Had an excellent trip with Captain Vinnie and first mate Roger aboard Karen Ann Charters. He’s been fishing these waters since he was 8yo and his experience shows. Throughout the 4 hr trip there was barely any downtime as we were just going from spot to spot finding action. Me and my kids learned so much that day and we can’t wait to do it again, only next time will be a full day.

Expect to be fishing for the majority of this trip and pickup some new skills that you never had.

We went out yesterday (Monday, September 30, 2019) with Captain Vinnie Calabro in a small boat - just my son and me (note here - skip the morning coffee as there are no bathrooms on board). Vinnie is a “salt of the earth” kind of guy - his onboard food was a package of oatmeal cookies from the grocery store that he shared with us. It was more than enough.

He is very knowledgeable of the area and took us around Jamaica Bay to ten or fifteen spots (maybe more) where we caught 14 bluefish (I’m cooking some for dinner tonight) and a few stripers that were too small to keep. He was very helpful with landing and getting the fish off the line. My son was getting lots of fish and I was not getting many, so he took the time to teach me how to go after these fish in the bay. Then I did fine. We had a great time.

He also knows when and where the fish are running so we’ll keep an eye on the schedule before we book next time. We will definitely stay in touch with Vinnie and book again in the future. Maybe next time we’ll get some stripers we can keep.

This trip exceeded the expectations my two friends and I have had of a best case scenario. We caught about 200+ (impossible to keep count) with nonstop fishing action for about 6 hours. Captain Vinnie and Roger were extremely knowledgeable on the water and had us hooked on fish all day. There were several instances all of us had our rods bent at the same time. All of us got along well with Captain Vinnie and Roger, both great people with a good sense humor and easy to get along with. I am excited to arrange more trips with these guys in the near future to catch some monster stripers and blues!

Had a great day on the water with Captain Vinnie and crew.
They put you on the fish, period. They have a great selection of tackle and equipment as well as a nice fleet of boats to make the best call given conditions.
Karen Ann charters is a no bullshit to the point fishing charter from my experience and if you want to catch fish, share some laughs and most importantly land fish make sure to check them out !

Vinnie and his crew were very knowledgeable of the waters and very helpful of technique. They were also very accommodating when it came to time and how we wanted to spend our day in the boat.  They were prompt to help us unhook the load of bluefish they helped us fine and fix and rod issue that came up.  Along with their technical expertise, they kept us entertained with some impromptu movie trivia and laughs.  The morning/afternoon trip was a great experience and would definitely do again.