My wife and I , along with our two daughters (aged 14 and 11) have been on several saltwater charters over the past few years, with
varying degrees of success. Every experience has been positive. We are avid fisherman in our home state of MN. I am a very experienced fisherman , my wife and daughters are less experienced.
First off , Brian is very serious about catching fish. He was hired to do a job , and he certainly excelled at giving us consitent and plentiful opportunities on nice trout and redfish.
Brian is so serious about the fishing , that he let our 11 year old hear about it multiple times , when she didnโt follow his instruction to a T. It rubbed me the wrong way at first , but we let it roll and she seemed to take it in stride.
I wish he could have approached this differently , but the end result was my child lazer focused , and catching more nice fish than she ever has.
As a matter of fact , we all caught a lot of fish , and I even landed a 30โ redfish made possible only by the captain putting me in the perfect situation.
Brian will also guard your fising spot like a bulldog. One boat of googans tried stealing our drift after they must have been spying on us hammering the fish through binoculars. Brian quickly dealt with assailants by blocking their path and making sure they were aware that they had violated the code of the flats. Although I donโt disagree with Capatain Brian on the ethics of what happened , I think the prudent course of action, with kids on the boat , should have been something other that intiiating a close range verbal confrontation with other fisherman.
In the instance that a boat passed by at a higher speed than we would have liked , Captain Brian greeted rhem with the one finger salute and some choice words.
Again, I did not disagree with the Captains sentiment โฆbut , there are kids onboard.
Brian is a very skilled fisherman and knows his waters very well. Would we fish with him again? Absolutely. His softer side starts to come through later in the trip. Heโs passionate about what he does , and that is what its all about.
My wife and I , along with our two daughters (aged 14 and 11) have been on several saltwater charters over the past few years,...
