A friend and I went for a half-day fishing charter with The Long Run Sports Fishing a few weeks ago and had a great and exciting experience. I should preface we have little to no fishing experience and although we were open to any experience, we both totally enjoyed the one Long Run provided. While out, the water around the boat began to “boil” -a term that was new to me-. I had never seen the water’s surface teaming with so many fish. The captain said it was Mackerel and related they weren’t good eating as they are too fatty and very fishy tasting. Unpleasant was the word he used. But I didn’t care, I wanted to catch one.
What followed was an experience right out of a Loony Tunes Cartoon. I had a lure at the end of my line and all I had to do was cast my line out and within less than a second, I had a fish to reel in. It was soooo exciting. Who cared if it was crappy mackerel, I was having a blast!  In a matter of 20 or so minutes, I caught 43 mackerel!!! All I had to do practically was throw my line in the water and whip it back in the boat. It certainly wasn’t a traditional or anticipated experience. Together my friend and I caught 76 fish. What to do with 76 fishy fatty mackerel? We gave them to Long Run for shark fishing at a later date.  Apparently, mackerel make for great chum for attracting sharks. It would have been great to catch something edible, but edible or not, we had an awesome time. Beyond the fishing, the captain and crew were great help and all their fishing equipment was in good order. They were hoping we’d catch anything other than mackerel and were encouraging us to ignore the mackerel boil and try for skipjack, flounder or something else. As it was just me and my friend, they were really accommodating to our limited experience and our limited requirements. In a sense it was like going deer hunting and being overjoyed with hunting squirrels instead. Admittedly, we were easy to please.
I would highly recommend chartering with The Long Run Sportfishing group. We were extremely pleased and will be definitely chartering with them again.  FIVE STAR crew. FIVE STAR experience.