I paid $850 for a “luxury” fishing trip. The bathrooms were filthy and no running water in bathroom to wash your hands. The captain brought his 8 year old and the child kept interfering in the fishing. He kept jabbing the end of the rods to “pretend” a fish was on the hook. The mates waited until a fish was on the hook, then handed the rod for one of us to “catch”.  I’ve been deep sea fishing for over 38 years and this was the worst I’ve ever had

The boat was leaking oil Into the ocean.  So much so that the crew needed to make a run for oil between trips of picking up other people on the same day.  The boat is very dirty—not clean at all and just gross. I didn’t see life vests.  The captain was smoking in front of my kids. He didn’t ask if that was ok and my son felt his throat was dry from the smoke.  My son couldn’t sit up top of e boat because of this.  At some point, the Captain took a phone call and said the f word many times in front of my children.  Ricky (The first mate) was the star of the show.  He was just amazing and nothing short of wonderful. But, I’ll pass in the smell of oil in the cabin, huge safety issues, dirty bathrooms, and the Captain’s rudeness.  The write up on Fishing Booker is very inaccurate. PASS on this boat and read the google reviews as well….

The owner of the boat and his son who crewed were excellent but the skipper who ran the boat was not especially likable although he was clearly competent. He smoked around the guests and created a negative feeling in his guests.