Do yourself a favor to book with Captain CJ early and often. My wife and I spent our first visit to the area trying to do something really memorable. We had decided to do a charter but it’s hard to pick a guide not knowing anything about them. After reading many, many reviews, I booked a half day with Captain CJ and it was worth every penny and then some.

He will absolutely fish for anything that you are looking for but if you really want to have a blast, let him be the guide and leave it open to his choice. That’s what we did and couldn’t be happier. We spent the afternoon reeling in sharks almost as fast as we could get the bait in the water. The boat and tackle is top rate and he really knows what he’s doing. As I am typing this review, I am nursing sore arms, shoulders, back and hands and I couldn’t be happier about it. We are coming back and we will definitely book one, perhaps more trips with him on our next visit. Great guy and awesome guide!

If you are looking for memories, don’t sell yourself short. Book with Captain CJ.

Thank you for a great trip!

This was by far the best fishing charter experience I’ve ever had. It all started with me inquiring about Catchin Jiants online and CJ’s wife, Trisha, got back to me right away and helped me book the trip. She was so nice and helpful. The day of the trip she even called to say CJ might be five minutes late but he was actually right on time. Nice of her to call! CJ was great because he wasn’t like usual cheesy captains, he was very chill and professional. He had very informative answers and was super easy going. Oddly enough we snagged a bird?!?!!!! I was scared but CJ calmly took it off the tangled line. It was always my dream to catch a shark and we caught two! My friend, husband, and I all had a great time. We will be back to North Captiva and definitely will use Catchin Jiants again. Thank you Trisha and CJ!!!!

Captain CJ guided four kids today (three 11 years old and one 10) that caught an amazing amount of fish in four hours.  None of the kids are regular fishermen and he was extremely helpful with them (quote from the fisher boys).  Kids loved fishing with him and are helping me with this review. I will spread word of mouth.  I’m from Minnesota and love fishing in Ontario and on boarder and CJ kept them on amazing action the entire time.  Amazing four hours with two of my kids and two nephews.  Grandpa was along to enjoy and had the time of his life enjoying four of his grandchildren making four hours seem like fifteen minutes.  Worst complaint was “my wrist hurts”, which is probably best complement you could ever get as a guide.  Thank you CJ.  Great afternoon!

This was our first trip with Captain C.J..  He is a great captain and a good guy/fisherman.  I would definitely recommend him.  We were visiting my father in Cape Coral so, the 1hr drive through Sanibel and Captiva to where we met the boat was convenient and scenic.
It was a beautiful morning and we caught fish, however it was not an epic fishing day but that is the way it goes when you fish.  When you don’t know anybody and it is just my son and I it is a very expensive trip making it a difficult decision to even go fishing.  I am surprised there are not more duo’s looking to partner up and share the cost of a boat.  If there are more people like us, I hope FishingBooker, through their website, can figure out a way to get people to partner up.

Despite the challenging conditions of the red tide, Captain CJ was able to find us some fishing holes where we were catching fish as soon as we dropped our lines in the water.  We ended up catching lots of fish.  He was very friendly and knowledgeable of the area and did a great job pointing out some interesting facts about Captiva and Sanibel Islands.  It was a great experience for our family and was a much better time than swimming on the beaches with the red tide.