We were just looking to catch some fish during our 5hr morning trip, not hunting anything specific. Captain Carson and first mate Ty suggested we troll for Spanish mackerel, then bottom fish, and finish up looking to hook a shark. And that’s exactly what happened.

We caught a few trolling, missed more than we got in the boat as we headed to a spot to bottom fish. We ended up catching a variety of fish including some we kept as bait. We reeled in a couple dogfish too, before relocating one last time to look for something bigger. That’s exactly what happened as we ended the day with my son landing a 5’ hammerhead. What a day!

When we make it back this way, we’ll definitely book with Fish Hook Charters again, and highly recommend to anyone else thinking about fishing in the North Myrtle Beach area!

We did a private charter for our family of 3 on The Fish Hook! Captain Ronnie and first mate Cross made it one of the most memorable experiences we have ever had! Captain Ronnie knows that ocean like the back of his hand! He had us on the fish almost the entire time! We must have reeled in 150 fish!!!!  Only 7 keepers (Black Sea Bass), but we wet catching them like crazy! Cross was a madman keeping our lines in the water and the fish on the deck. We have an 11 year old son and Cross was AMAZING with him….so patient and helpful and understanding!!!  Our son gets overwhelmed and frustrated very easily, but that didn’t happen!!!  Cross never lost his patience and made it the PERFECT first time ocean fishing experience for our son and my husband! When we got back to the dock, Cross had those fish fileted for us in no time and even let our son help! Our trip was delayed two days because of weather, and I was VERY GRATEFUL that Captain Ronnie didn’t take us out on rough seas!!!  Nobody wants to get sea sick! Overall…I give this trip 10 STARS!!!  If you want a great experience with a VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED Captain and first make, you can’t go wrong with FISH HOOK I, II OR III!!!!  We are planningbto book again in the summer to do some shark fishing!!!

First trip on a charter for my son & I.
Cap’n Ty and first mate Tom were excellent.
Caught all our bait fish (Spanish mackerel) while trolling out to bigger water.
Then bait-up and drift for sharks.
We caught several juveniles and my son had a double hook-up with two young hammerheads on same line.
Then he fought a relatively large fish for about 20min but couldn’t land it .. broke off.
Oh well, that’s fishing.
Good trip.