Didn’t catch much but had a great time with the crew.

We went trolling for two hours and did not have much luck. Then we went bottom fishing in 18ft water with no luck. The captain had no fish finder only binoculars looking for birds hovering the water. We ended up with two small barracuda and an amber jack that the captain said we could not eat because they have mercury. I understand when the fish don’t bite but when you pay $800 for a boat without a fish finder and catch an edible fish that you’re told is not. It could have been better.

Thank you we had a great morning and fish was great after to eat!

First off we booked a half day on a center console. We were picked up on a old hatteras cabin boat. The boat we booked was down for maintenance. Upon greeting the captain and mate were very nice they asked us what we wanted to do and we told them we would like to troll and catch larger fish. After we trolled for a very short distance, we could still see the cruise ship we got off of. They anchored up and proceeded to tell us we were going to bottom fish. After catching a couple 6 inch strawberry grouper and a handful of tiny grunt we were over it. The diesel motor on the boat was never shut off and the cabin blocked the wind so it was miserable sitting there catching tiny fish. After we all climbed up to the upper deck to get a breeze the captain asked us if we wanted to go back or swim with some turtles. Since we had already come this far we elected to swim with the turtles. This was quite fun but I have never been on a fishing charter where I went swimming. I was extremely disappointed in the fish we caught for the money we paid!