My sons and I Booked a trip with Apex Charter, and it was remarkable.  I contacted Captain James the day before our trip and discussed the upcoming weather.  It was decided to leave an hour earlier than planned in order to get in as much time as possible.  We had scheduled an 8 hour trip for Mahi.  When the bite cooled off, my sons wanted to catch a shark.  Captain James had us on a 7 foot shark in no time flat.  The upcoming storm cut our trip short by a couple of hours, but we took several nice (9) Mahi and a Spanish Mackerel to the cleaning table.  We caught over 25 Banita and the shark as well.  We were refunded some of the cost due to the shortened trip due to the weather.  Captain James was very knowledgeable and communicated effectively.  The boat and equipment were great as well.  We are planning on Booking another 8 hour trip next year with Apex Charter and Captain James.

As for the captain’s ability to find fish and get us on action, we can’t complain at all, we had an amazing day killing anything and everything we wanted to try. Only thing I would improve would be in the beginning, there is a learning curve for how to handle everything and where to be on the boat. Sometimes things weren’t explained before hand, so things got a little crazy and the captain would started correcting us. Some times it felt like we were expected to know some things, coming from Missouri and not fishing much anyway, we did not, we did not know which fish needed pulled out of the water to he cut off, for instance, Bonitos get pulled completely out of the water and he grabs the line and turns them loose; but you do not do this at all with a mahi mahi. We did not know this at first. The captain explained this all after mistakes were made. He is not rude, I just would appreciate more information before I began fishing.

After about the first hour though, we had a system, caught an amazing amount of fish, the captain was very nice and great to talk to, let us try all types of fishing; caught shark, mahi, and bonitos. I had an amazing time and would love to go back with him again.

I highly recommend this trip as it gives you plenty of time to drive far off shore and catch a good amount of decent sized fish. The captain and his crew mate were wonderful company. Lots of good conversation. It was a great time and I would definitely do it again.

We caught fish for the cooler and then fought with amberjacks and the sharks who wanted to eat them for a while. It was so fun! There were dolphins playing around the boat, which was pretty amazing for this North Dakota girl. This trip was a gift for my husband’s 50th and it was worth every penny. Captain James is fun and professional. His boat is perfect. Definitely recommend.

We limited out on mahi mahi in the first 30 minutes. And get a 7 foot shark off the bottom. Amazing fishing charter experience. The captain and his wife were awesome! Would absolutely recommend to anyone!