Captain
Melvin Lawrence

Member since June 2024 Hampton, United States
Background
Capt. Melvin was born and raised in Hampton Va. and is experienced in navigating the waters of the cheaspeke bay and its tributaries. He has been fishing the local waters for over 30 years. Him & his crew are ready to take you on a therapeutic fishing excursion. He will demonstrate techniques such as artificial reef, jigging , bottom fishing , trolling or something unique to the area like sight casting . The only way to learn is to join them on the water.
Techniques
Sight fishing and reef/wreck fishing

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Hampton, United States
Background
Capt. Melvin was born and raised in Hampton Va. and is experienced in navigating the waters of the cheaspeke bay and its tributaries. He has been fishing the local waters for over 30 years. Him & his crew are ready to take you on a therapeutic fishing excursion. He will demonstrate techniques such as artificial reef, jigging , bottom fishing , trolling or something unique to the area like sight casting . The only way to learn is to join them on the water.
Techniques
Sight fishing and reef/wreck fishing
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Reviews
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Fintimidator Sportfishing LLC

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(14 reviews)
Hampton
 5 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $250

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Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 14 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Reef fishing with Capt. Mel
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Appropriate for children
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Jeffrey S.
Woodbury, CT
Excellent
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Captain doesn't control the weather

VERIFIED   bay reef fishing on May 4, 2025
Captain Mel wanted to take us reef fishing for taugaug and redfish but my son and I couldnโ€™t take the choppy seas so we stayed...
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Christina F.
Excellent
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Fishing with Melvin

VERIFIED   NEW  Sunset cruise on May 24, 2025
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Lori K.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great trip!

VERIFIED   Sunset cruise on July 24, 2024
Capt Melvin was great! He was very knowledgeable and knew the waters would be too rough if we went out too far. He found a...
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James D.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Extremely fun!

VERIFIED   bay reef fishing on June 27, 2024
Captain Melvin called ahead of time to push the fishing trip a few hours back due to weather. We ended up going out to great...
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Diane R.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Great experience

VERIFIED   bay reef fishing on August 19, 2024
Our Captain Melvin was great!!ย  Knew where the fish were and made sure each of us had the experience of reeling in fish. Definitely...
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