We had a great trip and caught a limit at the end of July. We had a large group of 10 family and friends. A couple of our group had never been deep sea fishing, but was able to catch several fish. Captain Jerry put us on the fish. Being late in July the red snapper bite was not real great, but the vermilion snapper bite was on point. Captain Jerry told us before we headed out that morning that the red snapper bite had been tough and asked if we wanted to target reds or go to a spot where we should be able to catch a bunch of vermilion. We decided to follow his recommendation and go catch the vermilion and had so much fun catching fish. We caught more then we ever have on past trips. We caught a few red snapper as well, a good size bonito and several smaller bait fish. When we got back to the dock most of the other boats coming back in had fish, but we didn’t really see many come in with a bountiful catch as we did. At least half of our group are heavily into bass fishing and are used to catching fish, but this trip put a smile on everyone’s face.

The crew was great to work with . Very accommodating. The kids had a great time. The water was a little choppy and they did their best to keep it from rocking the boat to make trip enjoyable. We caught 2 really sweet reds with some Spanish, blue,lady fish, and benitas

We had an amazing day with Captain Jerry and Fisher!  We had 11 people and half of those were first timers. From the minute we put our poles in the water, we were bringing in fish.  So much fun and we will definitely book with these guys again!  Thanks so much for the memories!

My two grandsons, 4 and 5 wanted to catch some Red Snapper. Although they were out of season and had to release them the boys weren’t disappointed. We caught Spanish Mackerel and King Mackerel which was fun also. Overall I was pleased with the trip which was the kids first fishing trip. Fisher, the Deck Hand was fantastic with the kids to make sure they had a good time. I would definitely recommend the Rip Tide.

We’ve been out snapper fishing in the gulf several times now, this is the first private charter that actually go the extra mile to provide live bait. We believe that’s how we brought in the Huge Snapper - using live bait. Both Captain Seth and the deckhand Gauge were both very professional and worked hard to max out the limit and also did some trolling on the way back. Captain Seth was very understanding when we’re unsure if we should go out due to the weather condition. It turned out, he was right - the weather was great! Thanks for the great trip!