This is a little late but the saying is, better late than never. Honestly, I thought I had left a…read morereview but when I checked, it was not here so here it goes... For my husband's birthday I decided to give him a charter fishing trip. We woke up bright and early and signed in. My husband told me to take seasick pill even after I told him that I don't get seasick. I kind of think this was the cause because... Yep, you guessed it, after we were on the bumpy water and I had caught one whole fish, I started feeding the fish. My entire trip was me feeding fish. Oh, wait, except the one time I decided to feed try the reel again and slipped going head to head with the fish in the bins beneath me. I could have sworn one was screaming "Nooooooo!!!!" As I was trying to avoid him. The crew was so amazing! They had to try and balance taking care of me along with the many fishermen/women/kids. They even changed location of smoking because I told them it was making it worse for me (yes, they smoke on the boat). The crew caught my fish for me so when hubby and the rest were finished we had plenty of fish. I highly recommend taking this charter and plan on going again sooner than later...but without the seasick pills. Really, I think that was the cause. ;) ........ .. .... ....................

On our honeymoon in beautiful Oregon a million thank yous to Betty Kay Charters for an experience…read morewe will never forget! Captain Kurt was so awesome, he even caught us a fish from him for our honeymoon and made a special stop for us so we could get pictures of the lighthouse. The deckhand was a superstar, very helpful and professional. We caught our limit, it's VERY affordable and we had a great trip. We most definitely will be back!!!!

This was our weekend destination while visiting family staying at the marina's RV Park. The marina…read morehas beautiful views, but can get quite stinky when the fish cleaning stations are busy. The marina has over 400 moorage slips, a six lane boat launch, fish cleaning stations, restrooms and showers. The RV park offers full hook-ups, restrooms, showers, laudromat, and recreation room. Both offer daily, weekly and monthly rates. It's a great place to charter a boat for fishing. The rates are pretty reasonable in this small coastal town. You can also try to fish or crab on your own from the dock. We enjoyed our time here. Everyone was so friendly and willing to share their fishing adventures with us. We would definitely recommend if you're looking for a place to charter a boat or fish off the dock while staying at the RV park.

Honestly not sure how to rate a Marina but this one was just plain fun. The sounds of happy folks…read morehanging out on the water filled the air while we visited, and every once in awhile we'd hear an even more excited scream as someone pulled up a crab trap to find a keeper. Yep. That's right. In between all of the commercial vessels that call this marina home you'll find locals and visitors trying their hand at catching a Dungeness crab. Charleston Marina is one of the top recommendations for crabbing from shore. It's easily accessed, spacious, and can be productive. I was amazed at how many people were hanging out trying their luck. We dropped our first crab ring, and after a few minutes we pulled it up and found a lot of crabs! None were keepers but it was so cool to know all of them were hanging out. This is a must do during your visit and the bait shop near the docks offers the equipment for rent, so make it happen. You'll also find a lot of charter boats leaving from here too. I took one but that's another review!

We limited on rock fish in two hours and went to pull crab pots next. A beautiful day on the water,…read moreCaptain Bob was full of information and we chatted easily about all kinds of topics. I would fish again with this guy in a heartbeat! He even turned us on to a dude who filleted all our fish and cooked/cleaned our crab. Five stars!

6 of us had a great morning on the 4th of July with Captain Bob and crewman Jim. They are both…read morefriendly and helpful. We left the dock around 7:30, cruised out about 20 minutes and had fish on as soon as we dropped our lines. We caught so many fish we started throwing back the small ones. On the way back in we opted to pull the crab pots...came home with 8 nice crab. We paid Jim $1 per fish to filet and package them for us. Bring an ice chest! We went back to our rental house and had an amazing fish fry and crab fest!

We had a great time with Captain Chris. The we were fishing salmon and it just wasn't happening,…read morebut Chris fished hard and although we could have pulled some rockfish on the way back in we declined. We had dropped the pots so we had limits of delicious Dungeness in short order. Chris is a nice, interesting dude and I hope we fish with Chris again.

My sons went out crabbing for the first time and caught their limit!! Delicious crab, and more…read moreimportantly my two teenage boys had a fabulous time- they had so many positive things to say about crabbing and their afternoon with Captain John! What a wonderful experience, thank you!!!

I drove through, thinking I may want to stay here in the future. Nope. I hit it when it was fairly…read morefull. Stay here if you're really, really good at backing your rig into tight spaces, without hitting your neighbor. Stay here is you don't mind being so close to another rig that you can probably hear them flush their toilet. It's basically a big parking lot with as many spots wadded in as possible, with white parking lines marking out each spot. Lots of nicer looking places to stay at nearby, especially if you want more room around your site.

Nice park stayed a week close to restaurants security at night…read moreMonkey business restaurant has the best chowder and fish & chips. Closed on Wednesday Cons: windy ,just a parking lot with hookups,some pretty sketchy people in the area

As an Oregon Coast Trail hiker I've used this service 5 times in the last 3 years. 4 out of 5 times…read morethere have been issues. I've been stranded and forgotten on the far side of the river for 4 hours, I've been delayed for 24 hours because they had a family emergency (understandable) but then told they'd be 5 hours late after showing up the next day. They're friendly people, mostly, but it's just excuse after excuse. I will, from now on, skip this section of coast on my thru hikes because of them. 0/10 not recommended for hiking shuttle.

My 10-year-old and I booked a salmon fishing excursion with Tim - who was assisted by Paul - after…read morewe had another trip cancel the day before., It was a great experience! We met them on the dock at 6:00 AM, with five fishermen and two guides. Tim knew just where the fish were, and didn't make us feel bad for being novice fishermen. He was great with my kid and very competent. We stayed out until everyone caught their limit, and then filleted the fish for us on the dock. A great experience!

Silly me worrying that we wouldn't see any grey whales. We actually heard them before turning in…read moreawe to see these giants swimming amongst us. Our guide Gary got everyone all safetied up and vested. The boat was a kickass Zodiac that was nimble and stable as we passed sunbathing seals on our way out of narrow Depoe Bay harbor and into the Pacific. We motored just a short bit before we were trolling and watching whales feeding in the kelp beds. It was an amazing experience. I could be greedy and wish for a full breach. But, really everything after you see that first whale is all gravy. Sometimes life just comes up all Milhouse for you. Whales all day, tip your Captain

Gary was our captain and he knew his stuff! We saw so many whales it was incredible. Absolute best…read morepart of our vacation. Just a reminder - tip your guides! They deserve it. We will be back!

This was an amazing experience. I would highly recommend it…read more Great communication when booking

Summer 2022 and this Reno family finally took the popular CA/OR Coast road trip and by the time we…read morelanded in Coos Bay, I had to go fishing! Now I get seasick REALLY easily, and I've avoided offshore fishing for a long time. After failing to go fishing in Fort Bragg, I started looking into land based opportunities in Coos Bay at the local tackle shop, and while there they told me about Capt. John and the Compass Rose. I started chatting with Captain John and he was understanding of my situation but super reassuring, and by the end of the day I was looking forward to going on an AM trip the next morning. Sadly that plan was foiled by a sick kid, but Capt. John is great at updating his social media and I caught the very successful morning report (2 hours and limited out - totally flat seas) and I made the call to jump on in the afternoon hoping to find the same slick calm seas. NOW... Capt. John and his mate put us on the fish! We limited out on rockfish within two or three drifts. We fished long leaders on electric reels baited with teasers and squid. It did the trick and each drop we'd get 2-3 fish on average, many larger too. From there we went to the crab pots and each of those was stacked too! Limits all around and a nice experience! BUT... Seas were a solid 4-6ft that day, by my estimate, and to no fault of the captain, all but one fishing on the boat was over the side at points during the trip. Now the Compass Rose is a nice boat. Nice new fishing gear. New electronics. Newer and smooth running motors. Suspension ride seats in the cabin. Space for 6 fishing, captain and a mate. I have no doubt under certain circumstances this boat is a nice ride and a pleasure to be on, but this day the seas had another plan and no amount of niceties would help. I still had a blast and would recommend hiring Capt. John to get you out when you're in the area!