First of all I would like to point out the title of the trip you booked with me…..Half Day Shark Trip. So no you can’t fish for anything else because that’s not what I prepared for and you can’t just drop down light tackle in a strong current because your line will just get tangled up in our “Shark fishing lines” aka the whole reason for the trip. Don’t guide the guide! 

With that being said all I had brought with me was my shark fishing poles and two small bay rods just in case we needed them, and we did since we found a giant school of jacks and reds. The fact that you said I don’t have any regard for the safety of my clients is total bs when in fact every time we would move the boat I ask if everybody was ready to go and y’all said yes! So now that’s that’s clear! I told them at the dock where the dry storage was and that the life jackets were in the front of the boat! It’s not my fault you don’t listen while pointing at the dolphins at the fish cleaning station.

As for my boat not being sea worthy for 5 passengers, it’s rated for 6 people from the manufacture it says it on the boat and iv personally took that boat offshore multiple times in the past with 5 passengers and had zero problems. We came up on a large school of jacks and bull redfish prior to arriving to our shark fishing spot. I asked if they wanted to try and catch some, they said yes so we did. We hooked up to a nice jack and he fought it for around 30 min. Seeing how he handled himself on the boat and worked the rod reeling in this fish I knew this guy was not an experienced fisherman. So I adjusted accordingly for who was able to get up and cast at the school! As he fought the fish we were at the mercy of the current and waves, I tried my best to keep us with the fish and safely maneuvering around 30+ other boats trying to get on the same school as us. Note that I personally seen 4 or 5 skiffs (14 to 18 ft. In length) around us with three people on them having no problem with the waves. (So a 23 foot boat with 5 people is more than qualified for these conditions, ITS ALSO A CATAMARAN HULL NOT A FLAT BOTTOM BOAT and is even more suitable for rougher conditions).

I’ll forgive your ignorance there I assume! As the fish went from the back of the boat to the front I told him to follow the fish and as he did he lost his footing and fell in OFF THE SIDE NOT THE BACK YOU LIER AND THE BOAT WAS NOT IN GEAR! You didn’t know how to even fight a fish much less operate a vessel so don’t tell me the boat was in gear skippy! I immediately helped him back in the boat (read that again!), that’s when I notice he had let go of my rod. You damn right I asked where my $200 dollar set up went! After that I said let’s go to the shark spot and do what we came out to do or would y’all like to try and catch another one….they said let’s try and catch another one! If it was so rough and dangerous why didn’t they pick the shark spot that was in calmer waters??? So we got back on the school and immediately hooked up to another jack and landed it, all was good. We then proceeded to go fish for sharks and only had one good run that unfortunately didn’t get a good hook set and got off. After a while of waiting for another bite they asked if they could GO BACK AND FIND THE SCHOOL OF FISH!

Again if it was so unsafe why would u tell me to go back over there. So we did and the school had went down so I cruised over to another shark spot, it was pretty rough there and I only had the lines out for a short time before I said it was to rough! Also I fished 45 min past the 4 hour set time I’m supposed to because I wanted to get them a shark. Long story short maybe you should exercise your sea legs before booking a trip on the ocean lieutenant Dan or stick to a safer environment like a nice game of checkers.

First of all I would like to point out the title of the trip you booked with me…..Half Day Shark Trip. So no you can’t fish for anything else because that’s not what I prepared for and you can’t just drop down light tackle in a strong current because your line will just get tangled up in our “Shark fishing lines” aka the whole reason for the trip. Don’t guide the guide!  With that being said all I had brought with me was my shark fishing poles and two small bay rods just... Altro