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Explore the underwater world while staying dry with a tour aboard a plexiglass-bottom kayak. This unique sit-on-top vessel, with a viewing window at its bottom, has been used for certain tours off Oahu since early June.
With participants aboard Peekaboo kayaks (made by Ocean Kayak), the Shaka Kayaks tours provide customers a look at coral reefs, tropical fish and more — even World War II wreckage — below the ocean’s surface. If you’re new to kayaking, don’t worry: The guided two-hour tours begin with a demo on proper techniques, and participants have time to familiarize themselves with kayaking before embarking… Details
Every angler has a fantasy.
It is the place they visit in their mind on those slow winter days, or when stuck in the office. It even comes to mind sometimes when they are out fishing, but nothing is biting. For some it is a wild river on the Olympic Peninsula that holds trophy steelhead. Many prefer chasing tuna and marlin in Mexico. Others dream of giant tarpon in Florida.
My fantasy spot is Alaska, and in my dreams I am catching big king salmon and pacific halibut from my fishing kayak.
Sometimes dreams come true.
My previous kayak fishing trip to Alaska, in 2007, was primarily an expedition to catch the largest fish ever from a kayak. My three companions and I did just that while at Hinchinbrook Island, south of Valdez. We all caught salmon sharks in the 450-pound range…Â Details
LAHAINA — Along side of Hawaiian immersion language programs and hula, there is perhaps no more important cultural connection to historic heritage than the canoe for island peoples. And today, we see a resurgence of that interest manifested in the growing registration rosters of the clubs that make up the Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association.
The phenomenon is particularly evident here on the West Side as Lahaina, Napili and Kahana Canoe Clubs have all seen a high tide of keiki and returnee paddlers sign up to participate in the sport that has seen compounding explosions of participation since the mid-1980s…Â Details