Brought my wife and childhood friend who had never been off shore. Captain Daniel and 1st Mate Josh gave us the fishing adventure of a lifetime. They are very knowledgeable and very down to earth. Captain Daniel put us on fish while trolling, drifting, and bottom fishing. I think that the best part of the trip (aside from the haul) was how excited they were to see us catch fish.

We started off getting some bait fish in a couple of different spots. As we were getting ready to head out, a big barracuda came in. Josh had me on it in one cast. A solid 5 footer that fought like a beast.

We started trolling and hooked up two Mahi Mahi at the same time. We went back and found them schooling. We caught nine before heading to a wreck that we drifted over. We caught two alamco jacks. The first was a beast that had me absolutely worn out. We finished with bottom fishing and hooked into mutton snapper. The smallest one was the largest I had ever caught. It was dwarfed by the other four. The first of which was the largest and actually swam into a hole in the reef. Josh was able to get it to come out of the hole using a technique that I will use if it ever happens to me again.

If there was a fault, the boat is a little older, but it worked just fine and we all had a ball.

I would recommend anyone to hook up with the Hawkins brothers, unless you don’t want to catch fish…

Totally awesome. We wanted to start out earlier than eight a.m. and BOOM…we agreed to a 6:30 a.m. start. We arrived at 6:35 and off we went. REALLY!  They we’re ready to go…no waiting, no delays. Michelle (wife of Mark who is the owner and captain) is the nicest and very informative.  She never made us feel it was all about the money, very easy transaction.  Although there were never any guarantees to catch fish, there was a guarantee that Captain Mark and first hand John would do all they could to give us the best chances. These two are locals (conchs) and have been in the business for forever. Within 45 minutes I reeled in a large Black fin tuna which was between 15 & 20 lbs!! WOW what fun. The day was beautiful but a little windy.  We got a number of hits from mackerel (we think) and we listened to the chatter on the radios which indicated others were not having luck. Just when Nick and I thought we were coming back with one Black fin tuna,. A huge hit occurred and OMG Nick landed a sailfish (about 70-75 lbs). BEAUTIFUL and injury free and set free at the boat.  MARK and JOHN worked hard and it was all for our beneficial experience. We highly recommend COWBOY COWGIRL Charters in Key West.  You will have the best charter experience because of the knowledge, expertice and “customer first” attitude of the entire team.  THANK YOU MARK, MICHELLE AND JOHN and your Charter Boats!

Tom and AJ gave us a great ride! Took four great Americans from the SWUFO group and had an awesome day. For us old guys I’d go again, they have electric deep rigs on every boat that makes deep fishing a pleasant experience compared to the wire out forearms from other charters I’ve done! Fish we these guys you can’t go wrong and they do it RIGHT!

Ive never fish before and wanted to experience fishing on my first visit to key west. Of course I didnt know any terms or what to do. The staff was really patient with me and help me a lot. They like what they do and honestly it’s contagious. It was one of the highlight of my trip. I would recommend it hands down.

This trip has to be by far the best one. Bucket list item. I’m so glad I got to do it. Mission accomplished! The captain and Taylor were awesome. I’ll always remember the cliche on Taylor’s shirt… ‘you only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.’