This has to be said.

[Detour66]

For me a open charter works just fine and is preferred. As a former private boat owner party boats are just to crowded on most weekends and although I would like to charter a boat it's just too tough for me to get the people to commit. I think as a captain of a charter whatever works....works! As long as you stay in business and keep busy! Have a good season!

[Fish Stix]

Well I think enough has been said here and I agree with most. But here is the way I feel.....

Booking a charter is a pain, I know, the excuses become endless. We do plenty of charters through out the season, but we are a full time charter/open boat and if it takes running open boat trips to sail 7 days a week, so be it. Being a secretary is what owning a business is all about, responsibility.

New customers come all the time by themselves. Maybe they don't want to risk being the charter master and ya get hacked. Who knows, but if he likes you, your mate, boat, you catch, whatever, they book trips or who knows maybe come twice a week with a buddy. And even better it can become a friendly relationship.

Anyway, It's called hustle and hard work and fishing even harder, but at the end of the day, it pays off.

Call me the open boat express, I could care less. But we don't stay tied to the dock. And that's that.

Here's to a great season, see ya soon.

Capt Kris

[jmurr711]

Originally Posted by Fish Stix

Well I think enough has been said here and I agree with most. But here is the way I feel.....

Booking a charter is a pain, I know, the excuses become endless. We do plenty of charters through out the season, but we are a full time charter/open boat and if it takes running open boat trips to sail 7 days a week, so be it. Being a secretary is what owning a business is all about, responsibility.

New customers come all the time by themselves. Maybe they don't want to risk being the charter master and ya get hacked. Who knows, but if he likes you, your mate, boat, you catch, whatever, they book trips or who knows maybe come twice a week with a buddy. And even better it can become a friendly relationship.

Anyway, It's called hustle and hard work and fishing even harder, but at the end of the day, it pays off.

Call me the open boat express, I could care less. But we don't stay tied to the dock. And that's that.

Here's to a great season, see ya soon.

Capt Kris

you go Kakes! & congrats on your special delivery!

[EEL killer]

Originally Posted by Fish Stix

Well I think enough has been said here and I agree with most. But here is the way I feel.....

Booking a charter is a pain, I know, the excuses become endless. We do plenty of charters through out the season, but we are a full time charter/open boat and if it takes running open boat trips to sail 7 days a week, so be it. Being a secretary is what owning a business is all about, responsibility.

New customers come all the time by themselves. Maybe they don't want to risk being the charter master and ya get hacked. Who knows, but if he likes you, your mate, boat, you catch, whatever, they book trips or who knows maybe come twice a week with a buddy. And even better it can become a friendly relationship.

Anyway, It's called hustle and hard work and fishing even harder, but at the end of the day, it pays off.

Well

Call me the open boat express, I could care less. But we don't stay tied to the dock. And that's that.

Here's to a great season, see ya soon.

Capt Kris

Well said Kris or should I call u open boat express

[Fish Stix]

Originally Posted by jmurr711

you go Kakes! & congrats on your special delivery!

Thanks!

[Joey Dah Fish]

Ok those of you who know can appreciate my straight to the point blunt response. For this of you that don't please feel free to tear me up I can take it. Here goes " frankly I don't give a rats ass what Sal has to say" I think he values his own opinion to highly I believe that needed to be said it's a great big world the only opinion that matters is your own

[Art Berkman]

Open Boat Trips for Life !!!

[M Rod]

I think the point that sal is trying to make is that open boat trips create a trend that ultimately short changes the charter boat business. Why would someone go through the trouble of putting together a charter when it is so easy to get on an open boat trip. In most cases you get the same service for less cost and us fisherman don't care cause as long as we wet a line were happy. The captain has to deal with uncertainty in his income and the inability to project future income if this trend becomes the norm. I think all he's saying is the open boat forum should be for us fisherman to communicate with each other to fill charters rather than the captain do all the work. In his eyes this is a trend that in the long run isn't beneficial to the charter business. Sometimes statements are taken out of context or perceived the wrong way. I also understand the situation is a bit of a double edged sword because staying tied to the dock isn't beneficial either. And also to be clear I've never met the man or fished with him but I do see what he's saying from a business stand point.

[EEL killer]

Originally Posted by M Rod

I think the point that sal is trying to make is that open boat trips create a trend that ultimately short changes the charter boat business. Why would someone go through the trouble of putting together a charter when it is so easy to get on an open boat trip. In most cases you get the same service for less cost and us fisherman don't care cause as long as we wet a line were happy. The captain has to deal with uncertainty in his income and the inability to project future income if this trend becomes the norm. I think all he's saying is the open boat forum should be for us fisherman to communicate with each other to fill charters rather than the captain do all the work. In his eyes this is a trend that in the long run isn't beneficial to the charter business. Sometimes statements are taken out of context or perceived the wrong way. I also understand the situation is a bit of a double edged sword because staying tied to the dock isn't beneficial either. And also to be clear I've never met the man or fished with him but I do see what he's saying from a business stand point.

If this is how he feels then he should not run open boats .Anybody who has their own business knows,you are the secretary and you hold many positions in your business .He does not want to bother with it cause he is old ?He probably does not like smart phones or computers does that mean we should not use them ?Like I said in my previous post I do 100 open boats a year and his boat I will make sure not to go on .He has uncertainty in his income and the inability to project future income Wa wa wa Someone call a wambulance .

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