First Fishing Charter. Fishingbooker site made it easy to schedule this last minute trip. We got immediate confirmation and shortly after a nice text from Captain Ethan introducing himself and later instructions for our trip. This made it easy and comfortable for me to ask questions. After a quick, and easy pick up Captain Ethan had us on the fish! Even if fishing would have been slow, we would have had an amazing time with Captain Ethan! Definitely recommend and will book again!

Captain Ethan took my eldest daughter, son (14 and 10) and I fishing and his primary goal you could tell was for a great time and good fishing. It started a bit slow, but we ended up catching some great fish and even ended up making friends with a Pelican we named Nigel and had to fight over fish with Seagulls (so much more to that story). We couldn’t have imagined a better captain and experience for my kiddos first time out fishing in Florida. Thank you for the memories!

I booked a 4 hour back bay trip with 2 other individuals.  Ethan was kind enough to write back to me and reschedule the trip for another way because he thought the weather would be better.  He took us to 4 or 5 difference spots on the river. It was a bit colder than usual, so ethan knew to stay in shallower and warm water.  The day ended up being a great success. He provided good tips and tricks, had good conversations, and delivered a solid experience overall.

My family had a blast with Ethan, even though the fishing was what the locals consider tough!  We had water temperatures near 100 degrees but Captain Ethan knew where the Snook & Redfish would be hiding!  He put us on some monsters right away…  They were some of the hardest fighting fish I have ever felt.  We even caught a couple sharks!!

On our trip we also saw several different species of other fish, birds and mammals.  I chose the longer 6 hour trip which was probably out of our league for fishing with my wife and two young daughters who are constantly glued to their cell phones.  And just when I thought my youngest was going to make the trip unbearable with her usual complaining when things get slow and hot… Ethan steps up and has no problem engaging the kids at their level with exciting stories and wildlife knowledge.  So the kids never lost interest.  We’ve been on trips before when the Captain just didn’t have a personality and it just makes for a bad day on the water. 
Ethan has a great personality and we could have stayed on the water with him all day…  He kept our kids (two teenaged divas) engaged and that was more important to me than the fish we brought home. 

It truly could have been a bad trip due to the conditions but I think with the right attitude and Captain you can make any day on the water a great day regardless of the fish you catch or bring home.  But don’t get me wrong we still caught a lot of fish! We just were not expecting this good of an experience considering the conditions.

  I remember several other fishing charters making contact as they wrapped their days up only two report 1 or 2 fish being caught their entire day while we had caught several.  But it took work.  I was sure glad we chose Reel Sanibel we were willing to put in the work and so was he.  I honestly felt so lucky to be on that boat that day… even though we brought a bunch of Bananas!  If you want your family to feel comfortable with your Charter Captain and remain engaged even if the fishing sucks as well as know that your captain is doing all he can to create a memory for you choose Reel Sanibel.  Just remember the fish are not just going jump in your boat…  you gotta be willing to put in the time and expose yourself to the elements if you want to come home happy.  My biggest fear was taking my teenage daughters and keeping them excited… that happened!  Thanks Ethan!!!!!