I would like to start off by saying that anyone who knows anything about fishing should know that locutus65 has no clue about them. A red fish and a red snapper are two completely different fish with completely different restrictions on them. It sounds like the reason the captain only went out to those riggs is because it was rough and he wanted to stop sooner and not beat all the customers up all day trying to get far out and having most people to sick to fish by the time they got there. It sounds like you caught some fish. On bad weather days like that you can't go out expecting to catch the whole ocean. They also give you the option to have a refund on days like that and it looks like you still wanted to go knowing the weather was going to be bad. The capt John always has been a great company that prides it's self on costomer service. The captain and crew are very polite and knowledgeable. They have been in business sence 1946 and have lots of people that have a wonderful time and come back with their family's year after year. I encourage you to come out with your family and let them prove to you why they have been in business for four generations. Oh and yes it is very unfortunate that those people could not make that trip due to engine problems but it's just like when your car breaks down you never mean for it to happen so I don't see how you can call them unprofessional because of that.
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