We did a half day fishing trip on the Lucky Lina. Unfortunately we had an incident when my wife slipped and grabbed a lure with a treble hook and ended up with two barbs in her fingers. The Captain and first mate were professional and reassuring and immediately took her back to the marina to get medical attention.  The captain followed up with a phone call to see how everything turned out. Not the way we wanted the day to go but were glad we had a professional team looking out for our best interest.

We had a wonderful time catching fish and dodging a hungry pod of dolphins. We caught fish at every spot, and the whole family had fun. We came back with 38 keeper fish that were legal size, but we caught three times that many that we had to release. Excellent trip! There are no telling how many the dolphins took from us, but we were able to outrun them each time. (At least eight) Both Steves were outstanding.

It started out with some rough water but calmed down a bit after a couple of hours. Captain Steve did a great job of navigating the rough water while trolling. My 13 year old hooked up a nice mackerel. We ended up bottom fishing for a couple of hours and Captain Steve kept us on fish. We were constantly pulling in fish in every spot we went.

Steve, the mate stayed busy and we all wanted for nothing. It seemed like he worked the entire time without a break. If he wasn’t cutting bait or setting up another rod he was engaging us in very friendly conversation. We probably pulled in 100 fish, but due to season and size restrictions we were only able to keep six. We threw them on the grill that night and had a feast!!

Overall, one of the best offshore trips I have had. Steve and Steve were amazing. I would totally recommend this duo to anyone who wants to fish Destin.

Our family of 5 had a wonderful trip with lots of fish and even more memories!!! Can’t wait to do it again on the Lucky Lina.