Qubits encoded in hyperfine states of trapped ions are ideal for quantum computation given their long lifetimes and low sensitivity to magnetic fields, yet they suffer from off-resonant scattering during detection, often limiting their measurement fidelity. In this is exacerbated by a low fluorescence yield, which leads to a need for complex and expensive hardware, a problematic bottleneck especially when scaling up the number of qubits. We demonstrate a detection routine based on electron shelving to address this issue in and achieve a reduction in single-ion detection error on an avalanche photodiode to in a 100  detection period and a error reduction on an electron multiplying CCD camera with error in 400 . We further improve the characterization of a repump transition at 760 nm to enable a more rapid reset of the auxiliary states populated after shelving. Finally, we examine the detection fidelity limit using the long-lived state, achieving further and reductions in error to and in 1 ms on the respective detectors. While shelving-rate limited in our setup, we suggest various techniques to realize this detection method at speeds compatible with quantum information processing, providing a pathway to ultrahigh-fidelity detection in .