Captain
Phil Havlicek

Member since August 2017 San Francisco, United States
Background
I have had a love affair with the ocean all my life. I surfed into my late 40's and have owned boats for over 30 years. I have extensive experience in long-range fishing with over 10 Yellowfin Tuna catches, weighing in at 200+ lbs. My personal best Yellowfin Tuna catch was 270 lbs.
Techniques
trolling for salmon drifting for halibut live bait albacore

Hey, I'm Captain Phil Havlicek

San Francisco, United States
Background
I have had a love affair with the ocean all my life. I surfed into my late 40's and have owned boats for over 30 years. I have extensive experience in long-range fishing with over 10 Yellowfin Tuna catches, weighing in at 200+ lbs. My personal best Yellowfin Tuna catch was 270 lbs.
Techniques
trolling for salmon drifting for halibut live bait albacore
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Fishing Reports
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My Charter Listing

Reel Time Charters, LLC

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(72 reviews)
San Francisco
Trips from US $300

Fishing Reports

Wedding Anniversay Halibuts
Wedding Anniversay Halibuts
Oct 8, 2025 San Francisco
Had the pleasure of fishing, Jennifer and Trent today for the 21st wedding anniversary. Late in the season but we gave it a shot and were successful catching 4 halibut keeping two to over 30 inches using live anchovies. Nice weather thank you very much.!!
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Rock Cod Sunday!
Rock Cod Sunday!
Aug 25, 2025 San Francisco
Fish, Katie and Dan today and children from Minnesota. Had a fantastic day live bait fishing off the Marin coast for limits of rock cod and ling cod in great weather even throw in a bonus halibut doesnโ€™t get any better.!
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Memorial Day fishing
Memorial Day fishing
May 24, 2025 San Francisco
Fun day fishing with local boys in the main bay for halibut and striped bass fishing live anchovies pretty good weather happy Memorial Day
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David Mata Group
David Mata Group
May 4, 2025 San Francisco
We ventured out into San Francisco Bay looking for targeted species with very poor tides and a bad weather forecast. Actually, the weather cooperated was a very nice day. The fishing was very slow, but thatโ€™s the way it goes. Enjoy the group and weโ€™ll get them next time.
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Minor family stikes gold!
Minor family stikes gold!
Oct 9, 2024 San Francisco
Fished Geoffrey and sons 10/8 main bay San Francisco with live anchovies. Landing halibuts striped bass bat rays and a guitar fish! Westher and tides were right!
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Richard Novak Charter
Richard Novak Charter
Aug 23, 2024 San Francisco
Fun fishing with Richard Novak and friends, Toni, Colin and Jennifer, the birthday girl. picked up live in the city made several drifts for halibut with no success. We decided to go outside the Golden Gate Bridge rockcod. Motored up to Drake Bay and had great fishing for limits of Linard and assorted rockcod. All you wanted in fantastic weather. fun fishing with the group and a happy birthday to Jennifer .
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 72 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Captain Phil is great!
Captain Phil is great!
Captain Phil is great!
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
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Appropriate for children
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Satisfied with the boat
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Caught fish
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Jennifer D.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Captain Phil is great!

VERIFIED   NEW  Full Day Trip on October 8, 2025
Our husband and I had a wonderful trip with Captain Phil!ย  We caught beautiful halibut and link cod.ย  We had amazing scenery...
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Katie H.
Excellent
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Best captain!

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on August 24, 2025
We had such a great time with Phil. We caught a ton of fish. He was very patient with my kids and taught us all quite a few...
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Michael W.
Excellent
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great Experience

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on August 17, 2025
Phil provided a great experience and was very knowledgeable about The Bay and where to fish.
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David M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great time

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on May 3, 2025
Phil was great. We had an incredible time heading out on the bay to catch fish. Highly recommend!
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Geoffrey M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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5-Star Fishing Experience with Captain Phil!

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on October 8, 2024
We recently had the pleasure of going on a fishing trip with Captain Phil out of Sausalito, and it was an unforgettable experience!...
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