Nice captain we enjoyed our half day fishing trip but because of no live bait the captain spent much of our time on the water tying to catch live bait before we started fishing but that’s fishing.

Arriving at the dock with wife and 13 year old son to show them a nice time of fishing. The Captain said his live shrimp guy never showed up, so already off to a bad start. I figure, not a big deal. He’s a professional guide, he’ll know what to do. He tried for about 5 minutes to find live pilchards with no luck. So for the next 4 hours, all he had us do was jig buck-tails tipped with frozen shrimp, getting 2 catfish and 2 tiny jack. He complained about the tide being too low, so we couldn’t get up in the mangroves to pitch our baits. Isn’t that the whole purpose of having a captain? To change up strategies based on conditions? A pro guide is going to know where the holes in his area are, especially nowadays with satellite imagery.  Also, what about going out a little bit to hit reefs for sheepshead or mangos? I wasn’t going to write negative review but then I found out that after we went to the dock convenience store, what do I see for sale? Live shrimp. I asked the guy when did he get those shrimp. Answer, “last night.”  So it didn’t dawn on the captain to walk 50 feet to the convenience store to get live shrimp. Plus, what professional SW FL inshore guide doesn’t have a trap loaded with pinfish? Apparently this guide.