Often Known as offshore game-fishing, offshore sport-fishing or the blue-water fishing; big-game fishing is an entertaining recreational sporting activity. It involves some adrenaline rushing chase and catching of big fishes known for their strength and agility.This fish include the Marlin, Sailfish, Mahi-Mahi, Snook and Grouper. Some people may even chase the Sharks as they too fall in the same category. Even a larger Tuna or an Atlantic Tarpon can be considered in big-game fishing sector.
Earlier in the past big-game fishing was confined to smaller outreaches from the shore like within 25-30 miles.Today with the evolution of technology and mostly owing to the faster and more capable motor boats, the periphery of Big-game fishing has increased from 70-80 miles from shore to hundreds of miles deep in the oceans with large live-aboard vessels. From hundred foot large vessels to 15-18 feet small trailers,boats are an essential part of the Big-game fishing sport. A real player even customizes his boat to have more features and amenities that would help capture the sea monsters. Moreover people today are installing H.D. cameras on their boats for filming themselves in action. Super fast boats with good agility and handling capabilities are required to counter the agile and quick movements of these fish.Even some of the modern gadgets have bought more excitement in this sport such as the sonar monitoring sensors,temperature sensors, echo sounders,imagery satellites are all that are used to track and trace the super fast fish. Modern fishing rods also come with much better load carrying capacities, strength, flexibility and reach.
There are various techniques and terminology used in big-game fishing. Chunking or chumming is basically attracting the fish by placing a bait fish on board the boat or keeping it hanged by the side. Trolling is basically using a curtain of lines behind the boat which often looks like a squid or a bait fish and attract the fish onto it.It is often placed behind the boat or a bit away from the boat on the water surface but hooked onto the boat.Kite fishing is also a common technique to tackle the big-fish. this type of fishing a small bait fish is fist caught with the kite tackle.This bait fish then tries to move away from the surface and tries to escape. When this phenomenon comes in sight of a big fish, he tries to catch the bait fish,thus getting caught in the tackle himself along with the big-game fish. If your are interested in Big game fishing for Marlin, Sailfish, Mahi-Mahi, Snook and Grouper you should head straight to some of the famous big-game fishing sites. Hawaii, Queensland, Bahamas, New Zealand, California are all famous for Big-Game fish hunting grounds.
Learn more at Reel Intense Sport Fishing
Reel Intense Sport Fishing
Oahu, Hawaii
1125 Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
(808) 589-2248