Captain Gumbo went above and beyond to reschedule the trip when the weather would be better, and he moved us around trying to find the bite.
The point of the trip was for my grandson (7 yo) to catch some fish bigger than the mountain trout at home.  He got to reel in four sharp-nosed sharks, and helped us with multiple whiting, bass and sea trout.  We didn’t get to bring anything home, but my grandson will carry memories of that day as long as he has memory. 
If we go back to HHI, we’ll look up Captain Gumbo.

We started our day uncertain if weather would hold out! Fortunately Jon was on top of it and let us know first thing! 4 of us went - myself, my wife, and our two boys. The boys jumped right in helping to get the bait fish on and asking a bunch of questions, Jon is fabulous with the kiddos!

Jon was very educated on all things boat, island, and water related!! And shared tidbits of info along the way. At first nothing was biting so luckily Captain Jon had another spot he like to go to and bam we immediately started hooking sharks!! He was well prepared and knew exactly what to do and how to direct us to catch those big boys! We caught sharks and it was interesting hearing and learning about the different species. We got to hold, kiss, and throwback our sharks and if we were uncomfortable in any way, Jon was again on top of it!!

Definitely booking with him in the future and can’t thank him enough for such a fun experience for my wife’s birthday and for our boys!! And when we got back to the dock the birds that were swarming were demanding to be paid so we even got to feed them too!!

A bit windy but Captain John was able to get us on fish and we had a great time. Saw dolphins, caught a couple sharks and even had the Skullcreek Boathouse cook up the catch for dinner! Awesome!

We fished two different spots, Captain Gumbo gave a lot of information about the area and fishing techniques. Boat was clean and had great equipment. All of the kids had a blast and reeled in sharks on their own. We had four big ones that snapped our lines, one even jumping out of the water. On the way back Captain Gumbo spotted a dolphin pod and turned around for us to see. Great experience looking forward to use him again.