We arrived that morning for the half day trip. The Reel Deal Captain called in sick. Thought the trip would be cancelled. But Sam didn’t let that happen she contacted another charter that had a cancellation. After a little delay we set off with Capt Jeff and deck hand Preston of Top Deck Charters. They did not disappoint they put us on some fish. Preston is one of the best deck hands there is. Very knowledgeable and patient. Thanks to Sam of Reel Deal and Capt Jeff of Top Deck you can’t go wrong with either crew. We had a great time and will be back.

Staying in Panama City Beach with the family for Thanksgiving and celebrating our 20th Anniversary.  Everyone wanted to go deep sea fishing. Highly recommend this charter.  They were open and honest with us about what trip we would have the most fun on since we originally picked the trolling option and changed to bottom fishing.  The boat was big and nice enough where we felt safe with our 3yr old.  He was able to nap and watch iPad when he got bored.  Captain Deryl was FANTASTIC!  so good with the kiddos and captain Matt was great getting us in good spots.  We have fish for days.  Highlight of our trip.  We now want to come back every year and do it again.

It’s called FISHING. First, we have had some bad luck with weather interfering with our fishing plans. So we were pretty adamant to go out today even if we have to stick to inshore. Second, We had a BLAST!!! Captain Matt and Mike were both enjoyable to be around. We had a blast just having good conversation in the cabin, but the fishing was a huge bonus. We caught soo many, a bunch we had to throw back, some were snack for our Flipper friends, but some of them gave a good fight all the way into the boat. We can’t wait to try some new King recipes! We especially can’t wait to plan our next adventure!!

I have been on several private charter trips, but this one by far was the best.  We ended up being moved from deep water to short fuse due to the captain of deep water needing a personal day to spend with his daughter on her birthday.  I could tell by talking to “Sam” which by the way, is short for Samantha that this was a family oriented ran charter.  We were on our first hole in just under 1 1/2 and immediately started catching fish.  If no one was getting bites within a few minutes, we pulled up bait and went to a different spot.  You could definitely tell that the captain was trying to get fish in the boat.  Shawn, our deckhand was awesome!  Super easy going, energetic, patient, entertaining and visibly enjoyed what he was doing.  I took my two teenage sons,two of their friends and my wife.  Shawn made sure to involve everyone on deck and kept us all laughing.  I highly recommend this charter to anyone who is wanting the “whole” experience of a private charter.  My family and I will definitely book with Sam next summer.  I would like to use this platform to personally thank Sam, Rebecca, Captain Mark and Shawn!

-The Hollinsworth’s

What an absolute blast!! Captain Mat put us on some fish early on and Logan was an awesome deckhand, very helpful and skilled! A storm rolled though mid trip so we rode it out and was able to end out the day casting a few more lines. It was such an awesome experience and hands down the best time of our vacation!!  Sam stayed in contact and treated my family and I with such hospitality. We lucked up finding this crew on fishing booker!  They even shared a recipe to cook the snapper, tried it the following night and MAN was it delicious! Thanks Captain Mat, Logan, Sam and the entire crew with Reel Deal for the awesome experience! 10/10 recommend!!!