Frequently
Asked Questions
What should I bring?
We suggest that customers bring drinks, lunch, snacks,
sunscreen, hats, beach towels, sunglasses and zip lock bags
if you want to take fillets back with you.
What is provided?
Everything you need for saltwater fishing. Rod, reels, bait,
tackle, ice, and fishing license. Fish cleaning and great
service with a great attitude.
We are coming to the Orlando area, is Port Canaveral too far
to drive? Not at all, we are centrally located on Florida's
east coast. We are the closest choice for offshore fishing near
Orlando. Depending on where in Orlando you are staying, the
drive is around 45 min to 1 hour.
We are located close to Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center,
Cocoa Beach, Cocoa, Merritt Island, Sebastian, Titusville,
Daytona, Melbourne, Orlando, Kissimmee, and the Disney/Universal
Studios area.
Do you always catch fish?
On every trip full day or half day, we usually catch a good
number of nice fish. In the last 9 years, we have only had one
full day trip that we totally got skunked. We still caught some
smaller fish on that trip but if we don't catch at least one big
fish, we consider ourselves skunked. In the past 9 years, we
have had fewer than 20 half-day trips where we caught only
smaller fish. When you contact us about a fishing trip, we will
honestly tell you what the fishing has been like and what you
can expect to catch. Please feel free to go thru our past daily
catch reports on our reports page and see what we have caught
over the past couple of years. We post our daily catch whether
good or bad. We are very proud of how good we are at finding and
catching fish. We feel that we provide our customers with the
best possible chance at a great fishing trip.
What and why should I tip the captain / mate? The crew
work for a daily wage and tips just like waiters and waitresses.
Tips are discretionary; however, it is customary to tip the crew
15-20% for good service.
Does a half-day trip provide enough time to catch fish?
The answer is yes. Since we fish everyday ocean conditions allow
us to go, we know right where the fish are. We typically go
where we were catching fish the previous day. Most of the time
this works out great, however, every now and then conditions do
change over night. When conditions change, we can usually make a
quick move or two and be right back on the fish. Every once in a
while, we can run into problems on half days when the best
fishing is very far out. When this happens, the ride eats up a
lot of time. Then if the fish don't cooperate on the first few
areas, we quickly find ourselves under a time crunch. Most of
the time, however, our captains are very good at predicting
where to catch the fish and can lead customers to fish on half
day charters.
Why should we choose Sea Leveler Sport Fishing Charters?
The main reason we feel you should give us a chance is that we
LOVE to fish. The second reason is that fishing is what we do
full time. We don't have side jobs and we didn't wait until we
retired to make fishing our career. The only way to make deep
sea fishing your full time job is to have the capability to fish
everyday the ocean conditions are safe. Since we are not booked
with charters 365 days a year, we supplement our income by rod
and reel commercial fishing. This pretty much gives our
customers a guarantee that we know where and what the best bite
is on any given day. Very few of our competitors can make this
claim.
Thirdly, we understand that it is very important to be customer
friendly. We love to see people enjoy their fishing trips with
us and we are great with kids and people that have never fished
before. We give instruction and encouragement while out on the
water. This is why we have so many repeat customers and
great
reviews. You can see our reviews on our
reviews page. In many
cases, our customers become our friends and call or e-mail us on
a regular basis to talk about fishing as well as to set up
future trips.
Fourth, we feel we are the best. This is a bold statement but we
truly feel nobody provides a better charter fishing experience.
We look forward to the opportunity to prove this statement.
We have young kids, is deep sea fishing something they can
do? What trip would be best? We absolutely love taking
families with kids fishing. Nothing is quite as exciting or
fulfilling for a captain than to help a young kid catch their
first trophy and provide a lifetime of love for the ocean.
When bringing younger children we want to be able to give them
the best chance of having an enjoyable day. We make sure the
marine forecast is calling for mild to calm seas. If the seas
are too rough, you Click Here to Book
Online opt for one of our port trips.
Unfortunately, motion sickness can happen with deep sea fishing
and it is not very fun for parents to watch their little ones
feel so miserable. In our experience, many kids actually deal
with motion sickness better than adults do.
You also want to be flexible on what to fish for when bringing
kids. If fishing for the big trophy fish is slow we Click Here to Book
Online opt to
set the kids up with smaller rigs so they can drop down and get
instant action from sea bass, snapper, trigger fish, grunts,
etc.
Most parents think a full day trip is to long for their kids. In
all actuality, the parents always wear out before the kids. It's
just like a day at the theme parks, the kids get tired and fall
asleep and the parents get a break.
Prepare a lot of snack foods and drinks for the kids. Game boys,
books, and small toys are great for the ride out and back in.
Our shark fishing trips are also a great option for kids because
the distance to travel to the fishing grounds is very short.
Why are the shark fishing trips only $300/$400 compared to the
Full & Half Day rate? Our shark fishing rates are less
because the fishing grounds are much closer than with a typical
half or full day fishing trip. We offer shark fishing trips year
round, but the best time is late March thru early September.
This is when we get a good variety of sharks close to the shoals
and beaches off Cape Canaveral / Cocoa Beach. We mostly catch
sharks and bottom rays on shark trips but on occasion, we do get
tarpon, red fish, or king mackerel. We regularly catch sharks
along with a wide variety of other sport fish on our day trips
as well.
Do you go out to the Gulf Stream?
Yes, we will go to the Gulf Stream when it is the right time of
year. We usually go there when we are in pursuit of dolphin,
wahoo, and sail fish from March thru July. Usually, there is no
reason to go to the stream because the warm waters offshore of
Cape Canaveral provide a stunning amount of action. Gulf Stream
fishing is more important further north or if you fish Florida's
West Coast. Basically, we go to the stream when the fishing
requires it, or if our customers want to target a specific
species that is more prominent in the Gulf Stream, but most of
the time the best fishing is not at the stream.
