This was a great trip. Captain Will was very friendly and knowledgeable. He spent time chatting with us and worked diligently to find us spots to catch our targeted species. He took us out to catch bait first thing in the morning and then took us to several spots. We caught three King Mackerel and many Bonita. A lot of vessels were struggling to catch much that day and he was able to put us on some great spots to catch some great fish. He was a pleasure to be around and we enjoyed our trip.
I did have some issues with our overall experience. captain Will does not have a first mate, so it was difficult for him to do everything wich is completely understandable. However, there were only two out of four who were able to fish at a time. I feel as though he could have rigged all four of us up so we could all be fishing. As it stood, two of us were always sitting there just awaiting our turn.
He took our time to clean his boat. I understand that fish blood is difficult to remove when dried and can be a pain to remove. However, cleaning the boat should be done at the end of the trip and not on our time we have reserved to fish.
After we caught two mackerel, he left them on the boat instead of getting them on ice. I had to ask him if he had an ice box we could put them in, when he told me where it was, I placed them in the ice box.
Please know, my high rating still stands, but I want to be honest and provide constructive criticism. Again, he was excellent, just a few things I wanted to bring up.
This was a great trip. Captain Will was very friendly and knowledgeable. He spent time chatting with us and worked diligently...