Great time fishing

I booked with Captain Patrick Hemphill though I was a little gunshy because my husband and I had a pretty rough experience with a different charter (not Captain Pat,) but we love fishing and it was our 10 year anniversary. I thought I would give it a shot since he had solid reviews.

Not to beat a dead horse, but when you have had a bad charter, you know a good one. Captain Pat comes prepared and on time. His boat was in the water waiting for us with bait and a plan on where to go already. We didn’t have to spend our time looking through the charts to find a place or wait for him to go gather bait or rig the poles. We went over the safety plan in case of an emergency and then we were off.

Captain Pat has is a career law enforcement officer and has some awesome stories to share! We chatted most of the day off and on by swapping stories because I am in the legal field. What is great is even though we were chatting- he was still watching the bobbers, paying attention to everything going on, casting my rod because I hate that part, watching the direction of the boat, etc. He continued paying attention so we could have a good time.

We really had a great time and I appreciate that Captain Pat fun, respectful, and professional. I expect his business to grow quite a bit as the word gets out about how well he runs his charter.

My 12-year-old son and I spent Saturday, June 18, 2022 with Captain Pat.  As we rolled in to the dock, a storm was approaching and we rode that out in a covered pavillion.  Pat made sure to let us know the clock didn’t start ticking until we were out on the water, and he kept us entertained with great conversation while we waited for the storm to pass.  When we got out on the water, he worked patiently with my son—who’s still getting the hang of this fishing thing—and laughed it off as we both missed the occasional bites.  We managed to snare some nice sea trout (which were excellent for breakfast the next morning), as well as a lot of lady fish, jackfish, and catfish.  No luck with the redfish on this trip, but we’ll be back.  All in all a great experience and fun day out on the water at an incredibly reasonable price.

Captain Hemphill and Gonna Miss Her Fishing Charters were great. Excellent communication prior to launch, and the trip was both informative and fun. This was my sons first time fishing, and my first time saltwater fishing. My boy caught his first fish (and his second) within the first 20 minutes of our voyage and we ate great that night. I would totally recommend Gonna Miss Her Fishing Charters for any trip you would be considering… but as for Fishing booker,  I am starting to seriously reconsider using Fishing Booker for future bookings due to their relentless spam and text messages after the trip.