Captain Keith Washburn was very friendly and we all had a wonderful experience. Would highly recommend!
Thanks Robert it was fun to fish with you. Come back and see us agian. Tight Lines Keith
Enjoyed Mike personally but he was very poor as a guide. A guide is paid primarily to put clients in the best position to be successful. We sat on two locations for 3 hrs each even though there was no to very poor fishing success. Luck always plays a role but good luck improves dramatically with a hard working knowledgeable guide. The 4 clients on Mikeโs boat caught 5 small Halibut in about 24 total hrs of fishing. One was lost when Mike went to gaff it and knocked the hook loose.
When we came in at the end of the day there were countless wheelbarrows and stringers of really great catches and the biggest eye catcher was a 172 pound Halibut hanging from the photo gallows! Luckily I was in Alaska so the scenery made up a little for the very disappointing guide svc!!
Enjoyed Mike personally but he was very poor as a guide. A guide is paid primarily to put clients in the best position to be successful. We sat on two locations for 3 hrs each even though there was no to very poor fishing success. Luck always plays a role but good luck improves dramatically with a hard working knowledgeable guide. The 4 clients on Mikeโs boat caught 5 small Halibut in about 24 total hrs of fishing. One was lost when Mike went to gaff it and knocked the hook loose. When... More
Sorry you didnโt have a good day Paul some days are like that even in Ak. You should never judge your day of fishing by what the other guy catches. As a guide with over 40 seasons of fishing this area one thing I can tell you is we all have bad days now and then but thankfully the good days far outweigh the slow bad days.
And thats true, but I will give you 3 reasons NOT to book with Fantasea. 1- They over sold this charter form our original 4 to 6.Look at the 10 ft beam on this 32 foot boat, you cant and should never put six people across the back and try and fish but he did.Every fish we caught got tangled in at least 4 other lines because we were fishing 1 foot apart, 9 times we got tangled and we lost about 2 hrs fishing having Keith cut and re-tackel everyones lines.2- if you not catching fish move to another area itโs alaska there are fish in there,, this guy would rather save fuel, he didnt know how to stay on the rockfish when we found them, heres a hint they school. And lastly and this is huge, he has no deckhands, so you waste time with him trying to drive and tend to clients at the same time, and he rents some guy named Bobby at the dock to clean your fish, huge mistake, this guy dropped 2 full fillets of rockfish over the side and into the water, but the worst part was not cutting the cheeks out of our halibut,who does this? thats the best part on the fish, but not for us, In summary, the captain is incompetent (or just doesnt care) the dockhand is dangerous to your high dollar investment and the captain doesnt read any fishing reports because its all in plain writing for him to adapt his trips and go find the fish. I have fished out of seward for 8 years, this trip may make me go somewhere else.
And thats true, but I will give you 3 reasons NOT to book with Fantasea. 1- They over sold this charter form our original 4 to 6.Look at the 10 ft beam on this 32 foot boat, you cant and should never put six people across the back and try and fish but he did.Every fish we caught got tangled in at least 4 other lines because we were fishing 1 foot apart, 9 times we got tangled and we lost about 2 hrs fishing having Keith cut and re-tackel everyones lines.2- if you not catching fish move to... More
First, we didnโt oversell the charter you paid for 4 people you didnโt buy the whole boat which was available thatโs kind of like getting a window seat on an airline then whining because the fill up the other 2 seats if you want the whole row pay for it simple as that. The boat has a twelve ft beam, and we fish six all the time there again if you want a bigger boat then you need to pay more to get it. You got tangled because most of you were inside trying to stay out of the rain if youโre fishing you need to be out taking care of your pole. As far as moving we were catching fish. Iโll say it again if you were all outside actively fishing instead of sitting in the cabin then we wouldnโt have had nearly as many tangles, and we would have caught more fish. Iโm sorry you didnโt have a good time and in retrospect with the weather that we had that day I should have canceled at the dock.
First, we didnโt oversell the charter you paid for 4 people you didnโt buy the whole boat which was available thatโs kind of like getting a window seat on an airline then whining because the fill up the other 2 seats if you want the whole row pay for it simple as that. The boat has a twelve ft beam, and we fish six all the time there again if you want a bigger boat then you need to pay more to get it. You got tangled because most of you were inside trying to stay out of the rain... More
We had six people on the boat and 2 active lines in the water for six people. I am an avid fisherman and I know that that is BS. If he captained a charter here in Michigan he would be out of business. This was our family vacation and we spent $1000 for a half a day. I would not have given him $500. If you are not catching anything you would think you should move. I spoke to other charter captains at the dock they said he was just being lazy. My wife and daughter never go fishing and they were excited to go on this trip and it was so disappointing they may never go again. We should have gotten our money back. I saw other boats that had half day charters and they caught a bunch of fish. I was expecting a better experience. This Captain is not worth the money for sure.
We had six people on the boat and 2 active lines in the water for six people. I am an avid fisherman and I know that that is BS. If he captained a charter here in Michigan he would be out of business. This was our family vacation and we spent $1000 for a half a day. I would not have given him $500. If you are not catching anything you would think you should move. I spoke to other charter captains at the dock they said he was just being lazy. My wife and daughter never go fishing and they were... More
Since you are โquoteโ an avid fisherman you should understand a few things. 1 You were not in Michigan Iโm sure they have their way of doing thing just as we do here. 2 It does look like it was a slow day we did however catch fish and as an avid fisherman Iโm sure that you understand that is why itโs called fishing and not catching. 3 Just the fact that it was a half day trip limits the time you can spend moving to find fish you only wanted a half day trip thatโs what you got so donโt complain about it. 4 I am sorry the trip didnโt meet your expectations. 5 As for getting your money back you never asked.
Since you are โquoteโ an avid fisherman you should understand a few things. 1 You were not in Michigan Iโm sure they have their way of doing thing just as we do here. 2 It does look like it was a slow day we did however catch fish and as an avid fisherman Iโm sure that you understand that is why itโs called fishing and not catching. 3 Just the fact that it was a half day trip limits the time you can spend moving to find fish you only wanted a half day trip thatโs... More