Fantastic II Charters
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Best Sport Fishing Charter in Key Largo, Florida Captain Justin Hopper received his Captain’s license in 1989. He has fished for more than 30 years in the Florida Keys. His pride and joy, the Fantastic II, is a 40 ft custom fiberglass Sportfisher, with twin diesel engines, 4 fish fighting chairs, the latest in electronic navigation and fish finding equipment and is outfitted for your comfort and safety. Whether you’re looking for a full day, 3/4 day or 1/2 day fishing trip we can provide you with the best fishing experience ever. We guarantee fish!
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Carrie P
7 contributions
Oct 2020
From the very start Ashley was so helpful with arranging our trip! We are avid fisherman here in Minnesota, but try to deep sea fish when we vacation. So far we have tried to take a trip 3 times and to no avail were cancelled due to weather. Ashley was determined to get us out on the water. We choose to do the 4hr shark fishing trip and we are so glad we did! We met Captain Hopper and his mate Tyler at the dock, as soon as we got out to open water it rained, but no fear we were handed a rain jacket and started to fish. Capt. Hopper and Tyler were knowledgeable, friendly and worked hard to put us on the fish. We were pretty thrilled when the first shark was hauled up to the boat. We caught 4 plus a lot of other bait fish and some smaller sharks. We had a fantastic time from start to finish, once we got back to the dock we were greeted by Ashley with gifts and Tyler even cut us up some Tuna and Snapper to bring over to the nearby restaurant Sharkie's. After a evening on the water we were famished! The food was prepared excellently and we couldn't have planned a better outing for our evening. Thank you Capt. Hopper, Ashley and Tyler for your hospitality, we will be back! I guess we will bring the kids next time :) Highly Recommend!!!
Written November 16, 2020
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Nebraskan00
Omaha, NE60 contributions
Mar 2022
We had an excellent 3/4 day of fishing. Had 6 people ranging in age from 4 to 75. We asked if we could do a little bit of everything even though we only had 6 hours They made our request work excellently. First we spent time catching bait fish and smaller fish that the kids could handle. Then we went to the deep and caught a sailfish and a shark for fun/sport for the adults. Then we went back into the reef area and caught smaller fish (yellowtail snapper) for eating. Just as the kids were starting to get a little restless, a storm popped up and we maybe cut our trip 30mins short and headed in.
Justin mainly drove/captained and did an excellent job of getting us on the fish and scheduling it all within our desired timeframe. Turtle and Brandon did an excellent job of running all the equipment and bait - they really worked hard the whole time. And double props to Turtle - he just made it fun/interesting talking to us and keeping everyone involved the whole time too.
Justin mainly drove/captained and did an excellent job of getting us on the fish and scheduling it all within our desired timeframe. Turtle and Brandon did an excellent job of running all the equipment and bait - they really worked hard the whole time. And double props to Turtle - he just made it fun/interesting talking to us and keeping everyone involved the whole time too.
Written June 13, 2022
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Vanct4712
Milton25 contributions
Dec 2020 • Family
My son and I went on a 1/2 day afternoon reef fishing trip today with Captain Justin and Allen. Set up the trip last minute the morning of and it turned out to be a great day. In about 2.5 hours of fishing, we caught 13 yellowtail, a kingfish, a large horse eye jack and two big black groupers. Captain Justin has been fishing the area for 30 years and really knows his stuff.
Highly recommend this boat, will fish with them again.
Highly recommend this boat, will fish with them again.
Written December 20, 2020
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CaribbeanAmphibian
6 contributions
Jan 2022
Captain Justin Hopper is an experienced fisherman and an especially kind hearted man. We went fishing for yellowtail and he chose the exact spot where we caught our limit in a few hours! His first mate “Turtle” was AMAZING too! We took my 93 year old dad, and my special needs, wheelchair-bound son along with the rest of our family and the kindness and caring and desire to include my son in the fishing action was remarkable. If you want to fish and be treated like you matter, make your plans with Fantastic II.
Written January 3, 2022
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Barbara
Jacksonville, FL8 contributions
Jun 2020
Justin and Tyler were Awesome! They make a great team. We had a memorable time and can’t wait to do it again. Highlight was when my boys caught 2 sharks and a barracuda. They cleaned our catch and told us where we could take them to have them cooked for us.
Tyler is a great guy and truly worked hard baiting the hooks so we could keep throwing rods back out. Justin and Tyler were very patient while explaining how to reel in the catch! Sunset view was amazing too! For sure recommend these guys. I would go back tomorrow if I could!
Tyler is a great guy and truly worked hard baiting the hooks so we could keep throwing rods back out. Justin and Tyler were very patient while explaining how to reel in the catch! Sunset view was amazing too! For sure recommend these guys. I would go back tomorrow if I could!
Written June 27, 2020
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Steven B
10 contributions
Aug 2020 • Family
The Captain and his mate, Tyler were great. Both put us on fish and were very patient with us. We are use to inshore fishing in Louisiana and it was our first time offshore fishing as a family in beautiful Key Largo FL. The boat was comfortable and very nice.
Written August 29, 2020
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Wayne J
Jacksonville, FL3 contributions
May 2021
Spent 2 days out to sea with Captain Justin and First Mate Allen... It was incredible how hard these guys worked to put us on fish.
We had a great time and needless to say caught many Mahi and Tuna.
Couple of great guys who know there business and work hard to make sure we got our $$ worth!!!
thanks guys!!!
We had a great time and needless to say caught many Mahi and Tuna.
Couple of great guys who know there business and work hard to make sure we got our $$ worth!!!
thanks guys!!!
Written May 27, 2021
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Dave C
3 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
The entire Fantastic 2 captain and crew were top notch for our group of two grandparents, son and 3 year old grandson. Went out for the afternoon and we all caught the biggest fish of our life. The trip is a must do when in Key Largo. In addition to the big fish was a variety of fish for the table, snappers, rainbow runner (sushi). Captain Justin, Turtle and Forest we're the best at assisting our group making sure we all had a fantastic time on the water. The large amberjacks put up a fight to remember and are excellent table fare. We also saw a large sea turtle,shark and flying fish. Thanks Fantastic 2 crew does not disappoint.
Written April 9, 2023
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Mark E
4 contributions
Apr 2023 • Business
Went out with Capt. Justin and his first mate. The Captain has 30 years of experience in key largo. They put you on fish! The seas were 3-5 feet both days, no problem for his boat which is a 40 foot converted navy vessel. We had 6 adults on board and we had plenty of room and everyone was comfortable. Highly recommend these guys. Capt. Justin and his crew are pros. They work really hard the entire charter. 👍
Written April 21, 2023
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JOSE
Miami, FL4 contributions
Nov 2020
Captain Mike and Tylor made a great team with a lot of energy! First trip for my sister a dream come true. first wahoo caught at 830 in the morning. Tylor hustled throughout the hole trip. What a day of great fishing. they moved around to find right spots. They were our cheer leaders. It was a trip of a lifetime !!!!
Written November 25, 2020
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