So it has been about two weeks since I took the trip, but I must say I had an excellent time and would highly recommend the Captain.
He and the mate put a full effort into making it an enjoyable day on the water. I have in the past with other trips and captains seen complacency get the better half of a trip.
The boat is the F/V Miller Time out of Whale Harbor Marina, captain Ron Moore. He has been running charters for over 12 years and his mate Alan has been with him for 8 of them. They are a class act! The captain isn’t a screamer and the mate is on point from throwing the lines to go out to pulling back up to the dock.
If you can recall the boat F/V Mojo that fished out of Charleston, it is that boat.
Unfortunately, the sailfish bite had tapered off before we got there and we didn’t want to waste time. So we trolled, deep dropped, and reefed fished for Yellow tail snapper. Had a great day on the water!
What they call “choppy” is like coming into the jetties on an outgoing tide. Nothing anyone who spent time on the ocean hasn’t seen or would pass on to go fishing (unless the age is catching up to you).
The only thing I would suggest to anyone going to go take a charter down in the Keys around a Full Moon, is to pack some sabiki rigs and some light spin tackle, the tide isn’t hard but those guys like to catch live bait to fish with…which you can end up spending a little too much time if the bait has had all night to feed on.
And as much I wondered about daytime swordfishing, it isn’t the big rage there, like I was expecting. Kinda of shocked.
So if you plan on fishing down near Islamorada and need a charter, check out the FV Miller Time http://www.fishingchartersislamorada.com/.