Excellent all round experience and skipper ‘Doc’ and deckhand George couldn’t have worked harder for us.

We caught well all afternoon with around 8 species including a superb giant trevally. Unfortunately the sharks took a heavy tax, taking many of the better fish we hooked, but that’s fishing for you!

My daughter and son are less experienced but were very well looked after and really enjoyed their day

Thanks, Doc and George. We’ll be back!!

What a great experience!!! My kids are 2,5, and 7 and my older kids had been asking to go fishing on a boat and to catch something we could eat. I was excited to find a 2 hour option, as I didn’t think our young kids would stay interested for much longer than that, but still was a little nervous about how this would go down - haha.
Doc and George were AMAZING! They were beyond patient with my kids, taught the older boys the proper way to fish, and let my 2 year old reel in fish that they hooked! My husband and I even got to find a little bit because the kids were so engaged! Afterwards, Doc cleaned the fish and butchered the fish we caught and let my kids feed the tarpon by the dock with the remains.
It was such a fun trip for all. My 2 year old keeps asking for “more fish,” and the older two asked if we can go back tomorrow! They can be a tough crowd but it was a blast!

Kekoa Charters and Captain George Proenza aka Doc got us into fish and fishing big time.  My family of 4 were well taken care of and we booked a half day which was the perfect amount of time.  We chose to do some reef fishing so we were quick to get out to the area.  He had his gear already dialed in and we were off fishing like crazy from the second our anchor was dropped.  Super cool dude with a ton of knowledge.  He could even handle my 8 year old alpha kid / daughter no problem.  All in all a great experience where we all look forward to coming down and looking Doc up on our next Keys trip! The photo included in the review is half our catch.  Took it to Lazy Days for their platter “bring it they cook it” special, based on Doc’s recommendation.  Also a very good experience.  Cheers Doc…see you soon!

We had a great day today, when we were on our way to the keys the captain was in touch with us, we left docks in time, started off getting some live bait and then off to catching some king mackerel, the weather was great and the captain and his helper did awesome, they knew the right spots where the fish were, they knew how to handle the fish when it went under the boat so that they would not break the line, and they made sure we got back home with some nice fresh catch, the boat is big and has space for a big party(we were six plus the captain and his aid),I really recommend it and we are already planning our next trip with them. 😀

We booked a 1/2 day (4 hour) trip with Captain George and absolutely loved it and would highly recommend it to anyone. It was my 15 year old daughter and my 10 year old son along with me on the trip. Captain George and the first mate were so great with my kids. We are not the most experienced anglers, especially on the ocean, and they were very patient and helpful. They were not only helpful with the actual fishing but also answered all of my son’s many questions about fishing.
They got us on the fish quickly and my daughter was able to catch a 100 lb. nurse shark in the first half hour. We moved onto a couple different spots and caught some snappers and a nice kingfish. We ended with my son catching a blacktip shark that they found by sight fishing.
The boat was spacious and comfortable and we were very happy with everything. We will for sure book with Kekoa the next time we are in Islamorada.