Fish On Board

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!
It was our last day of vacation and I was headed home when I saw a groupon for a four hour deep sea fishing charter, I then proceeded to call the fishing charter before I booked another night at the hotel to make sure I could get a trip the next day. he told me he had 2 options available, an 8am trip, and a 1pm trip. I booked the 8am trip so I could head home after. I received a call at 8:30 pm telling me the other 2ppl cancelled and he was no longer able to take us on the trip, unless we paid for the other 2 spots… I had explained my situation and he seemed not to care that I booked a hotel just so I could fish the next day. I then proceeded to wait around to get on the 1pm and apparently he couldn’t get a group for that… I guess he either doesn’t want to work, or my money wasn’t good enough because it was a groupon. I guess he’ll just sit around on his ass and make nothing because he didn’t seem to want my money…
He had no empathy for our situation, now I am driving home after spending another night in a hotel without the deep sea fishing experience we were sooooo excited about… It is now to late to book with someone else and were bummed :(

Well from start to finish extremely disappointing the boat is a «jalopy» falling apart broken everything no AC. Well this is my third time chartering a boat and by far the WORST they used no live bait barely any money was spent to make this trip a success and you get what you pay for not even a glimpse of a fish just a complete waste of $ 450 and more importantly four hours of my family’s vacation with nothing but boredom and sweat to show for it don’t waste you money learn from my disappointment and don’t go on this boat!!!

Amazing experience!!! Garrett and Matt we very professional and hospitable!!! We will be back with friends!!! Can’t wait!!! The entire experience will be a positive memory we and our good friends will never forget!!!

Awful experience. The captain, who thought he was in control of the queen Mary, was A complete asshole. The deckhand was helpful. I wish I would’ve read the other Unilocal reviews. It was boring, tedious and miserable 4 hours of my life.

AWESOME EXPERIENCE! Caught so many quality KIng Fish and Bonita and had a great time. The Captain + Deck Hand, Thomas, were awesome. I would highly recommend Fish on Bored to anyone :) Thank you for a great trip. We will be using you guys again soon.

Terrible service. Took my sons out for the first time on a charter for an ocean fishing trip. Captains didn’t seem too concerned about children getting seasick and 7 ft waves. Owner doesn’t get the bigger picture of running a business where I offered to pay for half the price of the charter even though we were only out on the water for 30 minutes. Too many kid friendly choices out there so definitely do not charter this service (groupon or full price — either is not worth it) if you want a good ocean fishing experience.

My wife and kids gave me two trips at $ 99 each as a fathers day gift, went out once and that was enough to not go back, I feel bad for my family for wasting the money, Don’t recommend it, the crew don’t know how to deal with people, the trip was very boring just trolling around waiting for your turn to real bonitos, really close to the city, there’s was a few kayakers around us (so much for deep sea fishing) I even felt asleep, they get nice at the end of trip when they start asking for tip money.

I wasn’t sure what to expect given some of the reviews I read. Got the fishing trip as a birthday present for my husband and 4 other friends bought the same groupon for the same trip. We all had a GREAT time! Captain John was very friendly and First Mate Garrett worked his skinny little butt off. That kid did not stand still for very long the whole time we were fishing — rigging bait, checking lines, and just being a super hard working nice young man. I was surprised at how young Captain John was, but he did just fine. Unfortunately for us, it rained part of the time but he maneuvered expertly. Because of the weather we couldn’t go too far out for dolphin, so we stayed about 10 miles from coast. We caught a lot of bonita that got used as bait or released, but it made for everyone being busy. HOWEVER we also caught a huge kingfish that rendered 18 nice pieces of steak. We grilled the kingfish and it was awesome.
The boat could use a little bit of sprucing up… if you’re a lady I would caution on going to the bathroom. None of that bothered me though. You’re going to get dirty if you’re fishing so for me it all came with the territory.
We had a boat for years and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This was the next best thing. Great crew, decent boat, nice catch, good friends, good times. Great groupon value. We will definitely do this one again.

Barely worth the groupon price ($ 99). Captain Matt & Rick were rude & condescending to us. My fiancé enjoys bass fishing so we decided to try deep sea, we were in it for the experience. Catching fish was just icing on the cake for us. These guys all but ruined our experience. Try another charter if you haven’t been deep sea fishing before as these guys will make you feel like an idiot. A little instruction on what to do beforehand would’ve been nice.

this was a pleasant experience. was not expecting a lot due to previous reviews, but, the price was very cheap, $ 100 per person and i thought if its just a 5 hour boat ride i was willing to take in the incredable views of miami and surrounding cities by the water. ok, back to fishing, we caught several tuna and on mahi mahi. the deck hand cleaned them and we left with fresh fish. remember most people confuse fishing with catching fish. you are guaranteed a great fishing trip, however, the catching is not guaranteed no matter how much you pay upfront.

Did we catch fish, yes. Did the captain/​crew do all that they could, no. Purchased the groupon for $ 99/​person ended up with a total of 5 people on the boat. We were told boat would leave the dock promptly at 8am so arrive early, which we did. We sat while the deck hand prepared the bait (day old Bonita) at about 8:15 I heard the deck hand tell the captain that they needed fuel. The captain responded «that’s ok, they can wait.» So at about 8:20 we headed to the fuel dock, spent a good 20 minutes there fueling up. Once under way we did catch fish, just Bonita. Each person caught one fish so that was good. This is what I didn’t like:
1. Using day old bait, c’mon.
2. Making us wait for you to prep the boat. Should be done waaaaay before we got there.
3. Clean your boat and more importantly the head!
4. Although nothing happened and more than likely never will, I would have liked to know where the life preservers were.
5. Offer an upgrade, every sport fishing charter I’ve been on (about 10) have offered to buy live bait to both troll and drift fishing.
I know this has to be an incredibly tough living but if you’re going to offer an «experience» work at it.
I wouldn’t pay more than $ 50/​person for what we got. Buyer beware.

Not good!!! Very unfriendly captain and deck hand. Not worth the discounted groupon deal! Would have payedore for a better boat. The deck hand was boasting about how he has fished everywhere in the world and has seen and done everything. After he saw that I knew what I was doing he left me in charge. When we got a strike I started reeling. They yelled at me there nothing there leave it alone. I ignored and kept reeling. A large Bonita. Granted it was on gear way to heavy.
At the end of the day after catching only a few Bonita all day, we hooked up to a sailfish. A baby sailfish. 30 – 40 lb at the most. This well rounded deck hand acted like it was his first fish. He was yelling for the gaff. Which I did not get. It’s a baby hello??? The line was wrapped around his feet and the person with the poll.

We were on the boat «Corsair» that must have been hired out by Fish On Board. I’ve been looking forward to deep sea fishing my entire life and I was utterly disappointed, not only because I didn’t catch anything but because of the crew. They were completely disrespectful, rude, and unhelpful. They didn’t even greet us, ask our names, or tell us what we were going to be doing. The captain did’t say a word the entire trip except for «Do you have my money?» and «Reel the F***ING rod!!!» His crew hand wasn’t much better. He didn’t explain anything to us and didn’t do much besides sit next to captain while we trolled bait for hours without catching hardly anything. The only time he talked to us was to repeatedly scream «Open the F***ING bucket!!!» after my friend caught a bonita. My friend came all the way from Switzerland for this experience and it was his first time in the States and for him to be treated that rudely was embarrassing. We also assumed the fish we caught were eatable (I’m no fishing expert!) so when the crew refused to clean our fish we were pretty disappointed. A simple explanation that a bonita was a junk fish would have been nice beforehand. After only catching 3 bonita (I didn’t catch anything), not receiving any help from the crew, and being sworn at multiple times the captain confronted us and demanded we pay them a tip (that was only the third time he spoke to us all day). Definitely don’t recommend using the Corsair crew!!! Terribly disappointing experience.

worse fishing trip ever. didn’t touch a rod. trolling only trip. although he did bring out two rods for five mins that six people were supposed to share … so stupid. waste of money.

Came «aboard» on the night shift thinking we would be actually be fishing… definitely not the case. I DID NOT TOUCH A ROD ONCE! This was a trolling trip ONLY and although we were told differently on the phone, the captain made it clear that he didn’t care what was promised over the phone. He was going to do as he pleased. There was a negative vybe from the get go with the captain pouting about poor pay and begging for commission and just his overall negative attitude. This was the worst experience and I would hope nobody has to go through this… don’t waste your time or money with these assholes!

As an avid fisherman of the So FL coasts for 28 years I have to share the bad experience my party and I had with Fish On Board. The rep who books your date is not one of the captains. So a pretty picture gets painted on the phone but it’s a different story once on board. We bought living social ads and took a full party to do a combo of trolling and bottom fishing. This wasn’t the case. We aimlessly trolled the entire trip without having caught a single fish. We were told as soon as we stepped on that it would be nothing but a trolling trip. The captain immediately put out a bad vibe for my party on this trip. Today, the next morning I call to speak with Fish On board and they tell me «sorry» and that to gain our trust they can take us all out again for $ 300!!! Uhm that’s only $ 70 off of what we originally paid for this trip.
Unfortunately and most sincerely I have to let everyone else know that the experience with this charter was less than desirable and I DO NOT RECOMMEND that anyone book with Fish On Board for their fishing experience.

I caught a Mahi Mahi and two Bonito fish. Greatest fishing trip ever. Jason is a really good guy and the Captain was nice too. I would definitely recommend the morning. I will definitely be going again next time I am down in Fort Lauderdale.

fish on !!!
This was my first ever charter fishing boat out to sea. I had a awesome time!!! such a great experience really. The crew on the boat were very nice and helpful. I did get sea sick after i caught a couple fish but i still had a great time. I did the Monday morning half day 1230−5pm trip. They handled everything for us, and they were very friendly. I will definitely do this again!