This was a complete scam. I basically had to pay for the captain’s leisure and fishing trip.

The captain canceled our initial trip due to “big waves” forecasted. This was an absolute lie as the sea was flat as can be and ocean full of tuna boats on that day so I guess he was overbooked or had some other commitments.

Even though the ad says you can keep you catch, they give you the small trash fish and take the premium fish for themselves. I was told I could buy the fish I wanted even though I caught it.

The captain was on his phone in the cabin all of the trip rewatching videos of reels screaming. He did not speak a word of English.

The deckhand was a 14 year old school kid that had some but limited skills and he was the only value on the crew.

I would strongly advised anyone to rather search and enquire from other sources for locally trusted charters as it seems the only ones on Fishingbooker are those that can’t build a good reputation themselves due to lack of skills or being scam artists and need to opt for another method of attracting victims.