About Your Trip

Water Type

Skill Levels

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Weather

You won’t lose your deposit if the trip is canceled due to weather.

The crew's basic introduction trip, perfect for a fun-filled time out on the Gulf of Mexico! Join us on this intro to deep sea fishing trip the whole family will love. These 4 hours consist of trolling nearshore for Spanish, King Mackerel, bonito and more. Bonus if time permits, we will try to get some bottom fishing in as well! You never know what you'll see or hook into on these fun short trips!

About Your Trip

Amenities

Water Type

Deep Sea, Nearshore

Skill Levels

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Tackle

All rods, reels, and tackle are included.

Fish Cleaning

This guide will clean your catch for an additional fee.

Beer

Feel free to enjoy responsibly, but please no glass.

Music

You can play your own bluetooth music.

Boat Restroom

This boat has a restroom.

Air Conditioning

This boat has air conditioning.

Weather

You won’t lose your deposit if the trip is canceled due to weather.

Federal Permit

This boat is federally permitted to go deep offshore.

Kid Friendly

This trip can cater to kids.

Disability Friendly

This trip can accommodate those with disabilities.

Flexible Cancelation

This trip can be canceled up to 14 days before the trip.

Live Bait

Live bait is not used on this trip.

Lunch

Please provide your own food / snacks.

Pricing Matrix

	4 Hours
1 Person	$1,200.00
2 People	$1,200.00
3 People	$1,200.00
4 People	$1,200.00
5 People	$1,200.00
6 People	$1,200.00
7 People	$1,200.00
8 People	$1,200.00
9 People	$1,320.00
10 People	$1,440.00
11 People	$1,560.00
12 People	$1,680.00
13 People	$1,800.00
14 People	$1,920.00
15 People	$2,040.00
16 People	$2,160.00
17 People	$2,280.00
18 People	$2,400.00

Pay 15% of the price as a deposit today, with the balance due on the day of the trip.

About Your Guide

Tom A.

Certified Damn Good Guide

Outfitter 32 years of exp.

Talkative

Laid-back

Instructional

Beginner Oriented

Comfortable

Quality

About Your Guide

Tom A.

Certified Damn Good Guide

Outfitter 32 years of exp.

Meet your Captain Tom Ard, a true Orange Beach native and a 5 boat owner at Zeke's landing Marina, with over 40 years of offshore fishing experience.
The love for fishing started at a very young age for Tom, fishing farm ponds and rivers around his house for bass and bream, or catching speckled trout and red fish off the family dock on Wolf Bay. This all transitioned to offshore fishing when his father, Captain Gloyice Ard had a custom built charter boat, a Buskins, completed 1980, the “Bollweevil” which is still in service here at Zeke's.
Tom grew up deck handing on the Bollweevil and ran his first real charter at 18 years old. He inherited the vessel after his dad passed away.
After graduating from UWF with a degree in criminal justice, Tom married his love of his life Kim, in 1997. They purchased the Fairwater II in 1998. Since then he’s charter fished, raised a family ( son Garrett is working on his Masters degree at Mississippi State) and cared for the boat, trying to make her a better boat each and every year. Along the way they purchased the Water Dog, a 34 ft crusader, continued fishing on the Bollweevil. In 2019 he and business partner Captain Brett Russell added the SouthWind and the TradeWinds in 2022. Captain Brett started his fishing career at just 16 years old working with us during the summer.
Training young men into captains has been one of Tom’s strengths, along with having a fishing team that feels like a family. We all work together and help each other with the boats and in fishing which gives the whole fleet an advantage.
One of Tom’s passions has been finding older boats and making them look new again with a strong knowledge about engines, generators, and very importantly electronics that keep you safe and help catch fish. This has been his hobby inside his fishing career.
In his 50s now, Tom still has a passion for hunting and fishing, going on adventures with his family (which includes his two Labrador retrievers) and boats. Tom also runs a 64 ft Viking sports fisher for his lifelong friend, fishing marlin tournaments, traveling on vacations just to hunt and fish, and still loves a good boat ride on an impressive craft.
And lastly he really loves to watch the joy and excitement catching fish brings to his clients and friends who still come back to fish year after year.

Start Location & Lodging Options

Orange Beach, Alabama

Areas Fished

Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)

About Your Boat

Boat Type: Sportfisher
Boat Manufacturer: Sea Harvester
Year Built: 1980
Boat Length: 40'

Trip Details & Amenities

Water Type

Deep Sea, Nearshore

Skill Levels

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Tackle

All rods, reels, and tackle are included.

Fish Cleaning

This guide will clean your catch for an additional fee.

Beer

Feel free to enjoy responsibly, but please no glass.

Music

You can play your own bluetooth music.

Boat Restroom

This boat has a restroom.

Air Conditioning

This boat has air conditioning.

Weather

You won’t lose your deposit if the trip is canceled due to weather.

Federal Permit

This boat is federally permitted to go deep offshore.

Kid Friendly

This trip can cater to kids.

Disability Friendly

This trip can accommodate those with disabilities.

Flexible Cancelation

This trip can be canceled up to 14 days before the trip.

Live Bait

Live bait is not used on this trip.

Lunch

Please provide your own food / snacks.

Target Species

Color-coded seasonality below is based on the current month (March).

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Get it while it's HOT!
This species is in play.
You might get lucky (as long as things are in-season).
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Techniques

Bottom Fishing
Trolling

Everything Else to Know

Reviews

5.0

based on 10 reviews

Dallas

Verified Review

June 26

Had a fun time and caught a lot of fish for just being on a 4 hour trip. Would definitely recommend this crew to anyone. 👍👍

Trip: 4 Hour AM Trip

Lesley

Verified Review

June 11

Such a fun experience with Gavin & Ben. We would highly recommend booking a trip. We will definitely book a future trip with them!

Trip: Fish OBA

Brian

Verified Review

June 5

We had a great time Gabby was the best!!! Captain Tom was very nice got 24 keepers great time. Thank you!!!!

Trip: 4 Hr AM Fishing Trip

Gregory

Verified Review

April 6

This was an excellent experience even on a choppy day. Captain Tom and our two deck hands did an amazing job helping the family keep their lines tight and baited. Plenty of fish for the day!

Trip: 4 hr PM trolling trip

Dan

Verified Review

October 12

We had a great time there was 9 of us. My two grand kids caught 6 fish between them we altogether caught 14 five different species. That evening we brought the fish to a restaurant and had a great dinner. Thanks again to captin Bob and mate Gabby.

Trip: 4 hr PM trolling trip

Lendy

Verified Review

August 21

My family thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The captain for the boat and the young man that helped them with catching the fish was wonderful and worked so hard to help everyone have an excellent time. We will definitely use this company again for fishing trips!

Trip: Fish OBA

Bob

Verified Review

August 22

Crew was Tristin & Gabby
Rate 10 out 10
Both where the best crew I have had over

Trip: 4 hr PM trolling trip

Jason

Verified Review

August 3

Great trip. Tom put us in fish pretty much immediately. Boat was in great shape. Money well spent.

Trip: 6 Hour PM Bottom Fishing & Trolling Trip

Curtis

Verified Review

July 30

Great trip and a great Crew! Will definitely be coming back, highly recommended!

Trip: 4 Hr AM Fishing Trip

Sean

Verified Review

July 13

Had a great time and caught everything we could catch. The crew was knowledgeable, fun and super helpful! Definitely going again! Gavin and Ben were awesome! Highly recommend!!