Wow! If you’re serious about doing a “big game” fishing experience and enjoy the hunt and patience then you must book with Captain Shawn and his deckhand Bo! Shawn is an excellent fisherman who will fish hard for his clients and is expert skilled. While we didn’t get our trophy Marlin during our day trip we for sure will be back to book with Captain Shawn and his crew at Kona Cowboy next year and the year after that! Captain Shawn- all I need next time is to be able to buy a shirt with your awesome logo to represent y’all in Texas!!

Fantastic day we had out on the water fishing with Kona Cowboy!!! My wife caught her first blue marlin. Shawn and Bo worked hard to ensure we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. They have skillfully mastered their trade and used multiple techniques to help us land a fish. We even got to enjoy being in the middle of a pod of bottle nose dolphins. Hands down awesome charter, book em!!! Thanks again guys.

I've done a number of Marlin charters out of Kona, but this was my first with captain Shawn. Wow, he did not disappoint! A friend and I booked a whole day charter and Shawn worked extremely hard to get us on the fish. The first catch of the day was a gorgeous Blue Marlin, followed up by three 100+ lb Yellowfin Tuna. Between the fishing, the birds, the hundreds of dolphins around the boat, and the beautiful setting, our eight hours on the water went by too quickly. I've done a lot of blue water fishing over the years, and this was my best experience ever. Thank you Shawn!!

Had a great day on the water with Captain Shawn and first mate Bo the bite was slow but we still ended with a nice blue marlin. Thanks Shawn for a fun filled day.

Incredible day fishing with Captain Shawn and first mate Bo! My wife got her bucket list dream blue marlin (500 lb est) and my son caught a huge bull mahi. Shawn's knowledge and experience with these giants blew us away. The man is truly a marlin savant. I have fished on many charters from Costa Rica to Alaska, not to mention the mainland US and have never had a captain who knows his business like he does. Believe me, if you REALLY want to catch fish, rest assured that he wants it MORE! We can't wait to come back to Kona and do it again.