Reel Thrillz Coastal Adventures - Offshore 

Family had a good day on the water with Clinton and, um, Colton(?). Very friendly and knowledgeable about local waters. Trawling turned up nothing as did two of the three rigs we fished. Honestly, expectations were low due to summer storms impacting fishing and it went about as expected. Third rig was decent and we caught spade, lane snapper, and grunt. Of course, having a big haul is the fisherman’s dream and we didn’t get that. However, it’s about the experience more than the fish and the experience was good enough. Fast boat was fun, crew chatter was nice and we all learned a thing or two. My avid fishermen were happy to add two new breeds to their list of catches. It was a nice day in the water. The only room for improvement would be to have more lines in the water when stopped. We never had more than three lines in with five fishermen so two were always relegated to watching on what was already a slow day of fishing. Boat seemed plenty big to drop two more without risk of tangle in prop or each other. Before dropping lines, we spent quite a while trawling, maybe too long, and that wasn’t super fun as there were no bites and we felt like we were just loitering in circles around rigs…for what felt like an hour. Also learned late that there was a nice, ice cold cooler of drinks that were not offered. Maybe those were crew only? Fortunately, we had a small cooler of our own so we didn’t get totally dehydrated, but man, those ice cold waters looked good. Overall, I would recommend this charter. Good guys, cool boat, and ultimately we landed a handful of interesting fish. It is fishing and not catching, so hopefully we’ll be covered up next time!