Captain
John D Fowler Sr

Member since April 2021 South Padre Island, United States
Background
I’ve been fishing since I could walk. I lost my father at a young age but it never stopped me from the outdoors. A lot of my younger life was spent in freshwater but as I went on through the years I felt like I mastered it, so I moved to saltwater. My inspiration has always been to show people a great experience and watch the smiles on people, and I love to make kids have a good time with their parents or family.
Techniques
On Freedom we specialize in many different types of fishing whether it be bottom fishing for snapper, to going out 100 miles to chase a trophy marlin or tuna. We prefer trolling or bottom fishing. COMING SOON: We will be adding BAY FISHING CHARTERS on HIGH VOLTAGE a customized 20’ tunnel boat that will run in 6” of water along with 200 HP Evinrude Ocean Runner. Fully equipped with top of the line fishing gear. More to come on BAY FISHING!!

Hey, I'm Captain John D Fowler Sr

South Padre Island, United States
Background
I’ve been fishing since I could walk. I lost my father at a young age but it never stopped me from the outdoors. A lot of my younger life was spent in freshwater but as I went on through the years I felt like I mastered it, so I moved to saltwater. My inspiration has always been to show people a great experience and watch the smiles on people, and I love to make kids have a good time with their parents or family.
Techniques
On Freedom we specialize in many different types of fishing whether it be bottom fishing for snapper, to going out 100 miles to chase a trophy marlin or tuna. We prefer trolling or bottom fishing. COMING SOON: We will be adding BAY FISHING CHARTERS on HIGH VOLTAGE a customized 20’ tunnel boat that will run in 6” of water along with 200 HP Evinrude Ocean Runner. Fully equipped with top of the line fishing gear. More to come on BAY FISHING!!

My Charter Listing

Excellent
4.6 / 5
(171 reviews)
South Padre Island
 Last booking: 5 hours ago
 Instant Confirmation
Trips from US $975

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.6 / 5
out of 5 stars from 171 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.5 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (187)
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
84%
Friendly captain
97%
Recommend this charter
92%
Appropriate for children
92%
Satisfied with the boat
89%
Caught fish
90%
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Tomas G.
Edinburg, TX
Very good
3.3 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Bad
2.0 / 5
Overall

8 hour trip

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on July 8, 2023
It wasnโ€™t what I expected thought we were going deep sea and we only stayed in state waters we wanted to catch Mahi and dorados...
Tomas G. does not recommend SPI Freedom Fishing
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Carlos Z.
Good
3.0 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Bad
2.0 / 5
Crew
Good
3.0 / 5
Overall

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VERIFIED   12 Hour Trip โ€“ Anglerโ€™s Dream on August 8, 2024
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Jace N.
Gardner, KS
Good
2.3 / 5
Experience:
Good
3.0 / 5
Boat
Good
3.0 / 5
Crew
Poor
1.0 / 5
Overall

August fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half day P.M. on August 1, 2023
Started out good but then they kept changing where we planned on fishing only had 5 hours so by the time we got to actually...
Jace N. does not recommend SPI Freedom Fishing
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Walter R.
Loveland, CO
Very good
3.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Bad
2.0 / 5
Overall

8 hour trip

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on November 2, 2021
six passengers and only 2 filled l[mits with barely legal fish could have gone to same place with murphyslaw and caught the...
Walter R. does not recommend SPI Freedom Fishing
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Freddy S.
Richwood, TX
Bad
1.7 / 5
Experience:
Poor
1.0 / 5
Boat
Good
3.0 / 5
Crew
Poor
1.0 / 5
Overall

Would NOT Recommend

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip (AM) on August 31, 2022
NOT a fun experience!!! Boat broke down was tired after breathing in diesel fumes while fixing. Only came in with 3 fish out...
Freddy S. does not recommend SPI Freedom Fishing
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