Both Captain Kevin and first Mate Maliki were extremely kind, instructive, knowledgable, and atentative to me and my family. Both had a understanding of what fish were biting and where. The Captain and Mate were quick to assist in any way, always watching what we were doing and giving instruction, and seemed to genuinely love the art and experience of having their clients have a great time and catch fish. I would absolutely recommend Captain Kevin and first Mate Maliki to my friends and family for future trips and will absolutely hit them up next time I am in the FL area for another trip.

We have used fishing booker several times with success. I enjoy the reviews and now even the interviews of the Captains and owners. Of course it is always approached with the expectation that it is “fishing” and not “catching” and some outings are better than others when it comes to how many you catch. This trip was pretty light. It was a cold day so we elected to delay by an hour and ended up with 3 hour trip. It was our choice to delay but was mostly because we didn’t want to be too cold as being in Florida meant not as prepped with cold weather gear and I didn’t want to drop a lot of money buying new gear (will bring it next time). We were warned of this in the check-in call the day before and were told to be prepped for cold weather (BTW cold is below 60 degrees in FL on the water) It was 57 F when we launched. The trip was moved to Manatee River due to Red Tide. That was fine but it did require additional driving to location about 30 minutes further. We had a little success to start (2 fish) but conditions weren’t ideal. We didn’t get blanked! Cold and colder water vs. earlier in the week. Captain Sam was friendly and open about the conditions. The one hour delay helped with the sun coming up a bit higher in the sky and being a bit warmer. This time of year, 8am is barely after sunrise and if cloudy it will be barely light (the first week after the time change). If we scheduled again it would be in the afternoon vs. morning in March. I would recommend this trip, captain Sam, and company. Overall, getting the chance to spend time with my young adult sons fishing is worth it every time even if the only thing we catch is time together.