Bayflats Fishing Charters 

We had a terrific experience fishing with Justin! A couple days before our trip, Justin reached out to see if we could move from the morning to another afternoon because the mornings had been a bit slower. We had to keep the morning due to our own plans but nonetheless, Justin still had us hooked up! We caught a few redfish early, even had one so big, it bent my hook and got off. Had never seen that! We collectively decided to go out to the bay with the time we had left to spot stalk Jack Crevalle! We caught 5 of these and they are incredible fighters! We had a great time looking for “violence” on the water then would shoot over and throw our line right in the middle! Not an eating fish, but pound for pound, these jacks are a super fun fight and fight above their weight! Which was about 40lbs! Do yourself a favor and book with Captain Justin! You won’t refgret it!

I wanted to take my 7 year old son out fishing to catch bigger fish than the bass and crappie back home. Captain Justin was awesome with pre trip communication and coordination. My son, my wife, and I did a 2 hour trip from 5:30-7:30pm. Captain Justin was so patient with my son who had a million questions. The boat and equipment was awesome! We boated 15 fish in 2 hours and kept 4. Captain Justin knew exactly where to go to get us on some fish. I can’t express how awesome the trip was and how much fun my whole family had. We will be making this an annual tradition now!

our trip was so fun- we loved riding in the boat, seeing the beautiful lake and marsh wetlands and catching fish. We caught enough red fish to have an awesome grilled fish meal that evening. our guide was fantastic! He was so attentive and helpful- for the girls in our group who weren’t experienced fishers, he cast our rods for us in the perfect spots and he was there to help our experienced fisherman any way they needed- snapped pictures for us with each catch- afterward he cleaned our fish and gave us a wonderful recipe for grilling them- such a fun experience for my whole family- a break from the beach and so nice

Justin was very knowledgeable, super kind, and incredibly patient and awesome with our kids. He blended into our family (me, brother-in-law, father-in-law, and 8/10 year old boys) like he was a longtime family friend. We focused on redfish and kept our limit, including one very healthy fish that came in just under the max size limit which was awesome. Also caught a huge black drum, catfish, stingrays, and even a blue crab. Great times! Would recommend. We plan to do it again next spring break!

Captain Justin is great, very kid friendly and knowledgeable. His philosophy towards fishing is awesome in working to get the most time with bait in the water and minimal time underway while moving on quickly from spots that were not generating much action. We were originally to start at 7:00 AM but moved to 4:00 PM after Captain Justin recommended doing so as his recent trips had been more successful in the late afternoon/early evening. His early communication and interest in what we preferred for our trip was greatly appreciated. My grandson's, ages 12, 17 and 23 very much appreciated having a captain/guide who was so intent on putting them in the best situation to catch fish. The first couple of spots generated some bites though nothing stayed on the hook but the next two produced several Red Fish and a Stingray and between them some other fish I cannot recall the name of. Things were heating up at the fourth spot when the weather conditions worsened and it was decided we needed to, mostly due to lightning getting close, get back to the dock. So, our trip was cut short by about an hour and a half and Captain Justin was good enough to offer to prorate my balance but I decided to pay in full without a tip. We agreed on that and he said he would try to get us back out to finish up before our leaving the next Saturday. On Friday we communicated and agreed to meet at the dock at 5:45 PM but unfortunately the weather again interfered with our plans and we had to cancel. We'll be back next year and all agreed they would like to fish with Captain Justin again and he offered, if that works out, to make up the lost time then. Overall a very pleasant experience and I would recommend Captain Justin to anyone, especially those with kids. Looking forward to hooking up next year.