Today, 1/12/26 I fished with High Times Charters. Tom and his first mate Chris were awesome! They worked tirelessly to put me on the fish and were very accommodating. We caught Bonito and Kingfish. I had the best time and would recommend fishing with them to anyone. They filleted the fish back at the dock and sent me home with some and even suggested a local resturaunt that prepared the fish for us! I highly recommend fishing with High Times!

TLDR; Great captain and crew; very accomodating to requests; great sportfishermen and bottom fishermen; good times.

Captain Tom and First mate Chris are stewards of the island who promote the health of the marine flora/fauna. They’re knowledgeful of the island, it’s seas, and are willing to teach those who inquire.

But if you’re reading this review, you’re probably here for the fishing, so I’ll jump to that. We went on a 4 hour trip with fair seas in September; but I’d recommend a 6 to maximize effort and odds. Fishing is fishing, and we did not do well with the Mahi (in no part due to a lack of trying!). Captain Tom and Chris were constantly adjusting the trolling distances, bait, and teasers to diversify the effort.

With an hour and a half left, I suggested bottom fishing. Im not sure if this is something they normally offer, especially since I did not request it, but Captain Tom was more than willing to give it a go. No time was wasted switching gears and targetting a completely different species. Within a few minutes, we were on the board. My group of 3 caught 4 Yellow-Eye Red Snapper with the help of Chris. There’s a lot of fish to eat at the Aruban Restaurants, but after eating the Yellow-Eye Red Snapper for breakfast this morning (filleted beautifully by Captain Tom) nothing compares.

I highly recommend going with this crew. Come prepared with a good attitude, dramamine, and a four leaf clover for good luck. Even if we did not catch fish I would have had a great time. Captain Tom was very accommodating to my requests to switch to bottom fishing, and he put us on fish. First mate Chris was also very skilled. High Times and Fair Seas
-Kyle

Captain Tom is a pleasure to fish with. He’s got a great perspective on life, knows the water extremely well, and put us on some Mahi! Deckhand Chris was also excellent, managing 6 set-ups at a time, and always there ready to go when we got hooked up. Would highly recommend this team. My wife and I took a 6 hour trip, next time we will do a minimum of 8 hours and get out to the deep water and try for swords. Thank you Captain Tom and Chris for the great day! There is also an excellent little Marina restaurant right next to Captain Tom’s dock, they cooked up our mahi a couple different ways and it was delicious.

Captain Tom was amazing from the moment I messaged him with an inquiry and questions to when he called us a taxi after our return. His crew was also top notch- they were friendly, efficient, answered all of our questions and were cool to just shoot the breeze with. We went on the afternoon trip and were concerned it wouldn’t be as good as the morning but we caught mahi mahi, 2 giant sailfish and a wahoo. They even fileted some mahi and wahoo for us to take to a local restaurant to cook. It was an incredible trip and the highlight of our vacation. Thank you!!

Captain Tom and Chris were awesome. It was clear
they were working hard to make our outing great, and it was!  We caught a lot of fish!  And they provided good recommendations for local restaurants that would cook the fish for us. If I ever come back to Aruba I would do it again and I recommend them to anyone else looking for a fun fishing trip!