This couple caught fish for the entire trip and big fish too. They hooked over 15 fish but lost more than they landed. My boat was clean, ready on time and stocked with live bait as always. This is clearly a bogus review from hateful people. We sent them home with 15lbs of Tuna and King fillets. I feel sorry for people like this.
No Deckhand to help and engine fumes/exhaust blowing back into boat.
This trip was underwhelming to say it nicely. The captain and first mate are very friendly and work hard. But they couldn’t put us on any action. So for 8 hours, 4 people, we have 5 red fish…..not what I was expecting.
The clients ended the trip early when we were finally getting bites. The trip they booked was for Mahi and deep dropping. We hooked up on 2 huge fish deep dropping but got cut off. I tried to explain how to hook the fish while deep dropping but the father didn’t pay any attention as he was making a sandwich. No one was paying any attention to anything we would tell them and they spent most of the trip asleep. Then when we would find birds with Mahi, they just wanted to fish the reef even though this wasn’t a reef fishing trip. This review is completely unfair, fish don’t just jump into the boat. You have to listen to your Captain and Mate, you need to participate by looking for birds and you need to be ready to miss when a fish bites. I would tell them we are hooked up but them no one would even move to the rod and the fish would get off by the time they got up to fight the fish. I was very disappointed in the clients attention and effort as my Mate and i worked very hard the entire trip. Our hard work obviously want appreciated because they post a bogus review to hurt or business. There should be a way for Captains to rate the clients, these clients would get 0 stars for effort and participation.
The clients ended the trip early when we were finally getting bites. The trip they booked was for Mahi and deep dropping. We hooked up on 2 huge fish deep dropping but got cut off. I tried to explain how to hook the fish while deep dropping but the father didn’t pay any attention as he was making a sandwich. No one was paying any attention to anything we would tell them and they spent most of the trip asleep. Then when we would find birds with Mahi, they just wanted to fish the reef even though... Mehr
Left in a timely manner. Spent 20 minutes getting bait. Spent 1 hour putting hooks on line, Captain would not allow us to cast line most of the trip. Held us up to chitter chat with other boaters, I paid for deep sea fishing trip and only fished 250 ft depth. I’ve ever heard the word “no” in the last year more than I heard the captain say in 5 hr trip. We Spent more time driving to different locations then fishing and the captain fished himself more than we did. I’ve expressed to local captains/friends. He will spread the word around the community to not refer to this company. Awful, dissatisfied, disappointed on how we were treated.DON’T USE THIS CHARTER!
Left in a timely manner. Spent 20 minutes getting bait. Spent 1 hour putting hooks on line, Captain would not allow us to cast line most of the trip. Held us up to chitter chat with other boaters, I paid for deep sea fishing trip and only fished 250 ft depth. I’ve ever heard the word “no” in the last year more than I heard the captain say in 5 hr trip. We Spent more time driving to different locations then fishing and the captain fished himself more than we did. I’ve expressed to local... Mehr
Wow, this lady is lying and a terrible client. We left on time as I always do. I addressed all the lies below but let me say this. I have 71-5 star reviews and 3-1 star reviews. 1 of the reviews didn’t even fish with me, I was hospitalized for an injury and caught MRSA while in the hospital. The other 1 star didn’t like my boat because it was diesel even though we caught several fish. And this lady…. LIE-We didn’t spend 20 min getting bait but getting fuel, the bait boat delivered bait while I was fuelling and I stayed out for an extra hour for free even though I had another charter that day and it meant going without a break. I am double booked everyday and have to get fuel every other day. I fish from 7am-7pm 7 days a week. LIE-I didn’t spend an hour putting hooks on, but I probably spent over an hour fixing the rods because they didn’t listen to anything that I said and kept tangling the line. I must have told them 25 times the right way to hold a rod but she would just say, “I know how” but she didn’t and kept making the same mistakes and tangling the line. LIE-I never stopped fishing or driving the boat to talk to other Captains. 2 Captains pulled up next to me while fishing or driving in the no wake zone and we exchanged info on where the fish were. 1 Captain called me on the phone while we were fishing to share info regarding what he was catching. All 3 conversations combined didn’t last 5 min. I thought a client would be glad that I have such extensive resourses to find fish when the bite was slow for everyone. LIE-It wasn’t that I wouldn’t let them cast the line, they were not casting rods and had a lead with a 15’ leader making it impossible to cast. We were also fishing 5 rods with 5 different techniques and the rods had to be set in a certain order and way to keep from tangling. LIE-Deep Sea fishing is 250’ in Miami. You can catch every top game species in Miami except for a Swordfish or Golden Tile fish in 250’ of water. We caught small fish and the bite was terribly slow so we had to move around to find the fish. LIE-She doesn’t know anyone in the local Miami area, she knows 1 Captain in Islamorada where the fishing is very different as I explained to her several times. Anyone who has fished with me knows that I explain everything that I am doing and I patiently teach all my clients. The reason I said no so much was because the kep asking to put lines in the water when it would have tangled the other lines, as I explained over and over to her. LIE-We didn’t spend the whole trip running around. We spent 45 min getting out and 45 min getting in because we ran to a spot that was 5 miles up the beach to find fish. This is the same time I spend on every trip, everyday, it is afterall, Deep Sea fishing and it takes time to get out 3 miles to 250-300’ of water. Then she wanted to catch a big fish, so I took them to catch a big fish and we hooked one in 2 min but a shark ate it. I put another bait down and then they wanted to do something else, even though I told them this was the way to catch a big fish. These were the worst, most unappreciative clients that I have ever had. Don’t let these people book your boat. Captain Bryan
Wow, this lady is lying and a terrible client. We left on time as I always do. I addressed all the lies below but let me say this. I have 71-5 star reviews and 3-1 star reviews. 1 of the reviews didn’t even fish with me, I was hospitalized for an injury and caught MRSA while in the hospital. The other 1 star didn’t like my boat because it was diesel even though we caught several fish. And this lady…. LIE-We didn’t spend 20 min getting bait but getting fuel, the bait boat... Mehr
Didn’t snag anything. Crew were nice and fun!!
Wow, we worked our butts off, finally got some bites but couldn’t get them out of the ship wreck. We even stayed out longer for free but whatever, some people are fishermen and realize that it’s called fishing, not catching. Rating a Captain on his 9th strike out in over 270 trips this year is messed up but I guess this client is 100% perfect everyday of the year. He should try fishing for a living…. Captain Bryan