Everything from the Captain, first mate, the boat, the fishing equipment, and all things in-between was fantastic. James, the first mate, was informative and very kind to a number of our first timers. The Captain knew exactly where to go to catch our bait fish and sailfish. About ten minutes in fishing we hooked a sailfish. After about 30ish minutes we landed it. Captain Brad called the day before to confirm everything, provide info about the conditions, and made sure we knew how to find his boat... More

I have fished with Captain Brad when in Key West over the past 20yrs, In my opinion he is best Captain I have ever fished with and we always catch a great variety of fish. We fished May 6th and 7th and have 40lbs of fillets to bring home. Caught a sailfish this trip, snappers, mahi mahi are just some this trip.

Capt. Brad runs a top notch charter. His ship was extremely clean. He goes to great lengths to help you catch what you are looking for. In our case it was sailfish. We had a very successful trip. Also cannot say enough about first mate James. He was on top of line placment and didnt mind answering our children’s questions. I would highly recommend taking your children on Southpaw. We look forward to doing this again!

The captain and first mate were super friendly and very good at their jobs. The seas were a bit rocky for my liking so we came back a tad earlier than scheduled, but Captain Brad and James were very gracious about it. They put us right on the mahi and we reeled in about 8…5 of which were big enough to keep. The captain offered to clean them for us which we took him up on that. Watching him throw the fish carcasses into the water and see all the tarpon in a frenzy to eat them was entertaining... More