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Expect to pay $100 for the usual 6:30 to 3:00 trip with four or more. Individual boat charters run $500 or more. This is reasonable if you consider you get a $100,000 boat that costs $20 or more an hour to run, a licensed and insured skipper, a mate and a deck hand. As a rule, the crew keeps the fish, and tips in the $10 to $20 range are usual. The best bet is to wander down into the Kewalo Basin a day or two before you want to fish and check out the look and feel of the boats and crews as they return to port. Do expect to bring your own lunch and cold drinks, but don't bring bananas. They are very bad luck.
Shore fishing is a most worthwhile option. Waikiki Fishing opens and closes on a biannual basis, but there's decent action off most breakwaters and many beaches for smaller species. For example, Kaneohe Bay is a particularly nice spot to take bonefish. Reefs are another option, and where permitted, wharves are a good bet. Locals rope down cliffs and fish from exposed reefs, but this is a good way to drown. There's limited freshwater fishing in the reservoir across the highway from Schofield Barracks and in stock ponds and canals. |
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