Kona Hawaii Deep Sea Fishing Experience On The Bite Me 4

Went out on the Bite Me 4 with Sean and Brad today. They were both great and made the trip very memorable. It was my wife’s first time deep she fishing and she caught a 30lb skipjack tuna. Definitely something she will always remember.

Did the 1/2 day shared Charter on Bite Me 4, though it was captained by the usual bite Me 6 Captain Brian. Clayton was the deck hand. Brian and Clayton were very friendly and knowledgeable, and catered to my 7 year old son who can talk underwater. They put the group onto 4 marlin, 3 blue and one stripped. All the other people on the boat that day were really friendly (2 Canadians and 2 from the mainland USA). Can recommend the charter to anyone.

Our trip was scheduled for 6:30 am, we drove 45 minutes, arrived early, only to find out at 6:20 am that trip was cancelled ( I have the captains email). What a perfectly terrible experience, still haven’t gotten a refund, and we would have to given them 48 hours notice, hmmmmm, think they’ll reimburse us for gas and time, ha ha ha….

Paid for the 4-hour Private Charter on Bite-Me 6. Tip #1: Directions to the boat extremely confusing so to not ruin your trip come early to ensure your on time like we did! Tip #2: We caught an amazing 150 lb Blue Marlin and 3 Skip Jacks Tunas each about 30 lbs but to be fair one of the Tuna ended up just half a Tuna due to the sharks circling the boat grabbing it. Tip #2 (in humor) reel faster or end up with a fraction of a fish. Tip #3: I let the captain have one of the Tunas and took my ice chest and took the 2nd Tuna and 1/3 of the Blue Marlin..... Captain may have sold the Tuna but that is ok. I could not eat any more than one Tuna with my family on the trip. He said he shares it with the friends, family, Hotel Concierge who recommended them. He may have sold the whole Tuna but honestly I dont care. Better he pocket it than me wasting it. Tip #4: He secretly stop really trying to catch fish after the 4th fish was caught about 35 mins into the trip. I knew it and let it go. My son wanted more but honestly knew we would be wasting fish and we had enough fun so it became more of whale /Shark seeking tour in which we found a really large Whale Shark. Tip #5: There are real sharks in water so dont even think about jumping in the water when fishing. Tip #6: Tip the Captain and Crew. We gave 20% since we did catch 4 fish and let him keep one of the whole Tunas. Tip #7: Most Important Tip of them all - Watch out for Gray Taxidermy Upsell. What every they quote you, it cost 3Xs more to get a generic plastic fish that has nothing to do with the one you caught or look like the one your caught. They try to scam us for 150 lb marlin for 1K but after shipping, crating, taxes, and a basic wood board, they wanted $3,000+ for a plastic fish that looked nothing like the one we caught. We were lucky they wrote the credit card numbers wrong so they could not "non refund" our deposit. Captain I suspect gets a kick-back and did not push it too hard like I hear other captains do, but Gray Taxidermy is a total rip-off. Watch out as you have been warned. Net Net! Worth the trip if you dont get Gray Taxidermy-ed !

Went on deep sea and manta Rey snorkel. Deck hands were great, captains (Andy, on deep sea, apparently 20 years doing charters is too long) expressed contempt for tourists. Nothing directed at my family; just overt, voiced contempt. Deck hands on both trips did what they could to blunt the issue but it was obvious and hung over the group.

Giving my son and daughters the opportunitie to go deep sea fishing and of course catch something intesting like we did so a Spear fish 74” long. My son cached. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing great work experience. Thank you Jacob and Ron great guys

What an amazing day today! We chartered a 6 hour sport fishing boat hoping to catch dinner for the week but what we got was so much more! Once in a lifetime catch of beautiful blue Marlin. We didn’t keep this beautiful creature, we gladly caught her and released her back to the clear blue waters of Kona Hi. Huge shout out to the Captains Hunter and Daron on the Bite me 4! They were both great helping my 83 year young dad reel this beauty in! Thanks for a great time!

We were originally booked on FireHat Charters but the day before we were notified while on a cruise ship that they had mechanical issues with a fuel leak. The Captain was so nice in helping us find an alternative the day before we were in Kona, Hawaii. We could not have made a better choice. We booked "Bite Me 3" and the Capt. was awesome and been on this boat for 15 years. His 1st mate was from Arkansas and was equally awesome. They had a female guest in from Oregon and a former 1st mate who tagged along and helped out running lines, baiting the hooks and was a " Ball of Fire". We caught five (5) Mahi Mahi's and several were around 60 inches and Bull's, we also caught several Ahi Ahi Tuna's in the short 5-6 hour trip. The Boat provided ice and some drinks but we were told to provide our snacks, and drinks but put on the ships ice. The day was perfect, the vessel was awesome and the crew was very nice. The absolute only negative was on the entire island of Kona is no place with dry ice, packaging materials or a business to package our 300 lbs. of Mahi Mahi and Ahi Tuna. We were told the Charter does not provide this service and nobody on the island provides processing your fish for shipment home so we HAD TO GIVE THE FISH TO THE CREW. Still a lot of fun to catch but would have been nice to eat. I would highly recommend this Captain and company but only fish with Live Bait as this is all that we caught fish on. They had some left over from the previous 8AM charter and the Mahi Mahi snapped them up quick. We trolled the coastline and the floating dead log area and was very successful for our party of 4 adults. Took a lot of pictures and made wonderful memories. I will use them again in the future.

What a great experience. This is our fourth trip with Bite Me! We were fortunate to get Captain Brian and crew Jason on Bite Me 6 this trip. We ended up with a nice Mahi Mahi and Ono. The knowledge determination and encouragement those two men had made our trip!!! What a great day and so many great memories for us. Thank you Thank you!

I wouldnt recommend "bite me fishing" to anyone else. Ok first day 4hr hour shared trip....location given hopeless 4 of us didnt find it. Skipper and mate nice lads but smelt like sleep in their car. Skipper said capt gets 10.99$ an hour mate tips only...caught nothing except diesel fumes in lungs.\ 2nd day 6 hrs thouroughly burnt out skipper fat lad with beard wouldnt let anyone up top...so suffered diesel poisoning made it known and ignored. His lass 2nd mate said it was cos he is scared of covid he said no he fell climbing ladder. promised live bait fishing got 20 mins of it and we caught a foot long tuna in 5 mins which they kept. we were not even offered to make fish n chips out of it. To summarize $650 spent each to know NEVRE EVER AGAIN. Its not the kids fault we caught f all...but the miserable time had was.

5 friends chartered the boat Bite Me 4 with THE BEST crew. Captain Curtis and Juda immediately felt like our friends right from the welcoming greeting and it only got better from there. Let me just say that Juda is very passionate, knowledgeable and informative about his job. He's an artist and it was great to watch the whole production of attaching, casting and setting up all of the reels, changes to the lures and to watch the water for signs. He's on the job instantly when the line hits, honestly he was at the reel from the top of the boat before I even blinked an eye. Captain and Juda also did a special memorial tribute to our friends dog who had recently passed. They wanted to spread some of his ashes and the cap & crew went above and beyond. Here is the review they wrote "Captain Curtis and Juda were such great guys giving us the perfect and most memorable ceremony at sea. Two flags raised to half-staff while looping around Briggs’ ashes. Grateful to our dearest friends there with us on this trip, and to capture such a special moment ❤️" We were all touched and moved to tears at this experience. As for fishing, we did get 2 hits though we didn't hook anything, but that didn't matter to us because we caught something more valuable. It's the memories we caught from this charter that will last our lifetime. MAHALO Captain & Juda, you two are top notch. Suggestions: 1.Take motion sickness meds the night before. 2. Bring sunscreen and a hat. #3 pack a cooler with sandwiches abs drinks. And #4 Is Very Important- TIP the crew, they work hard to make your trip a great time give them the gratitude they deserve.

We tried Bite Me Sportfishing on Big Island. Pros: - Good boat for fishing Cons: - They are NOT using a real bait, therefore much lower rate to catch the fish - They tackle and bait are oriented on very big fish only, so you will be missing all the fish bellow 150-300 lb. - Very expensive Result you will achieve with Bite Me Sport Fishing: you will spend around $500+ and will come back home with empty hands and money lost

Tara the Terrible To say it mildly, very disappointing. We’ve used this company in the past many times and send most of our clients to them. The captain we had today, I think her name was Tara should be named Tara the terrible and if you ever get her ask for your money back and run for the hills. 

 She was obnoxious from the first time I walked up to the boat, She was late to begin with and God I wish I would’ve walked away. I took my party of six including family and business friends on the boat and this woman would not shut up and it seemed like all she wanted to do was abrade, belittle and nitpick everybody on the boat, Super obnoxious. I am not going to go through the litany of subpar professionalism the list is ridiculously too long 

I do feel sorry for uncle Walter our deck hand he has been doing this for the better part of 30 years because it did affect how much he was tipped. I can only imagine how badly she treats tourists because we actually live on the island.

 Please Think twice before you send this captain out because we have had excellent experiences with your company in the past and now I question my past loyalty to the company. It’s a small big Island. I would send her back to Oahu

Captain Brian and first mate Cody on Bite Me 6 were absolutely incredible! They were professional and knew the waters well, and made for a conscientious and entertaining crew. We caught a beautiful fish and saw a pod of dolphins, and had a great time traveling in the waters around the island! Our family of 6 loved our trip!

Went with Bite Me 6. Ryan and Cody were amazing, especially with my 93 year old Step Dad. We had a great day fishing…say school of hammer head sharks, dolphins, skip Jack. Very polite, helpful, respectful and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend them to anyone!

Wow! Cannot say enough about Captain Brooke and Roen. Headed out with my family and within 20 minutes my son and I were hooked in on a Blue Marlin each! Adventure of a life time 12/10. When I go back to Hawaii I will be back out with Bite Me tours and Capt Brooke!

Great time. Captain Brook and Ryan are amazing. We’re able to get TWO blue Marlin on the boat. One was a successful release and the other was taken. The boat “Bite Me 3” was amazing as well. 10/10 would do it again.

These guy were excellent. We caught three fish in our party of 6. They were very knowledgeable about the area and we did multiple types of fishing. We caught two Aha and one Ono. We threw the Aha back and kept the Ono. It was so delicious.

Our bucket list included blue marlin fishing in KONA. Bite me sport fishing helped check it off the list. Our Captain and Mate (Hannah) were fantastic! They put us on the fish and helped us each land a Blue Marlin! 2 blue marlin in one trip more than met our wishes! Hope to fish with them on our next trip to KONA!

We had a group of 6 that wanted to catch some fish to cook for dinner. Took us for little ride trolling for bigger fish then we started bottom fishing. Caught lots of different types of fish. Had a blast. They were very accommodating to whatever we wanted to do. We had a great time with captain Brad and 1st mate JJ. Would recommend them to anyone.

We have fished with Bite Me many times and always have a great experience. Captain Andy runs a great boat. Top shelf lite and heavy tackle. Mate Juda was constantly on the move tweaking and running the cockpit. Because of the knowledge and personal integrity we caught. A nice 101 inch stripped marlin, a 150 lb blue marlin, 35 lb Ono and many tuna. I always fish on the Bite me boats. They want to catch as much as the angler does.

My first time deep sea fishing may have spoiled me forever! My friends on the east coast (North Carolina) talk about going a couple of hours off shore to fish. On the trip the lines were in the water just after we left the harbor and U caught this tuna in the first half hour! Captain Brian and first mate Curtiss made us all feel comfortable and the boat was a delight. This was a highlight of our trip!

We took a 1/2 day fishing adventure Brad and JJ were great . Pretty wavy but they found a school of dolphins which was very cool. That led to green stick fishing for tuna and we landed 2 one very large one smaller. The guys took it to a nearby restaurant for cooking lunch. Really nice crew can’t go wrong with them. We brought soda water beer.

I’m a Kona local and Bite Me is who use and recommend to our visiting family, friends and the guests at our vacation rentals. Nothing but kudos for Brian (“The Legend” - ask him about his amazing lifesaving heroics) and his crew - Curtis and Deneen are personal favs, but then again, all his folks are top notch so ya’ can’t do wrong.

I went out on this charter with my brother and husband. We checked in the afternoon before were set to go out at 6:30 the following morning. When we walked in, the ladies in the office continued their own conversation for 5-10 minutes before even acknowledging our presence. It's a small office and we were standing in front of them at the desk. It was truly unbelievable. The lady said we were checking in too early and that she doesn't normally check people in this early. So my husband said we could come back, but then she said she would go ahead and do it. She gave us the captain's phone number in case we needed to reach him in the morning because she said the office would be closed and she would be at home asleep. Pretty unclear on the expectation of when we should have checked in. Andy, the captain, was extremely rude to us when we got there. He asked if we were going out on Bite Me 3 and when my brother said yes he said they'd let us know when they were ready. He didn't even introduce himself. Prior to his arrival, we were having a great conversation with another crew getting their boat ready. I wish we had been going out with them. Once on the boat, we had some immediate bites to no avail. Then it was quiet until we were about 30 minutes to the trip ending. Then we hooked an Ahi! It was amazing. My brother jumped in the seat to start reeling it in. Tommy was pretty helpful at that point, but Andy was irritated and just rude with some of his comments. Let's be real here; we're amateurs. You could do a LOT better job coaching people thru this. It was 5 1/2 hours ago when you went thru the "instructions" and the adrenaline is running high at this point. You may have done this a thousand times, but it is our first. That might be a good thing to remember. Andy also said during the trip that he did not like his job. Considering his attitude, that didn't come as a surprise. He said the owners are awful and don't even tell him when the boat gets a reservation. He said he has to check on that himself because the owners want nothing to do with him or anyone else. He said he's voiced his opinion before about certain things but that they don't want to hear it. He said 3 guys and their wives own the boat. Let's go back to the beginning when they were giving us instructions; they said when you use the bathroom that you were not to flush the toilet paper. Instead, you were to throw it in the trash. There's a better way to do and explain the no toilet paper use. C'mon guys. I made sure to not drink the entire trip. Also, they said it was catch and release for the marlins. When I asked why, Tommy just looked at me. I felt stupid, so I said "I'm just curious" and then he said they're not good to eat. All of the other trips we went on had guides that were eager to teach you and share their experiences with you. Not these guides. As soon as the fish came in, they hustled us to buy a trophy. My brother was worn out after 15-20 minutes of reeling the fish in, but Tommy said he needed to know "right now" if we wanted a trophy and that it was $1,000 plus up to $250 for shipping and handling. That's a BIG expense to be told about and only given 5-10 minutes to decide. Seriously, guys? You couldn't have gone over that earlier? That's good information to know ahead of time. Lastly, they also tried to hustle us for the fish. They asked "how much do you want?" as if it were their fish. HOWEVER, earlier when I asked if they ever help reel the fish in Andy said no because they don't want to take the experience away from the person in order to keep it as "their catch". Well then, wouldn't that be "their fish", too? I think the only reason they didn't try to keep the entire fish to themselves as other reviewers stated was because my brother and husband are big guys and had already made their intentions known about eating the catch. We had to come back 4 hours later to get our fish as they had another charter going out right after us, which was no problem. But my brother and husband were worried about getting back before they came in to make sure that we would get our fish. Andy gave half of the fish away to donate to a "funeral" before even asking, so I guess it wasn't truly our fish. They also said that this is how they make their money so we're not sure that they did donate it to a funeral. Just be aware if you do catch something. I am so glad that we had the experience of catching a fish. It was awesome and a life experience for sure! I also loved being out on the ocean, but after reading many of the negative reviews about the crew and office staff, and reading the negative responses back to the reviewers, I wanted to share our experience as it was all too similar, unfortunately. The overall customer service at Bite Me and on Bite Me 3 could be so much better. I hope this review helps someone.

Our family with kids ages 11&13 had a wonderful time on Bite Me 3 with Tommy and Andy! My son and husband each caught a short nosed spearfish 67” & 65” and we ordered a trophy mount of the bigger one! Took the fish with us and had a feast tonight! Tommy and Andy were so accomodarinfg, served us fresh fruit educated us on the different species of fish in Hawaii and made our entire first Hawaiian fishing experience a most memorable one! My 14 y/o son loved sitting in the “fighting seat” working hard to reel in his big trophy fish! Over never seen him smile so big! I definitely recommend Bite Me sportfishing for a fabulous fishing experience!

Crew is very professional, and, although we didn't catch a big fish, we got a few tunas. Overall good time.

Captain Brad and DeckHand JJ did an outstanding job guiding us and helping us catch a couple of short billed spear fish--one at 70 inches, the other about 6 inches shorter. Beautiful fish--they even cleaned them for us and we took home about 55 lbs of Spearfish back to LA--placing the fish inside a cooler and checking them with Hawaiian Airlines. Would definitely recommend Brad and JJ--they were full of fishing knowledge and stories and made it a very fun trip. Hope to head back out to fish with Brad/JJ & BiteMe again soon.