As a first-time fisherman, I wasn’t sure what to expect and even packed a book just in case I got bored. However, I was pleasantly surprised—there was no time for reading! We were constantly busy catching fish, and the excitement never stopped. The captain was spot-on with choosing the best spots, and the mate was incredibly helpful with every detail. This trip exceeded all my expectations, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

Awesome trip! Captain Wayne and 1st mate Jamie are the absolute best at what they do! They decided on Saturday to pull out of the Rock Hall Marina and move to the Tolcester marina for the Sunday trip because that is where he knew the striper would be.
What a great decision by the Captain! We had our limit in an hour! 1st mate Jamie was awesome and we got to talk to him a lot on the way back. Jamie took care of us the whole way through, from baiting our lines to netting the fish as we brought them up, he worked tirelessly for us. Captain Wayne came out with us and helped bait hooks and net fish too because we were having such success.
If you want a great, fun, and exciting experience, book Captain Wayne’s charter! You can’t beat Captain Wayne 50 years of experience and 1st mate Jamie’s 30 years of experience! They are just great people too! Easy to talk to, funny, and very knowledgeable on all aspects of fishing and boating on the Bay! I would recommend Captain Wayne Gatling to anyone wanting the best experience possible for a fishing trip on the bay.
10 out of 10 from me and my group!!

My brother and I booked Wayne for a 3/4 day trip. Arrived to fishing grounds right at sunrise and, BOOM, it was hammer time! Caught a couple nice sized and hard fighting jacks right away, missed a couple tarpon, then hooked up with a hard fighting tarpon that we were able to wear out and bring boat side. Finished the day off taking home some Lane and Mangrove snapper. Also caught and released grouper, puffer, porgy, and pinfish. Captain Wayne did such a great job!! Thank you! Will book again.

It was an awesome morning trip!  Capt Wayne is great, he put us into fish immediately.. I caught my first Tarpon…it jumped 4 times and my wife got video!  I fought a Black Tip Shark for about 20 minutes while Wayne expertly maneuvered his boat.  It almost totally stripped my reel on 5 incredible runs…the reel was singing…good testimony to quality equipment and expert boat handling!  We moved inshore and caught several Snappers, Groupers, and a Porgy…dinner for the next few nights.  My wife caught her first Puffer Fish.  We also caught and released about 30 other fish including Snapper, Grouper, Houndfish and Catfish.  We will definitely fish with Capt. Wayne again!