We travelled to the keys from Canada to take our 16 year old son fishing in a new environment. With thunderstorms in the area there was great communication on a possible delay on our departure, but we ended up leaving on time. We went out in the afternoon trip with captain Tyler, who took us to a few different spots around mangrove islands. All of us caught several barracudas, which was so much fun! We also spotted tarpon, a shark, and a turtle, and we loved watching hundreds of massive frigatebirds flying all around us and covering the mangroves. It felt like Jurassic park! Thank you captain Tyler for your expertise and entertaining stories. We will definitely go again when we’re back!

We met captain grant at 4pm got out to the fishing hole at 4:30ish and 5 minutes into the fishing we caught fish! 5 barracudas and 2 black tip reef sharks! It was such a great experience! Captain grant is very chill and laid back very knowledgeable and he’s a native Floridian. Being from PA we don’t do much saltwater fishing but in the pass when we did it was always large charters with 40 plus people and I can definitely say going out with ALWAYS SOMETHING CHARTERS is the way to go! A small private fishing charter is worth the privacy and silence! We saw the beautiful mangroves and they frighten fly over us multiple times practicing for top gun school. 10/10 would recommend.

What can I say? I took my two sons, aged 16 and 11, and even though the boat was small, it brought us right up close to the mangroves and keys — an incredible experience. It only took four casts before we were hooked into a big permit. While we reeled in barracudas and some decent-sized mangrove snappers, the skipper was trolling dead bait in hopes of attracting a shark. It didn’t take long — suddenly, the reel screamed to life as a large blacktip took the bait. An exciting and action-packed trip, perfect for an early evening, with a skipper who was both knowledgeable and genuinely helpful.

For my Son’s graduation present, he wanted to come to Key West to do what we love…catch fish!  We decided to spend a day on the water inshore, trying our luck at catching the elusive Tarpon. After scrolling through countless Guides in Key West, we decided to book our trip with Srbo, and we couldn’t have been happier with our decision. We started the morning 30 minutes later than planned. Some people may view this as a negative, but the Captain’s knowledge of the tide schedule allowed him to call this audible in order to maximize our time on the water…and boy, did it pay off! After about a 30 minute boat ride to the islands off of Key West, we were instantly on fish and stayed on them til we left. We caught Barracuda and Snapper at will with artificials while we searched the waters around the island for Tarpon. With heavy winds all day, the Captain worked his butt off to consistently put the boat in the best position for us to catch fish. On two separate occasions, we even hooked up on large sharks with our light tackle. The sharks ended up getting the best of us, but all of us enjoyed the battle!  After hours of catching fish, Srbo spotted a school of Tarpon chasing bait fish. After a consistent battle of chasing fish and fighting the wind, Srbo did what we set out to do…give us the opportunity to catch Tarpon!  My Son, his grandfather, and myself all caught our first Tarpon, WHAT A DAY!  With our trip coming to a close, Srbo wanted to give us a shot at catching a Bone Fish, so we went over to another island with only about 15 minutes left in the day. We did not find any Bone Fish, but we did find our third shark of the day, and this one didn’t get away!  My Son fought the fish for what seemed like forever before getting it to the boat.  What a way for him to catch his first Shark at over 6’ in length!!!  After the day we had, a lot of guides would have just headed back to the ramp, as one would expect, but you could tell Srbo wanted more for us and decided to make that last trip to the nearby island. This is what you get when you fish with Srbo…someone who is genuine, patient, knowledgeable, and professional. Thank you Srbo for the amazing day, I continue to smile even as I write this review!!!  Also, Sandy’s Sandito sandwich was THE REAL DEAL!!!!

My wife and I had an awesome time on the 3 hour trip with Srbo. The first thing I noticed upon arriving to the dock and meeting him was, unlike some of the other charter boat crews, he was respectful and kept a clean boat. I felt completely comfortable taking my wife out on the water with him, something I can’t say about some of the other guys we saw on the dock. Srbo was both energetic and encouraging with an obvious love for the ocean. He got us on fish (barracuda) almost immediately and after catching some small ones, we were able to use them as bait for sharks. Overall, we had a great experience fishing with Always Somethin’ Charters and hope to be back and do a float plane trip with Srbo! * He does not own a float plane at the time of this review but once you meet this guy you will understand why I have no doubt that he will fulfill his dream of owning and operating one!