I'm sad to say that our experience was very different. We were literally fishing all day without any sign of tuna the entire day. I asked several times what's going on and he said there are no Tuna on the fish finder and all the other boats were not catching tuna either. So instead of letting us have some fun and fish for something other than tuna, he decided that he wants to drive around in the boat for another 4 hours after he told us that nobody was getting tuna that day. I finally spoke up and asked if he could please get us on some Mahi or any other species of fish. What do you know, he drives the boat for 10 minutes, we stop, and 30 seconds later we are reeling in Mahi. He seemed reluctant and frustrated that HE got skunked on tuna and was not thinking about us just having fun just catching some fish. Right as we (6 of us) were having fun catching Mahi on some cut bait he decides that we had enough fun and we head in. I am NOT blaming Jamie for not getting tuna...it happens. But, I am upset that we paid a ton of money for a boat ride, when he knew, from all the other vessels that it was a horrible day for tuna. We could have had a lot more action going for Mahi or other species of fish.
To top it all of Jeff (The Mate) is extremely sarcastic and quite rude. It seemed all he wanted to do is go home and not be where he was and we were all burdensome. When we stopped to get the Mahi he was rushing and hurrying us all along as if he were a drill Sargent and we will pimple faced recruits. I asked Jeff what all the other fishing poles on the boat were for and he told me simply, "Don't worry about it." Jeff basically threw the poles at us when stopped for Mahi. I mean, we are paying buku bucks. Later on have to give me a hard time about a reel that I have never used before? Really? There were many more rude comments that I could write but I think I made my point.
Last but not least. There was literally zero communication between the crew, Jeff and Jamie, whom are brothers. One of us would ask Jeff where were are going next. EVERY single time he said he didn't know. We would ask if we can fish for something else he would say he didn't know and didn't bother asking.
They could have at least told us if we were going to a different spot for Tuna. Or told us literally anything that was going on. During our expensive boat ride at no point did the captain offer anyone a chance to see where the captain sits or to view the equipment or anything. You would think that if you are not catching anything for literally 8 hours that you would do something to stop the boredom.
Again I don't blame them for not getting a single tuna. But i do blame them for everything else I mentioned.
There was an older couple with us that got super sea sick. Jeff did nothing to help. It might be normal to him but not for us. It was me and my buddy that helped them out and made sure they were okay
I'll attach our "amazing" catch of the few Mahi we got.
I got photos of the boat mostly because we were going hurried so fast when catching the Mahi read more