Sport Fishing in Kona Hawaii
with
Capt. Jeff Rogers

With two boats to choose from and Jolly Jeff Rogers as your captain, you get to choose the boat and style that suits you best. On the Aloha Kai, Captain Rogers offers a unique "hands on" sportfishing experience. People who have some fishing experience will appreciate the fact that you get to be involved in the sport fishing process. On charter boats that use a deckhand, it's the deckhand's job to do everything on the deck. You're not expected to handle the tackle except to reel in your fish.

Some people enjoy their fishing experience a lot more while learning the ropes and getting involved, turning Hawaii fishing into more of a contact sport and less of a spectator sport. Big game fishing experience is not necessary!

If you don't feel comfortable handling the rods, reels, lures, etc., then the Kona Hawaii fishing charter might be more your style and the "Grand Slam" is a great boat to do that. On the Grand Slam, the deckhand (also a licensed captain) and I will handle all the tackle except for reeling in your fish.

No matter which boat you choose, if you're looking for that big trophy catch of a lifetime, some delicious fish to take home or just wanting to catch fish after fish after fish until your arms are too weak to haul in another, I'll do my best to give you the best Hawaii fishing trip you've ever had!"

Another thing that sets Captain Rogers apart from the rest of the Kona fishing fleet is the fact that he finds "fishing" to be boring. Let's go catching! The typical Hawaii fishing charter will wander around the ocean all day trolling lures and hope for the best. The trolling bite is always in a state of flux so if the trolling bite is good and there's enough action to keep things moving, then that's what we do. If not, the bottom bite is almost always a guarantee of catching fish in the 10 to 1000 lb. size. We can do this with live bait, dead bait, cut bait or jigs. Using A combination of fishing techniques usually produces some fish and breaks up the monotony of just trolling all day. You can always check out the Fish Photos page to see recent catches caught while using these techniques.

Captain Jeff Rogers also stays current on the latest in fishing technologies. Electronics, rods, reels and lines have come a long way over the years. It's not much fun or much of a challenge fighting medium sized fish on the old school 130 lb. reels attached to the old school rods as big and stiff as a broom stick. Your typical Kona catch can barely put a bend in such tackle yet this is the typical gear of choice for nearly all of the Kona fishing fleet even if you're targeting smaller fish like ono or mahi mahi. Smaller, high performance rods, reels and line make catching the medium size fish like striped marlin, spearfish, mahi mahi, ono, shibi and jacks a lot more fun yet they have the strength and power to bring in even large pacific blue marlin, yellowfin tuna or huge dusky and tiger sharks. Several world and state record fish have been caught while fishing with Captain Jeff Rogers as can be seen on his "Hall of Fame" page and the majority of those fish were caught on light stand-up tackle.

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