We booked for a morning fishing trip with Captain Marc Laurin on a Tuesday, unfortunately, there was a severe storm on the Sunday before, and following with strong wind on Monday. Marc kindly called me on Monday to see if we wanted to change the tour to Wednesday or Thursday, because the water might not provide us much fish on Tuesday. Thanks to Marc’s flexibility, we rescheduled our to Wednesday and came back with a full cooler of sea trout! Marc is very caring for the whole trip. We are all new to fishing. He taught us different skills, let us try different baits, and helped us cast, take fish off, put bait on. There was nothing at all we need to worry about other than just enjoying ourselves! Not to mention that Marc’s boat is a new 2018 make, very clean and beautiful. The fishing trip was a highlight of our Tampa trip. I would definitely go fishing with Marc again when I go to Tampa next time! Highly recommended!

We have a saying in Minnesota that “the fishing is always good, but sometimes the catching isn’t.”  The fishing was good on Wednesday 4/4, and the catching was so-so.  It started out warm and very calm.  We quickly picked up a few sea trout keepers, and a couple of black grouper near-keepers.  We moved over through the pass near Lido beach and out to some small reefs.  More of the same with a few spots a nice blue fish and a bunch of grunts and lady fish.  Lots of fun catching for my 12-year old grandson.  There were a fair number of other boats working the reefs; none had fish coming in over the transom.  In the early afternoon we added a couple more sea trout and some mean looking catfish.  At the end of the day we had plenty of fish for a nice fish taco dinner for six people, with fish left over to share with neighbors.  Captain Marc was great to work with; the equipment all top notch; and some GREAT grandpa, son-in-law, grandson memories were made.  I’d definitely recommend Fish-On-Fire to friends and family.

My girl and I did a half day trip with Capt Marc.  Started out by meeting up in Siesta Key instead of Downtown Sarasota and saved us both some time.  He was on time, and the boat looked great.  A strong cold front came through a few days earlier and threw off the bite, so we adjusted the plan from original. 

Started out on some stripped convicts to start the day, and it was perfect to get my girl comfortable with the boat and gear, and we scored about 10-15 along with a nice dolphin encounter which made her even happier.  After about an hour, we moved on to find some trout.  We had to do some searching, but eventually got into some non stop action.  We even managed to get some early Spanish Mack action going scoring a couple of those.  In the end, we did catch and release all day as we were on vaca and no intention of bringing them home with us, but we probably added about 25-30 trout to the Sheepies and Macks. 

Great day overall, I had fun fishing all day and Capt Marc did a great job of keeping my girl happy, fishin and catching all day.  Capt Marc even kept us out a bit longer to make up for the longer ride we took to find them.  Look forward to booking a snook trip with you soon.

Thanks again.

Let me start by saying we are novice fishermen, with no experience in the Sarasota Bay.

Took my 6 year old son and Father-in-law for a two hour trip. Capt. Marc was great with kids! My son was a little nervous at first but warmed up quickly. We had really windy conditions but Capt. Marc still came through. We caught several species at two different locations.

The boat and equipment was top notch (he takes credit cards on the boat) and very comfortable. Capt. Marc would help as much or as little as we wanted. He was also very knowledgeable about the area and the fish. He stopped the boat so we could see a school of Dolphin play in the Bay.

He cleaned and filleted our catch and sent us on our way. My son is still talking about the trip a week after. Overall great experience and we will be booking with Capt. Marc next year for sure!

I was visiting from college and decided to take this trip with my dad and brother, and I’m glad I did. We took a short trip to a reef where we all got a chance to catch fish! I caught a a big Sheepshead and Mackerel, and my brother and dad caught a Grouper, and some grunts.  I was surprised at how many fish we caught at one time, it was one after the other! Besides that, Captain Marc definitely knew his way around the water and his boat was apparently new and very nice. My dad said his gear was top notch and so were his rods (although I don’t know much about that). I’ve been out on Charters with my family quite often, but I’d have to say this one was by far the best.We all had a great time. Thanks Captain Marc.