Yup, party boat fishing is not for everyone and that’s one of the things I try to highlight. Try to set expectations so people know that they may or may not get lucky and that often times, it’ll be elbow to elbow. I personally grew to love fishing from party boats in general for convenience and value. $100 nominal fee for 9 hrs of fishing from air conditioned boat is hard to beat. Definitely not for everyone though. Tight lines!

@theanglercrew7059 I agree with you about most boats. Up here in jacksonville we're lucky we had 2 of the better day boats in Florida, the Mayport Princess and the King Neptune. They were some of the best producers ever for daily boats. The Orlando Princess and Canaveral are known to be lack luster overall. You did your thing cause you're a fisherman but that boat should have an 80% limit in that boat. Then again that boat is known to stay away cause of this reason. I'm glad you did well and being an actual fisherman helps when the capt is lazy or not skilled.

@@mychaelmitchell4632 Ooh, very nice! I’ll add Mayport Princess and King Neptune to my list of party fishing boats to try out! Ty!

@theanglercrew7059 king Neptune isn't running any more. The Princess is still running.

@theanglercrew7059 Destin Florida has 2 of the best boats as well! I'd go there while the snapper are still in season. Great boats

@@hotpolymer IMO, fishing’s similar between the two boats and I am also looking for the right opportunity to get on Double O. Tight lines!

@@fishydubsfishing6516 Yup, I agree. It was disappointing for a lot of folks on the trip and I know that captain tried. We moved around a lot looking for red snappers, which also cut into fishing time. It was a case of bad luck.

I’d say that pinfish is a hit or a miss. I like to try whatever I have and rotate until something bites. Most of the red snappers were caught on frozen sardines. I don’t like using frozen sardines because it gets destroyed quickly by everything. Sometimes I take live shrimp if the baitshop doesn’t have pinfish that day. Tight lines!

@@ronmckinney4334 I can’t imagine what the fight must’ve been like. I was struggling with a lot smaller red snapper! Congrats on your PB!!

What about AJ?

@theanglercrew7059 definitely a struggle. I was even using 80lb main line. The crew handed out 130lb leader and 16oz lead I had my penn squall II 60 high speed 33lb drag maxed out and it still pulled drag. These are super strong fish 🐟 and best fighters pound per pound for sure.

@@stevecooper8121 Ty for the kind words. Doing this as a hobby and not doing it for $ (I make $0), so the quality is not even close to other dedicated fishing channels, but it’s good to know that a few folks out there enjoy my quickly edited videos! And I’ll take a mental note on the threadfin when I come across them!

I think red snappers eat anything, definitely not as picky as mangrove or mutton snappers

Ty! If it’s your personal gear, you are allowed to fish lighter line, because there’s no hard rule. It should be fine as long as you have mono topshot. Regulars might get a little upset if you keep breaking off and shutting down the bite though lol. They’ll allow you to fish double snell rigs. You can bring as many setups as you want, but you can only have one rod at a time in the rod holder. You have to keep the other rods out of the way. I usually keep mine on the second deck and I’ve seen people store it inside/stern area. You just have to keep swapping it out one for one, so that’s the cost of bringing multiple rods. Tight lines!

@@theanglercrew7059 thanks for great info! 1ARS for 1 day seems absurd to me just my opinon tho. Keep the vids coming and please come to west coast as well!

@@ShinkiZer0 Yup, 1 day season is ridiculous for sure and it’s what it is. We just have to hope that they know what they are doing. West coast tuna is definitely on my fishing list!

That makes sense. That’s where I see the real regulars set up.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6manM183pORf2Q.htmlsi=zlfKL0Lc1RDRr_iq Two hook chicken rig is great if you want to catch whatever bites. I started with three hooks, but it was more trouble (more tangles and twists) than what it was worth. Tight lines!

@@ShorrockPaul They do 💯. We never had a Marlin so we kept one. We also kept tuna on the 4th day and all other fish were released (Jacks, roosterfish, snapper, tilefish, etc).

@theanglercrew7059 got ya! Amazing that Marlin on the spinning reel.

@@ShorrockPaul Yea, not just one, but we pulled in 3 to the boat with the same setup. Tight lines!

@@pathua7692 That was the captain’s call 100%. We tried jigging here and there and dropped butterflied blue runner down for a half hour, but it wasn’t good. DK and Jose each caught small tilefish on their jigs and that’s about it. We were jigging 200-400 ft and the current was pretty strong down there and my 350g jig didn’t work. I wanted to bottom fish more and I was pretty upset about that lol. I don’t think the captain cared much for bottom fishing, at least not when we were there.

@@theanglercrew7059 ooof… yea I’m big bottom fish guy. So I was really curious on what kind of species was out there in Baja

@@pathua7692 Me too man, me too! I wanted to pull up some groupers and snappers from down below.

Thank you for the kind words. I was looking to buy the Daiwa travel rod, but it wouldn’t fit in the duffel bag I had, so I had to find one that broke down to a smaller size. Tight lines!

Hell yea man, exactly!

We liked tuna better, but it was still mucho bueno!

@@SaltPreachas Yup lol. I think you have to lower your expectations on $100 party boats. I personally love bottom fishing even if I skunk at the end of the day. Tight lines!

@@theanglercrew7059 😂 got it! Will be sure not to get my hopes up

@@SaltPreachas will do and will subscribe back!

I took my own gear and I usually take my own rod and reel whenever I can. Tight lines!

@@theanglercrew7059yeah me and my friend went on Wednesday morning. It was kind of a bust. Not that the captain didn’t try putting his sunfish I guess the water temperature was super low for this time of year so the bite was off. Had a couple good hits, but nothing to write about lots of grunts

Bringing your own 30-50lb class rod/reel setup would be ideal. Otherwise they will give you a heavy setup and you won’t be able to feel the bites as well as your own setup. If you want to catch whatever bites, using a 2 hook chicken rig is the way to go. If you want to catch bigger snappers, then you’ll want to catch grunts quickly, cut them up into “plugs” (deckhands will do it for you if you ask), and hold on! Tight lines and good luck!

Man, I would LOVE to go fishing in SD. I watch SD tuna fishing videos every day! Lol

Hahah yes, but I am also new to fishing in Florida and I’m still learning the ropes. Regulars do well. All that goes to say, it’s me not knowing how to fish on this boat lol. We all gotta start somewhere. Tight lines!

Sinkers depend on the current, but I’ve seen 6’s and 8’s mostly. I think they use 80-100 lb mono on their loaners, but I’m not sure. I personally usually stick to 50 lb for snapper fishing and 80 lb for groupers, but I’m going to go up to 130 lb leader for groupers. I don’t usually mess with anything lighter than 50 lb unless the bite is really finicky. Tight lines!

I used 30 and 50 lb fluorocarbon leader and both broke easily. All but one time, line broke by the hook... It’s gonna be you vs. shark once you hook a fish. Shakes are thick right now. Tight lines and good luck!

Oh man, I’m jealous. Gag grouper is at the top of my list to catch on OP right now. Season closes in two weeks and I don’t think I’ll get another shot this year. I hope you get one and tight lines!!!

I'll send pictures

You can park in the garage for free with a pass they give you and there are few free spots outside of garage if you get lucky. Thank you for the kind words and tight lines!

My buddy pulled it in, so I couldn’t cross it off my list yet. We’ll try again next year. Thank you for watching and tight lines!

Dang glad you were able to land a few! What gear ratio/line retrieve does your reel have?

Saragossa 8000 on a medium Penn jigging rod. 65 lb braid started with 60lb fluro then moved to 75 and finally 100lb. Live and butterflied grunts was getting it done

@@jonlauda8971 Awesome. Thanks for sharing and tight lines!

Thanks bro! Hope you are doing well out there and catching ‘em up!

I personally don’t on party boats and I think you can make a request. Usually the deckhands will throw the fish in the cooler after marking them. I saw one person asking to bleed the king mack for him and they may allow you to bleed your own fish.

I think the water was between 90 - 120 feet deep, but that's a wild guess. Thank you! I had a decent bite - wish I didn't have that many break offs though. Sharks were out for sure.

Thank you for watching and tight lines!

In your opinion which charter gives a better experience, Princess or Ocean?

@@sc1742 That's always a tough one to answer. I prefer to go on OP because of 2 reasons. 1) OP is bigger and 2) you can book certain rail spots in advance. There are different dynamics between deckhands and the regulars, but I don't have anything bad to say about them. It's usually easy to get along with everyone.

It probably took 3 hours? I don’t spend a ton of time on editing videos since I’m not making any $ on them. I went on Dec 8th, 2023. I’d go on it again in the future. 👍🏼

I have no idea how close we are to 8a pelican. I think all depends on the day in terms of depth, but I fished 80 - 150 ft of water on average on this boat. Might be worth a call. People who own boats get on this boat for the convenience. Tight lines!

Dang, nice!!! My buddies and I wanted to go this year, but we had other plans and have to skip. No, we didn’t bring chairs, but some people sit on the benches and fish when they are tired if their rail # is in front of the benches. Mates will be running back and forth and chairs might get in the way IMO, but you should check with the admin. Tight lines!!!

I prefer OP because as you mentioned, there’s more room. You can also pick and reserve stern spots in advance, although it comes at an additional $5/10 depending on the section. Tight lines!

@@theanglercrew7059 Gotcha, how about on catching aspect, you prefer OP too? Seems like they catch mostly mangrove and bigger ones and Double O more lanes, Cobias and Mutton

@@theanglercrew7059 I’ve being wanting to try Double O on a Saturday but I’m just afraid to be super crowded and only catching tangles lol

It was on Ocean Obsession (Double O)