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Capt. Scott a lifetime on the water

USCG-licensed captain, running charters since 2018, and fishing since his grandpa took him out at five. Island Currents is the retirement he’s been working toward.

USCG-licensed, near coastalFully insuredCPR & first aid

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the long way hereIllinois → Florida → California → Hawaiʻi

The story

From an Illinois farm to Kawaihae

Scott grew up on a farm growing corn and soybeans and raising beef cattle. His grandpa loved fishing and baseball, and had him on the lakes and rivers by the time he was five.

Florida is where he fell for the ocean — surfing, diving, and fishing the Atlantic for many of the same species we target here. Southern California taught him a different game: anchoring up, chumming, fly-lining live bait around Catalina and down to the Coronado Islands off Baja.

Along the way he served in the Army during Desert Storm as a helicopter structural repairer, earned his airframe and powerplant license, served in the Navy Reserve as an avionics technician and worked as an airline aircraft mechanic. He got his captain’s license, started running charters on the side, and quickly knew what he wanted to do when he retired.

“You have to retire to something, and not from something.”
Capt. Scott

Scott and his wife Rachael have been married 31 years. They raised six kids and have seven grandchildren.

Photo of Capt. Scott

coming in October

Credentials

USCG-licensed Master captain, near coastal — licensed to carry paying passengers 200 miles offshore
Fully insured
CPR and first aid certified
Running charters since 2018

Before Island Currents

Two years at up to three trips a day

Before Island Currents, Scott spent two years running his own charters out of Kona.

443charters in his final year — not counting night manta trips

500+once you count the nightly manta snorkels

3a dayevery day through peak season

700lbblack marlin, his biggest and most memorable fish

Kealakekua Bay seen from the bow of the boat

From Scott’s years running charters out of Kona.

Trips that stuck

Why he keeps doing this

500lb+

A first ocean fish

A Packers fan from Wisconsin had never fished the ocean. They hit it off talking football at the dock — and his first-ever ocean fish was a 500 to 600 lb blue marlin. It was a lot for him, but they got it to the boat together and released it.

3rd try

Blue marlin, finally

A guest from Pennsylvania had chased a blue marlin in St. Augustine and in Costa Rica. Forty-five minutes into her trip with Scott she was hooked up on a 300 to 400 lb blue — caught and released. She booked the night manta trip and came straight back out.

Everyone

A Father’s Day ono

A local family gifted their dad — Big Island his whole life, never fished from a boat — a trip for Father’s Day. It was peak ono season, and every one of them landed their own ono.

Why private

Guests leave as family

When Scott goes on vacation with his own family, he doesn’t want to be in a big group. So Island Currents carries six guests at most, and every trip is built around yours.

He lets the kids drive the boat and calls them Captain. He fishes on his days off. And he treats the ocean with respect — “we are guests in their home, let’s be good guests.”

“There is no bad day on the water. It’s against the rules, and it won’t happen on my watch.”
Capt. Scott

Five trolling rods set in rod holders at sunrise

Come fish with Scott.

Tell Scott what you want out of the day and he’ll build the trip around it. Private, up to six guests, from Kawaihae.

Book your charter Call 808-208-9292