Great trip!  Caught lots of live bait in short order near the pier.  Got in with a group of boats near the Cut but had no success while others were landing fish.  After a bit Eric took us out to the Tip and once he positioned the boat, it was non-stop action. My daughter caught our first red and we followed with several cat fish and small sharks.  Then I caught a red and my daughter caught 2 more, which we released.  The highlight of the morning was catching a 7-foot sand bar shark which the 3 of us fought for nearly an hour.
Eric was great; knowledgeable, helpful and very friendly after a sleepless night with a new baby.  We were also impressed with his conservationist attitude regarding the fish.  We had one red that once released had a bladder full of air and couldn’t dive.  While Eric was working at getting it back to the boat to deflate it, the fish fixed itself and lives to swim another day.  Lastly the comaraderie among the various captains regarding locations where fish were being landed allowed lots of anglers to land a big one.  Can’t wait to come back in 2023!

Captain Eric was absolutely awesome!  We took our 4 kids out. The water was fairly choppy to start.  He was was safety first and fun second while traveling to the fishing spot.  Once we arrived, he made the most of it for us.  He put us on the fish and included the kids in EVERYTHING! He made it a day our kids will never forget.  But not without keeping the safety of our family in mind the whole time. Always monitoring conditions. We will definitely be coming back for another trip with these guys!

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.

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!

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.