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!
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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.
my son and i wanted to do big game fishing while we were here and finding and looking for good reviews can be tricky. so we looked at all the reviews and went with slky sportfishing. captain george was great and jake who set up fishing rigs was amazing. we caught 1 blue marlin abour 200lbs and we were hooked. we were hoping for more but we still got 1. amazing trip, scenery, and crew we will definetly vook again when we come back.
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 👊
we had a great day on the water as a family of 4. fhe captian and William were extremely friendly and made us all feel comfortable on board. we had a beautiful day with sunshine and calm water. We spent fhr first few hours fishing and then we snorkeled around captian cook area and then tried more fishing. We had a couple nibbles but unfortunately we didn’t catch anything. Sometimes that happens! We still enjoyed our day and the experience overall.
this wa sour swcond outing with silky and tjough we disnt catch any fish this time the say was beautiful and the crew was friendly. they gave fold recommendations and chated worh us about fishing things and island stuff. We will hopefully get to fish with them again next time!
Thanks for fishing with us and enjoy the rest of your stay in Hawaii
FAQs about Silky Sportfishing
- US $890 per group - Half Day Trip (4 hours)
- US $990 per group - Big Island half day (5 hours)
- US $1,090 per group - 3/4 Day Trip (6 hours)
- US $1,390 per group - Full Day Trip (8 hours)
- Toilet Two bathrooms
- Air conditioning
- Fighting chair Murray Bros
- GPS Furuno
- Fishfinder Furuno
- Bed
- Flybridge
- Snorkeling equipment
- Live bait well
- Kitchen
- Refrigerator
- Outriggers Burbot
- Ice box
- Radar Ratheon
- Rods, reels & tackle (Penn International reels, custom rods)
- Lures
- Catch cleaning & filleting
- Snacks
- Drinks
- First mate (Camden Arand is our deckhand and he has been with us for 3 years and is excellent in his skills and knowledge of Kona offshore fishing . He also instructs our novice anglers in all ascpects of the offshore fishing in Kona)
- Nearshore fishing
- Offshore fishing (Fortunately Kona is already in the middle of the Pacific and the Islands are the above surface of the volcanoes so we really have no long run to where we start to fish . Fishing starts as soon as we leave the harbor !)
- Light tackle
- Heavy tackle
- Bottom fishing
- Trolling
- Jigging
- Drift fishing
- Deep sea fishing
- Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)
- Marlin (Blue)
- Tuna (Yellowfin)
Your operator
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States
Captain John Bagwell has been fishing for big game since 1970. Having started his career in Daytona Beach, Florida, in the early 1970s, he has since then traveled extensively around the famous fisheries of the East Coast, the Bahamas, Mexico's Yucatan Penninsula, and now Hawaii. With a career that began with fishing in North Carolina with sportifshing legends such as Buddy Cannady, Sam Stokes, Omu Tillett, Buddy Davis, and Sonny Briggs, he continues to provide top of the range sportfishing adventures forty years on. John has been living in Kona since 1998 and enjoys the unparalleled year round Blue Marlin and Tuna fishery that the area provides. For the past 10 years, he has been working with Captain Dave Bensko, so one of these two amazing Captains will be taking you out.
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You can cancel or modify your booking up to 1 day before the trip date, free of charge. If you cancel or modify your booking later, or fail to show up, you'll forfeit 100% of what you've paid.
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Pickup not included
Transfer to/from departure site is not included in trip rates.
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When the captain confirms your trip, FishingBooker charges your credit card a 20% deposit to guarantee your reservation.
The remaining balance is to be paid directly to the charter operator on or prior to your trip date in one of the following payment methods:
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