My best fishing trip… Ever.

You fish with Captain Matt for really one reason, you want to catch fish.

Meeting place is easy to get to and we had free parking. Boat was right there, a sturdy 20ft fishing boat with 2 cooler seats and all the gear we needed.  For a night trip like ours, just bring a cooler with water/soda. Oh, and a cooler or two for the haul.
We had about a 1/2 hour taxi to the 60ft honey hole and we fished for the rest of our 4 hour trip pulling in one fish after the next.

Great instructions given to us before starting, all ametures. Matt kept our rods set up with two of us on the back and one up front on the bottom.

No bathroom and lucky beautiful calm evening seas after 7 pm until 11 pm. Matt took care of the cleaning and filets.

We were going to bring back fish for the grill and freezer and Matt worked hard to get us what we came for. Laid back easy going personality until any jerk crosses his chum line. Four hours, he made the trip and conversation pleasant and downright exciting.
The three of us were landing fish one after the other from our first drop. We made our limit of yellowtail snapper and threw back a bunch of smaller keepers during the night. I think we had over 30 yellowtail; enough over 16 inches to make us giddy. One large trigger and two tough fighting cowboy eye jack. Me, well Captain Matt got a reprieve from my yapping letting me fight a 70 lb shark on 20 lb test for over 15 minutes before having mercy on me taking a few pictures and cutting my line. Honestly, pull ‘me in quick and sharks were really not a problem where Matt set us.
Quite different from the large drift boats where I rarely caught more than 2 or three fish. He also put us in a position few charters will go because of the cost of fuel in their larger boats. I just had the feeling he really wanted us to catch fish and he enjoyed us catching just as much as we did.

His gear took a little bit of a beating from my 12 year old and Matt was patient while correcting him and helping my son to learn how to better treat the equipment. His equipment was tough and good quality…

Best of all Matt took some pictures of the shark and sent them to me the next day. Thanks Captain Matt.
David Mike and Rayce

Our fishing trip with Capt. Matt was excellent. He was more than willing and accommodating with making our trip successful. I spoke with him a couple days before our scheduled trip and his response was quick and informative. He was honest about how conditions were leading up to our trip and set reasonable expectations of what to anticipate before we went out. Once on the water things went great. We had a fun, wonderful time fishing.  He was able to put us on fish and we were able to put fish in the boat.  He did a great job assisting my 8 year old son when he needed help, do to the fact we all had fish on the line and all were fighting fish. You can tell Capt. Matt enjoys fishing and can see his willingness to pass his passion and love for fishing on to the next generation. I would consider anyone looking to book a trip in Ft. Lauderdale to go with Capt. Matt.

I booked a 6 hours trip on an very hard day! Very windy, low tide, no activity at all! Fish seemed to have disapeared.. Matt tried very hard to bring me to the fish and finally he found them and they were hungry! We could land lots of Jacks and some Barracudas. Matt is very friendly and helpfull, knows his stuff and has a well prepared little boat with highend equipment(have bean on many boats, but none with that quality of rods/reels!!) RECOMMEND BIG TIME, wish conditions would have been at least normal, in order to see what could have been possible.. Thanks Matt, WELL DONE! Kind regards and hopefully see you soon, Filipe

We arrived ahead of schedule and Cpt. Matthew was eager to get a jump on the day. His professionalsm showed itself throughout the experience. We had rough seas, no current, inability to troll, excessive seaweed, and to boot a full moon night before and novice 1st timers onboard. Even though everything was against him, he still made the day enjoyable. Taught us new experiences and actually was able to catch some fish. After a not so illustrious day, he filleted our catch. Great Cpt. Good experience. Enjoyed. Well worth the investment for the trip.

I’m an experienced fisherman and can say Matt is a fantastic guide. He works hard to put you on the fish with great skill and strategy. Lots of different saltwater options which I really like. Very good, well maintained gear and boat. Very responsive to questions pre trip. Book him. You won’t regret it. He’s a good one.