Great fishing day key west - We booked a private deep sea fishing charter with Captain Forest. He was awesome! Very knowledgeable; engaging and made the trip something we will never forget. His play list was great and we caught 8 yellow tail snapper which he cleaned for us and then gave us a great restaurant recommendation to have our catch prepared ( shout out to Kaya Restaurant!) couldn’t have asked for a better day in Key west! Highly recommend Forest as our captain!

Best Charter Boat Experience - Forest was fantastic. Made sure we had an enjoyable trip and caught a lot of fish. Took care of everything from baiting the fish to cleaning them.

This made our vacation! - We took our five family members on this tour with Forrest as our Captain and we really had low expectations as we've done these types of excursions before. We thought, at worst it will be a nice day in the sun our on the boat. Forest took us out to the reef and yes, fishing is a hit or miss, but but once he set us up we were hauling in 23"-26" Grouper and Snapper like it was a walk in the park. Even if you are not a fishing regular, Forest baited the hook for us, instructed beginners who had never fished before who were also pulling in fish. Now the dilemma is what to do with all the fish we caught. Gave them some and he was able to give us a strategy to get it back through the plane home. Best experience we had in Key West!

Don't skip this one! Ask for Forest! - We had the best time out on the water with Forest! This was our 2nd experience deep sea fishing and it was definitely our favorite! My husband caught a beautiful sailfish and few other fish - but the sailfish was the BEST! Forest is a great captain and he is so knowledgeable and full of energy. You can tell he LOVES what he does! We can't wait to meet up with him again when we return next year!

Fun & Memorable Fishing Trip - Captain Forest was an amazing guide. He was respectful, knowledgeable, professional, friendly, and extremely hard working - moving us appropriately to get on as many fish as possible. I will seek him out on my next trip to Key West! Thank you Captain Forest for putting us on delicious yellow tail snapper and mahi-mahi AND for great family memories. John K. Harper MD

Great Guide and Trip! - Amazing trip! Would recommend this company and Forest in particular. We got our limit on snapper pretty quickly and then went for bigger fish. Forest was very knowledgeable and helpful. We enjoyed it so much we did another trip with Forest the next day. Ready to go back!

Absolutely awesome! - Awesome day on the water! Our captain Forest was absolutely awesome. Captain put us on the fish and was very knowledgeable. Awesome with my kids and kept my family safe. Thank you Captain Forest!

Fun fishing trip - My wife and I took a 4 hour trip with Captain Forest. He was outstanding. Very knowledgeable and friendly. When we were not catching fish one way he changed up his strategy and I caught a monsta (Boston accent) barracuda. Thanks Forest

Not a family friendly fishing charter, terrible experience, not recommended - This fishing charter was recommended to us through our hotel concierge as being family friendly and a good off shore option to hopefully have a chance at mahi mahi. Our instructions were to meet at 7:45am for an 8am departure. The morning of the trip we were looking for parking and we were a few minutes behind check in and arrived no later than 7:50am. When we walked up, Ricky the captain, immediately asked who we were and said "I called you". I hadn't seen his call from 7:39am because we were finding parking. Then he right away said we'd go bottom fishing. We specifically booked off shore fishing at almost $1k so of course we asked about what we booked. Ricky told us that he wasn't sure if our kids can handle it. We expressed that we thought the waves were a little much the day before but if its safe we'd like to try what we paid for. Upon boarding the boat we were not shown seats. Any other charter I've been on we are shown seating spots and where we can place our things. There was a bench up front that seats 3 and we were a group of 4. Exiting the harbor was a smooth ride so my husband and 7 year old son were standing and enjoying the ride. Ricky did not give any warning that we were about to go faster and would hit large waves. My husband and son fell. My husband's knee was bleeding and my 7 year old was crying out of fear. Did Ricky take the drive a little smoother, slow down, ask if they were ok? Absolutely not. It was clear we were an inconvenience to him for wanting to try the off shore fishing. We told him that we trust his judgement on the water since we are unfamiliar but rather than taking a moment to explain or hear us, he had to prove a point apparently. After this we head to go inshore fishing. The ride out was smoother. We arrive and begin to set up, well Ricky finds that he doesn't have a knife for his bait and wants to go back to get one. Us not having a choice and understanding that mistakes happen agreed it was ok. We start to head in and the ride is rough and he's hitting waves making us bounce around up front again. Then he stops and says, oh I have this other bait we can use. We turn around and set up using his other bait that he cuts with a card. We fished maybe 30-40minutes and do catch a few snapper. On the way back he stopped at a little swim area and we come back in. As soon as we are tied up at the dock and my husband reluctantly gives him a tip, Ricky is gone. The only save out of this whole experience was Gavin who cleaned the fish and engaged in conversation with us at the dock. This experience was not worth half the money we spent, was not worth our time, and was a terrible recommendation from a highly rated hotel concierge. We understand weather elements and things out of anyone's control. But all of our complaints are within control and could have been prevented. This is not the charter for you if you're looking for a good time with family.

Tip big or be insulted - On our trip we didnt catch many fish thats the way it goes the ride and the view were amazing the part that kinda ruined the whole expierence was after the trip the guy that took us out unprofessionaly made it clear to leave a tip so we left a 50 dollar tip and within 10 min of leaving he was sending me text messages attacking me calling my wife names because the tip he thought was to small but my wife and I work very hard for our money and we saved up for a while to be able to even come to key west and for this guy to insult us for not giving him a bigger tip was unfortunate.I think if we had a different guide the expierence might of produced more fish and a better time