Wahine Captains

I have to admit that I am new to the fishing community and still have thousands of hours of learning ahead before I will feel comfortable with having any type of credibility in this industry. Being female, I sometimes feel even more challenged in such a male-dominated sport. Since becoming a part of the fishing world through my business, Sun Dot Marine, I have a newfound fascination with females in this business and a passion to uplift the wahine in my community.

During the last few months, I was blessed to meet a couple of female boat captains. Now I have an even higher level of appreciation for these hardcore, extremely kind and inspiring ladies. I can’t believe how few boat captains are female here in the islands, and I think it’s important that our community honors the ones we have.

I first met Capt. Kelly Mathis on my third day living on O‘ahu. I was walking around Kewalo Harbor, checking the charterboats out to see if any of them.