We had a great fishing day with Captain Jake! This is our second excursion with SaltnSun and it did not disappoint! We had a great day out on the water catching Barjack, Grouper, Yellowtail, Rainbow and Mahi! It was a little choppy out there at some points but Captain Jake was in control and made us feel safe so we could focus on fishing. He is a great captain who doesn’t miss a beat driving the boat, taking care of the equipment and also making sure we had fun, memorable and a great time! We will definitely book with him again!

Captain Jake was amazing! The trip was fantastic! We have done bottom fishing before on a party boat and private charter, this by far was the best. Caught lots of fish ( plenty for. Our family to eat dinner and breakfast! Captain Jake brought everything you would need , even sunscreen and snacks. We ( 6 people) all fished at the same time and he kept bait in the hooks at all times. I would highly recommend him, we will for sure book him again.

I used to be a fishing guide in MT for several years, and this is not my first guide in the FL Keys, and Jake was the best. We were on fish, literally within seconds of putting our lines in the water. He a pleasure to hang out with and we caught fish the entire time when other boats were getting darn near skunked. His number is saved in my phone and I will be using him again and recommending to all I know. This dude will put you on fish. Bavo Cap’t Jake!

We started our morning at 8:00 AM and headed out on the water. We stopped at a reef first where see chummed the water and started catching several yellow tail but were mostly too small other than two of them. We then began catching several cero mackerel and getting lots of hits of bigger ones off the back of the boat but only got a couple of them on the boat. Had. A beautiful pod of dolphins go through that slowed the fishing a bit so we headed out to a wreck but unfortunately there were just too many people there and not much was biting. In an effort to get us some fish we headed out to deeper water to possibly get some tuna, wahoo, Bonita and whatever else might hit while we trolled. We had a tuna that was taken by a shark and caught a Bonita that while bringing in got attacked by a dusky shark which got hooked so we reeled that in to the boat. Caught another Bonita and then headed back in and went back to the wreck where it had quieted down a bit. We put out a few live baits and dead baits and finally hooked a big one. After about 30 minutes of fighting this thing we finally saw that it was a 9’ hammerhead. We continued to fight it for another 30 minutes and got it to about 20’ off the back of the boat and finally lost it.  Was certainly a bummer but my wife did an amazing job fighting this thing and taking over for me who was struggling a lot. Finally time to head in and we got ashore and put our stuff away while capt Jake cleaned our fish and advised us how to cook the mackerel. I like fish that don’t taste to fishy so I never had tried it but we headed to castaways restaurant and got it cooked wreck diver style and it was amazing. While at dinner capt Jake sent us all the pics and videos he took while we were out there which was a nice touch since we were to busy catching fish to many pics.

Captain Jake really put us on the fish!  The trip was perfect for my family which included 2 children 8 and 10 years old.  We were treated to near consistent action with Lane Snappers which the kids had a ball catching.  We also got lucky enough to land a large nurse shark, cobia, and multiple sandbar sharks.  Everyone had so much fun fighting them.  Captain Jake is a heck of a fisherman as well as a good host.  A cooler of drinks, cookies, and pineapple made the kids very happy.  Next time we are back in Marathon we know exactly who to call to go fishing.