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November 2023 by Han
Our family had an amazing experience fishing and snorkeling around Key West. Petey our captain was an absolute pleasure and very knowledgeable about both snorkeling and fishing and found great spots for both. Ended up catching a ton of fish and seeing a good amount while snorkeling. Highly recommend.
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November 2023 by Chad Baxter
My boys and I booked a 6hr trip with Captain Paulette. She was very friendly, knowledgeable and patient. We started off casting artificial for bait. After we caught some bait we setup for sharks. We ended up catching 3 Lemon sharks, 6-7ft long. The trip was a blast, and my son said it was his best fishing experience of his lifetime. The communication from Gennifer was (she coordinates the trips) was prompt, detailed and professional. I can’t recommend Dream Catchers enough. Book with them for a trip of a lifetime
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October 2023 by Richard Janulis
My wife Meg and I fished with Captain Pete. We started the day fishing for some mangrove snapper. We moved into the flats and caught 2 Lemon sharks 6-8 ft. It was a once and a lifetime experience. Pete was Ver knowledgeable about the fishery and answered all of our questions. He shared his vast experiences about the Keys and all it has to offer. Overall, I would recommend Captain Pete and his services to anyone looking to shark fish ? the Florida keys! Thanks for an awesome trip Captain Pete and Dream Catcher Charters!
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October 2023 by Terry Potter
Thanks to Captain Petey we had a great time fishing in the back country. I have never taken a charter fishing before this trip. I was very concerned. It was the best fishing day of my life.Susan and I took our 11 year old Grandson, George, on a trip of a lifetime. We caught Ladyfish, Barracuda and even a 6' Shark. That was a highlight that will never be forgotten. George was capable thanks to a lot of guidance from Petey. Petey really works well with kids. Give Dream Catchers a shot if you're in the Key West area. You won't be disappointed. Thanks, Petey!George talks about that Shark and Captain Petey every time I see him.Terry
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October 2023 by Dustin Payne
Had an awesome day aboard the “TOO INTENSE” with Capt. Rob. The bite was slow thanks to the weather the days leading up to our trip. But we still managed to hang into a few mahi, a couple Bonita, and quite a few little yellowtail snappers. We were able to bring some fillets home for fresh dinners and got to pull in some other fish. Capt. Rob was nothing but professional. Conversation was great all day and he was very helpful with any questions we had. From the day of booking with Genn to getting on the water and back with Capt. Rob everything was smooth and painless. Overall is was a great experience and I would definitely do it again. And I recommend Dream Catcher Charters to anyone. Thanks again for the great experience all around.
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September 2023 by Kyle Callaghan
I booked 4 boats through Dream Catcher for a large group of friends -- 3 full day inshore boats and 1 Reef half day. There was only 1 Dream Catcher captain and the rest were hired captains by Dream Catcher through their contacts, but had their own boats. I was on the only Dreamcatcher inshore boat with my friend and the young captain did not have any bait when he showed up so we spent the first hour of the day going to his poorly stocked bait traps. We eventually ran out of live bait. The rest of the day we spent 75% of the time driving around and not fishing while he smoked his e-cigarette. We caught 1small jack and one small trash fish over the entire day. Every other inshore boat caught allot of great fish all day long, so it wasn't 'just a bad fishing day'. It was the captain. This is by far the worst charter experience I've ever had and I would discourage anybody from giving this place your money. I tried to contact their ownership. They would only respond when they felt like it and eventually stopped responding. I would have done better with my own gear fishing off of docks. I'm an experienced fisherman so it was an extreme disappointment for my friend and I, who travelled across the country to fish here.
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July 2023 by lee champigny
My wife and I had an exceptional time today with Captain Paulette. Our trip to the Marquesa Keys was excellent. I did a little light tackle fishing. She did a great job of getting us on great reef for snorkeling and then we snorkeled the sandbars and mangroves on the south side of the Marquesa’s.We come here almost every year and will charter with Dream Catcher again.
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July 2023 by Joey Bohannon
They have nice boats and equipment. The guide seemed knowledgeable, but the fish really didn’t want to play. We booked a 4hr morning trip. They ask what I wanted to catch and I told him tarpon. About an hour in while trolling/ drifting for tarpon my wife caught a mutton snapper. About 45 minutes later I hooked a 70 lb tarpon, but after a 25 minute fight I had him about 4 foot from the boat and the line broke. After that I told him we wanted to just go catch fish, and he tried. 4 hours=$600 but they put me on the fish I wanted to catch.
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July 2023 by Adam McKay
Went out with Captain Steven and First Mate Garret and it was awesome. My Brothers-in-law, Father-in-law and I have never been deep sea fishing before, so everything was new. Both the Captain and the First Mate were extremely knowledgeable and made us feel like we were part of the crew hunting fish. They told us what to look for ( the birds circling) and what to do when we got a fish on. At the end of the day, we left the dock with 15 lbs. of freshly cleaned Mahi Mahi and a lifetime's worth of memories and knowledge just from a quick 8-hour trip. I cannot recommend these two guys enough and we are already planning next year's trip! Thank you guys again for an experience and we look forward to fishing with you again next July!
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April 2023 by Brent Blecha
Pauline from Dream Catcher Charters ensured that we had the perfect day on the water. A half day spent in and on the water, Pauline even stepped in and is an excellent photographer.Booking with Gennifer was easy, she did an excellent job of getting us set up with the right boat and captain.
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March 2023 by Tom B.
Great time. Great boat, captain and mate. We caught fish and other boats came up empty. Seems like our cap knew something the others didn't.
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January 2023 by Jayne E.
Well lets see. First, Tommy is a southern man, he does not care for us "Yankees". He also told us he likes to cuss. I told him to F*** off, As a joke of course. Tommy it is time for you to retire. I have never known a captain to hate to be out on the water fishing or should I say chartering a boat with people. Tommy is tired and is sick and tired of his career choice. Don't think you are going to get a picture of any fish you caught (even though that was very limited) because you may get blood on the boat and make sure if it is a Lady fish it gets chopped right off because that fish will "**** all over the boat". Also you better have sea legs because he insists you fish from the upper portion of the small flat bottom type of boat. Tommy was a bit funny but this guy here is mad at the world.
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November 2022 by John Nagle
Took my son out shark fishing with Capt. Karl. We had a great time and I would highly recommend fishing with Capt. Karl. He was very knowledgeable, friendly, and knew the backcountry well. We set out with a plan and a back up plan, and hooked many sharks including a good sized lemon shark!! Capt. Karl made the day very special for my son and I and the memories will last a lifetime. We look forward to returning next year for hopefully another fishing adventure with Capt. Karl!!
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November 2022 by Martin Anthony
Spent a four-hour solo trip with Capt. Andrew on 10/29/22. He greeted me at the dock, explained the safety rules and I had my line in the water within 20 minutes. The day started slow bc of a lot of floating grass, but he moved to an area where I was catching fish (mostly Jacks) almost every cast. I also hooked something huge that just ran and within minutes shook loose, Andrew thinks it was either a large mackerel or even a black-tipped, we’ll never know. Overall it was a fantastic day, Andrew was a great Captain helping with rods, bait and netting my catches at all times and I can tell he wanted to make my day memorable, which it was! I can’t wait to get back and fish there again (this was my first time on the flats.)
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September 2022 by Stephen B.
Gilligan had a three hour tour and got caught in a storm - that's because skipper was well.... But we had a 6 hour tour with Capt Eric from Dream Catchers that was FANTASTIC. My son and I had a wonderful time on the water fishing for large toothy creatures and whatever God would allow us to catch on our rods. Capt Eric provided us with an outstanding time of fishing catching several species of fish and enjoying the mangrove islands and seeking sharks, barracudas (almost caught one) and landed several grouper and snappers. Highly recommend if you need a fishing tour - book with Dream Catchers. Since we had a keeper fish - he fillet it put on ice and recommended a restaurant where locals eat that cooked our fish when we went for dinner later that afternoon. My son even got to feed a school of local tarpon at the dock when we returned.
