Ive had a few charters, in BC, in Mexico. This is the first one where it was a perfect experience. The captain was bright, knowledgeable, pleasant company and hard working. When I wanted to change things it was always no problem. When things were not biting he was working the lines overtime. We brought up a large lingcod, a keeper chinook, some amazing prawns, a large rockfish, and dungeoness crab. My every request and need was met or exceeded and I just had a great day. Other charters could learn something from Captain Don and Christopher wasnt there but did coordinate and made sure everything was arranged and smooth as anyone could ask for.

Although it was Thanksgiving weekend, the weather gods were looking out for us. 15 degrees and 8 km/h winds. Made for a picture perfect morning. Within 20 minutes of leaving the dock, we had a crab trap dropped and lines in the water. We knew the fishing was going to be slower that time of year and it was. The fish were way deeper than they had been just a few days before; they went from 55 ft down to 120 ft. Hearing the radio chatter, our captain Don was the only one to figure this out. In the end we were able to land 4 whoppers. Had we not hired the right guide, I doubt very much that we would have even gotten a nibble. My son and I had a fantastic time. We highly recommend this charter.

My wife and I went out with Don on our honeymoon and it was an absolute blast. Don and Chris went above and beyond to make it an awesome experience and it sure was. Don was our captain and he’s a fantastic guy. Salt of the earth dude and extremely knowledgeable. Sounds like Chris is the same way! We caught salmon, crabs and we saw wildlife we were hoping to see on our trip. Seals, humpback whales, bald eagle, and at the end of the night we saw a Sitka black tail buck at the point. Super cool. Don cleaned what we caught and we made a delicious salmon and crab meal when we got home. Couldn’t recommend these guys enough. Fantastic experience!

Richard was our captain and guide.  He is an extremely knowledgeable fellow who has grown up on the waters around Sooke and knows the habits of fish very well.  The day was glorious fairly warm as we started out with an hazy orange sunrise.  Herds of deer on the early morning streets.  Three seals on the docks as we approached the Rising Tide.  Fishing was light.  We had a very nice wild coho that we had to turn back, but got a very nice medium size Chinook.  We lost one other nice one and caught a tiny chinook which of course we released.  We enjoyed talking with Richard and would charter with him in the future.  The privilege of being out on the water of the Salish Sea cannot be exaggerated.

My Dad, Mom, little sister and I did a 4 day trip to sooke, we had planed to go fishing two weeks in advance where our capitalina cancelled on us a couple hours before departure. I reached out to Chris and he responded within minutes that he would be happy to help us get out in the water before we left, and about two hours later we were on a beautiful boat on the ocean. Chris and his wife were very kind and friendly to all of us, and we had the best time we could’ve asked for, unfortunately didn’t catch any fish, one bit but I let it get away while I was reeling it in haha. Highly recommend booking with Chris.