Flats fishing on an airboat for the first time. Captain Jared is friendly, and surprisingly eclectic; we talked about everything from Marlin strategies to camshaft lift and duration for a 454.
The fishing was slow except for about an hour of good action. Limited on Redfish, and would have done better, but I lost a couple because I’m a little rusty.
I like the fact that he doesn’t overkill the fish with oversized rods and reels, so even the smaller fish had a good fight.
I gave four stars, rather than five, because we didn’t really want light ‘em up…but I’ll wager he does more often than not.

Capt. Jared was professional courteous and patient.  He put us on fish immediately our first day out and we caught our limit of trout within an hour.  We also got a bunch of red fish and drum.  We fished a second day with him, which was much rougher due to the weather with a Northern coming through bringing rain and high winds.  Despite the challenging conditions, we powered through and Jared was determined to make sure we got our fair share of fish.  He was gracious in extending the day for us, as the weather improved and we had a very successful trip.  I would highly recommend First Light Fishing Charters to anyone looking for a great day out on the water looking to get their fill of fish.

We booked with Captain Jared last month and he was very responsive to messages…always responded the same day.  We only communicated via text until we met at the dock in the morning of our trip.  We had a party of 5…3 that have fished before and 2 that had not.  Jared’s boat and all of the equipment are extremely well kept. He was so patient and instructed us on the art of fishing…we caught black drum, red fish, trout, hard heads, a stingray and a blue crab.  While we released more than then we keep, this was a trip the kids will always remember!

Oh my goodness.  We hit the jackpot when we booked Jared.  The boat was great and as a guide, he was unmatched.  Jared took his time to teach us how to fish and helped us the entire time.  Jared kept our lines fresh with bait and helped us catch our limits!  He trolled us around until we found a great place to catch red fish and caught two that were 28 inches!  Jared’s personality is easy going and fun.  He is fabulous for the never touched a rod before person like me or the experienced fisherman.  Jared is a gem!

Jared took us out on a rough and windy day.  He put us on the trout near a couple of reefs early.  Water was rough and we cut the trip a little short as the weather seemed to be deteriorating and we were tiring.  Jared was still trying to find our last trout for the limit when we told him we were done.  Good guy, good teacher, thorough and safe.  Got some nice trout in the box and caught a ton of smaller ones.  Still left with 13-14 trout including 22”, 20” and 19”.  Nice day and would book with Jared again.