Although we didn’t get skunked we did not find the fish we wanted to keep (snook, redfish, mackerel). It’s difficult to know if conditions or not being in the right place was the reason. There are many charters look at this one and others before making decision.

Wanted table fare but he was limited to 9 miles off shore, we didn’t know this before we left, we talked about grouper but only caught a couple small ones .We did catch many fish but still only managed about 3 lbs in total fillets, We fished the same spot where the party boat goes and it only cost $75 we paid $900 for 5 people, my guess is he only had $75 in fuel and a parking pass.

The winds were too high to troll or basically fish except where there was barriers around. He orobably should have just canceled the trip knowing this in advance. Instead we went out sat around waiting and got nothing. About 3 hours into the 4 hour trip he mentioned he had grouprt at home. I jokingly asked if we could just head back to his place and fire up the grill. He actually said okay to which I said nah I am just joking. He said it wasn’t any trouble and then insisted.  Then the plan was to come in an hour early and catch up with him. Then he basically ghosted us. Honestly,  I didn’t expect to hang out with him because that’s just weird.  But he insisted so we caked it a night with an hour left on the trip - so being lied to and coming in early based on the lie was NOT cool.  I game him 100 tip because at the time I thought he was doing us some huge favor.

Captain launched from a dock he didn’t know closed at 8:30 so we really only fished for 2 hours. Wasn’t able to make it to our destination due to the boat not being able to handle the waves. Captain parked us next to an island where we fished the shallows. He seemed more interested in playing on his phone rather than putting us on fish. There was 4 of us and he only had two poles in the water. Bait was frozen bait not live. We left the island and he anchored down right next to where we launched.  We had only been out 1.5 hours and two of our party had never even touched a rod and reel.  The other two had fished maybe 10 minutes each.  He would cast his own rig instead.  At that point we offered to pay half the price as the park was closing and we were literally fishing at the dock.  He agreed but then charged us almost the full price when we got off the boat.  ($300 of the original $375 fee).  We do not recommend this fishing trip and would appreciate being contacted with someone from FishingBooker.com.