We had a wonderful 4 hour charter. We caught a bunch of Black Bream, two White Bream, and one gorgeous red snapper. The captain was fantastic.
Our biggest regret is that we didn’t have any options to eat our fish after the trip. The only other time we did a fishing charter, the crew was able to refer us to a restaurant or grill that would cook up our catch for a fee. When we asked here, they said there’s nowhere that’ll do this service during the high season (summer). So at the end of our tour, we had a bunch of fish (which were not scaled or cleaned), that we had to either release or take home and deal with ourselves. We ended up letting them all go, except for 2, which we took back to our AirB&B and attempted to clean and cook in our tiny kitchenette. (Imagine the scales flying everywhere as inexperienced novices try to use a butterknife to scale their fish…). If you don’t want to be trying to fry your fish on a tiny hot plate, I recommend you think ahead about your plans for the fish you catch - if you can’t scale, clean, and cook them yourselves, be prepared to let them go.
My other recommendation is to keep an eye on time to make sure you fit in everything you want to do. We had indicated at the start we halted to both fish and swim in the ocean. But we didn’t watch the clock and when we were ready to swim, it turned out that it was already time to return to shore, so we didn’t get to swim.
Overall, I’d definitely do this charter again, especially now that I’m more informed about what to expect.
