This was a fantastic in-shore half day charter! Capt Jon-Paul is extremely knowledgeable & best of all, easy going—- he helps with ever possible thing that comes up and does it with a smile on his face. He was patient and professional for both my wife and I’s first inshore charter.

For a short half day trip, we had lines in the water within 20 mins from leaving the dock & we limited out on snapper in no time. I was fortune enough to hook up with a small tarpon and he was quick to help me land it. He helped my wife snag a shark… We fished 3 different spots, caught fish at all of them & best of all taught us a lot of info that we can use when we fish back at home.

This is the perfect inshore charter for newbies and avid anglers. I cannot say enough good things about our day out on the water with Capt Jon-Paul… Already trying to plan another trip down to fish with him again!

We had an amazing 6 hours out with Jon-Paul yesterday!  Got about 20 on the line and had a blast.  Novice fisherman, we hooked 4 different species of snapper, got a 100 pound (est) stingray, a beautiful tarpon and a hell of a fight with a big, big barracuda!!!

Besides being a terrific captain, you get the free experience of being with a professional birder as well.

Brother in law visiting from overseas had the best fishing day of his life, cannot stop talking about having reeled in the ‘cuda and seeing him this happy was the best part of his entire trip stateside.

Great thing with Jon-Paul is that he will not waste time when fish arent biting, he keeps hunting and moving, hunting and moving.  With the tools on board, no wasted time with pulling up and dropping anchor, we got a ton of fishing in within the six hours.

Great Great Time!!

I would highly recommend going fishing with Captain Jon-Paul from Bank and Bight Backcountry fishing. My 15 year old son and I came down to Islamorada for a Mom/son getaway for a few days and all my son wanted to do was catch fish we could eat (sea to table). Captain Jon-Paul delivered and then some!!

I was a little apprehensive going on a fishing charter just my son and I (especially since I’m not an avid fisherman), but the minute we got to the boat and met Captain Jon-Paul, I was at ease.  Besides being a Park Ranger, he is also a Biologist and he was SO knowledgeable of everything.  He made our trip so much fun and exciting.  He took us to multiple spots and the fish were biting like crazy!!! It was the best fishing I have done and my son was so happy!

I can’t wait to come back down to Islamorada and go back out fishing with Captain Jon-Paul!!

Jon-Paul was a super captain, kept us busy on smaller rods catching snappers and other species whilst other lines were out for the big ones… hit some Nurse Sharks, Ray and just didn’t manage to snare a Tarpon albeit we were fishing the right places with plenty of shows!!! Thanks Jon-Paul, from Brandon and myself it was an absolute pleasure to meet you and learn from you…all the best!

Jon-Paul was personable, professional and really knows how to get you into fish! The scenery was fantastic and the boat is perfect for a party of two. Even though the waters were unseasonably warm we still caught tons of snapper, had a nice fight with a Lemon Shark (I lost it, not the Capt’s fault!) and got a workout with two very nice Barracuda. I would absolutely do this trip again!