Captain Malik was great! We will definitely be contacting him again for a future fishing trip. He was very good at communicating and responding to questions. He tipped us off the night before the trip that there was a possibility of rain, so we brought ponchos. It did rain, but that was when we caught most of the fish! I made it clear before the trip that i was interested in learning fishing basics. Captain Malik was very good at explaining and demonstrating stuff. I learned a new knot, how to set up a rod/reel, practiced casting, and more. It was a great trip despite the rain. Would definitely recommend.

My son came home for spring break, and I surprised him with this fishing trip. We had an absolutely amazing experience. Malik was extremely professional and patient during our trip. He provided thorough instructions and demonstrated different techniques for us to try. This was one of the most relaxed and fun Fishing trips I’ve ever taken. I will definitely book this trip again.

He was an excellment guide, very experience put us on Fish. I highly recommend Capt. Mark for friendly fun fishing time. I will be back.

With a laid back atmosphere and plenty of knowledge, Malik made our morning on the lake fun. I asked him to teach me some new techniques, and he happily did. I caught my first fish on a shakey head and learned how to work a top water stick bait. We landed 4 different species of fish, and had a wonderful trip.

The Georgia fish!  To further my quest to catch a fish in every state and with my shore fishing struggles last weeekend in Kansas and Missouri I sought out to meet a fisherman captain with a boat.  It turns out there is an app for that and I met Malik on fishingbooker.com.  Ha! He caught my eye and stood out among the crowd because his business is called Fishing For Hip Hop. 

He told me he is the Founder and Certified Fishing Instructor of “Finding Inspiration-Sharing Hope, Inc.” (F.I.S.H, Inc.) non profit organization as well as, a certified fishing instructor for the “Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs” national program in the Metro Atlanta, Georgia area. Malik has a youth program called “Community Fishing League” (C.F.L) which is a neighborhood fishing tournament based program

Sheri Macker Clos and I woke up at 6am in downtown Atlanta and drive and hr and 20 minutes the Yellow Jacket Boat Ramp on West Point Lake in Lagrange to meet Malik.  When we arrived he said he had gotten up at 4am and arrived early to scout out the lake for fish to give us a great experience.

We caught catfish (first time!), spotted bass, and striped bass which was pretty cool.

I asked Malik what he did when not fishing and in a odd coincidence he told us he is a full time real estate investor with 4 residential properties and 1 commercial property so then we spent 5 hours talking fishing and real estate.  All and all a great Saturday morning!