Captain

Gary Stanfill

Nationality: American
Languages: English
Experience: 21 years

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Captain
Gary Stanfill

Member since March 2021 Panama City Beach, United States

Background: I have always wanted to be a deep-sea fisherman and take customers out fishing! I love getting to watch families and young anglers get excited when they’ve caught a big keeper! We are excited to show you a GRooV time on the water!
Techniques: Bottom fishing with live bait

Hey, I'm Captain Gary Stanfill

Panama City Beach, United States

Background: I have always wanted to be a deep-sea fisherman and take customers out fishing! I love getting to watch families and young anglers get excited when they’ve caught a big keeper! We are excited to show you a GRooV time on the water!
Techniques: Bottom fishing with live bait

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Emily S.

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Reel Groovy Experiences

4.7 / 5

(94 reviews)

4.7 / 5

(94 reviews)

Panama City Beach • 43 ft • 18 persons

Last booking: 6 days ago

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Trips from US $1,144

Fishing Reports

These grooV folks have bn going fishing

Jul 28, 2023 Panama City Beach

We our limits of Red Snapper, Vermillion Snapper, a Scamp grouper, and the all so unique Yellowtail Snapper!!! We caught a King Mackerel and some bonitas as well!!! Even caught a shark!!!

Some of my hometown peeps, The GRooV Pag

Jul 24, 2023 Panama City Beach

This crew always thumps’m!!! 240+ lbs. of fish!!!

SuperGRooV fishermen right here!!!

Jul 22, 2023 Panama City Beach

We caught our limit of Vermillion Snapper, our limit of Red Snapper, and some Scamp grouper and Red Grouper to go with it!!

Trophy Fish!

Jul 7, 2023 Panama City Beach

This group had a big time getting this sucker in the boat! ?

Great Snapper Catch!

Jul 6, 2023 Panama City Beach

We found some good ones today on our 6 AM six hour! ~20 miles out

Family Trip of 12

Jul 5, 2023 Panama City Beach

They all caught their limit of red snappers and had a big time!

Customer reviews

Rating summary

4.7 / 5

out of 5 stars from 94 reviews

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Boat

4.7 / 5

Crew

4.7 / 5

Experience

4.7 / 5

Photos & videos by reviewers (91)

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Angler rating

5 stars		81
4 stars		5
3 stars		2
2 stars		4
1 star		1

Anglers claimed

Good experience
	88%
Friendly captain
	94%
Recommend this charter
	90%
Appropriate for children
	97%
Satisfied with the boat
	98%
Caught fish
	91%

Appropriate for children
	97%
Satisfied with the boat
	98%
Caught fish
	91%

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John S.

Long Creek, IL

5.0 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

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May fishing trip

VERIFIED 6 Hour Trip – Spring (PM) on May 24, 2021

John S.

Long Creek, IL

5.0 / 5

May 24, 2021

6 Hour Trip – Spring (PM)

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Gary Stanfill (The Captain)

Replied on May 26, 2021

Thank you for your review, John! So glad you enjoyed it!

Gary Stanfill (The Captain)

Replied on May 26, 2021

Thank you for your review, John! So glad you enjoyed it!

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Dean P.

St. Louis, MO

4.7 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

4.0 / 5

Overall

June fishing trip

VERIFIED 4 Hour- High Season Trolling (PM) on June 15, 2021

Dean P.

St. Louis, MO

4.7 / 5

Jun 15, 2021

4 Hour- High Season Trolling (PM)

June fishing trip

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Gary Stanfill (The Captain)

Replied on June 17, 2021

Thank you for the review, Dean! We enjoyed having you guys! 🎣

Gary Stanfill (The Captain)

Replied on June 17, 2021

Thank you for the review, Dean! We enjoyed having you guys! 🎣

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Nicholas R.

Murphy, TX

4.7 / 5

Experience:

4.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

Overall

Fishing with Gary

VERIFIED 6 Hour Trip – High Season (PM) on June 9, 2021

Nicholas R.

Murphy, TX

4.7 / 5

Jun 9, 2021

6 Hour Trip – High Season (PM)

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Gary Stanfill (The Captain)

Replied on June 10, 2021

Thanks for the review! Come back and fish with us again sometime! 🎣

Gary Stanfill (The Captain)

Replied on June 10, 2021

Thanks for the review! Come back and fish with us again sometime! 🎣

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Jack R.

Washington, MO

3.3 / 5

Experience:

4.0 / 5

Boat

4.0 / 5

Crew

2.0 / 5

Overall

Fishing with Gary

VERIFIED 4 Hour Trip – Trolling (AM) on July 1, 2021

Jack R.

Washington, MO

3.3 / 5

Jul 1, 2021

4 Hour Trip – Trolling (AM)

We weren’t very happy over all for the money that we spent. there was only 1 crew member on deck & we didn’t catch the fish we thought we would. We were told the 6 hour trip was better than the 4 hour. Three years ago we took a 4-hour trip for half the price with a group of people in Destin & the grandkids caught all kinds of fish & pictures were taken at the end. Grant you this was a private charter which we thought would have been better! This time the fish was grabbed up... More

We weren’t very happy over all for the money that we spent. there was only 1 crew member on deck & we didn’t catch the...

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Gary Stanfill (The Captain)

Replied on July 2, 2021

Gary Stanfill (The Captain)

Replied on July 2, 2021

Jack, I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy your time with us. Most customers prefer to only tip one deckhand the 20% so that’s why the private boats only have the one. I think with larger groups, it would be a good idea to offer the option of a second deckhand though. That may be something we offer in the future. As far as not having enough time for pictures, I’m sure that was very frustrating and I will address it with our crew. We haven’t had that issue before. We are a newer fishing business and we are constantly working to improve the experience we provide to our customers, so thank you for your feedback. I’m also very glad your children did enjoy the trip! My husband and I do not want to be in the fishing business at all if we can’t provide families with a great experience while they are on vacation. -Emily, Owner/Manager

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Randall H.

Jacks Creek, TN

4.0 / 5

Experience:

4.0 / 5

Boat

4.0 / 5

Crew

4.0 / 5

Overall

Fishing with Gary

VERIFIED 4 Hr Trolling (PM) on July 14, 2021

Randall H.

Jacks Creek, TN

4.0 / 5

Jul 14, 2021

4 Hr Trolling (PM)

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