We had the best day for fishing. Cool Cat is just behind Skull Creek Dockside so there was plenty of parking and clean restrooms to use before the trip. We booked a 4 hour trip, and we had 3 adults, an 11 year old, and a 7 year old. We left promptly at 8 am and stopped to catch some bait. The captain said we almost caught too much so we were hopeful it was a sign of a good day. It was overcast and not too hot that day. We headed out to our first fishing spot which turned out to be great. First thing caught was a bonnet shark which immediately went on ice. We caught another one, several black tip and black nose sharks, lady fish, and a Spanish mackerel we kept on ice.  There wasn’t much time to get bored as the fish and sharks bit quickly. Bubba was great with our kids. He’d tell them what to do to help, and let them join right in. My husband got seasick after a bit so we cut the trip a little short but it was super successful. The boat was nice and clean, a great size for the 5 of us. The captain cleaned the shark and fish for us when we got back, then we took it to Skull Creek to be blackened and fried. It was amazing! Would definitely go back out with him.

We had a beautiful day today.  We pulled up on bait, filled our live wells on a single cast net throw, and decided to fish right there.  We landed about 12 sharks and lost maybe 6 over about an hour and half.  Clearly not normal, but it was a lot of fun.  Many times we had two sharks on simultaneously.  Birds were diving on the bait all morning from above, and sharks were hitting from the bottom for most of the first 2 hours. 

After this we moved on because we were continuing to catch mostly finetooth sharks, and we wanted to find something we could eat.  After moving we had a tougher time landing fish, but we continued to catch or break off a mix of sharks.

Overall it was a great day and Captain Chris was able to keep us in the game for most of the day.  Love the boat.  We had six people fishing and everyone caught and fought multiple fish.  The captain worked hard and just got abused by sharks thrashing around and whacking him in the shins, but we had a great time and the captain was a great host.  If you are thinking about “Cool Cat,” you can’t go wrong with Captain Prince.

Decided to book Cool Cat charters in 48 hours’ notice because the children in our party were eager to try saltwater fishing (children ages 9-16, experienced freshwater anglers with little/no saltwater experience).  Captain Chris was as as experienced and knowledgeable as they come.  And he was great with inexperienced children, patiently explaining exactly how to employ certain techniques, and fielded endless questions from the youngest, chattiest member of our party.  The youngsters were overjoyed to each catch multiple sharks of different species and the one adult of our group had the unique experience of teaming up with captain Chris to land a large ray who had been fouled in the tackle,  An all-around great time was had by all.  The aptly named Cool Caf earned its reputation today!