We were a group of 4 ladies (2 adults and 2 teens), only one of us had really fished before, and we had a blast!  Our captain had us pulling up red snapper the minute we anchored and dropped our lines!  Wonderful full service, the captain took care of everything and we had a ton of fun.  We brought home enough fish to eat for days and even share with some friends.  We’d love to come back and do some more fishing with him again sometime.  100% recommend!

My girlfriend’s father and I took this trip spontaneously just to do something while visiting Englewood! Found “Playing Hookey Charters” through this website and it was the perfect fit for what we wanted. Pete was an awesome captain/ person, he knew his stuff, knew what to throw to catch what we were looking for and kept us on our toes with what we were doing next. He has two options between gulf fishing, and or inshore trips. With that said we did the gulf, and will 100%... More

I had a fun time fishing with Capt. Peter. I wanted to target Barracuda and he guided me do just that. We caught a variety of fish while jigging for blue runners to use as bait including a small shark and a LookDown fish which I had never seen before. Then we trolled for cudas and had 7 hits. What a rush when they hit your bait! They definitley are a fighting fish which was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Capt Peter for a fun day and I look forward to more trips with you!

Thanks to our captain Peter who was very professional, took us to different spots and taught us how to fish with the greatest kindness. We had a great day with him and caught an incredible amount of fish (king mackerel, snapper, grant, barracuda, grouper…). Peter even took the time to clean and prepare the fish when we returned. It was a real pleasure! We recommend him without a shadow of a doubt.

We had a memorable experience with Playin Hookey Charter off the coast of Venice/Nakomis. Our captain did everything possible to maximize our time with bait in the water and all four of us caught an abundance of fish with an interesting variety of species. We took home enough for a large meal and some left over. I highly recommend this service.