Time Off Fishing Charter
Time Off Fishing Charter
Time Off Fishing Charter is a family-owned and operated fishing charter in Shalimar, Florida that has fished these waters for over 30 years. If you’re looking to have fun and catch fish, then look no further! Except for being a good-humored angler, Captain Jason Yates is an army combat veteran and a full supporter of the military, first responders, law enforcement, and more! He and his crew are here to make your trip exciting, fun, and memorable. Call or text so they can get you on board the Time Off Fishing Charter!
Your trip starts on a 31’ Pursuit Cuddy Cabin big enough to take 6 guests. Running on twin Suzuki 250 hp engines and rigged with all the modern navigation electronics, the boat will quickly and safely get you to the fish. The boat is equipped top of line stereo system, bluetooth, and downrigger. There’s a sleeping quarters down below, private restroom, and an ice-box to store your drinks and food. For any help you may need, feel free to ask the first mate.
Some of the fish you can target includes Mahi Mahi, Snapper, Trigger, Grouper, Amberjack, Mackerel, Redfish, Trout, Wahoo, Tuna, Cobia, and many more. You’ll attract fish by bottom and deep sea fishing, trolling, jigging, spinning, and drift fishing. Kids are welcome to come aboard and you can keep the fish you catch.
Captain Jason covers you for everything from fishing gear to drinks to licenses, and will even clean and fillet your catch for free. Before you go, just bring the food of your choice and you’ll be all set.
Join Time Off Fishing Charter and have a terrific fishing experience in Florida!
Time Off Fishing Charter is a family-owned and operated fishing charter in Shalimar, Florida that has fished these waters for over 30 years. If you’re looking to have fun and catch fish, then look no further! Except for being a good-humored angler, Captain Jason Yates is an army combat veteran and a full supporter of the military, first responders, law enforcement, and more! He and his crew are here to make your trip exciting, fun, and memorable. Call or text so they can get you on board the Time Off Fishing Charter!
Your trip starts on a 31’ Pursuit Cuddy Cabin big enough to take 6 guests. Running on twin Suzuki 250 hp engines and rigged with all the modern navigation electronics, the boat will quickly and safely get you to the fish. The boat is equipped top of line stereo system, bluetooth, and downrigger. There’s a sleeping quarters down below, private restroom, and an ice-box to store your drinks and food. For any help you may need, feel free to ask the first mate.
Some of the fish you can target includes Mahi Mahi, Snapper, Trigger, Grouper, Amberjack, Mackerel, Redfish, Trout, Wahoo, Tuna, Cobia, and many more. You’ll attract fish by bottom and deep sea fishing, trolling, jigging, spinning, and drift fishing. Kids are welcome to come aboard and you can keep the fish you catch.
Captain Jason covers you for everything from fishing gear to drinks to licenses, and will even clean and fillet your catch for free. Before you go, just bring the food of your choice and you’ll be all set.
Join Time Off Fishing Charter and have a terrific fishing experience in Florida!
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Reshanda Human•
Tennessee, USMember since 20265.0VerifiedNewGreat trip
4 Hour Trip — Offshore - 2:00 PM on September 2, 2026 • 5 adults • 2 childrenCaptain and crew was great! We caught fish! Would definitely use again!!
Russell LindsayRepeat angler•Missouri, US•Member since 20182 trips5.0VerifiedBest fishing drop fishing we have been on!!!
5 Hour Trip — Offshore - 1:00 PM on July 31, 2026 • 6 adults • 1 childthe Captin was knowlageabble and friendly. Frist mate was friendly and on it, he made sure we where bated and ready to catch even when we where catching them hand ove fist. this was a great trip!!!
Scott Hepp•Maryland, USMember since 20265.0Verifiedfirst charter trip for us and it was great
4 Hour Trip — Inshore/nearshore - 1:00 PM on August 11, 2026 • 5 adultsCapt Jason, and Deckhand Garrison did a great job helping us all at our varied experience and abilities. They made sure we were successful, and were super happy for is when we landed a fish.
Bryan Steyaert•Colorado, USMember since 20265.0Verifiedthe day was not ideal, but the experience was awesome
4 Hour Offshore Trip - Noon on March 17, 2026 • 5 adults • 1 childBetween the cold weather and the bite being tough to find Jason & Drew had their work cut out for them. They were a lot of fun! We had a ton of laughs, and still all caught several fish!! Great Memories!!! Thank you guy!!
Stan Presley•Asheville, NC, USMember since 20265.0VerifiedGreat trip
5 Hour Trip — Offshore on August 4, 2026 • 3 adults • 1 child
Beth Guy•Illinois, USMember since 20245.0VerifiedGood first trip
4 Hour Trip — Offshore - 2:00 PM on August 3, 2026 • 2 adults
Preston ClarkRepeat angler•Ohio, US•Member since 20244 trips5.0VerifiedJune fishing trip
5 Hour Offshore Trip - Noon on June 27, 2025 • 2 adultscaptain jason and his deck hand drew gave us a great fishing experience in the gulf. we caught all kinds of fish and even a 10 foot shark. they filleted all the fish for us that we got to keep. we listened to rock and roll music and had lots of laughs on the water and made good memories. 10/10 will be coming to fish with them again!!! even caught a cool jason tshirt to take home since we got wet!! 🎣🎣👍🏽
Abby Marshall•Michigan, USMember since 20255.0VerifiedBest 30th Birthday trip ever!
5 Hour Trip — Offshore on August 29, 2025 • 2 adultsCaptain Jason made this an amazing and unforgettable trip for my 30th birthday! My husband and I caught tons of Vermillion Snapper, amberjack, cobia, red snapper, red grouper, and even an 8ft bull shark! It was the trip of a lifetime and our captain did his best to put us on all the fish and took extra care to make sure we had an amazing time. Highly recommend booking a charter with Time Off Charters!
Jason PickeringRepeat angler•Wisconsin, US•Member since 20242 trips4.3VerifiedGreat experience
6 Hour Trip — Morning Offshore on June 18, 2025 • 2 adults • 1 childI took my son out fishing with Captain Jason for his birthday. This was our first experience with a fishing charter. We had a great day despite rough seas and weather. We caught 4 big Kings as well as other fish in our 5 hours on the water. When bait was in the water it never seemed to take long to get a bite so we had pretty consistent action. The weather cut our trip short by about an hour which was a bummer but obviously have no control over that. My only complaint was with the bait. It appeared that on other boats the guests were helping to catch the bait. We only had one pole rigged up to catch bait and and the first mate was catching the bait. If we would have had two more poles ready to catch bait it certainly would have reduced the time spent catching bait and increased the amount of time fishing. If we would have had consistent bait we would have caught a bunch more fish. Overall it was a great day and a great experience. Captain Jason certainly knows what he is doing and where to go to make it happen. If I am ever in the area again looking to do another charter, Captain Jason would be my contact. Thank you for a wonderful and memorable birthday for my son!
Ty Humble•Mississippi, USMember since 20263.7VerifiedFishing with Jason
6 Hour Trip — Morning Offshore on July 4, 2026 • 3 adults
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Weather turned on us but the Captain was great. When confronted with potential storm and rough seas, he cared enough to ask if that was our only day to fish. That told me all I needed to know, this Captain cared about his customer more than his time and fuel for vestment. He managed the boat well and tried to keep us on fish despite the conditions. We didn’t fill the cooler but had a great time and took home enough for some delicious tacos. I would fish with this guy again. Captain…thanks for a great sunrise fishing trip!
Thank y’all so much! It was a pleasure having y’all 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Captain Jason and his first mate were an awesome crew. We caught red grouper, vermillion, amber jack, trigger fish, and several others. We would definitely book with Time Off Fishing again!
Thank you so much 🙏🏼 We enjoyed having yall today!
Our family loved our fishing trip with Captain Jay and Garrison! Captain Jay was great about communicating with us to make sure we had a fun experience for our family and he was great with our kids too! Garrison took care of our poles and cleaned our fish! We highly recommend taking a fishing trip with them. We can't for our next one!
Thank yall so much! We really enjoyed having yall!
Captain Jason really knows his stuff! Between my four buddies and me, we caught and kept 24 fish, including three grouper, one snapper, and 20 mingo!!! He was so good at finding fish that we caught another 20 or so red snappers we had to throw back because they were out of season, and another 20 random fish we had to throw back for being too small. I highly recommend Captain Jason’s guide services!!!
thank you very much! it was our pleasure having y’all on board!
Captain and crew was great! We caught fish! Would definitely use again!!
Thank yall very much! It was a pleasure having yall!
FAQs about Time Off Fishing Charter
- US $595 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 3 Hour Trip — Kids Trip (3 hours)
- US $595 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 3 Hour Trip — Kids Trip - 2:00 PM (3 hours)
- US $1,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 4 Hour Trip — Inshore/nearshore (4 hours)
- US $1,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 4 Hour Trip — Inshore/nearshore - 1:00 PM (4 hours)
- US $1,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 4 Hour Trip — Nearshore Trolling (4 hours)
- US $1,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 4 Hour Trip — Nearshore Trolling - 2:00 PM (4 hours)
- US $1,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 4 Hour Trip — Offshore (4 hours)
- US $1,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 4 Hour Trip — Offshore - 2:00 PM (4 hours)
- US $1,250 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 5 Hour Trip — Offshore (5 hours)
- US $1,250 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 5 Hour Trip — Offshore - 1:00 PM (5 hours)
- US $1,500 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 6 Hour Trip — Morning Offshore (6 hours)
- US $1,500 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 6 Hour Trip — Nearshore Trolling (6 hours)
- US $1,500 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 6 Hour Trip — Nearshore Trolling - 2:00 PM (6 hours)
- US $1,500 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 6 Hour Trip — Slow Pitch Jigging (6 hours)
- US $2,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 8 Hour Trip — Offshore (8 hours)
- US $2,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 8 Hour Trip — Slow Pitch Jigging (8 hours)
- US $2,500 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 10 Hour Trip — Deep Drop Fishing (10 hours)
- US $2,500 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 10 Hour Trip — Deep Sea Trolling (10 hours)
- US $2,500 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 10 Hour Trip — Offshore (10 hours)
- US $3,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 12 Hour Trip — Offshore (12 hours)
- US $3,500 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 14 Hour Trip — Offshore (14 hours)
- Toilet It's an enclosed room with toilet seat, toilet paper, and sanitizer
- GPS
- Fishfinder
- Bed
- Live bait well
- Multimedia system Bluetooth Stereo System
- Ice box
- Radar
- Rods, reels & tackle
- Live bait (Live bait is no additional cost. Certain trips will require we fish for live bait and others may not need it depending on the species we are targeting. We also typically catch our own live bait prior to the trip.)
- Lures
- Catch cleaning & filleting (We do not charge any extra for cleaning and filleting the fish we bring back to the dock.)
- Drinks (We will always have refreshments on the boat. Typically it will be bottled water, diet and regular sodas. Drinks are welcome on the boat as long as it's not glass.)
- First mate (First mate may or may not be on the trip. It depends on the charter booked and amount of people on the trip. My mate when on site is experienced and professional. )
- Fishing license (Our fishing license will cover everyone on the boat.)
- Inshore fishing
- Nearshore fishing
- Offshore fishing (Distance of the trip is determined by what we are targeting as well as the conditions of the seas.)
- Reef fishing
- Wreck fishing
- Light tackle
- Heavy tackle
- Bottom fishing
- Trolling
- Spinning
- Jigging
- Popping
- Drift fishing
- Deep sea fishing
- Amberjack
- Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)
- Grouper (Gag)
- King Mackerel (Kingfish)
- Redfish
- Sailfish
- Snapper (Red)
- Snapper (Vermilion)
- Tilefish
- Triggerfish (Gray)
- Tuna (Blackfin)
- Wahoo
Your captain
Shalimar, Florida, United States
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Captain Jason was born and raised in a military family. When they moved to the Florida Panhandle in 1993, he met some friends who were into fishing and from then he was hooked! The captain's been an avid fisherman since and he purchased his first boat in 2010. From there he has mainly fished the Gulf to this day. Captain Jason loves taking people out to fish and enjoys friends and family catching more than himself. At that point, he decided to go to Sea School and get his captain's license. Now, he's here doing what he's always wanted to do and that's fish for a living.
Jason Y.
Captain
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How cancellations work
You can cancel or modify your booking up to 1 day before the trip date, free of charge. If you cancel or modify your booking later, or fail to show up, you'll forfeit 100% of what you've paid.
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Pickup agreed upon reservation
Transfer to/from departure site may be available and included in price depending on your location and distance from the dock.
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Pay online in full through FishingBooker and save on credit card fees at the dock.
No additional fees.
When the captain confirms your trip, FishingBooker charges your credit card a 10% deposit to guarantee your reservation.
The remaining balance is to be paid directly to the charter operator on or prior to your trip date in one of the following payment methods:
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American Express
When paying the remaining balance with a credit card, an additional 3% charge will apply.
What’s biting in Shalimar right now
Amberjack
Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)
Grouper (Gag)
King Mackerel (Kingfish)
Redfish
Sailfish
Snapper (Red)
Snapper (Vermilion)
Triggerfish (Gray)
Tuna (Blackfin)
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