What can I say? We had an amazing day with Chris!

Our 7 day Caribbean cruise was supposed to stop in Haiti, but given the current political strife, our ship was diverted to Nassau. Our family, having been there before and done all the things the cruise line offered, we decided to go rouge.

We booked a 4 hour trip with fishing, snorkeling, and pig beach.

Our trip started with a cruise out of the port, out past the mansions on the island into near shore open water. Chris got us on the fish right away, catching grunt, strawberry grouper, and a large triggerfish.

Once the tide started to change and the bite dropped of, he rigged up some ballyhoo with skirts on heavy tackle to troll for a bit while we circled back towards one of the small islands to a snorkeling spot. We didn’t end up landing anything while trolling but he put us on a great little shallow reef for snorkeling.

The reef was full of all the Caribbean species. Grunt, Sargent major damsel, blue tang, thalasomma wrase, gramma loreto, and a very large grey pomacanthus angel fish.

Monestrea and porities were the dominant coral species. Bottom depth was about 10’

At this point we decided to extend our trip another 2 hours. Chris then took us to another snorkeling location.

The second location was as good as the first with the addition of a stand of acropora palmatta that had long died back but was providing great structure hold fish and many other invertebrates.

From there we went to a local swim with pigs location where Chris negotiated a discounted price from this vendor.

A short cruise back to the port, a quick dip into the Atlantis marina, and back to Chris’s slip.

Chris provided bait, light snacks, water, and rum punches. We packed some sandwiches made from the cruise buffet as our 15 year old son eats nonstop.

Chris was awesome, laid back, and made sure we got to do ALL the things. Got his phone number and will be recommending him to anyone that wants to do something like this.

I sent my 3 teenage boys out with Captain Chris.  They have fished a bunch before and said this was one of their favorites ever.  Chris kindly picked them up near our hotel (Atlantis) and then was nice enough to send me photos throughout their trip.  The boys had a great time, and said they would choose Chris again in a heartbeat.  They caught a whole bunch of fish and he cleaned it up and offered us as much as we wanted.  A great experience for all!

My best friend and I booked this trip because it had the option to see the pigs, fish and snorkel if we wanted for basically the same price as if you sat on one of the guided tours with 85 people (NO THANKS).
We wanted something that would allow us to do it all without the crowds. We live on the water and so our main goal was to just get on the boat and enjoy the views. While we didn’t catch any fish, we still had an amazing time. We chose to troll instead of bottom fish- and also took an afternoon trip.  We swam with the pigs and cruised around by Atlantis.

Chris was extremely attentive, talkative, helpful and determined to catch us something!! But, it’s called fishing not catching so you can’t always guarantee a bite. I own a sport-fishing boat so this didn’t bother us one bit.

We felt safe (just us to girls out there) and will definitely book Chris again next time we are in town. He provided water, rum punch, soda, ice.

Boat was comfortable Only regret is we didn’t book a full day!!

Captain Chris was an enjoyable tour guide and knowledgeable about deep sea fishing. He was very patient with us inexperienced Coloradans and knew exactly where to take us to catch fish and snorkel. We definitely recommend him!

Captain Chris took our family of 5 out for fishing, snorkeling, and a quick Pig Island stop. The boat was great, but Chris’s expertise and knowledge of fishing and snorkeling spots made the trip memorable. Highly recommend!