Worst fishing trip ever on Daddy's Baby. The Captain acted as though we ruined his Saturday and hated being there. He didn't hardly even speak to us except to repeat 3x, "do not thrown toilet paper in the toilet, put it in the basket only". Which was ironic since there was no toilet paper anywhere on that boat. The main reason we were willing to pay more for a boat with a toilet, yet we couldn't use it. Unbelievable...how cheap do you have to be to make the customers provide their own toilet paper??? Also, when comparing boat to price in the area, this boat seems way over priced for the age and condition it's in. It looks nothing like it does on the website...maybe when it was new, but certainly not now. As for the captain, we don't even know his name because he never introduced himself but he did manage to be very snippy towards the deck hand. The fishing equipment kept breaking which took time away from fishing. The one time the Capt. came down from his perch, we got to over hear him telling the deck hand that the last deck hand, "broke all the equipment and took things out of spite. As soon as we got back to the dock Dale fired him". So why didn't he have it all fixed and replaced before we got on the boat??? Not to mention the equipment was all very old and wore out. We spent 3-4 hrs riding out and around looking for fish and 2 actually fishing. Nothing we caught was as over 10" long. The Captain didn't seem to know what he was doing at all. We didn't even catch 1 fish in the last hour. He didn't have a clue (or just didn't care) how to put us on any fish anywhere. We had asked the Captain as we were departing the marina, "what kind of fish can we expect to be catching?" And his response was "not much sense everything is out of season". We hoped he was joking, but he was not. No one told us this when we booked it? We had specifically asked about and said we wanted a private charter that we might expect to catch some big fish on, even if we had to throw them back. We just wanted to have lots of fun because it was a birthday present for someone in our group. The gentleman booking it said "oh you will catch some good ones, our captain's know how to put you on the fish and you will have a great time". We knew some fish were out of season so we'd be throwing a lot back but even the red snapper we caught and threw back were under 10" long. WTH??? We've been on several charter trips and this is by far the worst ever. The "fish weren't biting" excuse can't be applied here either because 3 other boats were at Zekes Marina cleaning fish when we got back and their haul was huge! We asked what kind of charters they were, thinking it was an 8 or 10 hr charter, but no, they were 4 and 6 hr charters like ours. Yet they caught bigger and more, not to mention their customers were laughing and going on and on about how much fun they had. We had NONE! If it weren't for our deck hand (who gets 5 stars) we would've been miserable! He was the saving grace to this crappy trip. We tipped him good because he tried very hard to take up the slack of this lackadaisical captain. We're sure business is so good for this company that they don't have to worry about customer service so our review won't bother them a bit. Nor will our bad experience cause them to loose sleep spending our hard earned $1400 we had to pay for this joke of a fishing trip. But know this, not that it means that much, Class Act Charters will never be recommended by us and will always be a very bad memory for us. Very disappointed, is an understatement! read more

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Awesome captain and crew! Had a blast and caught a lot of fish. Kid friendly. Boat was very clean! Highly recommend this boat.

If I could give 10 stars I would. We took a trip this past Wednesday on the Class Act. We are from Baton Rouge and came to celebrate my mother in laws 70th birthday. She had never been deep fishing before and neither had my two boys who are 10 and 11. We were all so excited. We got a bit into our trip and began catching some snapper. Billy our deck hand was a fast worker; keeping our poles baited and helping my boys. Things seemed good until my father in law started to not feel too good. He has never been sea sick before but this time it really got to him. This is when our fun trip became scary. While out in middle of ocean he began to slur his speech and one side of face began to droop. My sister in law began yelling "he's having a stroke! " When I turned to see what was going on he couldn't talk and eyes were glassy. Looked like he was about to pass out. We got him laid him down and He seemed to have passed out briefly. But He became responsive in a matter of 30 sec. he wasn't experiencing any tingling in fingers although said he did feel that right before the episode. So.... Thinking it could have been a TIA. Prior to all of this happening he was very sea sick and had vommitted a ton, So with all that vomitting and being in heat we knew that he was probably dehydrated. Captain Dale and Billy quickly acted. Captain dispatched help and started speeding back. Meanwhile Billy helped with getting ice and keeping track of info to relay to paramedics. By now we have a 911 boat in route to us and paramedics waiting at the dock. He started to get some color back and was looking better. Although this was not the trip we had hoped to have, we we feel blessed.... He went to hospital and had full work up. No sign of stroke. Just severe dehydration They released him and we are back at condo. Having that crew help us and keep calm under the circumstances was such a blessing too. Captain Dale and Billy, are really a " class act". And I would highly recommend this crew to go out in the middle of the ocean where sometimes not the best circumstances happen. We will return!!! They get two thumbs up!!! read more

We took the entire family out and had the best time! The first mate (Billy) was awesome, he handled everything baiting hooks, pulling fish in, fixing the lines, and even cleaning the fish for us! Even though there were 10 of us he never missed a beat. The captain was able to pilot us to some great spots, and my son was able to pull in a huge red snapper. Will definitely use them again! read more

Can't say enough good things about Class Act Charters after fishing two days with Captain Dale and Billy. This is truly a professional "Class Act", these fellows know the waters and the fish and they made sure our early season trip was a success! Ours was a group of guys who love to fish and will fish all day....and Captain Dale and Billy made sure we could, no dead time with these guys! The Class Act is a comfortable boat, even in rough water, the gear was all in good shape, and the crew did everything they could to support our fishing. When I get back to the Gulf Shores area again, I will be fishing with Class Act and Captain Dale again! read more

Took the six hour trip with Class act charters on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Had a awesome time. Captain Dale and Deck hand Billy were fantastic. Billy was ever where taking fish off and keeping everyone baited. We had 10 people aboard the majority of which had never been on such a trip. We limited out on snapper and caught several other species of fish. Our first 2 stops did not produce much but Captain Dale was quick to move on to other spots until we found the fish biting. We all had a fantastic time and made great memories for our family vacation. The boat was spotless.They have satellite radio and TV and air-conditioned cabin for those who don't want to fish or during a boat ride out. We had a great time and would certainly book with this group again without hesitation. read more

Excellent trip this weekend caught tons of fish Captain Dale and Billy and Dave were great.