I booked with Captain Patrick Hemphill though I was a little gunshy because my husband and I had a pretty rough experience with a different charter (not Captain Pat,) but we love fishing and it was our 10 year anniversary. I thought I would give it a shot since he had solid reviews.

Not to beat a dead horse, but when you have had a bad charter, you know a good one. Captain Pat comes prepared and on time. His boat was in the water waiting for us with bait and a plan on where to go already. We didn’t have to spend our time looking through the charts to find a place or wait for him to go gather bait or rig the poles. We went over the safety plan in case of an emergency and then we were off.

Captain Pat has is a career law enforcement officer and has some awesome stories to share! We chatted most of the day off and on by swapping stories because I am in the legal field. What is great is even though we were chatting- he was still watching the bobbers, paying attention to everything going on, casting my rod because I hate that part, watching the direction of the boat, etc. He continued paying attention so we could have a good time.

We really had a great time and I appreciate that Captain Pat fun, respectful, and professional. I expect his business to grow quite a bit as the word gets out about how well he runs his charter.