Great day of fishing with the best Captain on the water!

Dustin is a serious captain and worked real hard for us to catch fish unfortunately the weather was horrible with quite a bit of rain we saw a lot of fish but unfortunately they saw us first without the sun this type of fishing is tough we hooked a couple of nice fish but lost them before we could land them with the sun shining it would have been a much better day inspite of the weather we had a great expensive and would fish with Dustin again

We understood that the fishing would be a challenge given the weather. We are experienced fisherman and know that is a reality. We had an agreement to meet at 7:00, but Dustin was nearly two hours late. The boat that we used was certainly in need of some maintenance. The engine was tough to get going and he had to update the application for the trolling motor during the trip. There was a sense of frustration when there was a loss of basic terminal tackle, but which seemed nominal given the expense of the trip. There was also a significant amount of time that Dustin spent on his phone. Ultimately it is clear that Dustin knew the location and how to fish the area, but it did no appear that he was invested in our trip.  There were also times when he seemed annoyed with our ability to catch fish when the current and gear provided did not match. He seemed very unprepared for the day and the conditions

Well we caught fish but the captain did not have the net ready. We had a plan to try to catch tarpon but no luck. The captain did have nice equipment but no remote for the trolling motor so that was not used at all. The fish finder was not used for fish but only used for depths of water. After our conversation about redfish I was told that the water was warm and fish were full of worms I said it was okay just cut them out while filleting them. But after catching them I was told that all the captains agreed to catch and release them. So our captain only let us take one home to eat. If I would know about this prior to booking I would not have gone. The captains described what to catch but felt like he was more into certain points. We tried to catch mangrove snapper but after trying for a while his reply was that the bigger fish must of been caught earlier in the morning. I just wanted to put fish on the plate after spending $500.00. I will ask the key questions next year and if I show up and the captain does the same thing I will refuse to pay for the services. I think the captains have to keep in mind that how long it takes someone to save up for a good fishing experience after spending that kind of money. Then at the end of fishing he mentioned that we have a plan for next year which I did.