When life gives you lemons 🍋 (WIND), just make lemonade. The windy conditions today meant poor conditions most areas, but Captain Fred had a plan. I’ve always wanted to catch a Peacock Bass and thats what he suggested. Canal fishing for Peacocks and Snook. While the Snook eluded us, the Peacock bass were on fire 🔥. My wife even got into the the action which was great! I’ve fished with a lot of captains around south Florida, some great and some not so much. I’ll fish with Captain Gowdy again soon that’s for sure and I highly recommend him for your day an the water. Until then, tight lines! Thanks again for a great day!

Brandon & Nathalie Johnson

I had an excellent experience with this charter. The captain was ready and waiting for me at the appointed time. I had originally booked a trip for the day after a cold front went through. The Captain contacted me and offered to push the trip back one day for warmer water and weather, which was a great choice. We trolled for jack crevalle at the start and end of the charter, but no luck today. We then went out to one of the bays for sheepshead. We had good luck, with five decent keepers and a number of smaller fish. The rods and reels were top flight snd worked flawlessly. The trolling motor on the boat kept us right in our target spot despite a fair amount of wind and a strong tide. Captain Gowdy is friendly and conversant, adding to the enjoyment of the trip. At the end, he skillfully cleaned and bagged the catch. Finally, I am somewhat limited in mobility, and he took extra time and effort to safely and comfortably assist me onto snd off of his boat. I would highly recommend this charter, and plan to book it again myself in the near future.

Me and the old man booked a half day trip with Fred this morning. All I can say is expectations were exceeded! Fred has no problem making you feel at home and he is very knowledgeable around the water. I’m not a big fisherman but he helped in every way. We caught Sheepshead, Snapper and a trout. We will be booking again and it will be with Fred! Thanks Cap!

Found Capt. Gowdy from an In-Fisherman recommendation.  My son and I were delighted to find he had availability.  We didn’t know there were Peacock Bass in Naples (FL), but he put us on fish right away and caught quite a few using several techniques.  Definitely a five star day for us.  Thanks

Had a great experience with Captain Fred Gowdy!  Despite having some frustrating bad weather, Fred was able to put us on multiple species of fish!  Very knowledgeable with 20 years in Southern Florida waters.  We were also able to change our plans for the second day due to bad weather, and go for peacock bass, which was a wish-list fish for my son an I.  We did awesome!  We’re already talking about coming back and going out with Fred again.