We spent a week near Boca Grande and took 4 trips.  We chose a near shore trip as we had an inshore and two tarpon trips booked already.  Captain Lou offered to change the trip to tarpon as they were biting in the pass.  We elected to keep the nearshore trip.  First and foremost, the boat is mint!  If your idea of camping involves a hotel this is your ticket.  Capt. Lou keeps two bean bag lounge chairs in the bow that both my teenagers took advantage of as we headed to the grouper holes.  We caught a wide variety of fish; snappers, groupers, grunts, puffers and even a remora which we thought was really neat.
Lou was very experienced, a patient teacher and gave us great recommendations for things to do and local places to eat that we would not have found otherwise.  I can only expect that a tarpon trip with Captain Lou would have been wildly successful. We were very happy with our Fast Cast Fishing Experience.

An amazing day on the water! Captain Lou put me onto a 500lb bull shark. Needless to say, even days later, my arms are still sore. It was a 75 minute fight that ended with a beautiful animal by the boat.

We tried for Tarpon but were unsuccessful. We did get into a ton of snook, a jack and more puffer fish that one could count.

The boat was amazing. Well supplied and in pristine condition! Captain Lou takes exceptional care and it shows!

All in all a great day. I would recommend Captain Lou for any fishing trip around Boca Grande. I will definitely use him next time we come down!