Cherry Pit II
"Get Bit"



The Boat

The Cherry Pit is a 28 foot (loa) Blackman Fishmachine with a covered cabin, tinted windows and fly bridge.  The shiny red hull lets her stand out among the fleet.
   Powered by a 130hp diesel engine makes her very efficient. 
"Guaranteed no diesel fumes."
Jim Cherry (my dad) had the Cherry Pit custom built by Don Blackman.
Don Blackman was known for making heavy duty sea worthy sportfishers.  Fortunately the waters of Kona are typically calm, so we rarely have to put her to the test.


Raising Fish

Raising fish is the boats ability to attract fish to itself.  Some boats have it, others don't.  The Cherry Pit II definitely has it.  The gentle vibrations generated by the diesel engine make the perfect  harmonics.  If you were to ask people about it they would say the same thing. 
"The Cherry Pit definitely raises fish."


Fishing

We use two techniques to catch  big game fish: Live Baiting and Trolling Lures.  Live Baiting involves finding and catching the bait fish (2-10lb skipjack or yellowfin tuna),  which can be just as fun as catching the big ones.  Once we catch our bait I'll rig them up and slow troll at 2 knots.  This can be vary effective when there's a lot of fish in the area.  Sometimes drawing multiple strikes.  Expect to catch small to big marlin, big yellowfin tuna and big mahimahi.
Trolling Lures is another effective way to catch fish.  As all charter boats do, I run five trolling rods with a variety of sized lures which will produce bites from 5lb fish to 1000lb fish (no joke 1000lb) and every other size in between.  While trolling at 8 knots we cover a lot more territory than live baiting.  I think it's much more exciting getting a lure bite than a live bait bite.  Expect to catch all the big game fish including all sizes of marlin, tuna, mahi mahi, spearfish, and ono.