OUR STORY

Captain Ethan Harders left his island home on Maui and visited Homer, Alaska for the very first time back in 2010, as a young college student who loved to fish and who loves the ocean. It was then that he began his Alaska fishing journey with thanks to the Chow family, and started as a first-year deckhand for Bob's Trophy Charters. A year later he became a deck hand for Mike Manns on the Arctic Addiction, where he learned valuable fishing techniques and gained the experience of becoming a wise yet "HARD-CORE" Alaska fisherman. With Manns Charters he learned how to brave the elements of Kachemak Bay - Barren Islands while filleting a 6 pack full day's catch stirred with 6-7ft swells. Two years with Manns Charters ended in 2013, when Captain Ethan Harders earned his stripes as a first year charter fishing boat captain with Big Bear Halibut Charters in 2014. After his first year of running the Bear Force II, Captain Ethan Harders became determined to run his own boat one day and foresaw it only to be a far distant fantasy. Running the Bear Force II for the very last time in 2015, Captain Ethan Harders now runs his very own Charter Fishing company known now as Harders Charters, alongside his wife "K" Kaha'iola Harders, & daughters Zelie Rose & Hannah Lilia. Come aboard with us.

We fish harder at Harders Charters!