FishingBooker Charters & Trips

I booked in May for a halibut trip in August in Homer, AK. Flew to Anchorage, and drove 4-hours to Homer in a rental car. Stayed in a hotel. Got up early and had my wife drive me to the dock. The directions to find the boat in the Fishing Booker app did not include dock or slip number, but showed a map location. I went there. No boat. Looked for the charter boat company on google and went to location on map. No boat. Texted and called captain repeatedly. No response. Called Fishing Booker’s help line. No answer. The boat was supposed to leave at 7am. At 8:09am I received a message that the trip was cancelled. Got a call from the captain saying he let Fishing Booker know several days prior that the trip was cancelled. No message of cancellation was sent to me before the trip. In fact I received a reminder confirmation text the evening before. Do not use Fishing Booker. Book through the charter companies directly. Cut out the middle man and save yourself a huge headache and expense.

We had an excellent trip with the Alondra III in July 2024. We did a half day fishing trip which ended up only being 2 1/2 hours due to my son getting sick. in the two hours of actual fishing, we landed some huge 4’ mahi-mahi, 4 1/2’ barracuda, huge red snappers, and many many other small fish. I would highly recommend the Alondra III to anyone in Playa Del Carmen. I look at some of the reviews on some sites and I think some people think they’re going on a yacht. These are fishing boats. The Alondra III has an actual fishing chair, unlike most of the boats down there. If you have to go, you do it in the water. Fishing boats don’t have amenities. Considering you’re only paying US$300-US$400, you get to keep your catch, and they fillet everything, and the local restaurant will even cook the fish for a couple hundred pesos. It’s So awesome! We have been on several fishing boats in playa. These guys are by far the best if your on the Alondra III boat. Great captain and crew. Thanks Alondra III we will be back!

I’ve fished with Captain Randy and Riptide several times, most recently today, August 28, 2023. It looked like we might have had some weather coming in and Randy was great to work with to accommodate the forecast. As it turned out all worked well and we had a great day on the water. Randy worked hard to put us on fish. I’m 81 and have been fishing all of my life on both coasts and have owned boats. I look for a captain who is knowledgeable, safe and accommodating. Randy is all of those things. I will always book Randy when coming to OBX. John Ellingson