We were excited to go out fishing while up in York. We searched around and found Sea Time and chose them for our charter. The day before the trip Lawerence/Larry called my wife to change the time of departure to 10:00 am instead of 11:00 am due to the potential for severe weather. So we agreed and were super excited to get out on the water. We arrived at Pepperrell Cove and grabbed some snacks at the Bistro. We messaged Lawerence/Larry that we arrived and asked where to park as there are were only a few spots that were not reserved or restricted. We found the boat and say that Lawerence/Larry was on the boat but a college age kid named Kai was there. He told us that he would be skippering the boat not Lawerence/Larry. This was never communicated to us that Lawerence/Larry wasn't going to actually take us out. This set the stage for a bad day on the boat as Kai was a great guy but there was no bait, and ice or cooler for us to use. The most important aspect was there was no live bait fish for us to use. Kai took us out to Snag Fish for Poggie first. We were able to get some using the 3 pointed hooks without bait by drawing through the school and snagging them. We then switched up to fishing for Mackeral. We were only able to get a few and the 5 foot swells and rain started to take a toll on one of our party. Kai took us into the mouth of Little Harbor to then fish for Strippers. At this point we were almost half way through the trip and just started actually fish for Strippers. Since the tide was still going out we had little success and the poggie were too big for the strippers to take on. We ran out of bait as the few we had were dying off so Kai decided to take us back out into the 5 foot swells to get live bait. As we hit Kittery Point I asked him if we could just use cut bait fish for Strippers. He agreed and then took us up the river to the Naval Yard to fish. The water was much calmer but the wind was pretty steady so we were chased off a couple of times by the Navy's Police boat. So we only really fished for strippers for about 45 minutes in two locations since most of the time was spent navigating to fish for bait fish. We totally felt like Lawerence/Larry passed of this charter to Kai at the last minute hence why there was no live bait or cooler full of ice. We brought this to his attention and he messaged at 5:20 am this morning with the following dismissive message. Turns out that it is illegal to snag fish in Maine. So while Kai was a great kid the owner of the boat is not very good at ensure a great charter since the live bait was provided and we had to get ourselves. UPDATE! To Lawerence the fact that the mackerel we were catching were less than 8 inches in length and were for bait fish for the strippers was no a great charter experience. The fact we wasted over half the actual time of fishing for bait and boating around to 4 different spots was also not an enjoyable experience. The fact that there was no cooler for our snacks and drinks was also not a great experience. The fact you were communicating to my wife the day before and never mentioned you were not going to skipper the boat and we would be skippered by some else was also a little misleading. The fact that there was no bait other than cut bait came across like you handed off the charter at the last minute hence the no live bait. Any other charters I have been on the boat is stocked so the clients can spend more time on the fish rather than getting bait fish. read more

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Caught 11 monster stripers. Most were over 40" and largest was 50"!!!!! Larry has the magic touch. Did a half day inshore charter with a couple friends and Larry's Sea Time charter. In heavy thick fog, somehow Larry found a school of pogies. There were boils of stripers feeding on them, like nothing I have ever seen in my life. 3 times we had 2 fish on the line at the same time. Eventually many other boats showed up at the same spot one they saw what was going on, but Larry was clearly was the leader. So much fun! It was my second charter with Larry. First time my son caught a 46". I actually have my own boat in Kittery but I've done charters with Larry so I can learn how to fish the local waters from him. He's an entertaining guy, with a lot of local knowledge, and is happy to teach if you are interested. I'd highly recommend Larry and SeaTime Charters. read more

Sea Time Fishing Charters - Stripers mania!! - Boating Near Me - Kittery, Maine

Best fishing trip ever! It was a rainy gray day, but that just added to such a successful trip! Captain Larry and his shipmate Bailey were inviting from the moment we met, and just had an instant feeling that they were gonna find fish and we weren't wrong. We started with catching mackerel for bait and proceeded to catch stripers. Larry moved us a couple of times till we hit pay dirt in the river near the shipyard. I think we had caught our quota within a couple hours of being there . They helped in every aspect to ensure we got a fish from making sure our bait was fresh to helping with casting, sharing pointers on how to reel the fish in, and being there immediately with the net. It was perfect for a family outing and would recommend for any level of expertise. We ended the day with a great fried striper dinner. We would love to do another trip down the road and highly recommend anyone to do so. Thanks for providing a great memory! read more

Great half day fishing trip! Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel! and schoolie stripers! My family had a blast!! And Captain Larry was awesome! Loved the boat. read more

Fishing with the Sea Time Fishing Charter was great. Great weather and a lot of fish. We even saw whales. I recommend this fishing charter to anyone who enjoys fishing. Thanks for the great time, I'll be back. read more