A family with few experienced fisherman and few newbies. Andrew was great we caught all the fish we could and as a bonus we had a great white take a fish of a line about 3 feet from the boat. Kids will remember it forever!

Andrew was great. He knew where the fish were biting and had good vibes going the whole way. Definitely would go back to him and highly recommend to anybody looking to have a memorable day on the water.

Andrew was an amazing CAPTAIN‼️ He was knowledgeable, very social, got along with kids and adults alike, as well as finding fish for us.  We couldn’t be happier with such a great captain. We WILL do this again‼️

WARNING TO READERS: I am a highly experienced striped bass angler with 60+ years of experience catching them from boats and shore. Which makes me a tough reviewer and grader of charter boat Captains!

I booked a four hour, afternoon striper charter with Andrew and SHOWTIME “at the last minute”, specifically four days before casting off. So most CC Bay-side, experienced Charter skippers were already booked long before, it being the extended Fourth of July weekend!!

And I am a direct person who never skirts the truth or dissembles.

Six of us went out with Andrew and we caught four slot stripers, more than enough to feed our family. Andrew is an engaging young man who is very knowledgeable given his age and experience. Some of the pictures on his website are of pre-size-limitations fish (e.g., #’s16, 17 and 35 of 36). And some of the text appears to constitute an attempt to “fog” the reader as to Andrew’s age (e.g., “…extremely successful past seasons led Andrew to take night courses while finishing up school…” to get his Captains license, and “With many successful seasons under his belt…”). You won’t find a clear photo of Andrew on the website either.

2024 is Andrew’s FIRST as a charter Captain, and he just graduated from HIGH school. But everyone starts out at some point, and every star performer starts somewhere! Would I go out with Andrew again? Sure! You won’t get skunked! AND you’ll have FUN aboard SHOWTIME.
Andrew has extensive knowledge for his age, and a bright future ahead of him, so long as he never forgets that WE ALL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN, and to do so EVERY DAY!

Andrew was stuck on wire line jigging, and it is indeed ONE OF the most productive ways to catch linesiders. But it’s not the ONLY one!!

1)Andrew needs to learn to listen more attentively to his clients. I asked to cast from the bow while two were jigging from the stern. Andrew was concerned (apparently that I might hook someone, or perhaps that I’d cross one of the wire lines). So it was not until an hour later and I asked again that he said OK.

2) Andrew should NEVER give a client a fishing rig to use that is not in first-rate, operating condition! When he finally relented, he handed me a spinning rig with a reel in DIRE NEED (and wow do I ever mean DIRE!) OF GREASE AND OIL!! I’m talking grinding noises and resistance when cranked! When I pointed this out Andrew tried the rig himself, cranking the reel hard and quickly, apparently trying somehow to free it up. Unsuccessfully!! THEN ANDREW GAVE IT BACK TO ME saying I should try cranking the reel faster!! WHOA! I promise you, this was a spinning reel that belonged on the workbench in someone’s repair shop, not in a charter client’s hand!!!

3) Andrew could be more open to clients’ suggestions, even if he’s expressed the view that he has a better idea. Andrew knew how experienced I was, he knew I had had my own striper boat in Sesuit Harbor for six years, but he ignored my initial agreement followed by multiple requests to go to Barnstable and then troll back to Sesuit (after 1-1/2 productive but boring hours of transom-gating a commercial clamming boat out at Billingsgate) until I gently put my foot down (“Do you have any Rapala X-Raps aboard” followed by “I already said I wanted to go to Barnstable!”).

Those are some well-intentioned suggestions for a new charter Captain with a great future agead of him. If I were a betting man, I’d say that Andrew is a rising star for sure!!

Afternoon charter with my son (13) for only three hours. Great short run. Captain Andrew had two keepers in the boat within the first 30mins!  Great time and we’ll be sure to book again with him. Highly recommended.