Highly recommend the trip and experience with the Crew of the Hook’N UP! From the moment that I reached out to the team on the website.  Richard was extremely quick as the trip coordinator to reach out and create an environment of making us feel comfortable.  Arriving on Sunday Morning we were greeted with a warm welcome from both the Captain and his first mate Jen.  Unfortunately George took the day, and Jen brought the good luck as we were not fishing we were catching.  We did both top fishing and bottom fishing on the trip.  We are complete Novices and the made us feel like we experienced fishing team not the Bering Straight.  We were luck to catch a 25 LB Black Fin Tuna that served for the next 2 nights for dinner at various restaurants.  They helped us to understand the process and made feel welcomed and that we could ask any questions.  Jen was incredible in her desire to make us feel welcomed.  Not enough good things can be said about the Captain and his crew.  I highly recommend this charter.

Awesome fishing trip! Captain John knew all of the good fishing spots for what we were looking for, as well as what conditions were allowing. Snagged a rare zebra Wahoo less than 10 minutes out of the inlet, and plenty more during the course of the trip. First Mate George was the MVP of the trip, and worked tirelessly keeping the hooks baited, all lines working, and coaching us throughout the trip. Learned a whole lot from him, and I can’t adequately give him the accolades he deserves. I will certainly be coming back to fish with these guys again!

Captain and mate were super friendly and put us on a sailfish almost immediately after exiting inlet. Jen, the mate, went above and beyond and taught the kids (12-14) how to butterfly bait and rig a bonito for shark.  Had some bad luck with getting some king in the boat but landed 10 or so variety of fish (bonito, blue runners, barracuda, shark).  Missed a massive shark and the sail which would have made a fun day an epic day.  Would go again.

This was a great experience overall and especially for kids.  I’ve personally been on numerous different charters before but this time around was the first time taking 3 children(ages 5, 5 and 8) on their first ever deep sea fishing excursion. The kids all had a blast! Thank you to Captain John and First Mate George for their professionalism, knowledge and kindness/patience towards the children. We caught a barracuda, kingfish and a bonito trying both trolling and live bait methods. The excitement the kids shown in reeling in these fishes was priceless. Highly recommend this crew for any fishing excursion in the West Palm Beach, FL area. If and when I do come back to FL, I will be eagerly looking to book another excursion with them in the future. This time around, we will be going fishing for sailfish, swordfish or marlins. Can’t wait!

I tried to change the departure time from 1pm till sometime later,  so we were actually out on the ocean for the sunset and to see stars. I was told this was “do able”, but then , the trip reminders kept saying 1 pm departure time, so I again communicated we wanted to be out later so thought we should leave later,  i finally did get a communication back asking what time did I want to leave.  So I suggested 2pm and i was told “ok”. However,  this apparentely was not communicated to the capt or crew, as we arrive 45 minutes early to the boat, and we were immediately told we were late. Needless to say, we did not get to stay out on the icean till sunset= dissapointing. However, the capt and crew were great, put us on some fish. So overall , very good.