Charlie’s Charters

Awesome time! Been out a few times with Charlie and had a blast and caught multiple fish every time!

I had a great time fishing with Scott who runs Charlie’s Charters. If you want to catch fish this is the captain to go with. My son has never caught any fish on a charter boat. He also went to Hawaii and the Captain said you will catch fish! no one caught he thought he was a jinx. So Scotty to the rescue we caught about 15 cod fish one weighing 30 lbs. I know you can not guarantee catching fish but if they are there Scott will find them. Can’t wait till next year. Thanks Scott for a great day on the ocean. See you this summer. Wally Olson

I hate to write a negative review, but after our experience, I feel that it’s necessary. I do NOT recommend using Charlie’s Charters. We went on a day that was semi-​cloudy and choppy and it was a disaster. Capt. Scott looked uncomfortable from the beginning but we felt he would suggest rescheduling if he felt it was necessary. He didn’t, so we went ahead. We were out for about 10 minutes when the swells starting white capping and he tried to convince «us girls» that we didn’t look comfortable and we should go by the river where we’d enjoy the view, although this would take 1.5 hours of fishing time away. We were fine, not uncomfortable at all, but he boated us around in circles for about 15 minutes trying to have us say we preferred the river. Which we didn’t, we preferred to fish not sight-​see, and we were depending on him as the captain to tell us the truth — that his boat wasn’t going to make it to the fishing because the weather was getting too bad. But he didn’t
He decided to take us to «a great area to fish» near huge rocks where the seagulls were the only thing biting. This was clearly not a great place to fish. On top of that the boat broke down. We were stuck there for an hour. If my husband wasn’t a car mechanic, we would have had to call a tow. It took an hour for my husband to change the spark plugs and after that we told Scott we were just ready to go home — we’d really had it. My friend’s husband was super sea sick at this point from sitting and rocking in one place for so long. Honestly, though it was awkward how he really didn’t seem to want to take us home and we all kept saying ‘geez, all this guy cares about is getting paid’. Then he took us fishing a few miles off the beach — not what any of us considered ‘deep sea fishing’.
Finally he took us home and didn’t even offer to take anything off the price after we’d been there an hour and my husband FIXED his BOAT! We asked to have something taken off, and he agreed to $ 50. Definitely do NOT recommend doing business with him.

We went out today for a family fishing trip with Capt Scott, which was arranged on short notice. Scott was very responsive on email the day before which made this easy. His boat is about 28 to 30ft which was plenty big enough for him, my husband, me and our two sons. And it was nice to have it all to ourselves! We fished for mackerel (bait) and then he took us to 4 different spots including in the outer reaches of the harbor around some rocks to fish for stripers and bluefish. He took care of setting up the rods but what was great is he also expected my boys to do it themselves too, which added a lot to their learning experience. His way of guiding the boys was with just the right amount of saltiness to make it fun when fish weren’t biting. And he was great to talk with about any subject, really, which kept us all entertained. It was a beautiful trip in a historic setting with a fun host at a relatively affordable price. Recommended!

We had a great time with Captain Scott. Three of us went out and very quickly we caught all the bait we would need for the rest of the day. A member of our crew wasn’t feeling that great but Captain Scott brought us to a much smoother location and we caught all the fish we wanted while our other crew member felt much better! It was a great time. He was very knowledgeable made us feel safe and smartly cleaned the fish once we were back in.

We went out with a group of 5 and had a fantastic time with Captain Scott. Is he salty? Hell yeah. Did he catch us a bunch of fish? Hell yeah. Scott had a great sense of humor and really got us the trip we were looking for. We went out, caught our own bait and then used that bait to catch the big fish. If you’re looking for a charter where the captain catches your fish and just gives it to you to reel it in, this is not the guy for you. If you actually want to fish, and have a sense of humor, Scott’s your man.