Captain Rex Witkamp of One Love Sportfishing gave us a day of fishing and lifelong memories as well. Both he and his first mate, Sammy, were extremely friendly. He told us in the beginning where we’d be going that day and why each location was a good place for catching certain kinds of fish. He was spot on as we caught fish in each of the locations he had outlined.

We drift-fished for yellowtail, bottom-fished for a variery of fish, and trolled for Wahoo and Sailfish. We caught Yellowtail Snapper, Cobia, and a large Wahoo. What we wanted to eat, we kept. What we didn’t want to eat, we immediately released. Releasing is a great way to maintain the volume of fish in the area while still having the fun of bringing the fish to the boat. If you don’t eat it, free it and Captain Rex is totally onboard with that.

We had a great time and rhiroughly enjoyed the company of the captain and his first mate. They are very knowledgeable about where to find the fish (sorry if this is a trade secret, but he saves each productive spot as a waypoint on his GPS so you can get right on the fish.) The boat is clean, powerful, providing air conditioning and a cooler of ice cold drinks. They have a wide variety of rods and tackle so you can pretty much fish in whatever style you like best.

We’re definitely going to use Captain Rex and his crew the next time we come sportfishing here in Islamorada. Rex, thanks for a terrific day!

We did a shark and tarpon trip while on vacation with family friends (3 adults, one 11 year old and one 15 year old) because the 2 boys LOVE fishing! We booked with Captain Rex because he had great reviews and his rate was very fair and we just had a good gut feeling about it after one we had booked previously had to cancel. We were SO thankful to take this trip with Captain Rex on the One Love. We had an amazing time! The boys hooked up to a huge tarpon that they fought pretty hard until it jumped and ended up breaking the line RIGHT before it got to the boat. They also hooked up to 2 big nurse sharks that were beautiful. Captain Rex was also very educational for us all and taught us a lot about the conservation efforts in the Keys and the great fishing community that is there in Islamorada. We would LOVE to take another charter with Captain Rex and highly recommend!

Captain Rex is very personable and accommodating.  He is also conscientious regarding the comfort and desires of his clients.  He took out my family of 6 and did exactly what we wanted to do.  We fished the reef and caught limits of mangroves and yellowtail despite several of us getting sick.  His deckhand was also very accommodating and knowledgeable. This was a very good trip and I was so pleased that I went back out with Captain Rex a couple of days later.

We booked a morning fishing charter with Captain Rex and had an amazing experience. Captain Rex and his mate Jason were great hosts and got us out right on time. We were lucky to have good weather and it did not take long to find fish. There was non-stop action throughout the morning with yellowtail snapper, mutton and grouper, plus a number of other species that were not ‘keepers’.

Captain Rex and Jason were great with our kids who were deep sea fishing for the first time. Overall it was some of the best fishing I’ve experienced. Rex cleaned and prepared the filets that we could then take to local restaurants. Some of the best meals we enjoyed in Islamorada.

Thank you Captain Rex for a great day of fishing!

We visited the Keys for spring break and the whole family (wife and kids aged 17, 12 and 10) booked the One Love for our first charter fishing trip.  Captain Rex was great finding fish for us while Eddy and Christian did a great job teaching our kids some of the tricks of the trade.  Everyone caught a lot of fish on the reef and the kids loved the various species that we were catching - yellowtail, grouper, blue runner, grunts, etc. and then we went out deeper to chase some larger fish. 

We had pretty rough seas and were lucky that the ‘One Love’ was a larger boat and seemed to handle the waves pretty well.  Eventually the waves got the best of us so we decided to go in a little early.  Eddy and Christian cleaned and fileted the fish for us and we had enough to eat for the rest of the vacation.  Most restaurants around Islamorada will cook your own fish for you - we went to Islamorada Fish Company to eat right on the water.

After the trip was over the kids used the knowledge they were taught by the Eddy and Christian to continue fishing from a pier and continued catching fish.  Now that we are home all three kids say the trip on One Love was the highlight of the trip.

Thanks Rex, Eddy and Christian for a great trip.