Captain
Jim Wigzell

Member since March 2017 Kailua-Kona, United States
Background
Captain Jim, who owns and operates Kontadice Sportfishing charters, has been living in Kona since 1984 and fishing here since 1985. He is on the water 365 days a year, and his family owns restaurants Pancho and Lefty's Cantina! Captain Jim grew up in the hospitality industry so he knows it's most important making sure clients catch fish and have a great time doing what they're doing!

Hey, I'm Captain Jim Wigzell

Kailua-Kona, United States
Background
Captain Jim, who owns and operates Kontadice Sportfishing charters, has been living in Kona since 1984 and fishing here since 1985. He is on the water 365 days a year, and his family owns restaurants Pancho and Lefty's Cantina! Captain Jim grew up in the hospitality industry so he knows it's most important making sure clients catch fish and have a great time doing what they're doing!
540
Reviews
6
Fishing Reports
Verified

My Charter Listing

Konadice Sportfishing

Excellent
4.7 / 5
(540 reviews)
Kailua-Kona
 9 bookings in the past week.
Trips from US $750

Fishing Reports

LIFE!
LIFE!
May 29, 2025 Kailua-Kona
Fishing been good last couple days 0-2 blue marlin and dozen or so big skipjack tuna great fun on the light tackle .
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Rare Encounter.
Rare Encounter.
May 28, 2025 Kailua-Kona
Its been a little slow on the 4 hour trip. Had one yesterday pushed it back to 8:30am to 12:30 and 10 min left. Blue marlin. Some fish out there and getting better. Been a little while since the boats seen a whale shark pretty cool. Massive!? i forgot to tell the charter whale watching is extra! Lol Thanks again you guys to bad we lost that one or missed the bite out of the gate Getโ€™em next time Aloha ?
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Rare Encounter.
Rare Encounter.
May 28, 2025 Kailua-Kona
Its been a little slow on the 4 hour trip. Had one yesterday pushed it back to 8:30am to 12:30 and 10 min left. Blue marlin. Some fish out there and getting better. Been a little while since the boats seen a whale shark pretty cool. Massive!? i forgot to tell the charter whale watching is extra! Lol Thanks again you guys to bad we lost that one or missed the bite out of the gate Getโ€™em next time Aloha ?
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โ€œPitch Baitโ€
โ€œPitch Baitโ€
May 16, 2025 Kailua-Kona
Had a nice coupme from L.V. Fished 5 out of 7 days. Been carching livr bait everymorning finally after 20 some + hours we got one . Stand up light tackle. So stoaked! ? i appreciate the opportunity you guys provided. Mahalo?
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Skip jacks.
Skip jacks.
May 16, 2025 Kailua-Kona
Fishing was really good today had some nice15-20lb back breaker skip jacks grewt on light rackle. Blue marlin and a spearfish . Moonset was producing some bites today.
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Blue,stripe and short nose billfish are
Blue,stripe and short nose billfish are
Feb 8, 2021 Kailua-Kona
Some blue marin around.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.7 / 5
out of 5 stars from 540 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (454)
We took the whole Family
We took the whole Family
We took the whole Family
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
89%
Friendly captain
98%
Recommend this charter
89%
Appropriate for children
90%
Satisfied with the boat
96%
Caught fish
68%
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David C.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   December 13, 2022
The charter operator canceled 11 days prior to the trip date. This is an automated posting.
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Katherine L.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   June 12, 2022
The charter operator canceled 82 days prior to the trip date. This is an automated posting.
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Donald C.
Kailua-Kona, HI
Bad
2.0 / 5
Experience:
Bad
2.0 / 5
Boat
Bad
2.0 / 5
Crew
Bad
2.0 / 5
Overall

3/4 day

VERIFIED   8 Hour Trip (full day 6:30 AM) on October 16, 2019
No fish no bites but it was a good day to look at whales
Donald C. does not recommend Konadice Sportfishing
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Eric H.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   July 7, 2021
The charter operator canceled 14 days prior to the trip date. This is an automated posting.
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Glenn M.
Kapaau, Hawaii
Bad
1.7 / 5
Experience:
Bad
2.0 / 5
Boat
Poor
1.0 / 5
Crew
Bad
2.0 / 5
Overall

6hr with capt jim

VERIFIED   8 Hour Trip (full day 6:30 AM) on February 7, 2018
Was a six hr boat ride that did not leave the sight of the harbor rest of fleet went elsewhere. As soon as boarded boat noticed...
Glenn M. does not recommend Konadice Sportfishing
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