Key West

[jorgeinmiami]

Ralph and his son Rob sure do know where the fish are in key West

Ralph I beleive is done for the season and may not be back till October but you should check.

I was Rob's 1st charter way back when and Rob's 1st boat was a red 23 Seacraft, now he's upgraded a bit since then.

My buddy called them a couple of months ago to arrange a trip and when he was told the cost we all said OUCH!

The fuel prices have just put it out of reasonable reach for us for 1 day of fishing.

But he is one of the best and I would highly recommend him or any of his sons.

I was told that he charges for the trip and then he adds on the fuel of what was used that day.

Yesterday I went out with a buddy in Key Largo on his 23 whaler with a 200 opimax tha is great on gas

Fuel 20 gal @ 5.30 $106
4 bags of chum bait etc $35
Ice "some beer water" $25

Abnd we just went out to the 1st reef in 50 ft of water.

I can imagine the cost is to run twins on a 25 to 30 open and chase the fish around

I think I am going to do plenty of back country fishing in the future.