Gulf View Island Adventure’s was a great fishing excursion on our vacation to Hernando Beach, FL.  Prior to meeting the captain, we communicated digitally to ensure a great trip.  We set sail promptly at 9 AM after adjusting the schedule a bit to allow high tide to come into the bay.  This allowed us better fishing opportunities than leaving earlier at 8 AM in the flats and mangroves.  The captain took us out quickly to the flats, preparing all the lines, and rods with bait fish, and insuring bait and rods were in the water as much as possible.  He also provided help and hits for our family and kids.  He provided history about the houses in the bay on stilts.  Being the summer, we didn’t expect the best catches in the hot water, but we caught sea trout for the first half of the trip.  On the 2nd half, the change in departure was key in hitting up the mangroves.  The extra hour allowed the captain to enter the mangroves allowing clearance for his boat in shallow water; he knew the best chances of success, where the locations were, and how to provide great experience for his guests.  We also took his advice on what to catch instead of targeting a certain species.  Each member caught fish, sea trout and redfish.  The last 3 fish were all red fish keepers providing an awesome fight for our teenagers and grandfather.  The trip was an overall great experience and highly recommend Gulf View Island Adventures for your fishing charters in the Gulf near Hudson Bay.

While the fish weren’t biting a lot, Captain Eric did everything he could to be sure we were in the best spots we could be. He was super personable and fun. I appreciated the fact he was up front the day before and told us due to heat and temp of water, fish may not be biting much. We all caught something and will definitely be back!

Captain Eric kept me updated on fishing conditions, pick-up was easy and on time, his boat and equipment was immaculate.  He had great knowledge of local fishing conditions and history of the area.  I would definitely recommend Captain Eric.

Captain Eric was awesome.  My boys and I had a great trip with him.  We had fun, caught fish, and Eric was nice enough to turn around and grab my son’s hat which blew off.  We will definitely finish with Captain Eric on our next trip to the area.

We wanted to take a family fishing trip before school started back. Everyone hooked up, my son caught his 1st big Redfish, Daughter’s hooked a shark. Awesome memories and fush dinner back at the house. Captain Eric was awesome would definitely go again.