we picked a poor time to go so fishing (season wise) but Chad was excellent   He tried to find the fish but they just werent biting Recommend morning trip versus afternoon

I’m a frequent visitor to the area but this was my hunter-fisherman husband’s first time. He asked our amazing guide, “China” to put us on big fish. We went out on the 0600 launch and I got to catch the “smaller” reds to filet & take home. He then took us out and Wowsa - we were definitely on BIG fish! For nearly 4 hours, we had fish on that were fighting and so much fun to reel in! Our arms were sore and I’ve got bruises on my hip/thigh area as these fish fight! We stopped taking pictures because we were always bringing one in. My husband was impressed and this is quite hard to do when it comes to sports fishing as he does this regularly.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND! And ask for China if you can get him - he’s a local who has been guiding since 1999. And he even made it into a swamp tour, getting gators to pop up.

It was tough fishing conditions, but we managed to catch about 20 fish of 5 different species. Captain Chad is a great guy to spend time with on the water. He has been fishing in that area for many years, so he is very knowledgable about the fishery. We had one person on our trip that has only been fishing once since the 70’s as a young girl, and he even managed to help her catch a redfish :-)

My brothers and I went on our first trip with Big Dog Fishing Charter and Steve was our guide. My brothers and I had an awesome day. We caught red fish, catfish and a drum fish. It was however a tougher day for fishing because the fish weren’t as aggressive, but Steve did all he could do to put us in the best position to catch fish. He was a great guide , very knowledgeable, helpful and just a good guy. I would highly recommend him to anyone. We will most definitely be back for another trip.