Reel Adventures Inc — Local services in Surfside

We scheduled a Birthday Party for our son that was turning 11 with this Charter Company on Spellbound.  On the day of the party there was a small craft advisory with forecasted waves of 6-8 feet.  I contacted Kim and she told me the conditions were OK just a little bumpy and that the captain was not going to cancel the trip.  We trusted this and decided to continue with the Birthday Party.  The party of 17 boarded the boat and we headed into what we would later find out were very DANGEROUS waters.  The waves were 8ft – 10ft at least.  We had 10 Children on the boat ranging from 5-13 years.  More than ½ of our guests got very sick.  After noticing that conditions were not safe for anyone on the boat we ask the Captain to take us back in an to a sandbar.  We paid over $2000 with tip included.  We trusted that the Charter company would have made the correct and safe decision rescheduled our trip.  The Spellbound considers itself a large craft but in waves of 8ft – 10ft it might as well have been a 10ft boat. Captain Manny and Matthew were great but this was obviously a decision by the owner of the boat that money was more important than safety.  I am sure if you are lucky to get a nice day you will have a great time but do not trust that this company will make the right choices if there is dangerous weather forecasted...

Not sure how the experience could have been any worse... 1) before we even got on the boat, the "captain" was already asking how we were going to pay for the tip... made it very uncomfortable; 2) group paid for fishing "training" (added cost of $1000)... there was no training... in fact only 2 of the 6 folks in the group even touched a fishing rod; 3) WE CAUGHT ONE FISH IN 3 HOURS (and the fish was not even an edible one); 4) the ride was choppy and there was minimal effort by the captain to go out further so that we could potentially catch a fish... you would think that the "captains" would have a good idea of where to go to catch fish; 5) the same guy who kept pushing for a tip ended up sitting in the cabin when we started cruising the shoreline and played on his phone (definitely earning his tip); and 6) no surprise, as soon as we dock, the same guy just turned and stared at the group and asked who was going to give his credit card so that he could get his tip...

Quick recap: So group paid $2400 (tip not included) to drive around in a boat for 4 hours, not get fishing instructions, not catch any fish, all the while getting harassed for a tip... I wish I was making this up,...

Went fishing on our honeymoon and had a BLAST! We had Capt Manny and Nano who took us out. Kim was also incredibly helpful in getting our day scheduled. Day 1 it poured and Kim answered the phone at 6:30 am to make sure we were or were not good to go. Day 2 of rescheduling Kim says we are good at 6:30 and when we arrive at the boat, Nano and Manny say we can go out but due to rain it may not be too fun, and if we can we should reschedule. Day 3 we finally got out and it was a BLAST! I caught a huge king mackerel, we caught a ton of tuna, and my husband caught a trophy size barracuda! We had the option to release the fish or mount it, and we chose to keep it and have a local taxidermist do the work, which was SO easy! We filled out a slip, paid for the services, and they handled the rest! We plan to go back to Florida in the near future, and another trip on the spellbound is a...