I have been watching your winter weather, so I get it. I know you want to be here. I am glad you are looking to plan your best day of your Florida Keys vacation on the water. I spent 9 years living is the way out suburbs of Chicago. The grind of cold grey spirit breaking days hurt your soul and now is your chance to break free. A taste of warmth to preview your own spring reality is great therapy and the nudge to get you through to the end of winter. I know what you want and I am here to build a trip around that. I was a “visitor” to the keys a few times. I know how to make a winning plan for your trip. The trips I build around your wants are very similar to what I would want for myself. I cater and scale my trips around families with no ocean experience looking for an exploratory wholesome adventure to experienced well traveled anglers that have the skills and knowledge to chase things that push the boundaries of every trick they know. Our fish are smart and smarter!
Everything is always better with bent rods
You have so many choices when making plans for your charter operator. Please do your research!!!!!!! Our industry has been flipped upside down by 3rd party apps that are greedy middlemen looking to profit by advertising services like mine through SEO volume and not reputation or quality. I am Kevin. You are dealing with me only. I am available directly by phone, text or email. You securely make a reservation through my website. You pay your balance after your trip. I am fully insured and licensed for every activity I offer for your trip choices. I do what I do the most responsible, legal and small local business ethical way possible. Most new charter operators can not offer that. We exist in a free for all idiot circus with as close to zero enforcement. It makes no sense. 15 minutes of research will get you out of some questionable scenarios. I briefly just did that search before writing this. Advertising can cover up businesses that are traps. It is more cost effective to remove bad reviews and pay for bulk shared group marketing to paint a story that isn’t real. I can’t do that.
Enough of that. It’s a fine line between the right boat and the wrong one. A good time and a big mistake and waste of time. What is fun to you may not be fun for others…or even your family. That’s why I offer custom trips with several different options. Please. keep in mind the needs and interests of your entire group. I can do everything at most times in most conditions, maybe you can too. What about the other members in your group? I know doing the highest level of my offerings sounds the best, but it often is not appropriate for everybody and every trip. I am in the fun business and I want you ALL to have a good time worth of repeating again. Choosing a trip that best fits your group is the correct way to make your decision. I can read most groups pretty well, but I still get tricked. The best result comes from investing in your trip and respecting the helpful information I provide in detail to ensure we are aligned on a path to success. Our combined efforts make success.
I love it when the kids land the catch of the day
Ok, again, enough of that. Let’s go fishing! That’s my most popular activity. A 4 hour morning reef trip checks most of the boxes for most of my guests. This may look like many different trips based on who is on board, what the conditions are and what our trip goal is. All trips produce results. What you know, how well you listen and learn and how you apply that in a dynamic environment decides how it goes. I focus on what is easy to learn, what puts fish in the box that are good eating and catching a diversity of species to make a well rounded experience for my guests. Nearly every trip I say “no need to make easy hard. If it is hard, you are doing it the wrong way.” We find what level we have success and build up from there.
Easy was the game plan this trip and it worked!
Today, 3/3/2025, the water temp was 74 degrees and water was crystal clear. My snorkelers lasted about an hour on the first spot before returning to warm up. Water temps should be going up steadily as we go through March. March and April can be breezy/windy, so conditions will dictate what we can and will do. I use windfinder to watch the trends. Anything over 15mph is bad.
Spring Break is here and I do many custom trips. I do tons of fun stuff, which is all described here on my website. It’s just a click or 3 away. I’m a guy with a boat that has been here before most of what you see and I am capable of doing all of the fun things that people like to do. I do it all pretty well. What happens on spring break can….oh, look! A squirrel! Thanks for reading! O hope we got out to have an adventure on the water soon.
We won some and lost some, but finished with some fresh fillets and forever memories