I am very sorry that you did not have a great experience on your trip.  I go over & above each and every time to put my customers on fish & to help them enjoy the experience.  It is unfortunate that this was not the case with your charter.  As far as the tournament goes, it definitely helps a guide to know that there is in fact a tournament, that the tournament requires certain rules (artificial only), and that wade fishing will be a requirement.  Had I known ahead of time, scouting for that specific purpose would have taken place prior to your charter.  As previously stated, I always want my customers to catch fish and have a good time. As far as not knowing your names and calling you, “Boss,” well that is just a nickname that I call many of my customers and friends.  It was not intended to be anything but friendly.  Finally, in all of my years of chartering, I have never had a customer go into the water (although I know that this does sometimes happen).  It was an extremely rare and odd occurrence.  The rouge wave literally just came out of nowhere.  My very first order of business was to ask if everyone was okay, and thankfully you all were.  Even though it was out of my control, I did apologize, and I will again.  I am very sorry that it happened.  I am glad that things went better on our second day of fishing.  In fact, I’m not sure that you didn’t end up winning/placing in the tournament. I offered to fish longer than normal the following day, and I am offering to take you fishing on your tournament again for FREE next year. I pride myself on putting customers on fish & helping them to have a good time.  I am sorry that this was not the case on your trip.

I am very sorry that you did not have a great experience on your trip.  I go over & above each and every time to put my customers on fish & to help them enjoy the experience.  It is unfortunate that this was not the case with your charter.  As far as the tournament goes, it definitely helps a guide to know that there is in fact a tournament, that the tournament requires certain rules (artificial only), and that wade fishing will be a requirement.  Had I known ahead of time, scouting for that... More

Thank you for the review. We ended the day with a nice mixed box of excellent eating fish.

Thank you for the review. We ended the day with a nice mixed box of excellent eating fish.

Unfortunately, that’s why they call it fishing and not catching. It was a tough day, and I did offer to take you in early and only charge you half price because I knew the fishing condition were tough. The wind was blowing so hard and the tides were super low that day and I could not get my boat shallow enough to get to where the fish were that’s why I had to literally get out of my boat and push you guys up to the shoreline. I did find a school of redfish later in the day, but I could not get them to bite. I put people on fish every day, but sometimes the fish do not want to bite. I was very aware of the conditions beforehand. Just the day before, I had limited out on drum in the same spot that I took you guys with the exact same bait, but for some reason they were either not there or not biting at the time. And shrimp either dead or live is the absolute best bait for any drum species, so I do feel I had the right bait for the job. Normally, I do use live shrimp instead of dead, but the wind in Rockport was so bad during that time that none of the bait stand shrimp boats were leaving the harbor, so I had to do the best with what I had. I am very sorry that you guys had a bad day and I did work very hard to get you the fish. I hate it when people don’t catch fish and I do my absolute best to put them on fish, but unfortunately every fishing guide has a day like this. So, this is what I’m going to do. I will offer you a trip free of charge next time you are down in Rockport for another chance to put you guys on fish if you are interested. I was very confident that we would catch fish that day, but sometimes that’s just the way it goes.

Unfortunately, that’s why they call it fishing and not catching. It was a tough day, and I did offer to take you in early and only charge you half price because I knew the fishing condition were tough. The wind was blowing so hard and the tides were super low that day and I could not get my boat shallow enough to get to where the fish were that’s why I had to literally get out of my boat and push you guys up to the shoreline. I did find a school of redfish later in the day, but I could not... More