In total it was a nice private boat trip on a beautiful sunny day but if you want to go fishing I can not recommend that trip.

Like all other reviewers (also the once who rated with 5 Stars) we wasn’t catching intended fish. Actually we wasn’t even catching baitfish with exception of one tiny little fellow.

First I thought „that’s fishing“ but to be honest during the trip the captain didn’t seem to be motivated to find fish. With quite some fishing experience I know that 3 hours are a short time to catch good fish but that’s a reason more to try to use the time given.

Instead using the “Twin 600 HP Cummins engines ... to make sure you reach the fishing spots as soon as possible” like announced in the description, we started trolling immediately after leaving the harbour for one hour until we reached a wreck.

Close to the wreck we where bottom fishing for one hour to catch some baitfish without any results (with one tiny exception). The captain showed us at the fish finder that all the fish which is supposed to be on the spot usually, wasn’t there on that day.

Stillt we where staying at that spot until the next strategy was trolling the way back to the harbour for the last hour (which already wasn’t successful on the way to the wreck).

All in all the boat is great and super equipped and on the way back to the harbour captain Robert showed a couple of videos on his mobile which where showing that he is an experienced fisher for sure. Still he wasn’t showing motivation or enthusiasm on our trip which would have given us the feeling that we have the chance to catch fish.

I’m sure using the power of the engines to get to the spots as soon as possible is using way more fuel than starting trolling immediately from and all the way back to the harbour. And using the own experience to find fish is probably more work than going to a wreck and back with auto pilot.

But if I’m booking a fishing trip as described I have some expectations wich wasn’t fulfilled. That’s why I can not recommend the trip.

No fish caught. We trolled an hour, fished at a wreck for and hour, then trolled back to the Harbor for an hour. The captain was mainly on his phone and hiding in the Cabin. Didn’t seem to have any good spots established in the area for fishing, although there were seagulls all over the area over fish in different spots, he never went in their direction. I asked if we could swim if we weren’t catching any fish and he ignored it. Seemed like he was looking make few bucks on Saturday but not motivated to work for it. He has a beautiful boat though. I don’t recommend.

My family booked an evening charter including our 3 teenage children and had a fantastic time. Robert is an extremely experienced captain and fisherman. The boat is kitted out with everything you need - all top class. Next time we are back in Istria, we will be booking again, but for a whole day next time. Great experience!