A friend and I went for a half-day fishing charter with The Long Run Sports Fishing a few weeks ago and had a great and exciting experience. I should preface we have little to no fishing experience and although we were open to any experience, we both totally enjoyed the one Long Run provided. While out, the water around the boat began to “boil” -a term that was new to me-. I had never seen the water’s surface teaming with so many fish. The captain said it was Mackerel and related they weren’t good eating as they are too fatty and very fishy tasting. Unpleasant was the word he used. But I didn’t care, I wanted to catch one.
What followed was an experience right out of a Loony Tunes Cartoon. I had a lure at the end of my line and all I had to do was cast my line out and within less than a second, I had a fish to reel in. It was soooo exciting. Who cared if it was crappy mackerel, I was having a blast!  In a matter of 20 or so minutes, I caught 43 mackerel!!! All I had to do practically was throw my line in the water and whip it back in the boat. It certainly wasn’t a traditional or anticipated experience. Together my friend and I caught 76 fish. What to do with 76 fishy fatty mackerel? We gave them to Long Run for shark fishing at a later date.  Apparently, mackerel make for great chum for attracting sharks. It would have been great to catch something edible, but edible or not, we had an awesome time. Beyond the fishing, the captain and crew were great help and all their fishing equipment was in good order. They were hoping we’d catch anything other than mackerel and were encouraging us to ignore the mackerel boil and try for skipjack, flounder or something else. As it was just me and my friend, they were really accommodating to our limited experience and our limited requirements. In a sense it was like going deer hunting and being overjoyed with hunting squirrels instead. Admittedly, we were easy to please.
I would highly recommend chartering with The Long Run Sportfishing group. We were extremely pleased and will be definitely chartering with them again.  FIVE STAR crew. FIVE STAR experience.

We had a great time on our fishing trip! The 6 hour trip is a good amount of time on the water without feeling like it’s too much. Although the fish weren’t really biting (and we had to throw a lot of little ones back),  it was so much fun. Both Captain Mike and Sam were super friendly and helpful with the equipment, bait, and casting the lines out. My only critique would be to communicate location a little more with directions. We tried getting there earlier than our 6:30am departure, and we showed up/parked at the address given, but then had no idea where to go from there. It was a big area with 3 dock gates, and we had no clue what dock we were going to be on or that we should just wait at the gate until time. More people finally showed up and we established we were all waiting for the same charter, so it was fine. But I wish we had more direction so we weren’t panicking we were in the wrong spot and would miss the fishing trip. Overall though, we would definitely book again!

The best charter fishing trip my family has ever been on. Very nice and knowledgeable crew. Super fast boat to get us on spots right away   they immediately got us on fish and we were so satisfied we had some time to go shark fishing as well!!!!  Can’t wait to get back on the water!

I had a great time! I am new to California fishing and Mike was happy to answer any questions I had. The water temperature was a little low for tuna and yellowtail but the rockfish bite was on! The boat has plenty of room inside and the top deck is great! The only downside would be the speed of a trawler but that is to be expected. I would definitely go again!

A half-day in the bay was fine, we were hitting tons of fish, but look what happened when we decided to make it a full day and head for deeper waters. Captain Dyer and Deckhand Sam were a great crew. They had their favorite spots, but also had eagle eyes for patties and birds. A 20lb yellowfin and 65lb bluefin left us with more fish than we could have dreamed of. While the boat’s speed left a little to be desired, we enjoyed the leisurely ride in and out and even saw a couple large pods of dolphins.