Swoop Party Fishing Boat

The captain and crew of Swoop ll was very helpful with my family on our trip.Randy and crew was very patience with my novice fishergirls has they got tangled up lines. They also showed pointers as to fish. Definitely will come back on our next vacation.

We have used Swoop for many years as our "go to" fishing boat and never had any issues. Booking is simple. Communication is excellent. EXCEPT this trip was terrible! Crew member was smoking the entire trip out which caused the majority of our party of 10 to become nauseous and a few to get sick. This has never happened before so we are thinking it had to be the smoking that was the difference. Maybe should wait until customers are taken care of before lighting up.

I have been fishing with this crew now over three times and this one had to be the worst one. We arrived about 45 min early and left late (around 7:20am) on the boat. There was two bigger parties on the boat, party of 11 and 9. Be prepared to ride about 1hr 30min on the boat to the first fishing spot. The first spot was spent maybe 20 min at because dolphins were eating all of the bait. We left and rode about 30 more minutes to a different spot and the dolphins still followed. Fished for maybe 20min again and no one caught anything. Then we left a spot AGAIN and rode for about 40 min to get to another spot and fished for about 40min and we were catching fish finally but ran out of time. We were just extremely disappointed in the lack of fishing that we got to do.

Also, quick note, if you do not have a big party, you will not get treated the same. Bigger parties get different bait and better chum. Also left to fend for yourself if you get tied up. What really made us mad was the fact that we asked for more fish heads and Mark said no we don't have anymore. Okay, fine, then maybe 20minutes before the last horn rang for us to go home, Jeff came by and brought more fish heads. You're just not treated the same if you are not a party because bigger parties leave bigger tips.

You can drink alcohol on the boat, but don't expect to smoke just anywhere, you have to go up top on the boat. However the crew will smoke anywhere, but no one else can which is odd.

You will be told several times to leave tips, which I completely get, but I expect service to receive a tip and we received no service on our trip.

Also, for COVID-19, please don't expect social distancing inside or outside the boat. No hand sanitizer or wipes available.

Remember to bring snacks and Dramamine to calm the motion sickness and wear comfortable clothes and shoes. You do not get any rags or paper towels to wipe your hands, which makes the reel extremely hard to hold when it's slippery. We caught about 5 fish together and nothing large for the entire boat. Not bad, but was just more disappointed in the fact that we barely had maybe an hour total of fishing for a 6 hour trip.

We had a great time on the shorter 5 hour deep sea fishing trip. We reeled in 7 but only got to keep 3 due to sizes. The crew were really helpful running all over the boat to help you out. They will also clean your catch for you. Bring cash to top these guys work really hard. We had a wonderful experience and would definitely go again with them.

We had a great time! The captain was awesome! Let my son ride up there with him on the way back in... Captain also put us on fish so what more could you ask for! Mack was down with us and he was awesome as well! Great people on this boat!! Will definitely come back!

Great crew, great fishing. The whole crew on the boat was super attentive and kept everything going smoothly. Kept us on the fish for the better part of an 8 hour trip. Will use them again!

We all only caught a fish or two. We had a difficult day find them. Fisherman on board seem knowledgeable and friendly. Wish we picked better locations to fish. Seemed very hit or miss and this was a big swing and miss. Had fun though.

These guys are awesome. We went out about 20 miles to a limestone shelf 200ft deep. 1.5 hour ride. Captain put us right on the fish. Caught a laundry basket full (4 of us). Went to 2nd location and it was slower. Mates and captain very helpful. Pro tip- give a mate tip early and he will give you the big rod for big game. Note this is a fishing boat not a yacht. Old school fishing. Great deal for $$. Photos below show how many fillets you go home with.

We were a little disappointed in our trip yesterday. We've done many charters out of Orange Beach over the years. Hurricane Sally changed our plans this year, so we came over to Destin. Compared to other trips we've been on,,, our deck hand yesterday was more worried about his own fishing and helping a buddy who brought his own fishing rig trying to catch for a contest. Definately not friendly or helpful. Felt like we were bothering him when we would need help. We had some newbies on our side that kept getting everyone tangled. We had to help undo them more often than not . Reels weren't the greatest- tended to bird nest a bunch despite careful use. Our teenage son was so frustrated he stopped fishing after the 1st stop. Catch was ok, just not a relaxing fun time.

Went fishing on The Swoop and had a blast. All of the guys on the boat were helpful and really cool. Tried to catch a shark but ended up catching a grouper! The crew was a lot of help and the Captain made sure we were in spots to catch a lot of fish! Can't wait to go back and get that shark that I didn't catch!!!