We booked this trip for my daughters 16th birthday, she has wanted to catch a shark for a couple of years.  My only goal for this trip was for her to catch a shark.  The weather was not good for Labor Day weekend but I was pleased the captain was willing to try to make it happen.  We spent the first hour catching live bait and running out past the jetties, we were fortunate to get about 40 minutes of fishing in before the storms moved in and ran us off.  All in all, our goal was accomplished, my only negative was that our captain told us that we could not keep the shark because it was and undersized bull shark which as you can see it is not a bull shark, it was a legal blacktip.

We fished a half day with Capt Eric.keep in mind he does not control the weather or the fish. This is the first review I have ever written…..I just don’t write reviews good or bad, with that said…... WE HAD A BLAST!!! it was a little slow to start but that WAS Ok. we all needed to wake up. about an hour in (including travel time) we got our first fish on and it was a fighter, about 20 ft. from the boat it broke the steel leader. 10-20 minutes later we had two big ones on…. #1 a 30-40 minute fight turned out to be a 7 ft. lemon shark #2 was bigger and wrapped us up and got away. later we caught to wall hanger red drum as well as another smaller sand shark. capt Eric is patient and very good at direction not to mention he has an exellent play list of tunes. All in all we will be back sooner than later. I Highly recommend Capt Eric and Line Check Charters.

My son and I had an outstanding trip with Capt Eric. We weren’t looking to take home any of the catch so Eric focused us on some early success with smaller fish, then we went out for some bigger aspirations. Between the two of us, we fought several decent sized sharks as well as a red drum. And during the entire trip, Eric was supportive, helpful, and professional. He engaged with both of us, and helped my son with some of the more physically strenuous parts of the fighting. I highly recommend this charter!

Been wanting to do this for years and so sad we waited this long. We had a wonderful time fishing with Mike and Billy on an incredible boat. Caught several of three different kinds of fish, larger than anything we ever caught before in Minnesota, including two sharks. My sons, wife and I were so happy. Mike is a great captain, host, and brilliant deep sea fisherman. He’ll make it fun and worth every penny. Don’t wait. Book now.

We were a group of 3 adults and 2 kids. Captain Eric called the night before and asked could we arrive 30 minutes early to make sure we got the best location. We agreed and were happy that we had a guide that wanted to improve our chance to catch fish. Eric took care of everyone on the boat and especially worked with the kids to keep them fishing and encouraging them every step of the way! We had a really good trip catching 20 large sheepheads and 3 black drums. Our 10-year-old actually caught a black drum that weighed as much as him and Eric videoed the catch as 3 of us were landing drums that all weighed more than 20 pounds. It was a really productive trip and Eric is very knowledgeable of where the target fish are and where the monstaaaa fish hide! I highly recommend fishing with Line Check Charters and if you’re luck Captain Eric. He is really patient and good coaching up the kids.