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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Reviews
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Fishing Reports
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My Charter Listings

Reel Deal Charters Flats Addition

State licensed
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(2 reviews)
Key Largo
trips from US $600

Reel Deal Charter Fishing

State licensed
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(123 reviews)
Key Largo
trips from US $950

Fishing Reports

Spring time bite is on fire
Spring time bite is on fire
Mar 17, 2024 Key Largo
Fishing is starting to heat up as spring is right around the corner. During the spring bait is plentiful matched with good weather days and the fishing can be great. The redfish and snook were very aggressive eating artificial lures all day long for these clients. The wind was keeping us cool and the fish were keeping us busy. These clients got to experience it all seeing lots of wildlife and catch a bunch of different species of fish most of which were large. We saw tarpon slowly starting to show up on their yearly migration south so tarpon season is right around the corner.
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Fall patch reef fishing
Fall patch reef fishing
Nov 1, 2023 Key Largo
Fall is here and the pach reef fishing is already heating up. Fishing was great with some jumbo mutton snappe, grouper and mangroves.
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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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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 126 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (153)
Great day!
Great day!
Great day!
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
98%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
97%
Appropriate for children
88%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
93%
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Rocky B.
Valrico, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
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
Experience:
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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 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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Michael O.
United States
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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Full Day Charter

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Offshore on May 23, 2017
My family enjoyed an incredible day with the crew of the Reel Deal. Our Captain displayed immeasurable patience with our group...
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Jason M.
Marysville, Ohio
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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3/4 day with Cap Eric

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Reef on March 25, 2017
Tough fishing day with high winds in march.ย  Eric made the most of it fishing only a few miles offshore Atlantic side, patch...
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James B.
Hollywood, FL
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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Fishing with Eric

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Offshore on July 27, 2019
Perfect day of fishing
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