| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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OK, but crew could have been more attentive
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| Fri, Jun 27, 08 12:00 PM |
CleteHyman |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| We went on an afternoon half day boat. The day started off rocky as there was inadequate parking for their customers. The boat was about 15 minutes late. The Captain didn’t spend too much time finding a good fishing spot, but the fish were almost all undersized. There was a young man about 12 on the boat that was obviously a relative of the Captain or a crew member. He was allowed to fish however and wherever he wanted and tangled several other anglers. And when he did get tangled, he would cut the other person’s line. The crew members said nothing to him, but then they were too busy fishing themselves. The Captain never required a rotation of rail positions so you were stuck in the same spot the whole trip. I may go back to Dana Wharf, but it will not be on the half day boat. |
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Great trip!!
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| Fri, Jun 27, 08 12:00 PM |
badboy3 |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Other |
| If you're a fisherman, this is a recommended trip especially during the summer when the fish are really biting. Fun for all. If you are the least suseptable to motion sickness, medication is in order. |
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Decent Fishing Trip
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| Thu, Jun 26, 08 6:30 AM |
DSimmons |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| All in all it was a good trip. The deck hands were good and the captain was enthusiastic. One of the things I would recommend would be to have the boat loaded with bait before patrons get on the boat. I was told the boat left at 6:30am and we didn't really leave until about 7am. Then we spent another 15 minutes plus to load the boat with bait. I just think people prefer the time fishing rather than watching the bait get loaded onto the boat. But all in all a good trip.
Thanks, Donnie |
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Plan more effectively for the half day trip!
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| Thu, Jun 26, 08 6:30 AM |
bjjohnson25 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I understand that it is hard to determine where fish are going to be and even harder to determine if you will catch any fish. My suggestion is that the Captain has a plan. For the half day trip with my kids, my objective was to spend as much time fishing as possible. The majority of our trip was spent driving to a location and determining if the location had fish beneath us. For the 5 hour trip, we only stopped at 3 locations to drop our lines. In addition, the locations we stopped had very few legal fish to keep. It was a great experience, but I would recommend your guides to have a more detailed plan for future trips. I would definitely do it again, just wish we had more time fishing and less time commuting. |
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Had a nice trip with my grandson
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| Tue, Jun 24, 08 12:00 PM |
soccer2 |
Male |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The fishing was not as good as we expected , but that is fishing!!!! We had a good time and my grandson was very excited. He lives in your area and I'm sure that he will be back to fish with you again and soon. The crew did a great job of tending to the needs of the fishermen. I would have no problem with going on your trip again. |
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Great fishing trip
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| Tue, Jun 24, 08 12:00 PM |
nrhaisen |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My eleven-year-old son has wanted to fish in the ocean for a long time. This trip provided us with a great experience for his first time. He was able to pull in a few fish and he was also around more experienced anglers who generously shared their knowledge.
The crew kept up pretty well with all of the group. I would have liked a bit more help for my son, as I have never fished in the ocean and was not much help to him. However, he learned, he fished and he found it to be the highlight of our trip to California. |
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On the FIsh In Less Than One Hour.
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| Tue, Jun 24, 08 10:00 AM |
gr8tful1 |
Unspecified |
30-39 |
Combination |
Family With Children |
| I was pleasantly surprised by the abillity of the Captain to put us on the fish for this half day excursion. For twenty bucks it was much more a value than the full day trip I subsequently booked with this same company.
The full day trip was a bad idea. The Captain and crew had taken along some acquaintances, and they proceeded to occupy the best spots at the stern of the boat for the entire duration of the trip while the Captain and crew looked on and never batted an eye or said a word - how unprofessional. This full day excursion was truly disappointing. I'll never return. |
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Trip ruined by group of loud, Volgar Drunks
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| Sun, Jun 22, 08 12:00 PM |
donpollock |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Individual |
| I will never go on a weekend 1/2 day PM trip out of Dana Wharf again.
The trip seems to attract both small on large groups of obnoxius drunks, that can;t fish, curse continually and just ruin the day for everyone else.
And the worst part is that neither the Captain or Crew do anything at all to even suggest that these folks at least curb their vulgariity. |
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good, but...
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| Tue, Jun 17, 08 12:00 PM |
tvalentyne |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| Everything was great...the crew was good but, they spent more time traveling to a site than staying there to fish. It was rather frustrating to b/c with children you spend time getting them ready to fish, which on average they only stayed in each spot for 15-20 min. Its a 5 hour trip with 4 destenations and we got about 20 min in each spot. you do the math! My kids still loved it, but it did not give them any time to get ready, bait, or enjoy the little time they had to fish. |
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easy and fast
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| Tue, Jun 17, 08 12:00 PM |
jimlin |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Individual |
| easy, fast and convienent, thanks |
