Ocean fishing was something me and my wife had been wanting to do for a long time, and Captain Sam Newman made it an awesome experience! He was extremely knowledgeable and is very clearly passionate about fishing, his business, and his customers. He didn’t care about how much experience we had, and was fun to talk to. He went above and beyond prepping for the day, and when the day was over he gutted, cleaned and bagged our fish. We wanted to eat it right out of the water so he recommended we... More

Captain Sam was everything you’d hope for in a fishing guide—knowledgeable, personable, and professional. He had plenty of bait prepped and ready before we arrived at the dock, which I really appreciated given that we had booked a shorter trip. On other charters, we’ve lost valuable fishing time catching bait, so this was a big plus. Between my brother and me, we probably landed around 10-15 fish. My brother pulled off an “Inshore Slam” which in Tampa Bay is a redfish, snook,... More

It’s everything I wanted out of a fishing experience and more. Sam knew everything about the fish and was a pleasure to talk to. Even if we didn’t get fish the charter was great and the sights were beautiful. We managed to catch a huge amount of fish all thanks to Sam, he got out bright and early to scope out everything for us and get us bait, he works incredibly hard for his craft. I think this would be the only charter service I would ever use down here. Thanks again, Sam.

This was all of our first time on a charter fishing trip, and we picked the perfect captain to host it. Two things to highlight about Sam. 1. The dude knows where the fish are. 2. He was SO patient with our 5 year old son and made sure he got the first catch of the day. So he’s great with the kids. We caught about 18 fish in 2 hours (results may vary), and he even filet’d the ones we kept and taught us how to store them. We will be calling him again.

Ryan and I went fishing with Captain Sam in Tampa Bay. It turned out to be one of our best charter fishing trips ever. Captain Sam is very experienced. He knows where to go, how to adjust fishing strategy and location based pressure and water temperature. Ryan and I had so much fun. We caught one bonnethead shark, 10+ sea trout with 5 keeper,  and numerous ladyfish. Using the skills Captain Sam taught us, we caught more fish on a pier using live shrimp right after the... More