Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

You should have told the Captain and Mate that they were chipping in for the fare and your son was getting the tip

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

not like there are alot of sponsor boats that can charter that big a party out of Point.
pretty easy to pick which boats it could have been

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

I think I got it

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

3 pages later and this thread is still USELESS. Either post the name so people are warned, and hopefully the captain SEES it, makes it right for you and does the right thing, or stop whining about your bad experience. Yelp works for a reason, people post the name of the establishment theyre reviewing.

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

Guys...he can't post the name of the boat, we've gone through this plenty of times. This post is absolutely not useless. Like said pretty easy to figure out or send a pm. Probably worth posting elsewhere too. If it's a one time thing maybe some fear of loosing business will shape them up and if it's a repeat offense their business deserves to suffer.

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

So let's assume it was as bad as you said, why would you wait until the end of the trip to tell them off? Once you saw this going on and became frustrated, why wouldn't you just pull the captain aside and voice your displeasure about the mate and crabs? You likely would have changed things and saved your trip.

I'm asking because as others have said, it seems obvious who you were with and many of us here fish there regularly and consistently have good experiences. There may be another side to the story. Or maybe I'm misreading the clues and have not figured out the boat.....

RC.

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

WOW... mate AND captain fishing. so they get a great day out fishing/catching/keeping and YOU are paying for it. that's shameful. i own a service business myself, and when you get hired by a customer, you SERVE their needs - not your own.

3 possible scenarios on a chartered trip, IMO...

#1- great service - let people know who it was!
#2- mediocre service - write it off and consider someone else next time.
#3- horrible service - let people know who it was!

i understand the conflict of interest in that the charter business a site sponsor, so perhaps the best responses to this post were by jerseyhunter and nolimit!

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

Options here:

1. Name the sponsor boat = thread gets deleted ASAP
2. Don't name the boat = people guessing which boat and possibly wrong boat being blamed (especially since it's clearly not a 6 pack)

If there was any a case for a moderator to delete a thread I think we have one here. Nothing good can come out of this.

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

As the true worst mate ever, I am offended.:D

Re: Worst Mate Ever!! Captain ?
 

I used to fish a little when i mated. But as soon as there was an issue i put down my rod and took care of it. And any fish i got went to the customers unless they were at their limit.