I booked a 3h charter with Leisure Life Charters while in Tampa on Feb break for me and my Son and had a great time. We were new to fishing charters and salt water fishing. I went in knowing there is no guarantee when fishing on charter or otherwise as to what or how much you might catch. That said, I think Jeff did a great job picking spots that would be productive with us reeling in a couple fish probably less than 30 min into our charter. When the conditions changed we moved to a more promising spot and picked up a couple more. We moved across the bay and got a beautiful saltwater trout. For the final part we tried some bigger cut bait to go after a bigger redfish or snook. We tried a couple spots but conditions were just tough and we could not get on them. I think we tried some good spots and actually went over our scheduled time a bit. Jeff really wanted to get us a big fish and was maybe more disappointed than we were when we didn’t. We understand “that’s fishin”.
The boat was spotless and had many good places to stand and sit. Jeff was great to talk to and was great with my 8yr old fish crazy son.
I looked at many charters before booking this one. I wanted someone good with kids and novice fishermen like myself which he more than fulfilled. I also liked the 3h charter option that we chose. I felt like 2h is too short for my 8yr old if we are having fun and 4 might be too long if he started feeling bored with it. The 3 hr option gave us plenty of time to go after smaller game and some time to try for that big one. Knowing how well we both liked it I would go for a 4 or more hour outing next time but was happy we did 3 instead of just 2 for our first try. It was just more relaxing than always checking and worrying about time. My Son and I both loved the experience. Definitely the highlight of our spring Florida trip this year. Hopefully we will be back next year and get that big redfish or snook with Capt Jeff!