Captain Luke did a great job of catering to my 70+ year old parents and to my 15 year old daughter.  He was receptive to the needs of my dad who has Parkinson’s, and is an experienced boater and angler but hasn’t fished in 3 years bc of his condition…until this experience with Capt Luke…how wonderful to see him in his element, happily catching yellowtail for 3 hours!  In addition the booking system, openess to personalized trips/needs, cost and location made this a WONDERFUL experience!  My parents will book again this season in Key Largo, and we will when back down next year! 

Luke was fantastic. Extremely knowledgeable and good with anglers of all skills and ages.  We caught 4 keeper black tuna and about a dozen other small fish on a 5 hour trip.  I brought my 12-year-old son who is a decent fisher and my 10-year-old daughter that never fishes. Both had a great time and reeled in some fish.  Luke also recommended a restaurant that would cook the fish for us locally.

Boat is comfortable with decent seating & bathroom - both must for kids. 

I’m certain we could’ve weny after bigger game without the kids.

After many hours of catching redfish, Pollock, mackerel, and cod. as we kept on fishing for the fun, smaller fish. Luke throughout a tuna rod just for the heck of it within about 15 minutes the rod started pulling off the reel started screaming! oh my gosh, we had one on. An incredible fight ensued. After over an hour of getting him to the boat twice and getting to see him crest one time he looks like something prehistoric. Our guide, who commercial for bluefin tuna approximated that it was about 600 pounds and 7 1/2 feet long. We were gonna have to release him anyway, because the season for recreational fishing was over. This season for commercial fishing was only certain days of the week in order to keep their fishing grounds in good health. The tune ran out the line again and DJ reeled, him back in to the boat as he got close to the boat Luke said he will either be tired enough that we could get a good picture of him in the water and release him or he would dive straight down and spin enough that his fin would cut the line. Unfortunately, that is what happened and you could see the end of the line was bent. but wow one an amazing day and one an adventure. We would highly recommend going out with Luke. In fact we were scheduled to do another day, but it was too windy to go out.

We had a great time with Captain Luke! He accommodated us with our toddler (who was familiar with boating - don’t recommend with one who is not) for a morning scenic trip with lobster catching (7!) and an afternoon solo fishing for my husband.  I cannot recommend Luke enough.  He was amazing, knowledgeable and a local.  Plus, if you head down to Key Largo in the wintertime, he’ll be happy to charter you there, too!  His dog Koda was a bonus 🙂

We had a great time on our half-day trip with Captain Luke out of Northeast Harbor. He made the experience fun for everyone, going above and beyond to make it memorable. Not only did he put us right on the fish, but he also took the extra time to pull up close to an island so we could get an amazing up-close look at a group of grey seals. It was a fantastic experience for me and my teenage grandkids, and I’d head out with him again in a heartbeat!