My wife and I went down for our honeymoon and we really wanted to try off shore fishing for the first time.  Weather didn’t let it happen the first day but captain Bill put took us inshore instead and put us right on flounder, Mangrove snapper, pinfish, Jack, and more. 3 days later the weather was cooperating and he took us off shore and caught our limit of triggerfish, which is some of the best tasting fish we have ever had. Caught amber jack, trigger, sea bass, vermillion snapper, red snapper (can’t keep it,  but amazing time bringing them in) ringtail porgy, grunts, had a shot at a barracuda.  We saw jellyfish,  dolphins,  sea turtles, ramora, even had a shark on the line at one point.
  Both trips were everything we could have asked for.  Wound up with 33 keepers, caught well over 200 fish. The line was hitting fish before the bait even made it to the bottom!  Was the highlight of our trip and captain Bill was the reason that the trip was so successful.  Everything he said we were looking for we found, and right where he said it would be.  We are already trying to plan our next trip out!  Would highly recommend both of these trips as they are completely different experiences and both worth every penny!!

Because of sea sickness we really were hoping to fish inshore, but Captain Bill was upfront telling us that would be tough with outgoing tide and heat.
We decided to go a little farther out, and to be honest the fishing wasn’t great. However. We did lose one large redfish trying to transfer the rid to the 8 year old of our party. Even so we saw dolphin, one large sea turtle, naval and coast guard boats. Unfortunately, a few of our party became ill, but Captain Bill took us back in. He then took the 8 year old and Dad back out to make sure he caught a few fish.
  We enjoyed Captain Bills information on area, and he entertained us with his stories. We will be coming down this winter so hopefully try again when inshore fishing is better.

Booked our trip with Capt. Bill as a memory and experience gift for the hubs instead of the usual material stuff. It was a blast! Capt. Bill was well prepared and had us on fish from the first to the last drop. We caught a variety of fish from red snapper, vermillion, porgy, black sea bass, trigger,  grunts, jacks, and a barracuda on light tackle. At the end of the day, our arms were sore and our bellies were full. In addition to fishing, we enjoyed seeing sea turtles, several pods of dolphins, sharks, and a submarine. It was a perfect day and Capt. Bill was very knowledgeable and shared lots of fishing & cooking tips. Thanks for a wonderful memories!

Great day on the water with Capt Bill.  From the first drop down and a double Red snapper hook up(also lots more caught and released) to 2 Cobia boated (a couple more we lost), a few raymoras, triggerfish, B-liner and then a couple of rod benders with sharks that ended up cutting the line.  Very knowledgeable and shared lots of tips and information throughout the day.  Kept me out on the water a bit longer as we could see a few popup storms at the beach and to get back after they had passed and be as safe a possible.  I Highly Recommend his services and can’t wait to go back out with him again.  Enjoy the videos and pic.  Semper Fi!!

Our family booked our first ever fishing charter with Captain Bill and it was a trip we will always remember. From the first cast to the last we caught a wide variety of fish from red snapper, sea bass, cobia and sharks. Captain Bill was extremely knowledgeable about the waters and taught us everything we needed to know to make our trip one to remember. Hooker Charter and Captain Bill Perkins will get the job done! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to fish with a top notch captain.