Troy Belcher
4.0
Verified
Fishing with Heather
5 Hour Trip – Snapper Shared1 adult
Great to get out on the water. Crew were helpful. Excellent charter for introducing
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Venasio Crawley5.0Verified46 snapper: The BEST Fishing Charter Day - EVER!!!
5 Hour Snapper Trip (Private) • 7 adultsMay Marie - should take the title for BEST Charter for every other month of the year: Jan Marie, Feb Marie, Mar Marie…through to Dec Marie. We had a Monday booking but because of Cyclone Vaiana, May Marie Charters kindly pushed our fishing trip out to Tuesday morning. We were a family of 7 and had a private charter which we found 100% fair value $$$ exchange for the experience of a lifetime. The crew headed up by Captain Trent Morgan and super-deckhand Johnny Van-Eyk always made us feel safe, were professional, personable, patient, courteous, kind, caring and great fun and nothing was a problem. We spent our first hour chasing schools of bait and caught lots of live bait. They did everything from setting up rods, hooking up bait, unhooking our catch, boiled the kettle for a cuppa, once loaded up with bait, we went snapper fishing. Aged from 13-64, we all caught plenty of fish, especially the teens who got bites every time they put their lines into the sea. 46 snapper, 5 kahawai and 1 kingfish (not quite big enough so returned with my sisters initials on the fish as she caught it). Johnny with help from Captain Trent, cleaned, filleted and bagged our large haul of fish. Johnny even prepared the freshest Ocean-to-plate sashimi. We are back at our rental, we butter panned fried snapper for lunch and made a beautiful Samoan oka (ceviche) which is chilling in the fridge for later. Fish is re-bagged, and covered with salt-ice in the fridge for sharing with friends tomorrow. Choose May Marie Charters - reliable and stable boat (especially if you have choppy seas), They have the best rating because it’s been earned honestly and with hard work and incredible customer care!!! MAY MARIE KNOW ALL THE SECRET FISHING SPOTS, GUARANTEED TO CATCH FISH. BONUS: They have a kettle for hot drinks, waters and even some chips snacks if you wanted some. SEVEN STARS ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Response from Charter operatorAwww you guys!! We are so humbled reading this review - thank you so much for your kind words. Trent and Johnny work really hard to make each trip a truly memorable experience so to have this feedback is truly wonderful. They had an absolutely wonderful day out with your family today and we love that you have a great feed to take home to share with friends and family. Thanks again for choosing us. We will hopefully see you back on board again soon!
Brian An5.0VerifiedNEW第一次新西兰海钓有惊喜！
5 Hour Trip – Snapper Shared • 1 adult船长具备很好的专业水平，比如安全讲解、平稳驾驶、准确抛锚等。 船长的服务也很好，并且提供了标准化的服务。 船员的服务更加贴心，尤其是给客人挂鱼饵的时候特别认真，值得点赞👍 由于我是第一次来新西兰海钓，英文很差，担心船长的区别对待并不存在！
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Response from Charter operatorThank you for your kind words Brian! It was a pleasure to have you on board! We hope to see you again!
Genaya Cations5.0VerifiedSuch a great day!
5 Hour Trip – Snapper Shared • 3 adultsI have been on a couple of charters and this has been the best by far. The weather was perfect, the team were a vibe and they were attentive to the guests! Even spending quality time with a young boy and giving him the experience of his life, making sure he catches a Kingi - his target fish. The boat was extremely clean - this was a bonus, because you usually expect charters to be slightly messy, but this was by far the best - almost looking new, but knowing it's not, as they clean as they go...this is probably not important to other people, but I loved everything about it...thank you May Marie - you are amazing!!!
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Response from Charter operatorThank you so much for your kind words - this has made our day! The guys loved having you on board and stoked to help get the young fella his kingi! Thanks again for choosing May Marie Charters and we hope to see you back this way again in the future!
Kathleen Cope4.7VerifiedNEWgreat 5 hours at sea
5 Hour Trip – Snapper Shared • 3 adultsgreat friendly crew; boat is clean. would have liked less time catching bait and more time focussed on actual fishing. the boys thought it would have been great if they could have purchased bait beforehand or if it had been included in the overall cost. would go again with this crew.
Reported CatchResponse from Charter operatorHi Kate, thank you for the review and for choosing us. Re the bait - totally understand. We had a couple of days (including this charter) where the bait fish were really hard to get. Usually they're not a problem and the fresh bait has a much better success rate which is why we use that instead of frozen (also helps keep the cost down for guests). We usually have a supply of frozen on as well just in case but the guys had used it all the day prior and got back in after closing so were unable to replenish, so they extended the time of the charter by half an hour to compensate for the extra time taken for the bait fishing. Hope that helps explain as we can totally understand the guys' comments on that day. Our boys were frustrated too! :) Thanks again for booking with us and for the feedback, and glad they enjoyed their day out!
Chris Watson4.0VerifiedNEWWe had a great time.
7 Hour Kingfish Trip (Shared) • 2 adultsNot our best day fishing on May Marie. I have been out several times before on the May Marie and caught some big snapper. We tried for Kingfish this time and one of us landed a decent kingfish. That was exciting for all of us and enough fish for a few days back at the resort. We also went out two days later for a snapper trip and caught some small snapper but no where near our pb’s on May Marie a few years earlier. A really good crew made it once again a great day out in the Bay.
