Captain
Mark Gibson

Member since November 2016 Islamorada, United States
Background
Captain Mark is a veteran with over 30 years of experience fishing the inshore and backcountry waters for Redfish, Tarpon, and Speckled Trout. He provides special discounts to veterans and active-duty military personnel. He is a fun and caring person who will give his all to make your trip enjoyable and memorable. He says: "I especially love to teach and fish with kids. It is always amazing to watch as they light up when catching big fish!!
Techniques
I do Reef, freelining, deep drop and drift fishing for overt 30 species. Backcountry, live bait, dead bait, artificial from plastics, swimbaits, hard baits, jigging, popping corks, top waters and much more. I target over 40 species of fish in the Backcountry. Drift channels, swallow water anchor on the flats and trolling motor for the flats.

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Islamorada, United States
Background
Captain Mark is a veteran with over 30 years of experience fishing the inshore and backcountry waters for Redfish, Tarpon, and Speckled Trout. He provides special discounts to veterans and active-duty military personnel. He is a fun and caring person who will give his all to make your trip enjoyable and memorable. He says: "I especially love to teach and fish with kids. It is always amazing to watch as they light up when catching big fish!!
Techniques
I do Reef, freelining, deep drop and drift fishing for overt 30 species. Backcountry, live bait, dead bait, artificial from plastics, swimbaits, hard baits, jigging, popping corks, top waters and much more. I target over 40 species of fish in the Backcountry. Drift channels, swallow water anchor on the flats and trolling motor for the flats.
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Excellent
4.9 / 5
(366 reviews)
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Islamorada
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Trips from US $650

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 366 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Great family fishing trip in the Everglades
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Good experience
98%
Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
98%
Appropriate for children
97%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
94%
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Eric S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Amazing Experience

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip on March 15, 2025
We spent the day out on the water with Captain Mark. My family and I had a great time. He brought us out to 8-10 locations...
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Kyle C.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Great Captain

VERIFIED   Half Fishing/Half Sandbar on April 1, 2025
I would recommend Captain Mark to anyone. Heโ€™s great with kids and very attentive to their needs. We caught fish even though...
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Seth M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Captain Mark is a Legend

VERIFIED   Mid-day trip on January 26, 2025
Not only a great teacher and guide, a special person doing this for a special reason. Captain Markโ€™s main goal was to put...
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Ashly H.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great Day Fishing

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip on May 10, 2025
We had a great day fishing with Captain Mark! He was patient with my 2 boys aged 8 & 10! We caught fish even in very windy...
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Nick R.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great family fishing trip in the Everglades

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip on April 23, 2025
Captain Mark did a great job finding us fish. We also got to see some crocodiles, flamingos and dolphin. It was really cool...
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