![]() The Westphal's from Wisconsin!!!!īefore you read my review you should know I'm in no way affiliated with the company. Thanks Captain John for making our day a super one. Would recommend this to anyone and everyone who likes to go out for a couple of hours and enjoy the scenery and catching some fish and just relaxing and seeing the beautiful dolphins. When we stopped on the island's we found sand dollars and crabs and sea shells that was so much fun too. Amazing weather and can't say enough good things about Captain John! He helped my grandson's fish well he helped all of us fish and even let Carl drive the boat he was in heaven. We saw Dolphins that was so cool to see and baby one too. We did do fishing and island hoping and that was fine with all of us. We planned on tubing, fishing and island hoping. It was a 4 hour excursion with my family a total of 6. We met Captain John and he brought us on board. Our price was quoted as $300 but when we got there Jiffy said it was $350 not a big deal. A little confused when we first arrived but once everything was taken care of money etc., it went smoothly. I booked our boat tour for Monday the 14th of August. I will definitely come back again whenever I'm in the area and would recommend it to anyone looking to have an amazing Floridan adventure! We not only had a memorable time fishing (caught 11 different species!), but also saw manatees and dolphins! It was magical :)Ĭaptain John is so knowledgeable about the area it felt like we were on a sight seeing cruise!įreshly filleted fish that we walked over to the rum bar next door and they cooked it up for us. A short drive to the marina and we were ready to go! A private boat just for us.how cool! Captain John was super chill and welcoming.which we were so thankful for! Not really knowing what to expect, we packed some beer and sandwiches (and sunscreen, of course!) and headed to Ponce Inlet.Įasy peasy 'check-in'. We figured why not, we wanna go fishing! And the price was right. Kinda disappointed that the swells were too big to go deep sea fishing.but we found a place that did "backwater fishing". We had a goal to go fishing while visiting New Symrna Beach. Thank you Captain John and Ponce Inlet Water Sports for an awesome private charter fishing trip!!!!! In fact,every staff member from the parking attendant to the trainees It was an excellent, customer-first focused individual. do you know what I mean?LOL.Ĭaptain Daniel and first mate Amber treated everybody with dignity and respect no matter how they were dressed. I mean there really isn’t a lot of shelling to be done there. If you are a smoker I highly recommend this move so that the tour keeps the stop at Shell Island. It doesn’t hurt that an ice cream boat showed up “conveniently“ upon our arrival and one of my biker friends decided to treat the boat. I mean the island was just OK but my smoking friends were really happy for the break. (Ouch!) we had a great stop at Shell Island as well. We learned about mangroves and oyster beds. We learned about all of the wildlife that we did spot along the shoreline. The animals seem the priority for the crew and that was very touching to see. It is clear that everyone on the boat had a heart toward preserving the animals. We saw many dolphins in the wild and although we didn’t see any manatees, We got a very thorough education about The channels, inlets, and safety while navigating them, as well as a front row seat to the wildlife preservation efforts of the staff. I couldn’t believe the quality of the trip for the price. We were in for bike week and took a 90 minute dolphin Manatee tour which we were talked into by one of the employees. You weren’t limited to their selection- you were able to bring your own snacks and drinks.Over all money well spent for a couple hours. All that was asked was that you pay what you could as thanks. There was plenty of light hearted banter and knowledge about the area to keep you engaged.Drinks were offered. ![]() This isn’t a staged boat ride.The captain and his mate were both friendly and knowledgeable about the area. Again you’re at the mercy of what nature gives you. Within reason, take what we wanted as souvenirs. It was nice to get off for fifteen minutes and have a look around. Today was a not.The boat stopped on a sandbar for us to find shells. ![]() They were swimming… not like you can ask them to hold still for a picture.We got to see various birds in the mangroves including one of the tallest.We didn’t get to see any manatees. Again super awesome that it wasn’t in a zoo.It’s wildlife so we weren’t expecting up close and personal. Out in the water we saw one or two other pelicans but no other turtles.As far as the ride itself we got to see a couple pods of dolphins. It was pretty awesome to see them both up close in their natural habitat and not in a zoo. While waiting for our tour to start we got to see a pelican and turtle, both locals to the area.
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