We took a half day morning fishing trip.ย I mistakenly believed we were fishing for keepers and had our ice chest ready to take our haul home.ย Needless to say, we chose a โsportโ fishing trip and did not get to keep anything we caught. Which was ok, as we caught only one shark and a bunch of bait fish. The trip was disappointing, as this was our entertainment โsplurgeโ of our week long vacation.ย Captain Nathan kept a very tidy boat with a cooler of ice for our drinks. Bring a towel with you as you will need it to wipe your hands after you remove the bait fish you catch. We fished near shore, by the space ship launches, but Nathan didnโt point out the interesting sites to us. We also passed a submarine that was in port. It would have made the trip a bit more fun if he had played tour guide for all the sightseeing there was to be had on this trip. We only learned about the cool stuff because we asked. Nathan is a competent boat Captain with whom I felt safe, even though the seas were a bit rough.
We took a half day morning fishing trip.ย I mistakenly believed we were fishing for keepers and had our ice chest ready to take our haul home.ย Needless to say, we chose a โsportโ fishing trip and did not get to keep anything we caught. Which was ok, as we caught only one shark and a bunch of bait fish. The trip was disappointing, as this was our entertainment โsplurgeโ of our week long vacation.ย Captain Nathan kept a very tidy boat with a cooler of ice for our drinks. Bring a towel... More
Hi Teresa thanks for the feedback. I apologize for any missed information there was about your trip you booked, fishing booker only allows me a small description of each trip so unfortunately i canโt fit all the details in the description. But i do send a confirmation text with a lot of details about the trip and it does say to bring a towels a rag or paper towels in it as well. And i usually have 2-3 other rags to use to wipe hands with as well. You booked a 4 hr nearshore shark trip, not a half day offshore trip. The state of Florida has a huge fishing industry thus we have a lot of regulations on what fish we can keep. Our main goal is to take customers out on a fishing trip to catch fish when they want to cooperate, if itโs something we can keep itโs a bonus. There was nothing brought to my attention that one important thing about this Trip was to bring fish home to keep. Iโll never give false hopes on a trip Iโm here to make sure you have a good time. I would of recommended an offshore trip for that or even the local fish market before i would take you out on a trip where i think we might not catch a fish to keep. I wish i could control the fish and make them bite but unfortunately thatโs the nature of the beast and what keeps us coming back. I have a picture of the nice size shark your husband had caught Iโm glad we were able to at least get that one for him! I hope you can understand a little more about all the obstacles that we work with to try and make the trip work for you and give it another shot. Thanks again
Hi Teresa thanks for the feedback. I apologize for any missed information there was about your trip you booked, fishing booker only allows me a small description of each trip so unfortunately i canโt fit all the details in the description. But i do send a confirmation text with a lot of details about the trip and it does say to bring a towels a rag or paper towels in it as well. And i usually have 2-3 other rags to use to wipe hands with as well. You booked a 4 hr nearshore shark trip, not a... More
Thanks again!
Thank you Taylor! Iโm glad you had a good time
Started out fine. Only caught 2 sharks which is unfortunate but it happens. Didnโt find Nathan very personable. I would think if fish arenโt biting then the Captain would be encouraging and engaging with his passengers. He really didnโt talk about the what he was doing with the bait and what we might be catching. He spent a lot of time on his phone
Hey Greg Iโm sorry we didnโt meet your needs for a 5 star trip. I take all the trips very serious and like to address any issues. As for the fishing well thatโs how it can go some days. Inhad a trip in the morning and i had told you guys it was a tough bite, we had a young boy on the boat that would have really appreciated the sharks you caught. Itโs unfortunate for him that none of the bites we had stayed on. Iโm happy for you that we were able to catch a couple. As far as myself being personable i like to think i am Iโm just a very laid back person Iโll spark up some conversations and Iโll answer questions the entire trip. I will say that i am not any kind of an entertainer though. Some People like like that about me and obviously some people expect more, but i am Always polite and informative. I did explain what kind of fishing we are doing and what a bite will look like and how to handle the rod. We started off trolling with live bait i explained that it is light tackle fishing and what all is involved with that. I had said we have been getting a better variety of fish trolling such as kingfish, Bonito, barracuda, and sharks.ย Unfortunately we missed our only bite doing that so we picked it up and made a move to try some shark fishing. You saw that i out a large fish head on one hook and a big chunk of fish on another hook and cast them out. Im not real sure what you wanted to know about the cut bait exactly but i would have been happy to answer the question you had. I explained that the rods are set up in freespool and what it would look like for a bite and to just leave the rod there. You asked me what kind of fish we might catch using the dead bait i explained itโs mostly shark but we catch a variety of other types as well such as tarpon, stingrays, red drum and Goliath grouper. As a whole it was a tough day of fishing, was very hot outside as well. I like to make everyoneโs trip pleasurable if i can.
Hey Greg Iโm sorry we didnโt meet your needs for a 5 star trip. I take all the trips very serious and like to address any issues. As for the fishing well thatโs how it can go some days. Inhad a trip in the morning and i had told you guys it was a tough bite, we had a young boy on the boat that would have really appreciated the sharks you caught. Itโs unfortunate for him that none of the bites we had stayed on. Iโm happy for you that we were able to catch a couple. As far as myself being... More
Hey Jeff, sorry about how you feel about your trip. Iโve been in this line of work for a long time but this is a new business for me and would like any feed back, good or bad to help improve. No issues were brought to my attention the day of the trip. I try to have the boat ready and clean and be friendly, the only thing out of my control is how the fish bite, which i know we had a slow bite for the bigger fish that day. Any details of why you donโt recommend us as a charter would be appreciated