The rate was more expensive than most of the other fishing charters, but the boat looked nice in the pictures and we had 6 people that wanted to fish, not just troll for fish.  When we got on the boat, I was disappointed to find out there were only 4 fishing poles on board.  I specified that 6 people would be fishing when reserving the boat and the description said up to 10 people.  The crew was 2 friendly younger guys that were helpful at times.  We caught about 16 small fish, nothing substantial.  Overall, we had a good time, but we were disapointed that we paid top dollar and had to take turns fishing.  In my opinion, the $600 rate for 4 hours of fishing is high compared to the other charters in the area offering the same services.

Great crew, boat and my “boys” caught fish.  👍🏻

We booked this trip specifically to target bottom fish such as grouper and red snapper. When we arrived the first mate asked what we wanted to do and we replied jig for fish, thought we were on the same page but there definitely seem to be a language barrier. We rode out to the oil rig hoping to target fish there, unexpectedly that was not a viable option as there were divers working and we had to keep a safe distance away, totally unforeseen and understandable. This is where things became interesting, we seemed to be aimlessly riding around “looking” for holes, reason I bracket the word “looking” is the Garmin depth finder was not working, this is a crucial piece of equipment for fishing. It will store marks where fish were caught on previous trips and store those routes. Another great tool on the Garmin is relief shading where you can see the contours on the ocean floor to see drops where fish tend to hang out and it will also mark fish around the boat. Not having this piece of equipment working essentially made for fishing blind. Then the mate had 2 rods set up to troll for bait fish, having 2 rods set up for 10 people was the exact reason we chose this specific boat so everyone would be able to work their own rod, unlike a traditional 6-pack charter where everyone rotates on the rod and sometimes everyone doesn’t get a chance. The mate and captain however were trying their best and tried keeping the guest happy and we actually landed 1 barracuda.