Reviews

Got Fish!!! Great Time!!!

We went out 5 of us and Capt Ross warned us that it was rough out. He did a great job in rough seas putting us on Dolphin, Tuna, and some Snapper. Him and his first Mate were very Gracious and nice despite the rough conditions which made for an extra difficult charter. I hope to go again.

Gmdive

Best In Islamrado!!!!!!

Simply Perfect. I have fished Panama, Costa Rica, The D.R, Purto Rico and others many times over the last 10 years. Capt Ross and his crew have always been first class. I have had the luxury of fishing on the Early Bird 8-10 times over the last 2 years. My 9 year old and my 7 year old have both been offshore multiple times on the Early Bird, along with my 12 year old Nephew, Little Beau. We have caught Tuna at the HUMP, yellowtails on the reef, chased mahi mahi and Little Beau caught his first sail while chasing bait showers on the reef back in Nov. I can't imagine fishing with anyone else on my visit's to Islamarado. Hope to see you Thanksgiving. Catch em up!!

J Hollingsworth

Jamie H

Perfect day for our family!

First time sport fishing for the grand boys! Both caught nice dolphin, got a little sick and went back for more! Capt. Ross put on whatever we asked for. We ate good this week.

Mary Ann F

Best Fishing Trip!

We had the best time Mahi fishing on the Early Bird. Capt Ross and his mate were extremely friendly and helpful. Nicest crew around! He did a great job putting us on the fish over and over again and made the trip fun and exciting for all of us. The Early Bird is a great boat - comfortable, air-conditioned, bathroom on board, and extremely clean. We definitely will be fishing with Capt Ross and the Early Bird again soon.

Margot T

Awesome Charter!!!

I have fished on many charters and I can't say enough about the excellent job Capt. Ross did. We had 2 youth anglers on the trip (8 & 10) and Capt. Ross and the mate showed a great deal of patience and gave a lot of great instruction to the boys. Even when we had 6 dolphin on at once(multiple times), fish going in all directions, they stayed calm with the boys, worked with them and got all fish in the box. I recommend that if anyone has a chance to fish with Capt. Ross, they should take advantage of the opportunity. Thank you Capt. Ross for the outstanding trip and look forward to fishing with you again in the future.

Matt B

Hitting The Mahi Hard

I had a charter booked for Saturday July 21 with a captain that a friend referred. He had to cancel, so I was stuck like a week before my trip. I went on line, and started making calls. There are so many boats, I was just calling by chance. The third captain I reached told me to call Captain Ross, owner of The Early Bird. This was an important trip for me, a father/son only first time FL fishing charter. Luckily his boat was available. He had to endure several calls from me because I was so nervous about something getting messed up. He was extremely patient, and assured me all would be well.

We went out with Captain Zack, and Mate Gary. Both were awesome, but most importantly put us on the fish. Mahi was my main objective, and we caught our limit. They weren't all small, either, we had a 25 pounder and several other large ones. It was FAR beyond what I had hoped for. On the flight home my son told me it was a trip he would never forget. That sums it up.

Thanks to the ENTIRE crew of Early Bird. We'll now make it an annual trip, and I will be sending friends and clients your way.

John and Jack Crawley Salem, MA

Jcrawley

Best Charter Captain in the keys

Captain Ross Early is awesome! We booked a charter with him to go early evening shark and tarpon fishing in July 2014. We had the best time. He took us out to the channel and pinpointed the fish immediately and we had a solid 3 hours of catching shark, tarpon, and yellowtail snapper. The boat was beautiful. He was very helpful and fun to be around. We could not have asked for a better captain. We plan on booking with him on our next trip to the keys.

Michael C

Awesome!!!!!

Best trip ever. Captain Ross was excellent, Best Captain around. This was the most exciting fishing trip we every experienced. Good Job boys! We will be back.

Cstith

Great Day Fishing

Captain Ross gave us a great day in the water. The Yellow Tail fishing was great and they were great tasting too!!! We will definitely book EarlyBird when we are back and the boys have already posted your praises on their Instagram accounts

The Cohns

Great day on the water

Captain Ross and deckhand Zach were top notch. We were on a bachelor party with some experienced guys and some not at all. After running ten minutes we filled the live bait well, and were off to find the dolphin and blackfin. About 30 minutes later we had rods bent on the weedline and had nonstop action for the next 2 hours. We made a move to find bigger fish and got into another solid school of dolphin. Everyone caught multiple fish at this point and we decided to try for some blackfin tuna, which we were successful at. 3 blackfins in the boat and how headed back to shore. Stopped at a floating bamboo pole and caught a nice tripletail, bonus! Great crew, extremely experienced captain who's willing to run the extra ten miles to get on the best fishing grounds. Highly Recommend.

Jeremy G