We had a great time with Capt.Ches and Mate Hunter. They were very friendly and great to hang out with.
The fishing trip was pretty disappointing. We did book the 11:00 trip and the Captain asked us to delay it for an hour till noon, which to us was fine, it gave us a chance to visit the Wright Brother’s Monument. I guess the time delay and the rising heat (nice day, rose the average temp up about 5 degrees) took a toll on our fishing success rate, as the previous party before us hauled in 10- 15 fish in at the same location in the sound.
We hauled in 2 small catfish , after cleaning weighed less then a half pound combined.
I don’t fault the Capt. and Mate for the absolutely horrible fishing results, I do question that we had a 30 minute ride to Mann’s Harbor, 30 minutes back and no alternative to just giving up fishing and, maybe by the Captain’s suggestion that fishing was that bad, doing some sightseeing or try another place to lay down some line. I paid $700.00(with tips) to go around the corner and not catch anything but two very sorry catfish.

Before boarding, I was presented the choice of going out to the ocean and maybe catching some shark or drum. I chose the sound after I asked where his last party went in the morning. The boat ride itself would have been more valuable if we could have gone to the ocean and maybe not catched a thing, but had a longer ride and saw more things.

I paid a deposit that I would have forfeited if I didn’t show up. I think it may be fair that if that Captain can’t get you on some fish, he should probably pony up some discount back to you, or at least give you another opportunity to come back to try again free or at a discount. I paid for a lot of diesel and bait that weren’t used. I am not in the charter fishing boat business. But I do think if the customer didn’t really get what he paid for ( in this case 600 plus tip) there should be some effort to make that right. We didn’t use that much fuel or mate service.

It was SUPER rough out for our trip and Ches and Hunter STILL made a great day for us! We caught 7 nice-sized rockfish and our boys had a blast!

Captain Ches worked hard to get us on fish even with the bad conditions.  1st mate Hunter did an awesome job and made everyone feel comfortable and confident.