Fish Emeryville — Attraction in Emeryville

Don't go to KingFish!!! [RENT ROD SCAM] I called their landing service before making reservation and was told the rod rental is included in the fee. But when I got there, they said it's not included and I have to pay extra to rent rods (or I go on the trip without rods). [TACKLE PURCHASE SCAM] I purchased the tackle set for the fishing trip. But they refused to give me the tackle set and said they need it for the next trip. It's "BUY tackle" instead of "RENT tackle", and they SHOULD give me what I bought. [LOW QUALITY TACKLE] I thought their trolling halibut tackle set is the professional ones with fish flashes and other components, and that's why I purchased it when making reservation. But it turned out to be just a 16oz sinker with a cheap livebait rig, and they use frozen anchovy on the livebait rig. No wonder they catch less fish than other charters. Also I never saw my "Burlap Sack" which is supposed to be in the tackle set I purchased. [FAKE FISH REPORT] I was on the trip of Mar/26 so I know we only got 2 keeper halibuts, and 2 non-keepers that we released. But the fish report on the website saying we got 3 keepers. This is fake and who knows if their other reports are correct?? [BAD ATTITUDE] When I tried to ask them for the tackle set, they in turn blamed me for tangling up with other anglers and they have to cut/remake my rigs many times. This is not true. They never needed to replace my rigs, let alone the sinkers. When I corrected them, they simply ignored me and refused to talk any more.

UPD: For the record, they never reached out to me to address the issue or propose a solution, even though you can see their response seem to...

Will never go fishing on the C-Gull2 or any Emeryville fleet. I’ve been on charters spanning 50 years. All you have to do is look at the fleet totals for July 8. The C-gull had 5 or 6 scratchy fish while the rest of the fleet enjoyed limits or near limits of Salmon. How is that possible? The other boats were all hovering together catching fish while the C-Gull2 fished a great distance apart from the rest of the fleet and we spent 8-9 hrs on the water staring at our rods in disbelief. Sorry, cannot simply blame it on a bad fishing day. It was a good fishing day for all the other boats because we could see them fishing together. But the Skipper of the c-Gull decided to venture in non- productive areas for hours while it’s customers just sat around staring at their rod tips.. Serious money is spent. To top it all off the deck hand had a bad attitude and wouldn’t let customers handle their rods first. Never been on a boat where the deckhand barked out orders to leave the rods in their holders when a fish was hooked. Pretty miserable day. Normally don’t leave a bad comment but we expected more after spending a lot of money on out of state travel, hotels, fishing experience, rod rentals, licenses and food. Won’t be making that...

After extensive research on the best charter service in the area, I decided to schedule a charter for my mother's birthday in October. Being an experienced fisherwoman, she had partaken in charters before but this was my first time. When booking the charter, I made sure to book on a day which allowed us to fish for Rockfish. This was something my mother VERY much was looking forward to as it's her favorite fish. The man on the phone assured me that the potluck charter would definitely include Rockfish....but that didn't happen. Once on board we were told that the charter would NOT include Rockfish and my mother, myself and several other patrons were highly disappointed. No explanation given. Matter of fact, the other patrons frequently fought up their disappointment throughout the trip. The boat staff were incredibly nice and very helpful so that definitely needs to be said, but I was pretty angry about paying that much money to not receive what I paid for and because of that will use another company...