Captain
Donnie O'Neal
Member since October 2015
Galveston, United States
- Background
- Capt. Donnie has lived in the Galveston area since he moved there as a kid in the mid 60s. As soon as his family settled in, his dad purchased a 25' cabin cruiser, and since then Donnie knew that he was going to spend the rest of his life on and near the water. He has been fishing Galveston Bay, the Galveston Jetties the offshore opportunities in the area most of his life.
- Techniques
- Capt. Brad employs a wide range of techniques when he's fishing inshore around Galveston Bay and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hey, I'm Captain Donnie O'Neal
- Background
- Capt. Donnie has lived in the Galveston area since he moved there as a kid in the mid 60s. As soon as his family settled in, his dad purchased a 25' cabin cruiser, and since then Donnie knew that he was going to spend the rest of his life on and near the water. He has been fishing Galveston Bay, the Galveston Jetties the offshore opportunities in the area most of his life.
- Techniques
- Capt. Brad employs a wide range of techniques when he's fishing inshore around Galveston Bay and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
My Charter Listings
SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IV
angler's choice
US$ 450
SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay V
angler's choice
US$ 550
US$ 450
Customer Reviews
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Matt our Captain was awesome he took great care to see that my wife and 13yr son had a great time. Limited out on Reds and were well worth the 5 stars we gave them. We caught trout and founder as well they are our charter of choice in Galveston.
Billy Gilliam recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished June 2018
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Replied to this review on Thursday, June 14, 2018
Thanks Billy
VERIFIED Went fishing on Monday, June 4, 2018
Awesome time - awesome crew. We caught lots of fish and created a lot of memories for my 13 year old son and his grandpa
Daniel Noe recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished June 2018
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Replied to this review on Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Thanks Daniel,we do our best.Tight Lines…Donnie
VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, June 2, 2018
Our bench seating broke within 30 minuets and four of us had to sit on the wet floor on rear of boat our captain brad was a total jerk our first deep sea fishing trip was horrible
Daniel Hernandez does not recommend SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished June 2018
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, May 26, 2018
Our captain was very helpful and worked well with our child. The boat was clean and our captain was knowledgeable. We learned a lot while on the trip and really appreciate all that this experience had to offer. Thank you!!
Brandon Cox recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished May 2018
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Replied to this review on Sunday, May 27, 2018
Thanks Brandon
VERIFIED Went fishing on Sunday, May 20, 2018
We drove from Killeen to Galveston for 4 hours , it was pretty tough to drive all the way down there. However, our fishing trip was excellent ! also we all loved it. Captain Mack was so kind and he taught my 7 years old daughter how to do fishing. Also my Dad and my husband enjoyed a lot. We did 4 hours fishing trip for 4 people. We will definitely come back again! We got three big fish. I don’t remember the name of the fish, Mack cleaned the fish and we could take them to the restaurant to cook and eat. (they do grill and fry, no sasimi..) Thank you for such a great service .
Hyunju Sanchez recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished May 2018
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Replied to this review on Monday, May 21, 2018
Thanks Hyunju.Tight Lines…
VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Captain Brad was knowledgeable and professional and was fun to fish with. We caught a ton of fish and enjoyed chartering with him. We will def be a repeat customer anytime we come to Galveston. He will always be our first choice, why look around when we have found the best.
Happy, happy, happy
Thank youTracy Keenom recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished May 2018
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, March 22, 2018
This was just a bay trip for 4 hours. Lord blessed us with right Captain and fishing spots! Boat next to us caught a few but not like we were pulling them in! Great day!
Wesley Cannon recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished March 2018
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Wednesday, March 14, 2018
We had an awesome trip with Brad & Mike. Highly recommend! Capt Donnie was also a pleasure to work with. We will go again if in Galveston! Thanks for the great trip!
Tammy Maire recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished March 2018
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The Positives - very nice boat. Comfortable with plenty of protection from the sun and wind. Donnie and Matt were nice guys who seemed to know what they were doing. Other than a large Black Drum and a small catfish, we didn’t catch anything, but we tried several places and two different kinds of bait. That’s just the way it goes sometimes. We were pretty inexperienced so they taught us things and were pretty patient with us.
The Negatives - it was supposed to be a 6 hour trip, but we only did 5. We were told to meet at 1 (after original 12:30 booking) and didn’t leave until 1:30. To be fair, he did knock a little off the price and we didnt really want to stay the full 6 since the fish weren’t biting. The captain smokes and he cussed around my 8-year-old son, which I didn’t appreciate.
David Drain recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished March 2018
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Sunday, March 11, 2018
Donnie and Matt were the bomb.
They made it carefree and whimsicalWe spent the whole afternoon reeling in fish. Nuff said?
Daniel Smith recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished March 2018
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Replied to this review on Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Thanks Dan.Tight Lines…
VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
over 200 lbs in 4 hours excellent boat and captain
Robert Gardner recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished March 2018
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Replied to this review on Thursday, March 8, 2018
Glad you guys had a good trip and thanks for choosing Seaplay Sportfishing.Tight Lines….
VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, September 16, 2017
This trip was for my sons birthday and he had a great time. When he came home he mentioned going again with Captain Brad. All of the guys enjoyed the fishing and they all caught fish they were happy with. We will definitely be back. The one critique would be to provide the boat slip number on the email when sending the map and address. Thank you Theresa
Theresa Smith recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished September 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, September 16, 2017
We’ve been on countless number of charter fishing trips around the world and none were even remotely close to being as awesome as this one. The weather and seas were perfect and Capt. Don put us right on the fish! Caught our limit quickly and then played catch and release! So much action our arms are sore today! First Mate Matt kept rods ready to go, made sure the fish didn’t pull us in (LOL) and cleaned our catch at the end of the day! These two made these two ladies feel right at home and helped us enjoy the day! Will be going out with them again!!
Penny Winegartner recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished September 2017
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Replied to this review on Sunday, September 17, 2017
Thanks Penny.
VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, August 19, 2017
A wonderful and exciting fishing trip. Captain Donnie and Matt were very knowledgeable and helpful. I highly recommend this company.
James Sims recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished August 2017
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Replied to this review on Monday, August 21, 2017
Thanks James.
VERIFIED Went fishing on Sunday, August 6, 2017
This trip was our families first experience at fishing in saltwater. Everyone in the family fished, and had a good time, even our little girly girl was excited to fish and I think caught more than anyone else on the boat. We really didn’t know what to expect, and didn’t catch as many fish as we thought we would, but I think part of that was due to the weather. However, the Captain and 1st mate were very friendly and knowledgeable and we learned a lot. We would definitely recommend this trip, boat, and crew to all seasoned fisherman, and first timers like us. Thanks to the crew of SeaPlay V for a great day at sea !!
Laura Tarver recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished August 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Friday, July 28, 2017
The owner Donnie was great. I emailed some some questions and got a personal call regarding those. Our Captain Brad was funny, very helpful, and gave us a great experience. He was very patient and helpful during the early part while we adjusting and that continued throughout the duration of the trip. It was awesome to end our trip for my son and I to both catch a shark. We will use this group again for future trips. We did a 4 hour trip and will consider the longer one next time.
Steve O'steen recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished July 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Captain Brad was very professional and knowledgeable; even helped my 7 yr old son with casting and landing his catch. The weather pattern for this trip was hot for July and not much current, and it had shark and other species feeding on bait fish. Spanish Mackerel and the occasional Jack were the only thing biting! Over all, we enjoyed the trip and will definitely be back for more! Thank you Captain Brad & Sea Play Sport Fishing for the trip!
Terry Henry recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished July 2017
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Replied to this review on Sunday, July 23, 2017
Thanks Terry.
VERIFIED Went fishing on Monday, July 17, 2017
This was my 16 y/o son’s dream. Donnie and Brad were wonderful. Brad got us on the fish quickly. He was very professional and understanding with our novice fishermen. We caught a lot of fish!
Delane Graham recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished July 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Friday, July 14, 2017
We had an awesome time. Brad was very knowledgeable about where to go to keep the excitement in fishing! He kept us catching the whole trip! This made the trip very much worth the money! We caught a 26” trout and a 150-200 lb stingray!! If you haven’t been out in the ocean fishing, I recommend this company. Very professional, knowledgeable and super nice!
Stepheny Womack recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished July 2017
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Replied to this review on Friday, July 14, 2017
Thanks Stepheny,come see us again.Tight lines…Seaplay Sportfishing
VERIFIED Went fishing on Sunday, July 9, 2017
I have been on several guided fishing trips and this is one of the best so far! Captain Brad knew where to find the ‘honey hole’ for trout, sheephead and redfish. We caught one every 15-20 minutes. Then we went shark fishing and got a few small ones and a 5 footer. Was very fun! Well worth the money!
Ada Gerber recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished July 2017
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Replied to this review on Monday, July 10, 2017
Glad you had a good time.Tight lines…Donnie
VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, July 8, 2017
We had a good time, captain knew what he was doing, caught fish right away.
Kids friendly,!! every thing was just like expected.
We are ready to come back next year.Nathan Winkle recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished July 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, July 6, 2017
We had a wonderful trip, stated out at the jetty catching trout, sheepshead, Spanish mackerel & black drum. We then moved out in open water and caught black tipped shark, tripletail! We had a blast we will definitely book this charter again! The guys that helped us on the boat (Brad & Matt) were great very knowledgeable!
Bobby Jones recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished July 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, June 29, 2017
We drove down from out of town and must say, our fishing trip with fishseaplay.com was amazing. Mr. Donnie got things set up with zero hassle or issues, and when out fishing Captian Brad and First Mate Matt were professional, knew what they were doing, and where the fish were. Expertise at it’s finest
-JamesJames Hayes recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished June 2017
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Replied to this review on Friday, June 30, 2017
Wow,thanks Jim!
VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, June 24, 2017
We can’t wait to book another trip, we could not have asked for a better experience! The captain knew exactly where to go, to get the most and biggest fish. My daughter caught a large shark, which was the highlight of our trip.
Melany Kirsch recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished June 2017
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Replied to this review on Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Thanks Melany
VERIFIED Went fishing on Sunday, June 4, 2017
Weather was questionable until the morning of the trip. But we were able to go out and it was awesome! Started raining and the waves built up the last hour or 2, I think most captains would of said we are going back. But Capt. Brad was super cool and would’ve stayed out until our time was up, if we wanted to stay out. Point is even though the weather wasn’t favorable we all caught tons of fish and had a blast making memories. I’d totally do it again.
Tim Wren recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished June 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Mother nature didn’t make it easy on finding fish.wind &waves made it a bit of a challenge so we didn’t catch as much as we would have liked but the captain did his best and we did catch a few and we had a blast!
Ashley Davis recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished May 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Sunday, May 14, 2017
Great boat, wide beam, easy to fish from. Donnie and Matt were top notch to fish with. After some timid bites from trout we had a good time reeling in sharks, threw some large ones back!
Evan Kolter recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished May 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, April 27, 2017
Had a great fishing day. Guide Brad did an excellent job under unfavorable weather conditions. We still caught a lot of fish and had a good time. Would definitely recommend this company.
Glenn Turner recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished April 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Friday, April 21, 2017
We had an amazing trip. They fish were biting like crazy! My 74 year old mother said she had more fun than she ever thought she would. We had a great family bonding experience. Will definitely be back again
Michelle Alverson recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished April 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Wednesday, April 19, 2017
We had a great time. Caught a lot of fish. Captain Brad took to a great place out of the high winds. As soon as we anchored, we were catching fish (redfish, black drum and sheepshead). Limited out on big redfish and sheepshead)
Mark Umhoefer recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished April 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, April 13, 2017
We came town for a work meeting and booked this trip as a way to enjoy and area none of us had much experience with. We all enjoy fishing and we’re excited about this experience. Captain Brad did an amazing job keeping us on fish, and well entertained in the process. They were very accommodating and made sure we were getting everything we’d hoped for. We can’t wait to come back for another trip. Well done, guys!
Kelly Agnew recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished April 2017
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Replied to this review on Thursday, April 13, 2017
Thanks Kelly.
VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, March 16, 2017
Great fun. Great boat. If you’re thinking of booking a smaller center console you’re going to miss out on the comfort of the Seaplay V. Will come back for offshore.
Michael Buss recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished March 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, March 14, 2017
for the time of the year the weather was as good as it gets and the fishing was fairly good. the boat captain was good and knowledgeable. He was attentive to our lines and did a great job.
Richard Robison recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished March 2017
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Replied to this review on Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Thanks,Glad you enjoyed your trip.Tight lines….
VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, February 11, 2017
Really enjoyed the trip. My 3 sons enjoyed the boat ride and the thrill of catching sheepheads and watching dolphins.
Vincent Robinson recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished February 2017
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Replied to this review on Thursday, February 16, 2017
Thanks Vincent.
VERIFIED Went fishing on Friday, October 14, 2016
We had a great time. It was exciting to catch a variety of fish. My husband and I got a little nauseous, so I would suggest plenty of sleep, water and Dramamine before hand lol but we had a great time. The best fishing experience so far and we will use this company the next time we book a charter in the area!
Crystal Stanfield recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished October 2016
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Friday, September 2, 2016
Excellent trip! We were on the fish all day. We weren’t fishing. We were Catching!
Larry Curtis recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished September 2016
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Replied to this review on Thursday, September 8, 2016
Thanks for the kind words.Mother ocean was good to us that day!
VERIFIED Went fishing on Sunday, August 7, 2016
It was our first time salt water fishing and Captain Donnie was courteous and accommodating setting up the jetty trip for my son, grandson and granddaughter. The boat was awesome and Captain Brad worked great with the kids, was so helpful, patient and very knowledgeable of the waters, the equipment and the fish. Caught some fish and finished up with grandson catching a small shark! Exciting! Fun! We loved it and will for sure call SeaPlay next time we’re in Galveston.
Susan Wadley recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished August 2016
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Friday, July 1, 2016
The Sea Play Sport Fishing Trip was a very nice trip. The boat was in very good shape. We travelled over to the Bolivar and fished near the Jetty. We caught Sheephead and Sand Trout. We ran out of live bait after about 3 hours and this ended our fishing around the jetties. We then tried to catch big Fish in the Bay (off of cut bait mullet) This was fruitless as the big fish were not biting. The crew was good, supportive, engaging and fun. My biggest critique is that the cost of the trip was $500 but we had to come up with an additional $150 for the crew. I suggest that an estimated expected tip should be encluded on the webpage. That way the customer is not surprised about this additional cost.
Rick L Simon recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished July 2016
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Replied to this review on Saturday, July 2, 2016
Thanks for your kind words. Seaplay Sportfishing
VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, June 18, 2016
We had a great time and will be back. The Captain “Brad” was friendly and knowledgeable, hw was also very patient with all three of the children. Well worth what we paid and an all around enjoyable experience. Thank you Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished June 2016
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Replied to this review on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Thanks for the kind words.Tight Lines…SeaPlay Sportfishing Team
VERIFIED Went fishing on Friday, April 8, 2016
Took several of by sons out for a day of fishing and had a blast. Crew made us feel right at home and gave us a most enjoyable trip. We caught fish and had a good time. Scheduled a trip for the rest of my sons two weeks later. Really appreciate the fact that the crew cleaned our catch! We were treated like royalty.
Eddie Demary Jr recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished April 2016
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Captain Donnie and crew promised we would have fun and catch fish and they delivered. We got a cooler full of fish and my grand daughter and grandson caught a 50 lb black drum, the largest fish of the trip and that was a lot of fun.
Thanks fellows for a great memory
The Kennedy PartyRoger Kennedy recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay VFished March 2016
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, December 24, 2015
We were so pleased to squeeze in a last minute flounder fishing trip over the Christmas Holiday. Down early with rare free time -Donny & Brad were gracious enough to take us out Christmas Eve morning and put us on the flounder right away!
Ken Davis recommends SeaPlay Sportfishing - SeaPlay IVFished December 2015
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Replied to this review on Friday, January 1, 2016
Thanks Ken.Tight Lines….Donnie
