Captain
Larry Shults

Member since January 2021 Pensacola, United States
Background
I grew up developing a passion for the great outdoors. After working 31 years trying to find time to spend out on the waters, I decided to retire early and open a charter business to share my passion for fishing with others.
Techniques
I target a variety of wrecks by bottom fishing with drop shots or jigs. I utilize cut bait, live bait, and shrimp to entice the waters below. When the bite is slow I love to set out my deep water trolling gear and Cruise about 7 knots waiting to hear the reels twisting. I loved the sound so much, I named my boat twist”n”reels. I have no preferred styles, I just love to be on the water with a reel and pole in my hand or helping others to catch their lifetime fish.

Hey, I'm Captain Larry Shults

Pensacola, United States
Background
I grew up developing a passion for the great outdoors. After working 31 years trying to find time to spend out on the waters, I decided to retire early and open a charter business to share my passion for fishing with others.
Techniques
I target a variety of wrecks by bottom fishing with drop shots or jigs. I utilize cut bait, live bait, and shrimp to entice the waters below. When the bite is slow I love to set out my deep water trolling gear and Cruise about 7 knots waiting to hear the reels twisting. I loved the sound so much, I named my boat twist”n”reels. I have no preferred styles, I just love to be on the water with a reel and pole in my hand or helping others to catch their lifetime fish.
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Salty Adventures Charter Fishing

Federally permitted
Excellent
4.8 / 5
(111 reviews)
Pensacola
 3 bookings in the past week.
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Fishing Reports

Catching big snappers
Catching big snappers
Jun 21, 2025 Pensacola
Pulling in 29 inch red snappers
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Limits and variety
Limits and variety
Jun 20, 2025 Pensacola
We ser out to get a limit of red snapper today and man what a day. We picked up 4 quick snapper at our first stop then decided to move on to another. On the way we found a floating tree and stopped to jug up a few Mahi before moving on. We anchored on spot 2 and fished the rest of the day as we pucked up an easy limit of red snapper. While there we scored a nice scamp grouper, caught a 32 inch gag grouper and two 1/2 inch short red groupers. By the end of the day we were playing catch and release. The snapper bite is hot, and the too of the water is startung to theive with activity. Now is the time to get out there to find varieties in your catches.
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Family Fun!
Family Fun!
Jun 17, 2025 Pensacola
Its always a great time when we can get families out for their first trips and catches. Snapper Season is a great opportunity to get on some good bites with plenty of action.
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AJ type of day
AJ type of day
Jun 11, 2025 Pensacola
We couldnt keep the AJโ€™s off the lines today. Made it hard to get to those snappers. However it was still an arm wretching day of hookups.
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Trolling for fun
Trolling for fun
May 27, 2025 Pensacola
Today the seas were a little rowdy due to an afternoon storm pushing in. We decided to keep it simple and put out some trolling rigs to pull up some Mackerals and Amberjacks. We scored a few nice Spanish Mackerals, picked up a Bonita andn an Amberjack. Afterwards we stopped to bottom fish for a bit and were able to snag a nice Mangrove snapper, a few Vermillion snappers, Triggerfish, and Red Snappers.
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Action is heating up!
Action is heating up!
Apr 15, 2025 Pensacola
This past week we have been battling heavy winds and rains. The water temps have been very inconsistent but range from 68 to 71 degrees. Our water color has been like chocolate milk from all the runoffs. However, we are seeing an uptick of spanish mackerals and the bite should be heating up throughout April and May. Offshore we are seeing alot of great grouper catches with red grouper and gags. We predict once our weather temps stabilize and the water begins to warm a few degrees we will start picking up King Mackerel and a few stray cobias swimming around. Riggt now there is alot of running and gunning from spot to spot to pick up some quality catches such as porgies, vermillion, red and lane smappers along with those triggerfish. Basically, the only opportunity to get out there and hook a good fish is to go do it. Late April through November is some of the best times to get out on the water. So lets get out there and go fishing.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.8 / 5
out of 5 stars from 111 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.8 / 5
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July fishing trip
July fishing trip
Great Trip!! Highly Recommend
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Good experience
96%
Friendly captain
98%
Recommend this charter
96%
Appropriate for children
99%
Satisfied with the boat
99%
Caught fish
91%
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Cory S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Awesome trip

VERIFIED   7 hour-Offshore on October 2, 2024
Had a great time catching fish.ย  Awesome crew. We caught fish and made memories. Would do it again.
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Chantelle C.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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One of a kind

VERIFIED   Half Day- Inshore 4 hrs (AM) on August 16, 2024
We really enjoyed captain Larry and we will be back
Chantelle C. recommends Salty Adventures Charter Fishing
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Dayna B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great 50th Bday/ Fathers Day trip

VERIFIED   Half Day- offshore 6 hrs on June 23, 2024
I will start with this. I fish a lot on my own, and I have fished on a lot of charters of the years. That being said, this...
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Michelle B.
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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5hr offshore trip

VERIFIED   Half Day- offshore 6 hrs on March 28, 2024
Unfortunately the weather was not in our favor which captain Larry did what he could to reschedule us and we got out on the...
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Dennis D.
Kankakee, IL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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7 hr trip with Capt Larry and Austin

VERIFIED   Full Day- offshore 8 hrs on April 3, 2023
Lots of things in this business are beyond your control, in our case weather and what was in season. These guys had us in the...
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