It’s a pleasant trip out, but you’re given a cursory explanation of how to cast and pretty much left to your own devices as long as your line is baited. If you want hands on help/advice, this is definitely not the trip for you. The crew were there to catch fish for themselves.
All around a nice trip. We didn’t have too many people on our boat, maybe 10 plus crew, so I can see how it could get overcrowded in the later spring/summer months and end up crossing lines constantly with other participants. This only happened to us on a few occasions as everyone was on the same side of the boat.
The boat moved around to different spots a fair amount as well, which was good. I believe 3 people actually caught a fish on our trip.
Again, you’re paying to go on a boat ride and hold a fishing rod. That’s about it. Don’t expect too much from it.