The boat is a 10 out 10. Truly a fabulous vessel built for fishing. The knowledge of the Fisherman driving the boat is at most 5 out of 10. For that reason, we do not recommend.
We booked an 8 hour tour for over $2,000. One of our party had local knowledge of the harbor and said that the weather was going to be pristine, so we were excited to actually go fishing.
It took us about 45 minutes to realize the Captain didn't really know how to fish like a professional.
Here is what we noticed.
1. The captain couldn't catch live bait.
2. He only had one bait spot, and it was filled with predators, so instead of going to other bait spots, we just didn't catch live bait.
3. Any other operation has multiple spots.
4. The captain was unaware of the weather, and didn't plan his trip accordingly.
5. He took us to a "private buoy" called 4 balls. Sometimes he would say how great it was. Other times he would say it is fished out.
6. It seems like he does the same trip on auto pilot with no variation.
7. When we got to the buoy, the captain and crew put the lines out. We asked to help. Captain said no, he will catch them for us, and then hand us the rod. (Little Controlling?). He didn't teach us about fishing, didn't offer insight, like many of the other trips we took.
8. When we finally started catching very small fish. He changed spots because "He doesn't want to fish the spot out". It is a buoy with two other boats fishing it... But we were going to fish it out.
9. The we troll, for HOURS.. Never once did he change a pattern, never once did he check his lures, or change his colors. He just drove around....
10. The last straw was, when we finally reel the lines in for the day outside of the harbor, one lure was severely bitten, and then cut through and the hook was gone. However the drag on the reel went off. This means one thing. His Drag on the reels was not set correctly....
11. The captain was great about telling us how much fish he catches on other days, and how the marks on the machine thing he has shows big fish that we want to catch, but none of it ever came to fruition.
So yeah, we took a $2000 boat ride, where the captain got to fish for us, and then let us reel it in.
PS. I was told not to write a review by someone in my party. But have you ever been just whelmed? Like not overwhelmed, and not severely underwhelmed, but just like meh... That is our trip.
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