I took 4 adults and 2 kids (11 and 12). We all various levels of experience with fishing. But this was a first time charter fishing trip for 4 of us. We had a great time. Matt definitely knew how to handle the rougher than expected waters headed out. he put one of my boys on a dolphin fish as soon as we stopped to fish, and the rest of on fish left and right! What we couldn’t keep was fun to catch and release! We had great keepers though!!! Matt taught us what to do and was pretty patient with us newbies;) it’s not a cake walk for sure… Dolphins hit us twice, taking our fish and making us relocate, but Matt was quick to reel us in and move us to more fish!
My parents had been out before, so some feedback, was that we shouldn’t have had to stop for gas at the start of our trip. However Matt made up for the time I think in the end. We also got a call the night before to change our time from 6 to 7, so they thought he’d use that time delay to get the boat ready. Matt is not for the tender hearted or sensitive personality. He was strict with us all when it came to dropping lines, technique, ect. I’m the end I know why, and my boys took kindly to him. He knew wht he was taking about and wanted us to catch fish! We tried to book again with him but he was booked!
We’d definitely go again!
Thanks for a good first trip!