Pelagic Kayak Pesca Charter Lahaina

Awesome opportunity to get out and fish with a local who knows the waters. I’ve never fished from a kayak before, let alone in the ocean, so cool! We’re eating good this week.

My wife booked this Kayak fishing trip with BoomKanani for my 63rd birthday during a trip to Maui Their web page is really sweet. (Clearly someone in the family has IT experience). They proclaim to be a small family run business in a sea (Pun Intended) of greedy, faceless, corporate evil doers. Unlike the big corporate tour groups they espouse private whale watching, snorkeling and kayak fishing trips with local guides who know everything Maui. There were multiple RED FLAGS after booking this trip, but once you are in, there is no way out. No way to obtain a refund, No one to hear your cries for help….you simply have to grin and bear it. Allow me to elaborate further: Initially, our start time was set at 7am. This was moved up to 5:15am (Pitch dark). No big deal, we planned ahead and brought our head lamps. The meet-up at Marker 14, was later changed to Marker 14.5 behind a gray truck. Again, in itself, no big deal. Turns out that there were more than a few Gray Tundras out at 5:15 in the morning, but in the end, we got lucky albeit on the second try. On arrival, No introductions, not even a handshake or “Hello, my name is XYZ and I’ll be your guide today”. (J Serody), I discovered the guides name only after I went on their site to request a refund and discovered he is the owner of this horror show. No safety briefing. No fishing license. No snack. No water. No access to the water/snacks we brought. After about 4-5 hours in the kayak you toilet where you might expect (Not a surprise…just saying). NO PRIVATE GUIDE. The “Guide” brought “Friends” along on our “Private” kayak fishing adventure. Again, not as big a deal, except that one of them was a chain smoker. Perhaps private means something different on the islands? Shortly after we arrived the “guide” barked orders at us about how the kayaks were quite expensive and we needed to follow him into the tight channel closely at risk of hitting coral and damaging equipment. Again all of this in pitch darkness. This entire outfit is a MAJOR SCAM. Top speed on these paddle kayaks is about 4-5 mph. You typically need to troll about 7-10 mph to attract Pellagic (Mahi Mahi being the target here) even with live bait. It is highly unlikely that you will catch anything! On the upside, you will get an expensive work-out trying. As a small family business owner myself, I would offer up some advice to J Serody or anyone else for which these tunes sound familiar. Take it or don’t. It is free? 1. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, FIND SOMETHING YOU ARE GOOD AT. (You are simply NOT a good fishing guide. At the absolute least you are NOT a people person). Consider perhaps doing IT. Your web site is among the best I have seen. This way you do not need to interact with human beings and you can instead fish by yourself. In the end, you will be a much happier person for it. 2. At a bare minimum….consider learning to introduce yourself, preferably in friendly manner whatever you decide to do besides being a fishing guide. 3. I honestly wish you well.

What an amazing experience! I reached out the guide to book a last minute trip with a very good friend of mine. The guide, responded later that evening to confirm availability, favorable weather forecast and where to meet in the morning... The next morning, he loaded the kayaks and we were on our way out to sea in the dark. We navigated around some shallow reefs as not to damage the reef or the pedal drive kayaks. The next thing you know we are hunting pre-dawn baits including ballyhoo and flying fish to use as live bait. As dawn approached we started jigging sabiki rigs for mackerel to also use as live bait. Once we had sufficient baits, our guide rigged a couple of rods so we could troll the live baits we caught earlier and we peddled off into beautiful deep blue water where we could see the Big Island in the distance as well as breaching whales. It took a little while but we managed to hook a beautiful Mahi Mahi. Now this is where things are truly different than your traditional fishing charter on a sport fishing boat. On those boats, the mate will hook the fish and you just reel in the fish. On this adventure, your guide is not on your kayak with you which means you get to hook the fish, you get to fight the fish, adjust the drag and you get to land the fish (the guide will help you with this but our fish was uncooperative so we managed to do it ourselves). Being inches from the ocean surface on a stable kayak with the possibility of hooking a marlin, wahoo, mahi or tuna is very exciting. The possibility of catching something amazing is the fuel to keep your legs pedaling for hours. Anyway, I wish I had more time on the island as I would do it again. I highly recommend this company and will do this again when I visit Maui.

We had the most magical experience fishing with La!!! My boyfriend is a T5 Paraplegic and La was excited to take us out on an adventure on such a short notice. A whale sang underneath us first thing, followed by catching different species of fish including my most favorite… the bluefin trevally! Ended the last couple of hours on a honey hole. 100 out of 10 experience. I’ve done a lot of fishing trips and you can’t beat the kayaking + fishing in Maui!

My husband and I had the best time bottom fishing on pedal kayaks. My husband caught more fish than I could count and we had the best time.

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This was the best fishing experience any nerdy angler could go for! Hands free kayak fishing with an experienced local guide has to be my favorite way to learn any new waters. Amazing all the way around on both days, we saw whales, turtles, and were catching fish, cruising on the west side in kayak! Highly recommend even if you don’t fish!

Amazing experience and incredible views!! La, was highly knowledgeable and incredibly in tune with the area. We were able to get some fish, and La made us feel comfortable and truly made the experience! Highly recommend! A++++

These guys are amazing! Fun for people of all ages and abilities. They are patient and driven to please. I will book every time I get to Maui!

I had a very disappointing experience. My fishing trip was canceled the night before it was supposed to take place, and more than a month later, I still haven’t received a refund. I’ve sent multiple emails, but no one seems to care or respond properly. This level of customer service is completely unacceptable. I wouldn’t recommend booking with them.

This was such a a fun adventure for our family! La took such good care of us and made sure us inexperienced fisherman caught some fish! And we did! It was my kids favorite adventure that we did in Maui. Couldn't recommend more!