really wanted to catch a fish. The boat was bigger than we expected. The crew seemed most interested in big fish, Marlin, at first. That’s Understandable. This is big fish country. Once they realized the importance of the trip to my grandson, they focused on making his day, which made the rest of us very joyful. They know what they’doing and he got to reel in a Mahi. We went 2 for 3 on Mahi and 0 for 1 on something bigger. It looked at our lure twice, but never took it. it was exciting. We saw whales and fish jumping everywhere. It’s was all that we expected in a fishing trip.
The boat was plenty big to accommodate our group. Thunderstorms rolled in halfway through our trip, but that didn't stop David & Tara from working their tails off to put us on fish. They definitely have a passion for chasing fish. We caught 1 Mahi Mahi during our trip. David filleted the fish for us, and we had enough meat for several family dinners. I would fish with these two again given the opportunity. Thank you for all your hard work 👊
Me and best mate had a blast on silky!, Dave and Clayton are great for chats & laughs, knowledgeable and well set up. Boat is clean and had all that we needed It was not our day for any large catchs(such is the nature of fishing) but we pulled in 2x skipjack (1 for live bait the other for poke, both good sizes and fun to pull in on lighter gear) - the boys called other captains/friends to ask if they had any hits and did all they could to get us a hookup but that's the game. 100% would go out with them again and probably will next time in Hawaii. Thanks again gentlemen, keep up the the good work -Leeuwin & Jake 🇦🇺🐟
Great weather, calm waters, and knowledgeable crew. Long trip and only managed to catch a single blue fin tuna between all of us. No fault of the conditions set forth for us, but I would level set your expectations when booking any charter in the Kona area. Catch seems to be super limited and mostly by luck and chance. Depressing given the Marlin capital of the world. Don't expect to catch a ton of fish per person on any standard charter.
Our family booked this charter over our Christmas vacation in Kona. The Captain and Mate are extremely experienced and masters at pelagic fishing. They meshed well with my family and were very accommodating to our two children ages 9 and 12. Their equipment is professional grade and in great shape. I would highly recommend booking this boat and we will book them again when we are back in Kona.
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Customer reviews
Rating
Anglers' gallery (331)
What anglers say
All reviews (303)
We were 3 adults and a 9 year old boy who really wanted to catch a fish. The boat was bigger than we expected. The crew seemed most interested in big fish, Marlin, at first. That’s Understandable. This is big fish country. Once they realized the importance of the trip to my grandson, they focused on making his day, which made the rest of us very joyful. They know what they’doing and he got to reel in a Mahi. We went 2 for 3 on Mahi and 0 for 1 on something bigger. It looked at our lure twice, but never took it. it was exciting. We saw whales and fish jumping everywhere. It’s was all that we expected in a fishing trip.
The boat was plenty big to accommodate our group. Thunderstorms rolled in halfway through our trip, but that didn't stop David & Tara from working their tails off to put us on fish. They definitely have a passion for chasing fish. We caught 1 Mahi Mahi during our trip. David filleted the fish for us, and we had enough meat for several family dinners. I would fish with these two again given the opportunity. Thank you for all your hard work 👊
Me and best mate had a blast on silky!, Dave and Clayton are great for chats & laughs, knowledgeable and well set up. Boat is clean and had all that we needed It was not our day for any large catchs(such is the nature of fishing) but we pulled in 2x skipjack (1 for live bait the other for poke, both good sizes and fun to pull in on lighter gear) - the boys called other captains/friends to ask if they had any hits and did all they could to get us a hookup but that's the game. 100% would go out with them again and probably will next time in Hawaii. Thanks again gentlemen, keep up the the good work -Leeuwin & Jake 🇦🇺🐟
Great weather, calm waters, and knowledgeable crew. Long trip and only managed to catch a single blue fin tuna between all of us. No fault of the conditions set forth for us, but I would level set your expectations when booking any charter in the Kona area. Catch seems to be super limited and mostly by luck and chance. Depressing given the Marlin capital of the world. Don't expect to catch a ton of fish per person on any standard charter.
Our family booked this charter over our Christmas vacation in Kona. The Captain and Mate are extremely experienced and masters at pelagic fishing. They meshed well with my family and were very accommodating to our two children ages 9 and 12. Their equipment is professional grade and in great shape. I would highly recommend booking this boat and we will book them again when we are back in Kona.
