2026 season · Private charters only
Trips & rates, in plain numbers
Every price below is for the whole boat with up to 4 guests — not per person. Add a 5th and 6th guest for a small fee. No booking-platform markup, no surprise charges at the dock.
Included on every trip
- Fishing licenses for everyone aboard
- Rods, reels, and all the tackle
- Live & cut bait
- Ice for the fish box
- Fish cleaning at the dock
- Fuel — even at a mile a gallon
The rate sheet
2026 pricing
Rates reflect the new boat — twin Suzuki 300s get you to the fish faster and burn real fuel doing it. Deposit of 20% holds your date; the balance is due at the dock.
| Trip | Duration | Whole boat (up to 4) | Guests 5 & 6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearshore & quick trips | |||
| Spanish Mackerel Troll | 3 hours | $850 | +$50 each |
| Half Day | 4 hours | $1050 | +$50 each |
| Extended Half Day | 5 hours | $1250 | +$50 each |
| Offshore snapper & grouper | |||
| Three-Quarter Day | 6 hours | $1,400 | +$50 each |
| Full Day | 8 hours | $1,750 | +$50 each |
| Long range | |||
| Long Range | 10 hours | $2,150 | +$75 each |
| The Extreme | 12 hours | $2,450 | +$75 each |
| Summer nights | |||
| Night Trip summer specialty | 6 hours · evening departure | $1,450 | +$50 each |
Nearshore · 3–5 hours · from $850
Quick hits
Short runs, fast action. Troll for Spanish and king mackerel or drop baits on nearshore structure — these are the trips where kids catch their first fish and nobody checks their watch. Capt. Travis's favorite guests are the young ones: he's built a decade of reviews around getting families on fish.
- Easiest trip for first-timers and young kids
- Calm-water options inside the bay when it's sporty outside
- Morning and afternoon departures
Offshore · 6–8 hours · from $1,400
Snapper & grouper country
This is the bread and butter: run to live bottom — natural rock and reef where the fish feed — and wrecks, drop big baits, and load the box. Red snapper when the season's open, vermilion snapper (the sweet-eating "beeliners"), red grouper, gags in the fall — whatever's biting best, Capt. Travis has been on them all week and knows where they went.
The twin 300s matter here: what used to be an hour-plus slog is a short hop, so you spend your trip fishing instead of riding.
- The classic Panama City cooler-filler
- Real shade and a cabin for breaks between spots
- Seasons rotate — there's a reason to come back every month
Long range · 10–12 hours · from $2,150
Where the big ones still live
The long trips are how you fish the far corners of the grounds — the spots that only get hit when there's time to work them all. On a recent long run, six anglers boxed their 60-fish beeliner limit plus red grouper and gags: over 300 pounds iced down, and that's after throwing the out-of-season fish back.
These trips are for crews who want to put serious fish in the freezer and don't mind earning it. Electric reels aboard — and if you want to learn slow-pitch or vertical jigging, this is where Capt. Travis has the time to teach it. Chasing big fish on long days is his favorite kind of fishing.
Summer nights · 6 hours · $1,450
The night shift
"It's cooler, so you're not dying of heat stroke. Your big baits soak, the beeliners grab your cut baits, and you don't have to worry about the bait thieves — it's just the eating fish that are biting."
— Capt. Travis
July and August days in Panama City are brutal — and picked over. At night the pressure's off: the fish that got smart in daylight feed without looking, and you fish in a t-shirt instead of a sweat lodge. Most boats are back at the dock by dinner. Capt. Travis is heading out — and it's his favorite way to fish a summer.
- Evening departure — watch the sunset on the run out
- Snapper on cut bait, big baits out for the heavyweights
- Cooler temps, calmer seas, zero crowds
You bring
The easy stuff
- Food and drinks in a soft-sided cooler (a big fish cooler stays on the dock for your fillets)
- Sunscreen, hat, polarized sunglasses
- Non-marking shoes or bare feet — your call
- Motion-sickness meds the night before if you're prone (ask Capt. Travis — he'll tell you straight if the forecast is sporty)
- A camera. You'll want it.
Good to know
Dock rules & details
- Departs St. Andrews Marina, 3151 W 10th St — Capt. Travis will text you exact slip and parking directions
- 20% deposit holds your date; balance due at the dock
- Cancel free 3+ days out; weather cancellations by the captain = full refund or reschedule, always
- If the day earns it, an 18–20% tip is customary — same as a good restaurant
- Beer is fine aboard; glass bottles and liquor aren't
Timing your trip
What's biting when
Seasons below are the short version — exact dates shift year to year and can close early, so confirm with Capt. Travis when you book. There is no bad month; there's just different fish.
Summer
Red snapper season, mangrove snapper at night, kings and Spanish thick, mahi on the weed lines. Night trips at their best.
Fall
The everything season: September typically opens gag grouper and amberjack while snapper's still going. Triggerfish back on the menu.
Winter
Vermilion snapper and red grouper on the bottom, sheepshead thick on the nearshore structure. Quiet water, hungry fish, easy dates.
Spring
Spanish arrive, the famous cobia run rolls down the beach, triggerfish and kings fire back up, and snapper season looms.