Hello,
I am a 5th generation Alaskan who has been on numerous charters over the years and always had a great time. This year my family and I decided to Charter a 1 day halibut Charter on Fish with Hill. The boat itself was great his deckhand Micah was outstanding. Unfortunately this is by far the worst charter experience to date. Captain Hill was disrespectful, abrasive, and the most self righteous condescending errant Captain of any Charter we have ever gone on. His approach was not people friendly, family friendly, children friendly and dehumanizing towards not only his misfortunate deckhand but to all of his paying customers. The only exception was his college friend and 16 year old son who were staying at the Captains lodge (he treating them great) I'm confident the others customers would vouch for what I am saying and for what our family experienced. They was more tension on this boat than a person could handle. Very unpleasant.
I will be taking his illegal activity to Fish and Game (none of your concern). However, he was trying to sell me and my aunt a halibut for a $150 fee that he called a 'gaff tag'. the irony is the fish was on my Aunts line and she had not caught her large halibut yet so should have been able to keep it regardless at no additional fee (around 60 lbs). When I responded "no" to paying the fee, Captain Hill immediately cut the line and released the halibut hook, bait, tackle and all in a show of barbaric anger.
As mentioned, this Captain would be better off in a commercial industry, he is unethical, obnoxious, and a mean spirited hypocrite as he plays his Christian music in the background while he's dehumanizing his deckhand and treating his paying customers like imbeciles. We would not recommend using this individual again. Best Regards, Forrest Wright
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