Four-Hour Drift Fishing Trip in Hollywood

I was looking forward to taking my son fishing. We drove 45 minutes to get there with our pre-purchased tickets. When we arrived we were told the boat is not going out due to maintenance but we can take another type of trip in the afternoon for 100.00 more. I have owned 5 boats and know things can break at any time. What I am disappointed with is there was zero communication, no text, call, email about the boat possibly not going out. I didn't even get a simple sorry at the office when I arrived.

Well firstly, we were told the boat would be running at partial occupancy due to COVID-19. The boat was full, well over 10 people aboard much closer to 20. We did the Drift Fishing, 4 our Charter. Second, I went with a group of my 3 close friends. One of us caught a single grunt that was it. I know they call it fishing not catching for a reason but.. the whole boat barely caught anything except for MAYBE 5 fish total...seriously. Third, the captain of the ship was fishing the whole time instead of helping out the people with tangles and missing hooks, and broken lines. The ONE first mate that was working was trying to help everybody and just couldn't do it all himself. When the Captain did hook up on a fish, he reeled it in himself instead of handing the rod to the 6 paying customers to his side who were not catching anything, then he kept the whole fish about a 20 lb AJ too without offering the people who were going home empty handed a single filet, thought that was a little selfish. Additionally, it seemed like the bait given was bias..me and my friends were only given cut squid in small squares while the people who seemed to know the mates/captain were given whole and cut ballyhoo and long strips of squid. Finally after all that we couldn't even leave the place because they have the cars parked double and triple stacked, we had to wait an hour for someone to move the car behind us so we can leave, empty handed. I'm sure on another day we could have caught fish, but we did expect if were not catching anything that at least the service would be good and it was sub-par from what I've experienced on other party boats in the area.

I never write reviews. But this charter was awful. It left well over a half hour late for starters with no explanation. Customers were just sitting around waiting and asking what was going on. Seemed like the whole purpose of this charter was getting you on the boat to up sell you to another boat. Once we got out there it only got worst. The boat was flying where most customers where scared because the knot speed through the rough waters. Then I never been on a charter in my life where the crew denied customers use of gear, until this one. The Crew wouldn't let customers use certain fishing poles and said "no" when customers asked to use other poles. The ugly sticks provided where not well kept and some were broke. The crew only seemed occupied on hitting on one female customer who later said she felt offended and walked away from them. The crew mates also wanted to fish all by theirselves using jigs and Lures the customers weren't allowed to use, leaving the paying customers by themselves. Everyone got sick because where they took us was so rough. Then the crew denied customers the few fish that were caught at the end of the day and refused to give them filets. Being a past fisherman on charters, I was in disbelief on how this operation was ran. The half day was suppose to be 4hrs and it wasn't even two. Only one person caught fish. But they were so small, they were all thrown back. Either the captain didn't a know a decent fishing hole or ledge to hit or he just didn't care. Either way it was a waste of money and the worst charter I ever been on.

Great experience all around!

Staff on board should LOVE to help paying customers with all aspects of sea fishing- especially for those who know nothing about it!!!! Couldn’t fish at 2 of the first stops because the pole was messed up.. mentioned it several times and Max got huffy puffy- was absolutely not what we were expecting for our honeymoon adventure- the captain was amazing!

I didn't think the instruction was that good and we moved around too much. That got me and a lot of people on the boat sick.

Absolutely horrific experience. And I mean HORRIFIC. I called ahead of time to ensure that the weather would not hinder our ability to fish on that specific day. They did not mention that the boat would be so rocky that it would be nearly impossible to fish! There were 12 passengers plus 1 captain and 1 crewman. NINE OUT OF THE TWELVE passengers were getting sick due to the massive waves, including a child about 10 years old. My fiancé threw up over 12 times and because the 3 people who weren’t throwing up did not want to return, the rest of us had to suffer the entire duration of 4 hours. They let other passengers determine whether or not the boat stayed out. THERE WAS A CHILD ON BOARD. Once again, zero warning of how bad it would be and we were told that each of us would have to pay an additional $50 per person to go back early. I was disgusted by the greed and so were the other passengers.