Pleasant charter

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  Venasio Crawley

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  New Zealand

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  Member since 2026

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  5.0

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  46 snapper: The BEST Fishing Charter Day - EVER!!!

  5 Hour Snapper Trip (Private) on April 13, 2026 • 7 adults

  May 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 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

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  Response from Charter operator

  April 14, 2026

  Awww 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!

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  Forrest Bogue

  Repeat angler

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  Massachusetts, US

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  Member since 2023

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  2 trips

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  5.0

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  Best Charter Out There

  7 Hour Kingfish Trip (Shared) on April 6, 2026 • 1 adult

  The best charter experience I’ve ever had. Weather forced a change of plans but everyone was very communicative and went above and beyond to accommodate. Trent and Johnny put us right on some great fishing spots. The boat is very spacious with plenty of room for personal items and while using the fishing gear. Whether you want to book an open party or book the whole boat (which is what I’ll be doing next time), I cannot recommend May Marie Charters enough!

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  Response from Charter operator

  April 9, 2026

  Thanks so much Forrest- really appreciate your kind words. Trent and Johnny enjoyed your company - they'll be looking you up if they get over your way! Thanks again for coming out with us and for being so easy to work with while we changed plans with this dodgy weather coming through. We'll look forward to seeing you back on board for the next one!

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  Genaya Cations

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  New Zealand

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  Member since 2026

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  5.0

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  Such a great day!

  5 Hour Trip – Snapper Shared on February 21, 2026 • 3 adults

  I 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 operator

  February 24, 2026

  Thank 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!

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  Kathleen Cope

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  New Zealand

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  Member since 2026

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  4.7

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  great 5 hours at sea

  5 Hour Trip – Snapper Shared on September 25, 2026 • 3 adults

  great 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.

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  Response from Charter operator

  September 29, 2026

  Hi 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!

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  Chris Watson

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  New Zealand

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  Member since 2026

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  4.0

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  We had a great time.

  7 Hour Kingfish Trip (Shared) on September 8, 2026 • 2 adults

  Not 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.

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