Had a great afternoon with Captain Mo! A little windy but still managed to catch sever fish including Lady fish, Trout, Snook and even a barracuda!!!
It was decent. Seemed like everywhere we went someone was already fishing it. Guide looked somewhat lost. Iโd recommend it just because of the price.
Hi Brady,
Thank you for taking the time to rate your experience with us. I regret the fact that it wasnโt all you expected it to be! Jose has been guiding with us for over 10 years so it seemed a bit stange to me when you said he looked a bit lost. You and your wife hooked various Tarpon, landed one and apart from that caught Snook and Jack. On a 4 hour trip that is considered a pretty good day! You also send me a message after the trip saying that it was an awesome experience fishing with Jose! We also spoke on the phone after your trip and you never mentioned anything about the issues you had on your trip. After seeing the 2 stars you gave your trip with us youโre leaving us a bit confused!
Kind regards,
Martin
Hi Brady, Thank you for taking the time to rate your experience with us. I regret the fact that it wasnโt all you expected it to be! Jose has been guiding with us for over 10 years so it seemed a bit stange to me when you said he looked a bit lost. You and your wife hooked various Tarpon, landed one and apart from that caught Snook and Jack. On a 4 hour trip that is considered a pretty good day! You also send me a message after the trip saying that it was an awesome... More
I feel like the trip should have been cancelled because of the extremely high winds. The water was extremely rough the water muddy which made for very poor fishing. They should have knownthat those conditions would make for poor fishing
Richard, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Yesโฆyouโre right, it was windy the day you went out but weโve been out in worse conditions and still caught a lot of fish. Sometimes we go out with perfect conditions and not catch anything. Other days the conditions are not very good and we have a great day of fishing. You just never know! One thing I do know is that if itโs not save to go out we do cancel trips. This was not the case on the day you went out though!
I do regret the fact that your trip wasnโt all you expected it to be and for that I appologize!
Regards,
Richard, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Yesโฆyouโre right, it was windy the day you went out but weโve been out in worse conditions and still caught a lot of fish. Sometimes we go out with perfect conditions and not catch anything. Other days the conditions are not very good and we have a great day of fishing. You just never know! One thing I do know is that if itโs not save to go out we do cancel trips. This was not the case on the day you went out though! I... More
I understand that it is fishing and that you are not guaranteed to catch big fish, or even a lot of fish. The only problem I had with this trip was the topwater lures. I specifically requested to throw topwater all day to catch Tarpon. I understand that they are a difficult to fish to catch. But with that being said, the lures did not have a front treble. This not only decreased our hookup ratio, but also made the lure unbalanced and walk incorrectly. We caught fish. Nothing big, and no Tarpon. That is no problem. The problem is I just believe we didnโt have much of a chance to land one with the way the lure was. The guide said they took the treble off because of the seaweed, but I would much rather pull seaweed off my lure and have a better hookup ratio then to not pull it off and not be able to hook one. The seaweed was not even above the surface of the water. Overall, the guide and other guys back at the office were very friendly and very attentive. This trip has the potential to be a GREAT trip if they fixed the lures. I bet I missed 20 fish today on topwater because of the missing treble. As much as I hate to put that I donโt recommend this trip, I canโt say that I do until the treble hook issue is resolved. In closing though, you donโt have to request topwater specifically. I am sure that it would be different otherwise. This entire message is strictly about the topwater lures.
I understand that it is fishing and that you are not guaranteed to catch big fish, or even a lot of fish. The only problem I had with this trip was the topwater lures. I specifically requested to throw topwater all day to catch Tarpon. I understand that they are a difficult to fish to catch. But with that being said, the lures did not have a front treble. This not only decreased our hookup ratio, but also made the lure unbalanced and walk incorrectly. We caught fish. Nothing big, and no Tarpon.... More
Hi Ryan,ย the problem we have with putting more than 1 hook on topwater lures is that it will harm the fish too much. You can put2, 3 or even 4 hooks on a topwater lure and yesโฆ.you will increase your chances of catching it but at what cost. We"ve sse it many times in the past where Tarpon had hooks in their eyes, gills and many other places where it would harm the fish. Weโre all about conseravion and trying to catch and release those fish with as little harm as possible.Your guide told me you jumped 6 Tarpon, had many shots at Permit, Snook and Bonefish. With this type of fishing that is considdered a pretty good day. Itโs not always about how many fish you caught but how many shots did you get. If you go out fishing to fill up your cooler it doesnโt matter how much harm you do to the fishโฆ.itโs going to die anyway but with catch and release fishing you try to harm the fish as little as possible. Hope you understand!
Hi Ryan,ย the problem we have with putting more than 1 hook on topwater lures is that it will harm the fish too much. You can put2, 3 or even 4 hooks on a topwater lure and yesโฆ.you will increase your chances of catching it but at what cost. We"ve sse it many times in the past where Tarpon had hooks in their eyes, gills and many other places where it would harm the fish. Weโre all about conseravion and trying to catch and release those fish with as little harm as possible.Your guide told... More