Family Fishing for Mahi

Captain Greg’s Family Mahi Fishing Trip One would think that the family of a charter boat captain would get to pick and choose all the glorious fishing days and go whenever they wanted. This is not the case. I love happy customers so whenever we have calm seas and good fishing, all the best fishing days fill…

People You Meet & Some Knives

In the past 15 or so years of my job deep sea fishing from Port Canaveral, I have become friends with many of my customers. I have so many families and groups of friends that come fishing with us at least once a year and I get excited every time I see their names on the schedule.…

Go For It All

This story goes back to the days me and Captain Stan worked together on the party boat (as deck hands) out of Cape Canaveral. The way it worked back then was if we had 15 customers or less on the boat two deck hands weren’t needed. We would just take turns at that point on…

The Canaveral Circus

Running a charter fishing business and having a full time career as a charter captain can sometimes be like running a 3-ring circus. In Port Canaveral, our favorite part of the circus is the clown show. My fellow captains will know exactly what “the clown show” means. For everyone else… the day starts off as…

Mom’s First Sailfish

Let me start out by saying that I absolutely LOVED this trip that I am about to share. My mom’s passion for fishing exceeds my own and as far back as I can remember, it is filled with memories of us fishing together. I remember my mom taking me to the fresh water docks in Labelle,…

Translator Down

A few years back I get a booking for a full day deep sea fishing adventure through a travel agent. She explained that it was going to be 4 Chinese businessmen that don’t speak a lick of English but they were hiring a translator to come along for the day. She was very concerned that…

Fresh Fish

My first job in Port Canaveral was working as a deck hand on a party boat. It was a great place to start. It taught me how to fish, how to be quick, and I learned customer service. You see, party boat fishing had a little more of a wild west feel to it in those…