Am I disappointed? It’s hard not to be! Had been looking forward to this trip for over a year, it was my dad’s 60th birthday present, we traveled all the way from Europe, had read all the great reviews of Shannon etc. Yes, we knew that there was no guarantee to catch something but we had bought the largest package, 11 hours worth and then the day before Capt. Shannon writes that the “Corado’s are in” raising expectations to catch big fish. When we arrive the next morning, it’s a stunning day, Shannon shows me a map packed with fish and talks about how we can expect a great day with lots of fish. Then we start the trip and soon racing into the ocean at very high speeds. After over an hour we find a small kelp patch and the race is on to get the live bait on the hook and cast out the lines, something my dad and I have never tried before, it’s stressful and Shannon is rushing us, we have to be faster. I think we spend all of 10min there before Shannon decides that there is no fish there and we should keep going, off we go again, driving and driving. We maybe find 3-4 more of those patches across the entire day, same experience each time, we’re rushed, my dad starts getting sick and throwing up, there is zero concern given, zero, just rushing on. More driving at high speeds.
We did some trawling for tuna and we saw some schools of fish, but no bites and probably trawled for a total of 45min.
So out of our 11 hour packed, we did a total of 20min of fishing and 45min of trawling - the rest of the time we were racing around (I didn’t even get a picture of my dad with a fishing rod in his hand), and at the end of it all, no fish, no bites, and ended cutting the trip short by 1 hour due to poor conditions and my dad just had enough.
I hate to be negative and write a bad review but I have to say that we were deeply disappointed with the experience.
Am I disappointed? It’s hard not to be! Had been looking forward to this trip for over a year, it was my dad’s 60th birthday present, we traveled all the way from Europe, had read all the great reviews of Shannon etc. Yes, we knew that there was no guarantee to catch something but we had bought the largest package, 11 hours worth and then the day before Capt. Shannon writes that the “Corado’s are in” raising expectations to catch big fish. When we arrive the next morning, it’s a stunning...
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Am I disappointed? It’s hard not to be! Had been looking forward to this trip for over a year, it was my dad’s 60th birthday...
