Crystal Dawn Headboat Fishing Charters

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  you are paying for a full day of fishing, you only get a half day because the way they do it is only one side of the boat fishes at a time to "avoid tangles" while the other side of the boat does absolutely nothing! That's just stupid. So you drive out for 1.5 hours of your 8. Then the other side of the boat fishes for 30 minutes, and then you drive for 15 minutes and then it's finally your turn. When it's all said and done, you only have your line in the water for less than three hours on an 8 hour fishing trip. So BOGUS! It gets worse still. The water isn't your standard 100 foot deep. It's 250 feet deep and the fish are no likely to be any bigger. Which means you spend more time reeling. The boat catches predominately 'sea bass' weighing in at less than a pound. Moreover, we never saw the captain and he never introduced himself or anything. The two crew hands were not fast, not eager to help. They were generally slow. I cannot tell you enough to avoid going out with the Crystal Dawn or their sister boats. That's the truth. Go elsewhere. Oh, and before I forget, at the end of your adventure, I've never heard any captain or mates insist on tipping 20% so adamantly.
  By Josh Pabst, July 22, 2017

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