Riptide III

It was the first time on this party boat. It was also our second choice after Island Fleet was completely booked. The boat was condition was good but the space soon got packed. I believe there was a rod in every holder giving you about 1′ of space each.
Fishing was slow but this isn’t the fault of the captain, it’s just the nature of fishing. You win some and you lose some. All in all it was a decent time if you just wanted to be out on the water.
This all changed as the boat was heading back. A deckhand by the name of FRANK, (you can’t miss his missing teeth) was beginning to clean. He berated everyone to get inside and to take everything in or «he doesn’t have a problem getting it wet». Fine, that’s not a problem. What is a BIG problem is that while cleaning with disregard he was throwing ALL the trash overboard. Plastic, cans, garbage, fishing lines you name it. I confronted him and even told the Capt in which he nonchalantly replied «He shouldn’t be doing that… thanks for bringing this to my attention»
I continued to watch FRANK as he «cleaned» and as he hosed everyone’s things down too. He came upon a bucket full of trash, without hesitation he dumped the whole thing OVERBOARD. At this point I wanted to throw this guy overboard, I was furious. Does he have any understanding of ocean conservation or littering? Imagine this is being done each and every time this boat returns from a fishing trip.
No wonder there are no more fish in the bay. If this charter truly cares for sustainable fishing, they better be more aware of their actions. My pictures and video evidence is enough to pursue legal action.

I’ve been on every party boat in the tristate area. Let me start by saying, customers should not have to pay for rigs especially the first one. Also, why doesn’t this boat have different baits. I went late October and all they had was crab. All we caught all day were sea bass and porgy. So basically, bunch of liars. Mates were fishing and people weren’t catching. I caught the most on the boat and it bothered me to see mates fishing when it was slow. All in all, don’t go. I had a great day fishing, but not the same for the majority of the boat.

RiptideIII = ripoff #1.
This company has the most unprofessional customer service I have experienced!
Liars! I say!
Totally ripped us off! Booked a fishing charter two weeks ago. They canceled on us two hours before we were leaving.
Not the problem, problem was not even an apology, or any kind of help to find a resolution to this predicament, just a very rude captain with an attitude.
Look, if you cancel on paying customers, don’t blame your booking agent, it dates were posted months out on their web site.
So LIARS! Say you! I do!
Sharktopuss karma’s going to get you guys.

The captain of this boat couldn’t even find his own ass with that fish finder. The entire day I was fishing, everybody who had received the crappy beaten-​up rented tackle from this company had caught maybe 1 to 3 fish throughout the entire day. I paid over $ 140 (for me and a friend), I expected a bit more than this. It wasn’t just a matter of bad luck. There were four guys on the boat who had brought their own tackle, and easily caught over 50 fish each. So obviously, the fishing equipment they provide on the boat is seriously substandard. They ought to rename this business the RIPOFF III