Stray Cat Charters Galveston 

The fish weren’t biting - no one was catching anything, including all the boats around us. The captain did everything he could to locate fish. Both that’s fishing. We will get them next time. Enjoyed conversation and the water.

I cannot in good conscience write a positive review about our experience on this charter. The day before our trip I called to make sure everything was good for our trip & confirm what time we needed to be there. He said he knows his website says 6:30, but he doesn’t leave until 7:30. That was a red flag for us already. Since we freshwater fish & have been on charters before, we knew we should be on the water by the time the sun comes up. The captain asked if we were fishing for edibles or shark & stingrays. I told him edibles & he explained that they hadn’t been biting much, but said we would start with those & if that wasn’t panning out we would move to shark fishing. He was over an hour late because he got to the marina too late to get any live bait. He said they ran out 2 people in front of him. When he finally got there he was in a bad mood & did a lot of complaining until we were actually on the water. All we did for the whole 4 hours was move up & down the breakwater wall. We caught 1 keeper & never moved to shark fishing like he said we would do. We booked this trip specifically because it is advertised that the boat has air conditioning. One of the people in our group of 6 has a heart condition & we wanted to make sure she had a place to cool off if she needed it. By 10:30 we asked about turning the air on in the cabin & he said it takes 2 hours to cool down & in the past he has had people go in there & not come out so he just doesn’t turn it on at all anymore. The only good thing i can say about the trip was the deckhand that was helping him, Mike Hernandez, was amazing! He made sure everyone had bait on their hooks at all times, explained what some of the little fish we caught were & educated us on the best way to set the hook when we had a bite. it’s a little different than freshwater fishing, so that was new. Overall, if it hadn’t been for Mike, I probably would have requested a refund.

What a great, fun, day on the gulf!! My nephews and I had a wonderful day fishing with Captain Jerry. The book is in excellent condition, the fishing rods and reels were all easy to use. With a simple lesson we were ready to cast our lines. Our group included two young teens, ages 12 and 14. As well as an old lady, 70 and slightly handicapped using a cane. Jerry, and his deck hand, Trey were patient and helpful assisting me onto (and off) the boat. We fished for a few hours and the boys caught fish such as trout, rock fish, and even a couple of eels. Captain Jerry then set the boat to trawling and we hoped to catch a couple of sharks. TJ had a shark on the line, but it jumped the hook about 4 feet from the boat. Weather was great most of the day - had some shade and a breeze at times. But we didn't really mind the hot July day because we were on the water having a blast!