Captain
Joe Lyons

Member since August 2019 Wildwood, United States
Background
Captain Joe Lyons has been fishing for about 5 decades and has been a licensed captain for over 23 years. His son is also a licensed captain and his first mate. Saltwater runs through the Lyons veins and they’re proud of their fishing heritage. Their favorite part of the job is being out on the water and teaching kids how to fish. Capt. Joe invites you and the family on an exclusive adventure off the coast of Wildwood, NJ!

Hey, I'm Captain Joe Lyons

Wildwood, United States
Background
Captain Joe Lyons has been fishing for about 5 decades and has been a licensed captain for over 23 years. His son is also a licensed captain and his first mate. Saltwater runs through the Lyons veins and they’re proud of their fishing heritage. Their favorite part of the job is being out on the water and teaching kids how to fish. Capt. Joe invites you and the family on an exclusive adventure off the coast of Wildwood, NJ!
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Tara Anne Sport Fishing

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(103 reviews)
Wildwood
 5 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $700

Fishing Reports

Tons of action on 6hr trip
Tons of action on 6hr trip
Jul 31, 2025 Wildwood
Today we ran a 6hr trip. First half of the trip we went trolling had plenty of action, limited out on blues and had a Spanish mackerel. Second half we bottom fished, again had plenty of action. Managed 4 nice seabass and a trigger fish.
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Phenomenal trolling
Phenomenal trolling
Jul 30, 2025 Wildwood
Both our morning and afternoon trolling trips today were excellent. Tons of action both trips with limits of nice size bluefish.
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4 hr trolling trips
4 hr trolling trips
Jul 28, 2025 Wildwood
Our 4 hr trolling trips are still producing plenty of fish on both morning and afternoon trips. Plenty of action with blue fish and depending on the day some spanish mackerel and/or bonita in the mix.
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4hr trolling
4hr trolling
Jul 24, 2025 Wildwood
Our 4 hr trolling trips are still very productive and should remain that way threw September. The Afternoon trips are usually as productive as the morning trips too.
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Plenty of action
Plenty of action
Jul 23, 2025 Wildwood
We had plenty of action today on both our morning and afternoon trips. We limited out on bluefish both trips and caught so many we were throwing them back. Not a lot of spanish mackerel today, we managed 1 on both trips.
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Great action trolling
Great action trolling
Jul 22, 2025 Wildwood
We had plenty of action on both our 4 hr trips today. Plenty of blues and some spanish mackerel. The trolling usually stays good threw September.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Excellent
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5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Bluefish Crazy!
Bluefish Crazy!
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Recommend this charter
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Appropriate for children
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Andy B.
Hudson, MA
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Half Day Trip with Nick and Joey

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on August 12, 2020
Our trip started out quick, landing our first fish within 5 minutes of putting the poles in the water.ย  But then we hit a...
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Ellen S.
Morton Grove, IL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Half Day Trip (afternoon)

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on August 4, 2022
We had a great time on our half day trip (afternoon) with Captain Nick and First Mate Joe. We didnโ€™t catch any keepers, but...
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Dave F.
Ford City, PA
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on July 6, 2023
Top notch, thanks fellas.ย  We enjoyed the trip and wouldnโ€™t hesitate to book again.
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Chris T.
Middletown, DE
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Great trip - family friendly.

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip (AM) on July 17, 2022
Had a great trip yesterday.ย  Captain Joe and Josh were super friendly and really good with the kids.ย  We would def recommend...
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Matthew L.
Hebron, CT
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Afternoon trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on July 20, 2021
Three kids and two adults with plenty of room to spare during our afternoon trip. Lots of Blue fish on this day, but the kids...
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