Too notch fishing trip. took sons in law and had a wonderful time. Sarah did an exceptional job. knows where to fish and professional in ensuring everything was taken care of. weather was rough, Sarah communicated in advance so we knew what to expect. Had a great time looking forward to a return trip read more

Captain Austin was a great captain! He did his best to ensure we had a great experience. He was kind, courteous, and attentive and he played the best music! My nephew's 40 lb Kingfish was the catch of the day. You know it's a good one when your captain even gets excited! We did the 5 hr afternoon charter with six people (not counting the captain) and highly recommend you do the same (although, story has it the morning may be a better time to do some real catching.) We caught several small fish, saw some dolphins, caught some bottled water () from our friends, and saw some pelicans. What are you waiting for? Get. Your. Fish. On! read more

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Awesome time and even better fishing, if your gonna charter, you gotta do it with salty hooker. No questions

Went offshore fishing with captain Austin, caught plenty of trigger fish, B-liners, and a variety of different fish. Would highly recommend this charter to anyone! read more

Salty Hooker Fishing Charters - Variety of fish - Boat Charters Near Me - Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Salty Hooker Fishing Charters was the worst charter experience we've ever had and we left feeling like our time and money was wasted. We started off with zero information. It was only the captain and there wasn't a first mate to help facilitate the fishing. Boat maintenance was subpar--half of the reels were old and/or rusted, the seats in the back of the boat didn't have cushions, and the seat behind the captains chair was half broken off. The boat wasn't made for four passengers for a fishing excursion. We weren't given any safety instruction or a rundown on the current sea/weather conditions, weren't given life vests, we weren't told where the life vests were if needed, and weren't told where the life ring was. We pulled off of the dock and a big cloud of black oil kicked up underneath. The captain took on two additional passengers and dropped them off on the other side of the inlet--glad we could be a taxi service for them on our dime. The water was rough and we understand that can't be helped but there was zero communication about anything ever. We caught, collectively, 7 fish smaller than the size of our hands. The captain snapped the anchor off and lost it. My father almost got cut in half from the anchor line (anchored only off of the front of the boat) as the captain was trying to maneuver the boat around it at a high speed and the rope pushed him out of his chair and on the floor onto his hands and knees. The anchor rope got stuck in the propellers and the captain spent at least 20 minutes trying to fish it out of the motor. The captain then told us "we're moving to calmer waters" and went all the way back into the inlet in the mouth of one of the canals. In the process, at the mouth of the inlet, he almost hit another anchored boat. He ignored us once we anchored in the inlet and we had to ask for him to re-bait hooks. He sat all the way in the front of the boat with his back to us for at least 15 minutes doing nothing. Again, he didn't tell us anything, we didn't know how long we'd be in the inlet or if we were going back in open water. He didn't seem to be using any sonar at this point either. We paid for offshore fishing up to 15 miles, we didn't go further than 3 miles and spent probably a collective 40 minutes with lines in the water, half of that time being deep in the inlet. Captain was polite but extremely inattentive, passive, and borderline negligent. We were anchored in the inlet (on a smaller backup anchor because, again, the captain snapped the anchor off in the ocean) nearly 200 feet from where our beach house was. We stood at our dock all week and caught bigger and more fish in a casting net. My brother also received a phone call from the owner and asked him to tell the captain to call him--completely unprofessional. We paid full price, $550, didn't get even a partial refund, didn't get a sorry for A.) not catching any fish (the goal of the trip) B.) for not trying harder or for C.) almost man-over-boarding my father (or worse). The best part of the trip was the 5 minutes we were leaving the dock and when we were off of the boat. You can't predict the weather, but the conditions were posted on the marina--either tell us upfront it's too rough to go out and offer a reduced price inlet fishing trip or suggest a cancellation/alternative day. We didn't get what we were promised and what was advertised whatsoever. read more