My family of three (wife and 10-year-old who is an avid fisherman) met Captain Robert at the dock, he was very friendly, helpful and very relaxed and chilled. We spent about 40 minutes getting out to the fishing hole and within five minutes of dropping three lines in we all started to catch trout catfish whiting and croaker. After about an hour, the tide stopped flowing outward, and we enjoyed a beer and waited for the flow to reverse when it did. I caught my first ever shark, a bonnet head shark! It fought like crazy and took about five minutes to land, Rob did the necessary unhooking as he did with all the difficult fish such as the catfish which can leave quite a nasty sting. After another hour, Rob pulled up anchor and we moved to another spot again we were immediately on the fish. We estimate that we caught between 60 and 70 fish between the three of us we lost count. At times all three of us were trying to unhook fish at the same time. Rob was the most relaxed chilled fisherman, which Iโm sure helps with the vibe. He knows his stuff. His tackle was great. His boat was fine and we had a great time. I think in future heโll be taking more shrimp with him because we actually ran out of bait just as our trip was coming to an end and we wouldโve benefited from another bag. We did have a heavy rig with a mackerel tail attached in the hopes to catch a big shark but it didnโt happen this time which means weโre going to have to visit Captain Rob again in the near future! Give Rob a try youโll have an amazing time.
My family of three (wife and 10-year-old who is an avid fisherman) met Captain Robert at the dock, he was very friendly, helpful and very relaxed and chilled. We spent about 40 minutes getting out to the fishing hole and within five minutes of dropping three lines in we all started to catch trout catfish whiting and croaker. After about an hour, the tide stopped flowing outward, and we enjoyed a beer and waited for the flow to reverse when it did. I caught my first ever shark, a bonnet head shark!...
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