Captain Dennis was aware that most of his guests had not fished before. He described to each of my grand children, aged 7 to 16 how to hold a rod/reel for bottom fishing. He then went around to each one baiting their hooks, showing them how to “feel” the line with a big weight touch bottom and then the method and direction to “jerk” the rod straight up to hook the fish and begin reeling in the line and catch. There were a lot of smiles as each “newbie” brought up the first fish they ever caught. Then on to the next one encouraging them to hold and feel the bottom and then hook another fish. He would take the “catch” off their hook and bait the hook again for them.

Captain Dennis is a grandfather himself so it was apparent he enjoyed teaching each of my grand children on their first fishing expedition. I learned he is a retired US Nave veteran and has served our country well.

Thanks Captain Dennis for your service and for you patience and care for these young first timer!

We had the best trip with Captain Dennis! Our poles bent every time we through them out. We took our 7 and 9 year old with us and they had more fun than we did…..if that’s possible! Captain Dennis was extraordinary with our kiddos. If fishing isn’t your thing, we followed a shrimp boat for a good half hour. We were literally surrounded by DOZENS (I really want to say hundreds…..there was no way to count all of them) of dolphins…..right up next to us. It was the coolest experience!! Way better than any dolphin excursion you could pay for elsewhere. Definitely recommend Captain Dennis. He knows where to go.

We were nervous going deep sea fishing in January due to the weather and lack of species to keep. Captain Dennis was absolutely fantastic and took us to all the good spots! We ended up catching our limit in Black Sea bass and caught a few other species we weren’t expecting to catch/keep! He is a very knowledgeable and helpful guide and I would recommend to anyone interested in going deep sea fishing in the Jacksonville area.

Captain Dennis was great!
He knew all the fish “hideouts “ and could park us right on top of them even though the water was cold and the fish were lazy
Also he was amazing with the family and patiently taught us all how to catch in the sea
We fished till we were tired and just stopped counting!

Will be looking him up in a few months again for sure