Amazing experience! I've done the daytime charter a few times but last night we did the nighttime charter and had the best time ever! The guys were extremely helpful and the 7pm departure time was perfect!! Beautiful sunset views, calm waters, and good catches! read more

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Took my son on the Princess for a bass fishing trip in Nov 23. They had the best prices on Captree (100 for both) by about 10 bucks. The crew was super helpful through every aspect of the trip. Very friendly and knowledgeable. Plenty of fish caught and whales seen throughout the 4 hr (ish) trip. Tons of parking by the docks. Crew will filet keepers if desired. Highly recommended. read more

Captree Princess - Fishing Near Me - Oak Beach, New York

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Went on board 5/29 for a fluke run. Possibly the most efficient mates ever. Always on top of everything. Not a great day of keepers but the captain certainly tried. Not much of a galley but I always bring my own food. read more

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Very friendly mates and caught lots of fish. The boat was clean and captain was great. Amazing trip we had!

An avid fisher I am not, but for whatever reason when visiting family in October I had the hairbrained idea that we should go fishing. My parents who probably were wondering what spirit invaded their daughter's body quickly found the Captree Princess and decided to make a Saturday out of it. My father being the good NYC Jew that he is discovered that booking your tickets online cost a little more than just paying cash, so we decided to chance 'em and just show up hoping that there would be room for us on the 2pm blackfish trip. When we arrived the morning trip hadn't returned yet, but when it did, staff were efficient in getting the boat disembarked, cleaned and ready for its next set of passengers. The morning group shared that the fishing wasn't top notch and wished us luck on our journey. The afternoon group was MUCH smaller than the morning group so there was plenty of room to spread out and there was space between groups. Fishing at least for my family was not spectacular. My father would catch a fish too small to keep almost every time he dropped his line in, and my mother caught what would turn out to be the only keeper for our family. Me on the other hand, I was mostly there to apparently just feed the fish since my bait was constantly getting stolen with no rewards. The staff on the boat were absolutely fantastic. Sensing that they didn't have a crew of avid fisherpeople, they taught my mother and I how to properly bait our hooks and were helpful when our lines tangled etc. Getting more bait was also never an issue. Seeing how poorly we did when it came to fish to take home and eat, they even offered us some fish to take home with us as well as a "consolation prize." Despite having not gone fishing on a boat in YEARS, I had a really nice afternoon with the parentals. I wouldn't hesitate to come back on the Captree Princess for another fishing adventure next time I'm in New York, but would probably not want to fish for blackfish again since I think those fish may be smarter than me. If you're looking for a boat to spend the day or afternoon on, this is a solid choice with a solid crew. read more

great trip mates were extremely helpful boat is unbeliveable fun. will go once a week now

Zero stars if i could! I've gone out on this boat at least once a year (usually 2-3 times a year) for the past 18 years. Unfortunately that has now come to an end. I can deal with going fishing and not catching anything which has been the Norm with this boat more often than not over the years but there are worse ways to spend a day so we always go out for the day and make the most of it. Over the years we've received good service as well as non existent service but have always taken the good with the bad. Sadly the scales have tipped to all bad. every year we do all of the trips on at least one occasion. we go out in the morning, the afternoon and the evening. it makes for a really long day but its always been what we make it. We used to go on for full fare on the first trip and what used to be half fare for the 2nd and 3rd trips that changed to child's fare for those trips the past few years. now they only offer you a $7.00 discount to stay on for the next trip. So the first trip was $57.00 each, The 2nd and 3rd trips should have been $40.00 each totaling $137.00 per person for the day. under this new pricing system because of "New Owners" the same trip now costs $57.00, $58.00 and $55.00 totaling $170.00 per person. That's a $86.00 increase for a couple. but you know its not the money as we were going to do it with the increases anyway. The straw that broke the camels back is just the scummy way we were treated and the haphazardly way the boat is being run. Now mind you its only a 4 1/2 hour morning trip that the boat does every single day...yet the captain decided to repeatedly move the boat and kept the engine running all day killing us with diesel fumes. he kept putting us in seaweed and we spent more time cleaning off our hooks, lines and sinkers than we did fishing. Even the mates were complaining that it was "just like yesterday and last week" There were about 35 people on the boat and like 5 fish were caught so its not like these were hot spots. So at the end of that crappy trip we checked with 3 different mates that all confirmed that subsequent trips would be at the child's fare so we stayed in the galley to wait as we have always done but were then told that we have to exit the boat and come back on and start the process over again. which meant they took our rods and we lost our preferred place to fish because we had to take all of our stuff, leave the boat and go to the back of a line of about 50 people to only be told that we would save $14.00. The prospect of not catching anything except a headache from the diesel fuel did not seem too enticing after that. its pretty annoying when you spend so long being loyal to a business that was never great to begin with only to have them treat you the way they did. We will not be going down with this ship. We are a month into the fluke season and 5 fish get brought on board because this boat just goes through the motions instead of finding fish. Then you want to jack up the prices...Then you want to kick us off the boat in between trips. So much for customer loyalty. Shame On You and your "New" business model that causes you to treat people the way we were treated. read more

A couple of my friends and I went out on a 8AM fishing trip with the Captree Princess. The targeted species were "Jumbo Seabass and Fluke". Unfortunately, my experience was a little disappointing on my end. However, let's get to the positives first. - The mates on board were mainly younger workers. They were attentive to help the new and experienced anglers on board when their lines were tangled, making new rigs, and de-hooking a fish. There is great service from the Mates and crew on board. - The boat is clean and taken care of well. The bathrooms were not messy and there is a nice upper deck where you can sit and relax until the captain reaches to the fishing destination. - The Captain did put us on fish to a point where everyone were bringing in fluke, Seabass and other species of fish. I understand there's a reason why its called fishing, not "catching". As a experienced angler with 15 years of fishing, I was expecting to catch some Slot sized Seabass and maybe a fluke. I only caught one porgy and a mackerel. My friend and I did get on 20-25 short flukes. The captain did put us to some nice spots where everyone were reeling in average size fluke, Seabass, Sea robins, porgies and chub mackerel. A few people on board did get to catch some keeper Seabass and fluke. I wish there was more fishing time. The boat sailed for a good hour and 30 minutes before we got to our first spot. One thing I did not like is one individual was smoking weed on the boat. I understand it is legalized in the state of New York for recreational and personal use, but there is a time and place for it. I don't think it was appropriate considering there were kids on board. I have to give it another try with the Captree Princess. All in all, it was a enjoyable time on the boat with friends and being out on the water. read more

Captree Princess - 13.5 inch Seabass - Fishing Near Me - Oak Beach, New York

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Captree Princess has top notch Captains and Crew who bust their butts to get you on the fishing and have the best trip possible. Kudos to them for putting us on the Stripers this past Saturday where my 8 yr old son hooked, reeled in and landed his 1st slot Bass. You guys are top notch and the kid walked off that boat on cloud nine. Thank you so much for the memory read more

We went to the evening sea bass trip. About 20% of the boat got sea sick. Scenes of vomiting was common throughout the night. The crew members were quite insensitive to people telling them to use the open ocean. Their primary concern was not to vomit in their bathroom. Some were so nauseous they can't control themselves. My friend vomited twice but was yelled at twice by the crew. If you are hard core then great. For the causal angler beware how rough the seas can be. Would not recommend wife and kids for sure. read more

Captree Princess - About 20% got sick - Fishing Near Me - Oak Beach, New York

Crew went above and beyond!! Big thank you to Allie for helping my 9 year old daughter, when she got sea sick. She gave her cold paper towels and showed her a magic trick with them to make her feel better. She even got her a ginger ale when the vending machine was out of it. She kept checking on us and making sure we were okay. Also big thank you to Jimmy and the captain for giving us tips on how to feel better and for checking on us! A The captain put a second anchor down to keep the boat a little more steady. It definitely helped and make a big difference! We will definitely go fishing with them again! They were amazing! Thank you again ! read more

Captree Princess - My daughter with her catch! - Fishing Near Me - Oak Beach, New York

Just had an absolutely outstanding day on the Princess. My husband and I are brooklynites who make the trip to captree at least once a year. This was our first time on the princess and we'll never go on another boat again. The crew were unbelievably friendly, helpful, at our service and busting their asses the entire trip. My mother and father as well as my husband and myself all caught at least 5-7 fish with 1-2 keepers each. The rods are the best and newest I've ever seen on any of the boats. The captain was dope AF and chatted my whole family up the entire boat ride back talking about his fleet, fishing life, the new construction on the boat and just life in general. They even made a happy birthday announcement to my mother at the end of the ride. Couple of things - yes their trip is more expensive, but they do t up charge for rods or bait and go further out into the ocean than any of the other boats and the trip is longer, 8am-1:45pm Yes the boat is crowded, but that's because it's a good boat where people catch fish. Fish catching depends on the season, time of year, previous day's weather etc. It's not a thing the captain can control. That being said, I'd wager everyone on the boat caught at least one on our day and they took the boat to sites where no other boats were. Sea bass, mackerel, flukes and even sharks! It's a fishing boat and as such, will smell like a fishing boat. Don't complain about this. It's the cleanest of all the boats I've been on. Finally - go on this boat. Way better than our other trips on Jib or Laura lee! read more

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My husband and I went on the Captree Princess on a Friday morning 8am Fluke trip. The entire experience from start to finish was amazing from the captain to the deckhands, cleanliness of the boat and overall professionalism of the everyone on the boat. Bait, rod and tackle included, someone is always there to help you bait your rod or assist with anything you need. The boat is equipped with separate male and female bathrooms which were very clean and had hot water. The captain took us to multiple locations in an effort to catch fluke. He even extended the trip an extra 1/2 hour to give us more time to fish. Overall experience was wonderful, we'll be going again soon. P.S. you don't have to be experienced to go on this boat, staff is always there and happy to help. read more

Very pleased! Our group booked the afternoon session and we caught fluke, sea robin, and a sea bass. Crew was very attentive, funny, and knowledgeable. All fish is filleted upon request. Just a word of caution, if you'd like meat from your personal catch, bring a cooler. It seems all the fish caught by the customers were placed in a community barrel. Side perk - great music played throughout the trip. 90s alternative 4 life. read more

Captree Princess - Fishing Near Me - Oak Beach, New York

My whole family went fishing today for the first time on the 2-5:30pm trip - 3 sets of cousins, grandparents, etc. Captain Pat, Jimmy and Josh were so helpful with my boys and took excellent care of us. We caught a bunch of fish, they filleted them for us and we all had a great time. The boys loved the ice cream bar and snow cone selection on the boat, too. read more

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I took my daughter fishing out of Captree on Thursday night. We lost count of how many sea bass we caught. The lights from the boat attracted all sorts of fish, squid , mackerel . It was crazy! I just bought a new St.Criox pole and I had a reel I bought 20 yrs ago (back then I paid $100 for it)mounted to the rod.... so Samm's pole is bending like a pretzel and as I'm going to help her ,my rig gets hit.. I go to set the hook.... the pole slides right out of my hand into 90ft of water. The deck hand asks "did you just drop you're pole?" I'm like "yup!" He's like no biggie. He politely asks for Samm's pole . Reels her catch into the boat , drops the hooks and with in seconds pulls up my pole and a nice 17" sea bass still on the line!!!! THE CAPTREE PRINCESS is the BEST!!! read more

All I have to say is that everyone here know how to keep us coming. I went out with a friend for black fish and even when I only caught 2 keepers and my friend didn't catch any, we were very pleased. The captain keep moving to different locations looking for the spots and there were good size fish all over. The crew were very attentive and helpful and people around all acted like they knew each other. I will definitely be going back. read more

a favorite boat ! Use them all and she's the only boat that has paper towels in the restrooms ! Great boat, Crew and Capt Rob. Always enjoy our trips on the Princess. read more

The worst fishing boat ever...we went out fishing with almost a 2/3 rd full passengers on boat, all paid. .. in the 7-11p trip on 8/27/14... of all those paying customers, only 1 person caught 1 tiny cocktail blue fish...soooo sad, we used plastic jigs...captain ran the engine scarring any fish away... stayed in the bay.. Caught nothing all night, he had fresh bait and wouldn't give us any...mates all nice and of course they knew the deal...this boat and captain or owner is full of shit. ..don't waste your money or time...go some where else but not here...if I knew better I would not have gone.... pretty sad...I'm suprised they even allow such bullshit to happen!!!! read more

If I can give 0 stars I would. Got on this boat last night for a 7pm-11pm trip for stripers, weakfish, and blues. approximately 50 plus passengers on this boat and only 10 blue fishes were caught onto the boat. Deckmates were rude and had no respect for people. we used plastic jigs which I have never done. we couldn't use our own rods unless it was a spinning rod. I drove from brooklyn to captree took about an hour and half to come out to try something out there. i will never return for captree. the experience was the worst i've ever had. read more

They do not return e mail inquires and their website is not secure, anyone can steal info from your credit card.

Absolute worst experience on a fishing boat hands-down, deckhands were rude teenagers And the captain kept going in circles to the same spots. STAY AWAY! read more

Went out 6-21-18 1 PM to 9 pm Ling fishing trip Weather was perfect flat calms sea and this clean fast comfortable boat cruised out for 2 hours .Fishing was very good beside ling a few Cod fish and sea flounders made there way into the buckets Crew was very helpful and on the trip home while the crew cleaned our catch we were treated to a amazing sunset . DC 708 read more

I took my 15 yo daughter and girlfriend yesterday morning. These folks found the mother lode of sea bass! We came home with a dozen fillets and had numerous throwbacks! Will definitely go again. Staff were attentive and helpful. read more

The Captree Princess is a fishing boat which leaves from Captree State Park. We went fluke fishing in the morning. I went with a group of people, and we did not have fun. Many of the crew members and some of the passengers were smoking cigarettes. The smoke clouds kept coming near us and at least half of the boat ride smelled like cigarette smoke. The boat seemed to stick very close to the shore and did not take us far out at all. Many times we actually stopped near the dock, and my group was left with the impression we should have just gone to the dock to fish for free. The trip was expensive. The boat was $45 a person. Using an online coupon from their website it becomes $42 per person. Parking is $8 during the summer. My group spent hundreds of dollars on this awful trip. In addition, no one caught anything we could keep, and I myself caught nothing at all. The boat was too crowded. As a result, there wasn't a lot of standing room, we were all packed together like sardines, and most importantly, all of our fishing lines kept getting caught on each other. My fishing line must have gotten caught on the people around me about six or more times throughout the trip. It was very frustrating, and it was clearly because everyone was so close together because the boat was overcrowded. At least one of the crewmembers / employees was particularly rude. He was fishing himself even though he worked there, and when one member of my group went to take a pole near our assigned fishing spot (fishing spots on the boat were assigned but not numbered), the rude crew member yelled in a nasty manner and said it was his personal fishing pole (not the boat's) and we shouldn't touch it . Of course, there was no way for us to know that. Apparently, our assigned pole was the one next to his personal fishing pole (the poles all looked similar to me). The employee was very nasty, and we had to fish next to him for most of the trip. Later, another crewmember asked us to move down towards the rude crewmember because there wasn't enough room for the customers (the boat was crowded). Twenty minutes later the rude crewmember yelled at us again, saying we were too close to him and we needed to move away. When we explained that we had been asked by other employees to move towards him to make room for customers, he got angry, he didn't care, he yelled more, and finally he left for another part of the ship to fish on (it was still pretty close to us though). In addition, this rude employee was also drinking (a minimum of two beers that I saw), smoking cigarettes, and cursing. He was using the "f" curse multiple times even though small children were nearby. In fact, numerous crewmembers were drinking as well. Multiple crewmembers were fishing themselves. While some of them were nice, they all had much better fishing gear, poles (casting rods, etc), lures, different and better bait, etc. These crewmembers kept catching fish, but almost no one else on the overcrowded ship caught anything at all. I could count the number of customers who got to keep a fish on one hand, even though the boat had at least 50 customers on it (maybe 60). I found it strange that the crewmembers, with their much better fishing gear, bait, and lures were catching fish, and I thought it prevented other people from catching fish. My group actually overheard the crewmembers saying that the size and number of fish being caught by everyone on the boat was "pathetic." For $42 per person ($45 without a coupon), plus $8 per car to park, I would frankly like to be guaranteed some fish. We spent a lot of money for our group and caught nothing. Well I wouldn't expect a refund, they could have offered to let us come again for free since we caught nothing (they did not offer this). They also could have at least cooked us some fish considering we spent so much money and caught nothing that we could keep. I just think that for spending hundreds of dollars, would should have gotten some fish. For $42 per person, I could have had a very nice meal at a seafood restaurant or could have bought numerous pounds of fish at a store. One member of my group got locked in the bathroom. He was stuck in there for about 15 minutes. He finally was able to force the door open. He was banging on the door, but no one heard him. He didn't have a cell phone to call anyone either. Finally, after we docked at the end as we were leaving the ship, at least two crewmembers stood by the exit while holding a stack of cash in their hands. It was clear their presence was an attempt to pressure customers to tip them. They literally were waving cash around in case you didn't realize what they wanted. It was very inappropriate, especially considering how expensive the trip was. We didn't tip them because we had a horrible time. We did not have fun. I would not recommend this boat. read more

I was going to go on the Laura Lee. As we where walking to the dock. The captain of the captree princess told us he was going out the same times as the LL, but was going out in the ocean instead. They didn't mention that the cost of the trip was $23 more and that they would not return until 3pm. Untill we where well underway. To add insult to injury we didn't get back untill almost 430pm. FYI, I caught NOTHING. And I am an experienced fishermen. read more

Great time today! The mates were friendly and totally helpful with everything. My 12 year old son had a great time as did the adults we were with. The Captain was knowledgeable about fishing areas and overall the day was perfect. read more

Captree Princess - Fishing Near Me - Oak Beach, New York

I went to captree princess with no knowledge of what to expect with my dad and son. My dad had not fished in years. I give them 2 thumbs up maybe 5. Boat was clean staff was helpful and knowledgeable. Definently will be back for porgies season. Thank you. ..... read more

Went on Captree Princess with my work crew today and we had the best time. Jared was so great and checked on us all day. Have gave me some fishing tips and I caught probably 10 sea robins and 2 fluke one was a keeper yay! Jared filleted my fluke for me. The whole team on the boat were amazing! This is a fishing trip we won't forget. read more

Captree Princess - Princess fishing - Fishing Near Me - Oak Beach, New York

Went fishing with my Wife the mates were great helped her with fishing (she even caught 4 keepers) I caught 3 (haha) the mates cleaned the fish and gave us one more was a bit crowded for a Saturday but thats expected Definitely going back recommend them read more

Purchased 9 tickets for the afternoon sail on 8/6/17. When my group first arrived the gentleman on the dock told us there are about 30 people on the boat. Once we go on and started to sail we could see this was not the case . They kept moving the rods "down" to make room for others. The crew went around and counted a total of 95 people on the boat. When asked if there were life vests for the children we were told no. The boat was dirty and extremely crowded. Everyone's lines kept getting tangled because we were too close together. Not to mention the captain kept moving from location to location and we literally dropped our lines in the water and within 5 minutes of each drop the horn went off to lift our lines. Another crew member who I believe is named "Danny" and part owner went around collecting $3.00 from each person on board for a pool to be given to the winner who caught the heaviest fish. He made i seem like it was mandatory and so we obliged. However there was no mention of the winner at the end of the cruise not to mention only 3 people actually caught anything. When my group asked to see the owner this same gentleman came over and said yes it is tight on board but we cannot turn people away. So what is it better that we packed the boat to 95 so people (The crew counted the passengers because other people were complaining) cannot even cast their lines? I told him we bought tickets for this specific date and he told us well people bought tickets for other dates and showed up today and we could not turn them away. Even some of the crew agreed with us and said he should have turned people away the rest of the crew was more concerned about smoking and catching mussels for their "dinner" then helping the people on board actually fish. I would never recommend this ship to anyone. Go to Capt. Eddie instead they seem to care about the safety and enjoyment of its passengers. Even after complaining and talking to the brothers and "family business owners" we weren't even offered a voucher or anything to sail again. We were told that we could have one fare out of 9 back which never happened. read more

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I went on this boat with my fiancé who has never been on a party fishing boat. The staff were very friendly and helpful. We caught a few keepers and had a really nice time. read more

Took my 8 yr old Grandson out on Captree Princess today looking for an activity we could do together. Never having fished before notified the Crew of 3 it was our 1st time. They were beyond helpful, patient & genuinely kind to us. They were right there to assist us constantly, always pleasant, always eager to make this a memorable experience. I would highly recommend this boat for a fantastic day out. They went beyond any expectations I had & absolutely will be going again. read more

This boat is absolute shit at finding fish. The boats next to us were nailing fish and we just watched them and didn't move I might as well drive 2 hours to montauk read more

Tonight's post has been brought to you by the Captree Princess. Tonight Richard Besso and I went fishing for the first time this season which is seriously unlike us as we go even before season starts. Let's start with BEST crew and captain ever and I think we have done Every boat. Well tonight we went ocean fishing for sea bass and porgies and had the best fishing we have ever had as we caught well over 35 fish to the point we were throwing the regulated small fish back, gave fish to others on the boat and were able to keep bc of laws 6 seabass and I think about 25-30 porgies. We threw back the ones in low legal range it was so crazy. Here are some of the thing that everyone including me caught on the boat besides all the fish: baby shark, eel, weird red eel looking fish, and I can make up names of the other things but without pics it won't help. Either way I had my best fishing time ever and here is some of the fish read more

Captree Princess - We ran out of room. How cool is that!!!!! - Fishing Near Me - Oak Beach, New York

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I want to thank the Captree Princess for an amazing time. I took my 4 year old son out for a mommy and son day and it was amazing. The crew was helpful and friendly. The boat was extremely clean as well. They took the time to make sure my son was all set to fish and they kept checking to make sure he was having a great time, which he did. I would highly recommend the Captree Princess to anyone. We even caught a few keepers and the crew cleaned them and bagged them for us. Cannot wait to go back. Two thumbs up!!! read more

Went on a fishing trip with my family in hopes of catching some to bring home to cook for dinner. Boat was clean and deck hands were very nice. I caught a rather large fish and the deck hand put it in water under my seat. He came around a little later to see if it won the pool. It did not, so I asked him to fillet it for me. He took it and never saw him again. When the trip was over we started asking everyone where the fish was, no one knew. We finally get the deck hand who took it and after looking around the boat he said, "Sorry guys, I gave it to someone else" That's it ! Of course there is no adult working on the boat to talk to. I contacted the company for a refund, but have not heard back. read more

fished on the captree princess with capt. rob at the helm. today. the boat limited out with large sea bass, also bsome jumbo trigger fish and porgys. double headers sea bass were common. thanks mates patrick and james for yor help. 31 stern slob fred read more

Went out on the Captree Princess the other day and had an awesome trip! Captain Rob knew where to go for the fish! The crew was awesome, I'm not the best and they were super helpful and friendly. Can't wait to go back out in the spring! :) read more

A friend gave us tickets for a morning 8am-1pm fluke fishing trip. While we had a good time (because we tend to make our own fun) I was grateful we didn't pay for this trip and would definitely not recommend this boat. These people are clearly there to run a business and really could not care any less about their customers. What really irked me the most was the way one of the crew members spoke to me. It was my first time fishing so he tended to talk down to me both because I am female and because I am a beginner. He insisted on constantly re-rigging my rod and would not rig it the way I asked because it was quote "too advanced for me." So much for the customer is always right. We had two crew members assisting, well more like hovering over us which made it feel like they were constantly competing for a tip from us which made the trip very uncomfortable and struck me as very inappropriate. Both crew members were constantly rigging my rod to their liking so each crew member kept undoing the other's work. Needless to say my rod spent more time out of the water than in the water and I did not go home with any keepers. The boat is large and overcrowded and is really not worth the price they are asking. Wound up taking another fishing trip a few weeks later on the Northstar fleet and would highly recommend them. If you are thinking of taking a fishing trip definitely look into NORTHSTAR. They are way cheaper and treat you like family. DO NOT take the Princess! You will definitely regret it. read more