We spent days researching countless boats and trying to decide who to go with. There were 12 of us so we needed 2 boats. We decided upon Die Hard and another boat I can't comment on as much as I wasn't on it. We booked our 8 hour charter.

We got a call the day before confirming our time of 1am departure and sure enough Fuzzy and his 1st mate were there ready to go. They had done their live bait bait fishing and had only come up with 6 fish(they started losing enough fish/lures to sharks they gave up). Needless to say we were a little worried on our chances.

We spent our first 5 hours cruising in pitch black to our fishing hole. (also left us a bit worried how much actual fishing time we were going to get.) Fuzzy and Sam assured us we needed our rods in first light as thats when the tuna would feed.

Once we hit the spot, we got an overview how this was going to work and started setting the rods. Got our first line in the water and we hadn't even set the second before fuzzy had a tuna on and we were away fishing!

Our first 20 mins and we had 5 tuna in the boat. Hour later and we were up to 12. We had yellowfin, big eye, skipjack. All in we land 18 tuna(all around 15-30lb) in the boat and a couple lost. Multiple times we had 3 fish on all at once.

After tuna fishing for awhile it was time to set the lines and go for the big ones! We set the lines and began fishing as we trolled our long journey back towards the harbour. 

Line started flying! After a long battle we landed ourselves a 328lb and almost 11ft long marlin in the boat. 

We had one other bite on our way back which appeared to be an ono but we lost it.

we reached the dock back at 11:30 which in total left us with a 10.5 hour day on the boat at no extra charge.

There were 8 boats on the radio which came back empty and our other group; that went on another boat came back with minimal fish and of small size.

We told fuzzy we were in town for a wedding and wanted to bring back some fish for a big barbecue. Unlike some other boats we had read about these guys are generous with their fish! 4 ziploc bags stuffed with tuna they could barely close. We fed the whole wedding of 40 for 2 days at bbqs with tuna steaks, home made poke and sashimi. 

I have fished many times and these guys tried so damn hard even after our arms started to pack in due to fighting fish.

I would recommend them again in a second and we have already talked about heading back to maui again, even if it is just to fish.

I chartered Die Hard on 5/9/13 since I went on it last February with my 14 year old son and we caught 22 yellow fins and had a great time. We had 5 on the boat and were with Sam and David. Both of them did a great job as David was at the wheel and Sam took care of us. 

Can't say enough for how cool they were and talked to us, were just laid back and let us know they cared about us and their job. My 15 year old Richie had a great time with both of them and thought they were the best he's been with.

We baitfished for around 45 minutes and once we had enough mackerals, then we head out for 3.5 hours to fishing grounds. 

Within 10 minutes my 13 and 15 year old sons each had 20lb tunas. Once those were landed, then my father in law got a 17lb mahi mahi and then I landed a 40lb mahi mahi that was awesome. My brother in law had a mahi on right after me but he did not know what he was doing and did not listen to what Sam told all of us earlier and lost it (not the crew's fault).

We then switched to some jigs and caught 8 skipjacks, 2 more yellow fins and then a blue runner that was really cool.

I know not everyday can be guarranteed but I have been on Die Hard now 2x and both trips were awesome. Garrett took care of us getting the boat set up and Sam and David were top notch running the boat.

If you want a real day of fishing starting late at night, hit Die Hard since it's an experience you won't forgot. Thanks again to Sam and David for working their hinds off for us.

Thanks,

Rich A.