It was a good day, James!
Captain Don is an experienced angler. He is great with kids and adults. Would recommend to anyone.
Thank you, Brian. Again I really enjoyed taking you folks out!
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Great Experience highly recommend..
Thank you, Jeff. It was my pleasure to serve you, Mason and TJ! You guys were a blast!
Don worked hard to catch bait but had no luck. He spent over an hour with bait and to his credit added that time back and extended the trip to 5 hours.ย He has a nice boat with all the tools to catch fish. Having only 1 to 2 rods being used with 4 people doesnโt produce much fish and the bits were slow. Donโs style of fishing is to do all the work baiting, setting the catch and then handing the rod over to a customer. This is fine for a person that never has fished, but even if youโre experience your not go to be allowed to handle the rod much. I was allowed to cast 4 times with a minnow floating during the 5 hours. To Donโs credit he worked his butt off trying to snag some fish and he was able to hook 8 fish and we managed to get 4 in the boat with 4 breaking the line. This is the problem with micromanaging everything it reduces the fish time per person. I have be on several ocean trips and surf fishing for years and I have not experienced Donโs style. My three adult children had a good time with the fish they caught and the one large red snapper was a great experience for one of my daughters. I gave Don a $55 tip for his hard work, I just wish he would allow his guest to help to maximize catches. We could have easily had 2 bottom fishing and another working bait on top. If Iโm down in Panama City again I will go out with another outfit. If you have never fished in your life then Fishwacker might be your choice.
Don worked hard to catch bait but had no luck. He spent over an hour with bait and to his credit added that time back and extended the trip to 5 hours.ย He has a nice boat with all the tools to catch fish. Having only 1 to 2 rods being used with 4 people doesnโt produce much fish and the bits were slow. Donโs style of fishing is to do all the work baiting, setting the catch and then handing the rod over to a customer. This is fine for a person that never has fished, but even if youโre experience... More
Derek. First, you had three kids on the boat that needed the assistance. It wouldโve been much easier for me to sit back and just hand them rods and let them fish. But like you said I am a hard-working guide. As far as your experience goes, Trust me, it is minimal. The reason I cast for you Was because you kept throwing the bait 20 feet behind a boat and it needed to be much further out than that. Most guides would have given up on catching bait today and just finished with frozen bait. I put in the extra effort in order to have the bait for you to have a successful trip today. And then I added an extra hour on the trip for free. No other guides would do that. And what is funny is that it was you that was trying to micromanage me. You were getting on my last nerve but I still treated you very nicely. There are reasons for every little thing I do out there. When the bite is slow I am using two rods to cover more ground and find fish that want to play. This was all explained it to you but I guess it went over your head. Even your kids were trying to get you to back off. Bottom line. Tipping a Guide $55 for all the hard work I did and keeping you out there an extra hour is nothing, bro. By all means. Please go with another outfit when you come back down here.
Derek. First, you had three kids on the boat that needed the assistance. It wouldโve been much easier for me to sit back and just hand them rods and let them fish. But like you said I am a hard-working guide. As far as your experience goes, Trust me, it is minimal. The reason I cast for you Was because you kept throwing the bait 20 feet behind a boat and it needed to be much further out than that. Most guides would have given up on catching bait today and just finished with frozen bait. I put... More
This young lady Maggie gave me a four star review instead of a five star review. I have no clue why. Then she tried to book me again 2 days later but I was already booked. Just another day in the crazy life of a fishing guide. LOL.
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It was a good day, James!