my brother is lookin for a guide to go out with for a day, not bay fishing, but out there a little ways. does anyone have any exp with anyone? any recommendations? has anyone gone out with galveston party boats?

When is he looking to go? Galveston Patry boats are good, just have pick a good weather day if he can.

he wants to go asap. really as soon as he can go.

Any particular area he wants to go to? Galveston, Freeport, Port Aransas? How many want to go? Might e-mail me and we can continue this. Or continue on here, if you don't mind.

He would like to go out of Galveston preferably. we had been lookin into galveston party boats, for a 4 hour trip $25 was a sure deal just to get out there and have some fun. we are open to anything at the moment. if you have suggestions please by all means lay em on me. , or if you preferred, email me.

Try Mike Williams of Tarpon Express. Has a good reputation for fishing sense. However he is p.d.

TOO--
I have fished with Mike a couple of times,
caught fish both times, He is an interesting
fellow. What is p.d. ?
MO

Probably what "interesting" means in your post.

I gotta admit, my trip with Mike was pretty dissappointing. We were targeting Tarpon and got skunked. He just drove out to a spot and there we stayed all day. I do not think I would go out with him again.

I also agree, he is an interesting person. Not much of a conversationalist. I felt like he was conversing from a script that he said to all his customers!

Good Luck!

I'm heading to galveston the 13th and want to take a deep sea fishing trip. What are some of the best group/party boats to take?

Never been before and need some advice, no matter how basic...

please help...

I think I went on that same tarpon trip. one spot about 2 miles straight out from the state park. Lucky for him we caught a couple of really good sharks or he would have wound up as bait.

I'm gonna say this and then promise to shut up as i know this is a TEXAS forum. And i live in Texas.

Mike Williams is probably one of the very best tarpon fishing guides in the universe! Probably forgotten more about tarpon fishing than i know.(Well, maybe not that much-but close!)

It's just the area he fishes! Texas tarpon fishing is tough! The fish have made a good"come-back" since the very lean years of 30 or so years ago. Still nothing like Florida and a few other places.

Anyhow, here's my point. On an average trip to Boca Grande Pass in SW Florida, it is Not Uncommon to have in excess of 100 tarpon rolling around your boat at one time. Awesome. 20 here, 30 there,etc. If you've never seen this- you owe it to yourself to do so at least one time in your life.. You will dream about it as an old man. OK, I'll shut-up now!

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I will have to agree with Mich on the
Texas VS Florida tarpon fishing. Years ago,
catching a tarpon was my #1 fishing dream.
I fished the Texas coast a couple of times
and never saw a tarpon. I fished Belize, saw
a few , had a couple of strikes from "baby
Tarpon" ( 20 to 30 lbs). caught "0". I then booked a trip to Marathon Key Florida. I was blown
away. Since then I have fished Marathon
3 times and Key West 3 times.
On my last trip to Key West , I told my
guide I would like to catch a tarpon , but
not spend the whole trip Tarpon fishing.
After catching bait, we went several
mile west to a channel between two flats.
After see a couple of rolling fish ,we
anchored and tossed a bait netful of
pilchards as live chum, I was hooked up in
less than 2 minutes. After several jumps
and a long run( we did not give chase) the
leader chafed and broke. this is actually the
best scenario in tarpon fishing , all the fun
and none of the work. Well it took about another 2 minutes to get hooked up a second time. This time everything held together
and we landed the 100+ lb fish. This all
took less than 30 minutes. I told the guide
thank you, lets do something else, and we
proceded to cath about 10 other species that
day.
I love Texas and am proud to be a Texan,
but I don't think you can beat Florida for
Tarpon fishing.
MO

My brother and I fished with Mike Williams last Sept., and we have nothing bad to say about him. Weather was lousy but we still had a great time catching bull reds and still got a little time in trying to hook up with a tarpon. We didn't get any, but Mike was forthcoming with a couple of good pointers where to shark fish and how and we caught about 15 sharks that day. My brother and I will be in Placida, FL in two weeks and plan to fish hard for Tarpon at Boca Grande. Sure hope the Tarpon gods smile on us!

SW, glad to see you're around. Good luck in Florida, catch a bunch.