Aikatsi Sportfishing

My wife Nina and I thoroughly enjoyed our morning offshore trip with Captain Bobby. The Captain is skilled and very knowledgeable. We caught a variety and abundance of local fish.

My 10 year old son & I recently booked a 3/4 day offshore trip with Captain Manske. My son & I wanted to catch Mahi Mahi and I would have never imagined catching as many fish as we did. But more importantly, my son and I really enjoyed learning from the experienced Captain Manske. Everything from what line & bait to use, to what weather conditions to fish, right down to what to look for in the water & in the air. Captain Manske was a wealth of knowledge and unlike many Captains, he was willing to share his knowledge to make my son and I better fisherman. The best part of the trip was sitting in a school of Mahi & Captain Manske explaining to my 10 year old how to work the jig like lure to get the Mahi to hit. My son enjoyed the trolling, but wanted to catch some fish casting on his own and Captain Manske was more than accommodating. My son and I have been on many charters, from big head boats, to small private charters and this was by far the most enjoyable experience we have had & we are already looking forward to our next trip with Captain Manske. I should also mention that Captain Manske was great when booking the trip. He took the time to explain what the weather was doing and recommending the day he thought was best for catching fish. We were planning on doing a Saturday fishing trip and Captain Manske called and recommended we change it to Friday. It ended up raining all Saturday morning and we caught a ton of fish Friday morning. Thanks again Captain.

Captain Bobby was Awesome! Caught close to the limit on dolphin. Cant wait to go out again with him!

Billy almost always.finds fish.

When I first contacted Capt. Bobby I really didn't know what I was getting myself into. Time for me was running out and I wanted so badly to fish off Marathon. I had tried to put together a fishing trip with the local charter services and was unable to put something together so I just started driving around to the local docks to see if I could find a charter service to add me onto their make up list for a trip to go off shore fishing. then I happened upon Capt. Bobby's sign and wrote down his number. It wasn't long before he contacted me and we worked out a plan to go fishing offshore. It was perhaps one of the best decisions I have been led to in my life .nWe worked out a trip in short order and I met him for the first time at the dock where he has his boat docked.I made a foolish mistake in trying to board the boat from a rather high position off the dock and paid the price with a bruised ego thank God there was no physical injury, I know I 'm running on here but I want you to understand the full experience of that day that I will never forget.We set off for the edge of the gulf stream and my hopes of finding and catching a really good fish diminished when there was no weed lines or other possible cover for the bait fish.nThe only other possibility for finding the fish was to follow the birds and that was our salvation in this situation. Capt. Bobby could not only find the birds but knew insitnctivly where the the fish might be and in which direction they were headed.To make things short what appeared to me as another dissapointment turned out be one of the most rewarding days fishing I have experienced sence I was a child fishing with my father'.He can be rather demanding of you but all in all he only want's what is best for you. The best fishing experience I have had sence I fished with my father in the 60S.nYours truly Gary L Deaton.