I booked this charter for my Husbands birthday. This was such an amazing experience! Captain Matt was on top of everything, making sure our lines were at the depth we needed to catch the ling cod, and checking frequently, making sure we weren’t too close to the other boats. When we were in an area where there were no bites Captain Matt would take us to a new location.  Captain Matt was always monitoring his depth finder for fish and as soon as he told us “we are right over the fish” they started biting! My husband and I both caught back to back Ling Cod, we caught three in all but one was too big to keep! I did get some amazing pictures of it though! As if this day wasn’t perfect enough on our way back in we saw a couple of Orcas swimming around! The day was wet and cold but the memories of this day were so worth it!  My husband just kept saying what a great birthday gift it was🙂 we look forward to going on another fishing trip with this charter in the future!

It was a gorgeous day. Lots of bueatiful scenery. Captain Matt worked hard but the fish just weren’t biting.

My husband and I had a wonderful time on the Messin’ Around charter! From the time the first lures were cast, we had fish on the line within seconds. We caught so many fish that we lost count. We set out to just fish without worrying about whether we took anything back or not and had so much fun this way. The fish were abundant, captain was skilled, nice & a great host. I’m someone who gets sunburned easily and was thrilled about all of the shade on the boat. Would absolutely book with Captain Messing again!

Last month I took my daughter out on a fishing trip with Captain Matt and we easily caught a limit of big salmon for everyone on board.  It was my first fishing charter where I actually caught fish.  The experience was so great that I took my wife out on Labor Day.  And again, we had great results.  We passed a number of boats in the area and we didn’t see anyone reel in even one fish while we were catching ours.  Matt was watching his depth finder and adjusting the depth of our lines as needed.  Almost every time he made those adjustments we caught a fish within the first minute. And while everyone was crowded around each other in one place, Matt would maneuver our boat away from the crowd.  And again, shortly after doing so, we caught more fish. We were with another couple who had never been fishing before and Matt helped coach them to ensure that they caught their limit as well.  Another memorable experience!!  So much so that next spring, I am taking my wife and two daughters out with Matt again.  Looking forward to making some more memories.

I am almost 69 years old, my daughter almost 35.  Sadly, we haven’t been fishing together in almost 20 years after years of fishing almost every summer.  I am retired now from a pretty intensive career, and my daughter finds herself doing the same thing nowadays.  We have gone on some epic summer vacations these past 10 years including just getting back from a week in Times Square in NYC.  Great memories were made.  But fishing always brought me my greatest joy and it was just multiplied when fishing with my girls.  One daughter passed unexpectedly several years ago and I have been battling through that loss since losing her.  I realized that instead of regretting the memories I didn’t get to make with her, I needed to focus on making some new memories with my daughter that was still with me.  Matt and his Messin’ Around Charter helped my daughter and I make some incredible memories this past week when in less than two hours everyone on the boat caught their limit.  My daughter had never caught a fish that big before and I had not in almost 40 years.  Matt was the perfect charter Captain and host.  He answered questions while teaching us how to catch salmon in the ocean.  When my daughter caught her first fish, her smile was so big!!  And I am sure mine was also.  They say that money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a fishing charter with Matt which will bring you a lot of happiness.  I had such a great time that when we got home that day, I booked a charter for my wife and I this coming Labor Day.  Going to make some more epic memories.  I could not have asked for a better Captain or a better experience.