My husband and I had a wonderful time with Capt. Luis for a lagoon adventure and cookout.  We were able to catch barracuda and spear lobster for lunch, and we spent some time swimming around the coral reef- I was thrilled!  After lunch we went in search of manatees, which also pleased me greatly. We also waited out a rain storm by tying up to the mangroves in the boat. 

The only thing lacking from this fishing trip was the fishing itself.  The website posts all sorts of pictures of exotic fish being caught and fishing was probably only 20% of our actual full-day adventure.  My husband was particularly disappointed that we didn’t spend more time fishing… perhaps we could have had the cookout later in the afternoon (when it was forecasted to rain) to allow for fishing for more diverse species in deeper water while it was sunny out.  Or perhaps the live bait could have been caught the day prior so we didn’t have to spend time looking for them. Or maybe the itinerary wasn’t properly explained to us up front as we did not know that we needed to specify that we wanted to catch more fish for the sport of it.  We looked for snapper but couldn’t find them- nobody’s fault.  I was delightfully surprised by the wildlife and coral viewing but it was supposed to be a fishing trip after all.  Maybe the captain changed the itinerary on the fly due to the afternoon lightning storm… hard to say.  We had fun, but the fishing portion left us wanting.  For the price we paid, we’ve gone on fishing trips and caught dozens of fish each, and on this trip I think we each caught two fish over the course of an hour… we would have happily sacrificed other activities to spend some of the other ~6 hours fishing.

Took a half day AM trip with Captain Tito and First Mate Greg. Trip started with Greg diving for our bait, live conch. On the way out to where the fish were biting, Captain Tito stopped at Shark Ray Alley so we could view the nurse sharks from the boat. All four of us caught fish and our First Mate cleaned and bagged them for us to have prepared later that night. Couldn’t have asked for a better day on the water. Highly recommend!

Outstanding time with Capn’ Frank & Effrin!  Caught 6-7 fish out deep first day, many more & lobster & awesome remote island meal the second day.  Short vaca video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6wl030aRls
1:15 to 2:05 is Freedom Tours pics & action.  Thanks guys!!!!

NIce day to be on the water. Went out got some sardines for bait and headed to the reef. Caught really nice cuda’s, a few yellow tail snappers, a couple of little mackerel and a few other fish. We didn’t hit a home run but still a pleasant experience. I have fished with these guys before and will fish with them again. Coming back in July and will do a Deep Sea trip with them.

The boat arrived at our hotel early.  We were fishing in just a few minutes.  Crew was the best.  They made sure we knew the proper technique and we quickly started to catch.
Grouper, snapper, yellow tail, barracuda, trigger fish and a couple of nurse sharks.
We kept some that the crew cleaned and gave them the balance.
It was a great day that flew by!
I would do this trip again!  Money well spent