Very fast and easy booking with Jeliray - Rene was prompt in replies and confirmed to meet them right behind Lucy’s at the renaissance Marina. Weather was good and we got started right away from 7am cruising out, they had prepared bait and dropped lines right away. Fishing was slower despite seeing numerous flying fish, we successfully caught a massive Wahoo on the hand line which was awesome to pull in!
Captain and Raymond were excellent hosts and would highly recommend them for a fishing charter!
We gave the wahoo to the captain since it was our last day in our Airbnb, next time we would recommend to keep a couple fillets and cook at Lucy’s for $16usd which seems quite reasonable!

We had a great time with the crew! Fishing was great, my wife got sick out on the big water so they took us back inland more. We enjoyed it and would recommend to anyone. The boat is docked by Lucy’s restaurant so I suggest you take your catch their. The crew will fillet it and take it to the restaurant so you can eat it fresh. Thanks Rene for booking us last minute our previous charter canceled on us so we got lucky to go!

My wife and I went out with the Jeliray crew for a 4 hour morning trip. while we didn’t catch much but really enjoyed the interaction with Captain Swa and his son. We also had a true “the big one that got away” story as we lost what the crew considered a good King Mackerel close to the boat. The captain also explained to us a few things about the conditions and how it effects fishing as well as just some general conversation.

We did come back with a bonito and a very small tuna which were cleaned by a man on the dock, and cooked up by the folks at Lucy’s (a restaurant right in the marina) and we had a great lunch of our own catch! This was a great experience and really rounded out a great day.

One last thing I will add that says a lot about the crew and the owner Rene. We arrived with our credit card and cash for a tip and Rene asked us for the remaining fee before we left the dock. The card machine was broken and there was some back and forth as well as a moment that it seemed we would have to go back to our hotel (in a taxi), get cash, and come back (in another taxi) which would cost us probably an hour of fishing. Rene agreed to let us go out and offered to drive me back to the hotel when we returned to get cash and bring me back for lunch with my wife. He was VERY apologetic about the confusion. We had some great conversation and all was resolved.

This day proved that it’s not always about how many fish you catch but who you go with.

Trolling on the way out, we caught one small Bonita that we ended up using as bait. We kept moving until we found fish and would stay in that spot until it slowed down then move to another. Caught a nice wahoo on the hand line what was a GREAT experience. Lots of small barracuda and tuna, and one good sized barracuda. Most of the action was in the first half of the trip and slowed down as the sun got higher. Something snapped the 200# test on the hand line, and they brought another right out. For the price and experience, it was definitely worth it and would recommend.
We also had a line break on a rod, but the line looked old and frayed before we left the dock. That would be my only complaint, but it was easily overlooked by all the fish we caught and the great crew.

Had a great time, we had 6 rods going for 3 people..
Plus the restaurant where the boat docks cooks your catch..