Greg is clearly what you would call a “local fisherman” and he was honest about our skills, which were very subpar, and taught us a lot about how triple tail (prized species in the area) were supposed to be caught. The technique he has is one that other charters are asking him about (on phone and at docks)  and I think the only way to learn is with someone like him who knows how these fish want to play. Highly recommended, great 3 hour trip and ended up with a “record” triple tail, almost 30 pounds!!!! Amazing day and he ended up cleaning that bad boy up along with 2 other keepers for around 7-8 pounds of pure fillet goodness. Catch ya next trip!!!

We did not catch many fish, but it would be unfair of me to lower Greg’s ratings here because I felt like he worked plenty hard.  I knew it was going to be cool and breezy. It wound up windier than either Greg or I expected.

Greg has a good boat.  One way I measure guides (I’ve been out a lot) is whether they bring all the possible bait. Greg does.  He had live shrimp, sand fleas, and croakers (and maybe other stuff).  He could find fish, they just wouldn’t eat.  To be clear, we did catch half a dozen in our three hours.

Worth noting:  When I booked this trip, I did not realize it stayed in the channel with the cruise boats.  Makes sense since the fish are in deep water during the cold, but I had not expected it.

Biggest positive is that we ran into two schools of big Jacks near the end and Greg stayed with them until we had tried every trick in the book, much longer than he needed to.  I hooked one (it straightened the hook) but we went after them.

Pleasant guy to fish with.  Would go again.

My wife and I took her father and his partner for a fishing trip. Greg was not only super knowledgeable, but was focused on us catching fish and having a great experience. We caught 18 triple tail with 2 being the limit for food. With Captain Greg’s recommendation we were able to get our cleaned fish (by the captain) and had lunch down the road at Rusty’s.

We had a great time. We had great weather. First day fishing after four days of heavy winds and storms earlier in the week ,Captain Greg did a great job putting us on some fish. He moved us around a lot so we could catch fish. The fish bite wasn’t working out for us. We had a great time anyway.  I definitely recommend Reel Magic Adventures and we will definitely be going out with them again.

Captain Greg had every bait imaginable, a clean boat and quality gear.  We had a steady bite in some areas a slow bite in others.  That’s fishing.  There were other charters in the area and we did better than the rest.  No doubt it was because Greg had all the right bait choices and worked the sonar constantly.  I’ll charter with him again in the future.