Short-Tail Red Snapper Fishing Charters

Ehu live deep, on rocky slopes and ledges below the reach of most reef fishing. Anglers know it by its Hawaiian name because it is one of Hawaii's Deep 7 bottomfish, but the same fish lives across the Indian Ocean too. It has a forked tail without the long tips of the onaga, a red back fading to pink and silver below. Bringing one up is slow work with a heavy weight and a lot of line, and the fish usually arrives tired, its swim bladder swollen from the change in pressure.

Two boats list ehu, an ocean apart. ti bato fishes from Cap Malheureux on the northern tip of Mauritius, mixing bottom fishing over the reefs and deeper ground with trolling offshore, for up to 5 on a private trip that leaves at 08:00 for five or seven hours. The listing says little more, so ask the skipper whether a deep bottom session is part of the day and what he has been bringing up. Our Cap Malheureux trip guide covers the rest of the day.

In Honolulu, Ohana Fun Fishing's Sashimi II runs a three hour shared bottom fishing trip from Kewalo Basin Harbor at 11:00. It fishes inshore and ehu live deep, so think of the fish as an outside chance rather than the point of the trip. You book seats, not the boat, and gear, bait, water and cleaning are included.