This trip was just me, my wife, and my college age daughter.ย They were not thrilled to be going fishing but in the end they both had a lot of fun.ย The boat was a good size and very clean.ย It looked brand new even though the captain said it was a 2000 model.
Captain Jay was very friendly and was able to put us on the fish.ย I booked the trip just the day before and he responded shortly after via text to discuss what we wanted to catch and where to meet.ย We meet at 12 noon for an afternoon trip.
The boat was plenty big for the We were looking for Grouper and Snapper for dinner.ย Unfortunately Grouper season just closed on 12/31/20 so we were targeting Yellowtail Snapper.ย
The captain talked with another captain just pulling into the slip next to us and he said it slowed just before they came in.ย Captain Jay then called another captain out fishing on a reef as well and he said the same thing so I was a little worried we might not catch much.
He took us to a totally different spot then what he planned originally based on the info from the other captains and we were instantly on the Yellowtail after putting out some chum.
We ended up with 14 Yellowtail, 1 Cero Mackerel, and one 15lb Red Grouper that we had to throw back.ย We also had cut lines about 8 times so there were plenty of fish.
Overall it was a fun trip and a good time catching fish.ย I would highly recommend Captain Jay and I will be booking him again on our next trip down to Marathon.
This trip was just me, my wife, and my college age daughter.ย They were not thrilled to be going fishing but in the end they...