Our party of four booked our 4 hour Bradenton inshore fishing trip with Poseidon Fishing Adventures. To be sure we were familiar with the meeting place, we took a dry run to the address Poseidon provided in the confirmation. Upon arriving, we were warned by other charter fishing captains that Poseidon makes a habit of booking Bradenton trips only to change the meeting location. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened to us the night before our trip. If that was the only difference in what was promised on the reservation, we would have been understanding. That change was just the beginning. The four hour inshore fishing trip description suggested the availability of a variety of fish. Since we seemed to be targeting Snook, that was the only type of fish we encountered. The season for keepers opens tomorrow, but we could not keep any of the four we caught anyway as they were all below the legal size. Captain Mike was pleasant and spot on to bait our hooks and cast for us if we wished. However, he stayed in the same small area all morning only moving to a different spot twice in the same area. The boat was anything but the boat that was described on the internet. It was considerably smaller, did not have the advertised bathroom, and the seating was extremely substandard as the seats were soaking wet and remained that way all day since the vinyl was split exposing the foam below to the morning dew and water from the hose down. So as you can see, we were not pleased with our fishing trip. If you only want to hook and release Snook, then you will like it. If you want more action and variety then don’t book this trip. If you like us want to embark from Bradenton then you should use a different fishing charter company. We were not impressed with the small tributaries of Cockroach Bay where we fished.

Waited for 3 months to go on a off shore charter Was told red tide wiped away fish. The day of the charter i find out the boat was broken. We caught 7-9 fish, 1 grunt, 1 cobia and the rest were snappers. If you are looking to waste money this is the place. Call ahead and make the “covered” boat is working.

Dawson was great. He really tried to help us out.

I booked this through fishing booker as we wanted a boat with a toilet. When we got there they only had a small boat no toilet which they told us we could take or leave. Our captain John was great but I would never book with this outfit or fishing booker again