I searched for days to book the perfect FIRST deep sea fishing adventure for our family while visiting Key Largo. After contacting Captain Frank - I knew this was the charter for us and I had made the right decisions. My husband was happy with the size of the boat which was spacious and immaculate for the five family members able to come in addition to captain Frank and first mate Travis (who were AMAZING) and mate in training Jason. I explained that I wasn’t sure how some of us were going to handle being on open seas but we really wanted to catch some fish that we could eat - he said “no problem - we’ll concentrate on the snapper and not go out very far”. God was smiling and it was a sunny day with calm seas - and the fish were biting!!!! First mate Travis explained the secret behind a successful fishing trip and primed our location, showed us the correct way to pull those beautiful fish from the ocean and didn’t have any problem reminding us (gently) that we weren’t keeping that rod low enough or using the rod to ‘reel in the catch’ — as we were all beginners. We had a blast and caught so much fish we didn’t have to buy meat for the rest of the week!!! To add to the excitement- while our daughter was reeling in a fish- out flew a BARRACUDA trying to gobble up her catch. The crew quickly baited a bigger hook on a stronger rod with her fine catch and my husband caught and reeled in the barracuda. That only happened because they thought so fast on their feet. As we all did so well, the captain finished our trip by venturing out into deeper water and my husband caught a huge mullet snapper. We didn’t realize how big our fish or how big the BARRACUDA was until we went snorkeling a few days later. What a great and awesome trip of a lifetime!! Thanks to Captain Frank and his team for making my husband’s 60th birthday one we will all remember for years to come!!!!
Kathryn Cherry