Absolutely a perfect charter for first timers! We had our children who were new to the boating experience. There were six of us, and still felt the orchestration of the trip was wonderful. Everyone had their turn to fish, and we were able to see sharks! Within the first few minutes we caught our first shark!! All around a fun experience for our son, who loved seeing the fish and sharks. Would absolutely recommend this charter. We looked around to see which were the best for accommodations and... More

Well, it would have been a great trip but my grandson got seasick the minute we stopped to start fishing. It was his first time out. He reeled in the first one and that was it for him. The ocean had rolling swells but actually relatively calm. Captain Nate has us on some very good fishing spots and the rest of us caught many red snappers and one shark. When the action slowed, we moved to another location. We released everything we caught, got some great pictures and made some wonderful memories.

I would like to start by saying this was a awesome experience the captain was really knew his stuff and was excellent with the kids you don’t find that very often he answered all there questions and gave us lots of information about everything on the water. I don’t think we went 10 min without getting a fish we landed 8 sharks lots of bait fish that kept us busy for the hole 4 hours. If I come back here I will definitely be booking another trip with him   Thanks for the awesome... More

Checkmate was a great charter fishing experience! Crew was friendly and put up with all of our questions. Equipment was clean and safe. We caught a nice variety of fish! Thank you, Checkmate!

Captain Nate was lovely, patient, and informative.  He was super flexible considering we had specific requests about what we wanted from the trip.  He was awesome! Great charter!