The entire trip was perfect! From the Coast Guard Safety briefing, to the crew’s assistance in landing both fish simultaneously! They even had snacks. Woop woop! Truly the best half day trip we’ve ever had! No doubt the memories of this amazing trip our boys will remember for the rest of their lives!
I can’t say enough good things about this organization, it was top notch from the beginning! Brent and Mark were absolutely great guys to fish with, they tried their hardest to get my son and I onto fish. Fortunately, my son was able to catch a nice Ono and we were able to see an awesome marlin jumping right in front of our boat, unfortunately he didn’t bite but the experience was amazing. Mark and Brent were very personable and were full of knowledge, and taught us many things about fishing as well have as some history of the island. Would not hesitate to recommend Sealife to anyone looking for a great trip. Thanks guys for the awesome time!!
Went out on a 3/4 day trip with Captain Adam and deckhand Michael. These guys went all over looking for the elusive bite. Finally around 11:45 we got our hit and got a nice sized striped Marlin. My 15yr old fought him the whole way. Great coaching from Michael to help him navigate the experience and learn how to be an angler. Great boat work and communication by deckhand and captain as lines stayed tight. Highly recommend. Communication was perfect before during and after trip. Only watch out is that the Boat was perfect for the three of us. I would say that if it’s more than 4 that boat would be tight for long periods of time. Cabin was adequate but smaller so know that if you have a large party.
Had some confusion with the intended time of departure but got underway at 7:00a. Michael was the crewman that provided us some details regarding local fauna and sea life in the area. After running for an hour and a half, we hooked up on 3 rods at the same time. Obviously, there was a lot of confusion. We landed 32lb and 20lb Ono's. We lost the third. Everyone in our party was very excited and pleased with the result. Michael fileted the Onos and we left with a gallon bag full of delicious fish that we chowed on for the rest of our trip.
We hope you enjoyed your time on the water with us and wish you safe travels back home. Aloha!
Directions in the dark were a bit confusing at first light. Once we got on the water we hooked a couple of mahi mahi but got the one in the boat. We saw a pod of pilot whales and we watched a marlin raise but didnt get it hooked. Brent was awesome in educating us about Hawaiian fish and fishing and very personable. Howard tried to get us on the fish and was very knowledgeable about the waters. Whenever we werent getting success with trolling we switched to jigging for tuna. Overall a great experience and after a 20 year mission to catch mahi this crew did an amazing job in making it happen. Thank you for having us and mahalo!!
My wife and I had a wonderful time. Captain Howard and the first mate were great on giving lots of insight both in the difference in fishing on the open sea and about the island. Within minutes of being out if the bay the hooks were in the water. And within 30 minutes we had not 1 but 3 bites go all at once. We were able to get 2 of them in but the 3rd got away. But that's OK because we were able to get a total of 5 Ono within our 4 hours which was amazing. We even were lucky enough to have a sea turtle waiting at the dock for us on our return. We for sure will be booking again when we come back to the island.
We hope you come fishing with us again.
