Our group had a great time with Capt John and Phil.  They were patient and made us all feel comfortable despite our limited experience on charters.  Capt John did his best to keep us on the fish, but we did have some downtime (as expected).  However, even during these periods, we enjoyed hearing the fishing stories, history of the area, and details of the boat.  We caught some Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish, which Capt filleted for us back at the dock.  Unfortunately, none of the Rockfish we landed were within limits.  We are already planning our next trip, and looking forward to landing the big ones on the next outing.

Captain John and mate Phil did an excellent job trolling over the fish havens between Herrington Bay and Poplar Island while sharing fish tales and sea stories. Small rockfish were the catch of the day — exciting to catch and release dozens of them throughout the afternoon. Phil was very good coaching two novices and helped land almost the bag limit of blues and couple of fair size rockfish. Captain Phil did the cleaning back at the dock and sent us off with 11 pounds of filets on ice ready for fried fish bites, smoked blues and a baked Rockfish. Only critique was that Fishing Booker didn’t advise us to bring our own cooler with drinks and water. Fortunately we brought a good bundle of snacks, but had it not been for the resourcefulness of our mate, Phil, we would have all been parched with no drinking water in the August heat on the bay for six hours. BRING YOUR OWN WELL STOCKED COOLER.Can’t wait for our next chance on Patent Pending. Be sure to ask about the boats name, it’s a great story.

Anyone who has been fishing before knows there are good days and bad days. What makes Capitan John and patent pending a great charter is the fact that it doesn’t matter if you catch 5 or 50, it’s still a great time. Nice clean boat, great Capitan and crew, and the crab cake lunch was probably the best meal I’ve had all year. Captain John was a Chef for 20+ years prior to retiring to do this full time. I highly recommend doing the add on meal. No need to keep looking, book now and thank me later.

Our family of 6 had such a wonderful time on Patent Pending.  We were up and out early!  The boat was comfortable and had everything we needed!  The fish were hard to find in the morning, but we enjoyed the ride around the Chesapeake Bay and finally, after a delicious lunch prepared by the Captain, we found the spot where the Rockfish and Spanish Mackerel were biting!  It was so much fun!  Highly recommend Captain John for a great fishing experience!

Excellent trip!  My family had such a good time catching fish and didn’t want the day to end!  Spanish mackerels, blue fish and rockfish were running on this day.  We opted for the gourmet jump lump crab cake lunch, great choice!  Captain John and the first mate made my sons and I feel at home on the boat.  Very friendly and helpful, they made sure that we had a great day.  This was our little vacation due to Covid cancelling our summer travel plans!