Captain Matt is a real dude. His first mate Jerrad was a host of hosts. Solid people. Good people.  Matts hair really was a sight to see. As far as fishing goes; We caught trigger fish in the first ten minutes. And we continued to catch fish throughout the 3 hr trip. Trigger, rock, and squirrel fish. To our surprise captain Matt put us on to catching a 6’ shark! Totally unexpected and equally entertaining. The only way we will top this trip is to visit 850 charters again!

We had a blast fishing with Captain Matt. My 10 year old son had been surf fishing with no success, so we booked a charter with Captain Matt. My son really wanted to catch a shark,  but they just weren’t biting much that day. Captain Matt did put him on some amberjacks though, and those were some fun fish to catch. Caught some triggers, reds, snapper, rock, pin, and a catfish that we definitely didn’t want to touch. Captain Matt even kept us out a little longer trying his best to get my son on a shark. Seen the largest sea turtle that I have ever seen along with a few more sea turtles and several dolphins. A dolphin and her newborn calve kept following us around. They would come right up to the boat and circle around. Thankfully, the dolphins left us alone to fish and weren’t stealing our bait the entire trip. We had a lot of fun and I plan on coming back in the spring to do some cobia fishing with Captain Matt. Definitely recommend him. He’s a Destin life long native, and he knows the best spots for your best chance.

I was the only passenger on this trip and was offered (and took advantage of) an extremely customized day of fishing.  we started off shark fishing (went one for 7, but that one was quite the ordeal to get brought in), progressed to trolling, and then wound up doing some bottom fishing as well.  Also saw the normal array of dolphins, jellyfish, and also a man-of-war that looked like its tentacles trailed were about 12-14 foot long.  The one on one with Matt also allowed some very enjoyable conversations.  All in all, I enjoyed the trip immensely, and would recommend it highly, and we will be sure to charter with Matt the next time we are in town.

Booking was super easy once I decided which charter I wanted to book.  I chose 850 Charters based on the reviews and positive feedback regarding Captain Matt.  Our crew consisted of my 6 year old son, 22 year old son, 21 year old son in law and myself.  The boat accommodated us all quite well.  The gear was all top notch and ready to roll.  Matt did a good job getting us on the fish, however we struggled catching many.  During our trip Matt was in communications with other captains as they work together trying to locate the hot spots to fish.  It sounded like everyone was struggling to find great spots as the water was much warmer than usual for this time of year leading to less than ideal fishing conditions.  We all enjoyed the trip and will be back.  Hopefully more fish next time.  Thanks Captain Matt!!

Had a great trip with Captain Matt and crew. He had a good challenge ahead of him due to the storms that blew threw this week. We had to reschedule for 5 days after the original booking, and it literally came down to the last minute decision to head out. The water and wind were threatening, but Captain Matt prevailed. He put us on bait fish right from the start. We moved to vermillion reds, triggers, remoras and a slew of others. Next we rode out a few more miles to a spot and we fought some amber jacks. He even helped us experience the power of a shark. It was a great trip and we are definitely going to keep Captain Matts’ 850 Charters in the books to use again.