Captain
John McIntyre

Member since November 2022 Port Orange, United States
Background
I remember fishing for the first time at 5 years old at summer church camp. Even at that early age I'm not sure who got hooked worse, me or the fish! Ever since then, fishing waters, especially the ocean, have been my sanctuary. Now I get to take you to one of the most beautiful places on the planet and share my passion with you.
Techniques
I love bottom fishing for snapper and grouper. A close second is trolling for mahi-mahi, tuna, kingfish, and sailfish.

Hey, I'm Captain John McIntyre

Port Orange, United States
Background
I remember fishing for the first time at 5 years old at summer church camp. Even at that early age I'm not sure who got hooked worse, me or the fish! Ever since then, fishing waters, especially the ocean, have been my sanctuary. Now I get to take you to one of the most beautiful places on the planet and share my passion with you.
Techniques
I love bottom fishing for snapper and grouper. A close second is trolling for mahi-mahi, tuna, kingfish, and sailfish.
Anglers Choice
78
Reviews
22
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My Charter Listing

MacDaddy Charters

Federally permitted
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(78 reviews)
Angler's choice
Port Orange
 2 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $400

Fishing Reports

Grover Got Spanked
Grover Got Spanked
Jul 12, 2023 Port Orange
Holy Mangrove Snapper! Boy were they chewing today. The original plan called for final dialing in/check up reconnaissance for Red Snapper with my friend John, we found them. Then these guys showed up, biggest one was 25.5". They were eating Sardine chunks and shrimp. Also caught the bonus Trigger and Almaco which will be blackened for dinner tonight. We left them chewing because it was crazy hot, zero wind, could've hit the limit if we had some more powerade. Ride out and in was absolutely dreamy, biggest waves we encountered were other boats wakes back in the river. This is what is possible on the 6+ hour trips folks!
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Whole Lotta Meat
Whole Lotta Meat
Jun 29, 2023 Port Orange
Loaded the cooler today on this full day 8 hour trip with my friends from North GA. Started the day with the calmest seas I've seen all year, it was Lake Atlantic. Hit the trolling grounds which produced a Kingfish and a shark. After trolling action dried up, we hit some bottom fishing only accessible on these full day trips because of their distance from port. Bottom action was HOT. We caught three Cobia (two were short), Barracuda, big Mangrove Snapper, Graysby Grouper, Alamco Jacks, and Vermilion Snapper. What a loaded day!
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Jackpot!
Jackpot!
Jun 10, 2023 Port Orange
My friends from Middleburg had a trip today they'll never forget. They had never been saltwater, much less offshore fishing before and boy did they get one heck of an introduction today. Action was steady and it was the ladies who were the only ones putting fish on ice for dinner. In addition to a million grunts, we caught Red Snapper (released), Vermilion Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Trigger Fish, Squirrel Fish, a small Red Grouper, Graysby Grouper, Blue Runners, a very big Blue Stripe Grunt, and a huge Sandbar Shark. Then the day was over, it was time to head home. I began cleaning and prepping the boat tossing out old bait when a monster Cobia made an appearance. We scrambled and threw everything we had at him trying to get him to bite. He taunted us for 30 minutes coming up and only sniffing our bait while we watched with the greatest anticipation. He wanted nothing to do with our shrimp and sardines, so I sent a smaller rod back down to the bottom and caught a live Blue Runner to throw on the big Cobia rod. It didn't take long before he hammered that Blue Runner and it was on! My man grabbed the Penn Senator and gave this Cobia some serious what for. In no time, he brought the fish boat side where the gaff found its target and now was officially on the menu for dinner. Ride quality on the way out and in was a solid A. Great job guys!
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Mixed Bag, Lots of Action
Mixed Bag, Lots of Action
Jun 9, 2023 Port Orange
Had a great day with this family, most of them from Utah. Action was good a constant all morning on this 6 hour 3/4 day trip. We caught a wide variety today: Mangrove Snapper, Lane Snapper, Remoras, Graysby Groupers, Cobia, Blue Runners, and Squirrel Fish. My man in the black shirt had really done his research, knew all about venting fish for a safe release despite never having been offshore fishing before! He was crushing it today! Ride out started as a A, peninsular Florida blocked the West wind for the first few miles out. Ride quality eventually eroded to a B, then to a C the further out we went, very choppy and rough. The ride back in was the opposite, rough at first and gradually improving the closer we got to land.
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Half Day PM Trip
Half Day PM Trip
Jun 8, 2023 Port Orange
I really enjoyed this family, what amazing people and we had such a great time on our half day afternoon trip. Bite was a little slow, I thought the afternoon action would've kicked in more than it did. Brought home a couple of Lane Snappers for dinner and caught a million grunts. Seas were pretty good, I'd give the ride quality a B on the way out and in. Caught a brief sun shower (no lightning) that was refreshing on the ride back.
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Back at It
Back at It
May 29, 2023 Port Orange
First time fishing in 12 days, weather was absolutely prohibitive offshore leading up to and through Memorial Day weekend. Had a wonderful family and their service dog Max from GA down for a 3/4 day trip. Being a 3/4 day I was able to get them out to some of my more primo spots but the fish were being a little tight lipped and stingy. 3 keeper snapper (a Lane and 2 Red Eyes) came over the gunwale immediately then things slowed considerably producing a million grunts and undersize snapper. We moved all over to 7 more spots trying to find some willing fish. We ended the day with the three snappers, a Porgy and a Bluestriped Grunt and a very nice Red Snapper release. Windfinder called waves at 2.3ft @ 7 seconds with winds out of the North less than 10kts. Riding out at 20-22mph was a C+ and on the way back in at 32-34mph was an A-.
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Jared K.
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Great time

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip AM (4 Hour) on September 18, 2025
Captain Mac had great communication,ย  we had to delay one day because of high seas. He texted us and called to confirm that...
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Daniel B.
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Great Time!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip AM (4 Hour) on November 19, 2025
Captain Mac was great. Weather was beautiful, got to the reef and he put us right on the fish. We caught a verity of fish,...
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Scott W.
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Fishing with John

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip PM (4 hour) on January 2, 2026
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Jean M.
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Perfect fishing day!

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip (6 Hour) on March 23, 2025
This was our 8 year old grandsons first offshore trip. He said โ€œit was the best day ever!โ€ย  Caught plenty of fish including...
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George S.
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Awesome time

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip AM (4 Hour) on May 6, 2025
Took a few that hadnโ€™t ever been. Fish were a little slow to bite kept going till we found a place. Right before leaving...
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