I would like to start this off by saying this was by far the best charter I have been on. This year I’ve been on 9 charters and have never had the experience I had on the reel smoker. I have been fishing my whole life and own a sportfish and a wake boat so I’m familiar. the experience captain ZAC gave my family was truly amazing
He helped my son which is 4 on multiple fish I wish I would have known before because I would have booked him solid all week. As a captain myself I enjoy fishing on other boats to see and learn techniques but on this trip I wanted to be on neutral ground when my son caught his first saltwater fish and zac delivered. “Reel smoker “ as a business owner and a boat owner I just want to say keep this young captain on your fleet it’s impossible to find an employee like this! I would hire him in a heart beat to run my boat!

My wife and I had a really enjoyable 1/2-day birthday trip last week with Captain Stevie on The Reel Smoker. We had a couple conversations with this family run business leading up to our trip to the Keys to talk about what we were looking for, and Captain Stevie did not disappoint. Within 30 minutes of leaving the dock he put us on the fish. My wife caught a beautiful 10 - 12 lb Red Snapper and I hooked a nice Yellow Snapper. Before long we hit our limit on the spawning Mangrove Snappers, and it was off to try a bit more sport fishing. I got lucky with a beautiful bonita, and missed a couple barracuda and a few others due to lack of practice. It would have been nice to see what those fish were because my arms were sore for two days.

We’ve been on multiple charter trips over the years and I have to say that Stevie was one of the harder working captains we’ve experienced. He was very knowledgeable and did his best to make sure we enjoyed our four hours on the water. Plus he plays some really good music.

Another great aspect of the trip was having the restaurant at Hurricane Hole Marina cook up our fresh catch within minutes of returning to port. All in all a great day and when we’re back in the Keys, we’ll be looking for Stevie and team. Thanks fellas, and remember Stevie…“it’s just one jerk waiting on another jerk”. ;-)

Had a marvelous time with Zach.  He put us on some keepers early, then we shifted to Tarpon.  Spent 2 full hours hooking 11 big fish.  Unfortunately, the fisherman has got to land the fish, we didn’t land any.  Straightened out hooks and snapped leaders.  We had a great time, and have a new appreciation for how hard it is to land the “silver king.”  We will definitely try again with Reel Easy Fishing on our next trip.

Had a once in a lifetime experience with Capt Zac. He’s incredibly knowledgeable of the area and put us on all different types of fish while fishing multiple spots. His excitement and enthusiasm for us while catching definitely made it a 10/10