Captain
Joe Genovese

Member since June 2017 St. Pete Beach, United States
Background
Angler's Dream Fishing runs trips seven days a week, thanks to the tireless work of its two captains, Brandon and Joe. Captain Joe always loved to fish. He got his first job as a deckhand at age 15 and became a captain just 4 years later. He loves the water and putting people on fish. Captain Brandon provides friendly guidance and makes an angler's first fishing experience easy and exciting!
Techniques
bottom fishing. non stop action.

Hey, I'm Captain Joe Genovese

St. Pete Beach, United States
Background
Angler's Dream Fishing runs trips seven days a week, thanks to the tireless work of its two captains, Brandon and Joe. Captain Joe always loved to fish. He got his first job as a deckhand at age 15 and became a captain just 4 years later. He loves the water and putting people on fish. Captain Brandon provides friendly guidance and makes an angler's first fishing experience easy and exciting!
Techniques
bottom fishing. non stop action.
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Fishing Reports

Those green eye gags are here !!
Those green eye gags are here !!
Nov 15, 2025 St. Pete Beach
Half day fishing is producing gag grouper like this. The gags are out of season but if you never had the chance to hook one nows the time. 12 like this came over tge rail today along with a handful of red grouper. Over 70 fished of different kinds made it back to the dock with each angler going home with some great eaten fish to enjoy !!
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Good 1/2 day fishing
Good 1/2 day fishing
Oct 9, 2025 St. Pete Beach
Grouper were waiting for is today. Action from the start was great. 5 gag grouper to start out with less then 15 minutes along with some smaller reef fish mixed in. Its catch and release gag grouper but we can keep the red grouper and scamp grouper so you still have a shot at taking a grouper home. We had one flounder in the mix and one big one that is just a fish story now as it slit the hook just as it was coming over the real The grey snappers were hungry. ( white grunt ) and they would take a piece of squid as soon as it hit the bottom. Now that the water is cooling down fishing is only going to get better. Remember you cant hook it til you book it. Your almost ready to get your own fish story. Book today and enjoy tomorrowโ€™s trip !! Thanks for looking. Hope to see you on deck
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Half day bite
Half day bite
Sep 27, 2025 St. Pete Beach
Picked up a few nice spanish mackerel on the way out to the reef area. Good to see them. The fishing is only going to pick up better each week. Wont be long before the bigger king fish show in our area. Nice way to add a few fish in the box trolling on the way out. The tide was not moving that much off the start so we decided ti drift. Thats when fishing took off for us. Lots of white grunts came over the side and some red grouper got in on the action. The red grouper were to small to keep but are fun to catch. Catch and release gag grouper should be red hot starting im October. I seen a few show already and its only going to get better. Remember you cant hook it to you book. Beginner ?? No problem. We will show you how to put food on the table. No better way then to start your day watching the dolphins play in our wake and have fun catching your dinner !!
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Calm seas
Calm seas
Jun 13, 2025 St. Pete Beach
Nice group today enjoyed flat seas and hungry fish. Lots of under size grouper came over the rail today. They managed to catch a dozen hog fish today with half if them legal size to take home. Loads of white grunts or locally called grey snappers. Capt Brandon reported that at least over 130 went home to eat today. The anglers today enjoyed catching well over 250 fish for the day
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The hook and cook continues
The hook and cook continues
May 26, 2025 St. Pete Beach
Full stringers around the whole boat today once again despite a few slow days 95% of a half-day trips are coming back with loaded stringers. Do you want to catch some fresh fish for dinner lunch come on down you should have plenty of fish on a half day for some great meals. Photo was from a trip last week however they all look like these. If you always wanted to go but never did no worries. We will teach you how to load up your stringers with these great eating fish.
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The crush continues
The crush continues
May 7, 2025 St. Pete Beach
This month before the kids get out of school is the time to hit the beach area. The boats are only carring half the people till the end of thr month leaving lots of room and fish waiting to bend your rods. First time fishing ?? No problem. We will show you how. Remember you cant cook them till you hook them. Come and enjoy the Gulf with us. 95 percent of the time we start out with a great dolphin show. Save your money. We have some of the best dolphin shows in the area. Come and see why the other boats follow us to see the dolphins playing in our wake
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.7 / 5
out of 5 stars from 1303 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.6 / 5
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Good experience
92%
Friendly captain
99%
Recommend this charter
94%
Appropriate for children
95%
Satisfied with the boat
97%
Caught fish
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Jacqueline C.
United States
Good
2.3 / 5
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Bad
2.0 / 5
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Very good
4.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
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July fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) โ€“ Shared on July 5, 2018
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Roxanne Y.
Utica, NY
Bad
1.7 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
Boat
Good
3.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
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July fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) โ€“ Shared on July 7, 2018
Most of the 5 hours was spent driving To the fish ... did not Catch a fish. Worst experience ever..
Roxanne Y. does not recommend Angler's Dream Fishing
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ร‰rika R. C.
Orlando, Florida
Poor
1.0 / 5
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1.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
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Bad day

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) โ€“ Shared on February 26, 2018
we left at 8:30 to fish the boat walked to the fishing point for 1 hour and 1/2, we stayed 2 hours fishing, small fish and...
ร‰rika R. C. does not recommend Angler's Dream Fishing
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Ramiro R.
Bluffton, South Carolina
Bad
2.0 / 5
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Good
3.0 / 5
Boat
Bad
2.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
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September fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) โ€“ Shared on September 1, 2017
Worst experience ever, 1.5 hours deep in to caught NOTHING and most of the people sick on the boat horrible
Ramiro R. does not recommend Angler's Dream Fishing
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Chris F. C.
Lutz, Florida
Poor
1.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
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Half day fishing

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) โ€“ Shared on July 25, 2017
Boar was very small sms were far too many people for 1 mate and a captain. No in the main cabin,ย  not enough seats around...
Chris F. C. does not recommend Angler's Dream Fishing
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