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Johnny Maddox Charters

Member since April 2015 Marathon, United States
Background
Capt. Johnny Maddox runs offshore game fishing trips around the beautiful waters of the Florida Keys. With over 50 years of fishing experience, Capt. Johnny has extensive knowledge of the local fisheries and techniques that work. At an early age, Capt. Johnny was fishing with his dad in the Pay lakes in Southern Ohio, looking for Catfish and Blue Gills. He has also fished the bayou outside of New Orleans for Redfish, and went out to the oil rigs for Amberjack and Grouper, among other species. He then went over to Jacksonville FL in 1977 and fell for the blue water.
Techniques
Hunt big game offshore in the beautiful, blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. If you want big blue-water adventures for slammer dolphin, wahoo, billfish and tuna, we can make your dreams come true. Hard to beat flag Yellow tail Snapper and Big Grouper

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Marathon, United States
Background
Capt. Johnny Maddox runs offshore game fishing trips around the beautiful waters of the Florida Keys. With over 50 years of fishing experience, Capt. Johnny has extensive knowledge of the local fisheries and techniques that work. At an early age, Capt. Johnny was fishing with his dad in the Pay lakes in Southern Ohio, looking for Catfish and Blue Gills. He has also fished the bayou outside of New Orleans for Redfish, and went out to the oil rigs for Amberjack and Grouper, among other species. He then went over to Jacksonville FL in 1977 and fell for the blue water.
Techniques
Hunt big game offshore in the beautiful, blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. If you want big blue-water adventures for slammer dolphin, wahoo, billfish and tuna, we can make your dreams come true. Hard to beat flag Yellow tail Snapper and Big Grouper
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Rating summary
Excellent
4.7 / 5
out of 5 stars from 235 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Good experience
92%
Friendly captain
99%
Recommend this charter
93%
Appropriate for children
94%
Satisfied with the boat
98%
Caught fish
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Jeff C.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great trip

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Dayโ€“Grouper/Snapper/Shark (AM) on April 11, 2024
Water was a little rough but had a good captain and mate. They put us on the fish and caught our limit. I would absolutely...
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Dan M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Great Trip

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Dayโ€“Grouper/Snapper/Shark (AM) on April 3, 2024
My wife and I went out with captain Brian and had a fun trip. Limited out on mangrove snapper. Brain put us on fish and showed...
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Gary M.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great day fishing with Captain Johnny

VERIFIED   Half Day โ€“ Reef Inshore Gulf (AM) on March 4, 2024
Captain Johnny and mate Nick did a great job getting us onto the fish. We finished off with 16 keeper yellowtail snappers along...
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John P.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Mangrove snapper!

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Dayโ€“Grouper/Snapper/Shark (PM) on April 18, 2024
Hit our limit on mangrove snapper!ย  Caught small yellow tail snapper and hooked up a nurse shark, twice. Great afternoon with...
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Christopher L.
Lake Park, GA
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Epic day on rough conditions

VERIFIED   Extended Full โ€“ Big Game Bluewater on August 23, 2023
Captain brain and first mate nick were amazing!! It has been rough, super windy for the past few days. This morning was pretty...
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