We booked a 4 hour charter with captain Will and his first mate George. They kept us on the fish as we were trolling. Ended up filling a cooler with several Spanish Mackerels and three pretty good sized King Mackerels. The Kings fought but those Spanish Mackerels all but swam to the boat with the exception of a couple of em. All in all, great first trip out with these guys.

My family enjoyed it with the exception of my 12 year old daughter. She’s just not into fishing for some reason. The boat has a couch that she pretty much stayed on the whole time. It was fine. She put her headphones on and just jammed her tunes while her mom and 10 year old brother enjoyed the trip out on the water.

We ran 3 lines out behind the boat. 2 we’re essentially the same setup with a 3rd bigger jig running out further behind the boat. It didn’t even budge. Fish just didn’t like it for some reason. The other 2 jigs lost their color they got hit so much!

Given our inexperience, we really didn’t know what to expect.  We did a six-hour trip. There was Capitan Will Owens, who appeared to have extensive experience.  He stayed in the Tower to drive the boat, locate the fishing spots, watch for dolphin activity while over the fishing locations, and direct George, the First Mate, when things got really busy fishing. He was excellent in finding the red snapper by use of his GPS and fish finder.  When the dolphins would show up, he would evaluate when to exit that location for the next one.  FYI, the dolphins would take hooked fish and cause the fish in the water to compress down to the artificial reef and focus on survival instead of eating.  George (First Mate) also did a great job.  He would be very busy when the fish were biting, and things could get chaotic.  Sometimes, we would hook a fish within a minute of dropping the lines.  Likely, we caught 30-plus fish and were able to keep 9 of them (they have to be over 16” in length).  On our way back to shore, the A/C went out.  They were very diligent in working to repair it within 15 minutes.

We took our 11 and 12 year old boys deep sea fishing for their very first time. Captain Will kept us on the fish and George kept us baited and unhooked. We limited out on snapper in a few hours and trolled and caught King Mackeral. The boys had a great experience and can’t wait to go back next year!

Great boat, clean and well kept. We really appreciated having the galley for a break from the weather. The ladies really appreciated having the head. Captain was awesome. When we got to the bottom fishing he kept us right on top of fish. Every time my line hit bottom I had a fish on. Too much, I had to take breaks from all the reeling. Had four college age kids with me. They had a blast catching. And mate, George, he worked his tail off baiting hooks, removing fish, baiting hooks, removing fish-rinse and repeat. It’s like he has 4 hands.

We went out with Will and George. They took great care of us. We trolled for an hour or so and caught 3 fish. Then they took us to another location where we bottom fished and we all caught 3 fish or so each. Overall, we caught about 20 fish. The boat was nice and first mate George was very pleasant to work with. He made sure to get bait on our lines quickly. Captain Will kept looking for good spots for us to fish too. Many times, he would park the boat right on top of fish and they would bite right away. We had 3 adults and 3 kids and Will and George made sure that are kids were able to catch fish today. Great experience.