Captain
Eric Reynolds

Member since October 2014 Key Largo, United States
Background
I grew up in South Florida and my father was a FWC (Florifa Wildlife Commition) officer down here for 36 years. He taught me the love of the outdoors and conservation for our fragile ecosystem. From that, my love for being on the water evolved into teaching and showing other people that don't have the privilege to experience our ecosystem that we have to offer.
Techniques
Our style of fishing is more lay back and enjoy the day, tell some stories, catch some fish and have some laughs. I love to entertain our clients, making sure they will be back to fish with us again

Hey, I'm Captain Eric Reynolds

Key Largo, United States
Background
I grew up in South Florida and my father was a FWC (Florifa Wildlife Commition) officer down here for 36 years. He taught me the love of the outdoors and conservation for our fragile ecosystem. From that, my love for being on the water evolved into teaching and showing other people that don't have the privilege to experience our ecosystem that we have to offer.
Techniques
Our style of fishing is more lay back and enjoy the day, tell some stories, catch some fish and have some laughs. I love to entertain our clients, making sure they will be back to fish with us again
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My Charter Listings

Reel Deal Charters Flats Addition

State licensed
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(7 reviews)
Key Largo
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Trips from US $600

Reel Deal Charter Fishing

State licensed
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(133 reviews)
Key Largo
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Trips from US $900

Fishing Reports

Hot bite
Hot bite
Sep 14, 2023 Key Largo
Anthony caucht his first Swordfish and it was a stud! First drift and he was on, we battle this beast for an hour and a half and finally came up and jumped. We quickly realized it was bigger than expected. We headed off to look for some dolphin and got into more action with some really nice schools of mahi. Ended the day with tons of good eats.
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Great Half Day Fishing Grand Slam
Great Half Day Fishing Grand Slam
Sep 9, 2023 Key Largo
The day started off with a beautiful sunrise which was shortly followed by redfish tailing the flats. The fish were eating great and the sunrise helped us to get some great pictures. With a changing tide and 2 out of 3 species needed for a slam we decided to make a move to a spot where tarpon frequent and was immediately hooked up with our first tarpon. We ended up catching a couple more tarpon and some more redfish until it was time to head back to the dock which we pulled up to at 1:30pm. We saw numerous species of birds as well as stingrays, sharks, and dolphins.
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Swordfish season
Swordfish season
Aug 18, 2023 Key Largo
The next couple of months are our favorite time of the year to chase these gladiators of the deep. Book your trip for a fish of a lifetime.
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Great fishing
Great fishing
May 20, 2023 Key Largo
Fishing has been great on the flats. Capt.Derek has been on the fish with some beautiful Snook and Redfish being caught and released. Summer is heating up and the permit and bonefish will as well.
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Reef fishing
Reef fishing
Apr 3, 2022 Key Largo
Reef fishing has been great lately. Lots of opportunity to get some great yellow tail and some amberjack that will put you strength to the test!!
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Swordfish
Swordfish
Mar 30, 2022 Key Largo
Swordfishing has been amazing latkey. Love fishing the full moons and the new moons for our best bites. This fish was 90โ€ and weights around **hidden content**. We also got a nice 100 lber on our first drop along with a Pomfret, which are amazing table far.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 140 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (166)
Encountered a lot of different species
Awesome trip!
Awesome trip!
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Angler rating
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
96%
Appropriate for children
89%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
94%
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Michael J. H.
Palm City, Florida
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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6hrs offshore, chasing tuna mainly

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Offshore on November 25, 2017
Well it was awesome trip! My family and I had blast reeling in tuna one after another. 22 by 9 oโ€™clock was good. Then found...
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Ian M.
Urmston, United Kingdom
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent trip. Great Skipper

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Offshore on June 2, 2019
Had an amazing 2 days with Eric great variety of fishing. Highly recommended.
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Samuel P.
Tuscola, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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3/4 day trip

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Reef on June 14, 2018
Eric was pleasant, informative and patient. This was my families first trip dolphin fishing. He worked tirelessly to put us...
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Rocky B.
Valrico, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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6 hr reef

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Reef on May 17, 2019
Great day on the water. Very knowledgeable and great guy
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Steven F.
Fargo, ND
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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3/4 Day Reef trip with Captain Eric

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Reef on November 9, 2018
Eric did a great job of putting us on fish.ย  He was also a great resource for info on local species and the local eco system.ย ...
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