Captain
Michael Castaldi

Member since January 2024 Punta Gorda, United States
Background
It’s always been my passion to be on the water fishing or just on the water in general so I decided to turn my passion into a business. My favorite catch would probably be watching a redfish swimming in a foot of water casting my line to him and watching him eat my bait
Techniques
Backcountry flats casting to the mangroves or dropping on a reef in a lil deeper water

Hey, I'm Captain Michael Castaldi

Punta Gorda, United States
Background
It’s always been my passion to be on the water fishing or just on the water in general so I decided to turn my passion into a business. My favorite catch would probably be watching a redfish swimming in a foot of water casting my line to him and watching him eat my bait
Techniques
Backcountry flats casting to the mangroves or dropping on a reef in a lil deeper water
95
Reviews
70
Fishing Reports

My Charter Listing

Chum Em Up Charters

State licensed
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(95 reviews)
Punta Gorda
 Last booking: 8 hours ago
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Trips from US $350

Fishing Reports

Scouting trip today
Scouting trip today
Oct 31, 2025 Punta Gorda
I went out alone today to do some scouting for new spots definitely was a great time released all keeper reds and caught a really nice keeper snook definitely found a few new spots
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Fall time fishing
Fall time fishing
Oct 28, 2025 Punta Gorda
Fishing is still really good alot of keeper size snook and reds coming up snook season will be ending soon so if you want your chance for great eating fish now is the time
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Cobia for dinner
Cobia for dinner
Oct 20, 2025 Punta Gorda
Today we tried something a lil different and fished the reef got a big cobia and lost some really nice grouper that kept running into the rocks cutting us off got a few nice snapper also a few sheephead and tons of just under slot snook all in all it was a great day
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Cooler wheather redfish
Cooler wheather redfish
Oct 16, 2025 Punta Gorda
As the water temperature drops a lil these redfish are really schooling up and we been doing absolutely awesome on the higher tides as the tide drops we went and targeted snook and snapper
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So many snook and snapper
So many snook and snapper
Oct 1, 2025 Punta Gorda
Past 2 years i havnt seen this man snook around its no joke been every trip losing count as well as snapper most trips going home with there bag limit of fish all great size to fillet has been awesome im definitely not complaining fishing has been amazing
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Decent day of fishing
Decent day of fishing
Sep 29, 2025 Punta Gorda
The past couple days we had a cold front move in the bite is still really good for trout and sheephead this time of year yesterday we still managed to put fish in the boat with this being her first ever snook
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 95 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Mike was awesome!
Mike was awesome!
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Angler rating
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Good experience
100%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
98%
Appropriate for children
94%
Satisfied with the boat
98%
Caught fish
97%
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Tod W.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Good Day on the Water

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip on February 8, 2024
Captain Mike worked hard to put us on some fish. Water was cold today, didnโ€™t catch a lot of fish, but we each caught several.ย ...
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Miranda W.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Captain Mike was great!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip on March 3, 2024
Miranda W. recommends Chum Em Up Charters
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Nick K.
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Fishing with Michael

VERIFIED   Night Snook Fishing on March 13, 2024
Nick K. recommends Chum Em Up Charters
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Nicolae B.
Very good
3.7 / 5
Experience:
Good
3.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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March fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip on March 1, 2024
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Christopher J.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   March 26, 2024
The charter operator canceled 52 days prior to the trip date. This is an automated posting.
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