Good Morning Fellow Fisherman
I revived the following email from a dear friend, client and fellow fisherman/woman. She asked me to forward and post this for her. She also asked me to edit the details. I choose not to edit anything because her message is from her heart, not the details. She loves to be on the water and she wanted to share a her feelings with others like her.
Thank you Sandy!
Dear Fellow Fishing Fanatics,
My husband and I have fished many, many deep
sea fishing tournaments over the past 13 years and I must say that the majority
of those tournaments have been on the Annie Girl (ok, all of them have been on
Annie Girl). We have been repeat customers over the years because we have been
so successful in the tournaments we spend on Annie Girl and, it is always a
blast to go fishing with Captain Mike, Ms. Tammy and his crew.
The main
reason for our success is directly related to Captain Mike Rowell, his beautiful
wife, Tammy, and his outstanding first mate, Nick, along with Annie Girls
remarkable deck hands, Brent and Truiette!
To start, Annie Girl is a 64
foot custom built Resmondo Deep Sea Fishing Boat with three very comfortable
staterooms (sleeps 9 adults very comfortably); 2 bathrooms with showers; a huge,
beautifully decorated open salon; and a customized, fully functional kitchen.
Basically, it is a "floating fishing condo", as I like to describe it to my
friends and family. And that's just the inside!
Annie Girl has an extra
large fishing area with plenty of room for all types of fishing including, but
not limited to, Blue Marlin (actually all Marlin) Sailfish, Swordfish, Yellowfin
Tuna, Wahoo, Ling, and assorted bottom fish such as Snapper, Grouper and
Triggerfish. This is just to name a few that we, personally, have caught off the
Annie Girl!
Some of my favorite features on Annie Girl, other than the
Captain and crew, are the accommodations for deep sea fishing. These include the
super capacity ice maker which is perfect for icing down your drinks in the
large double-sided built-in ice chests and icing down your fish in the
customized, built-in, super-size fish boxes. Annie Girl also features a nice
fighting chair with a large turning radius to fight those big fish you'll be
catching!
One of my favorite parts of deep sea fishing on Annie Girl is
catching our own bait on the way out (and off the rigs) and storing them in the
built-in live well. This live well is always a big hit with the kids because it
is big enough for them to play with the net and trying to "catch" the bait for
the deck hands. What's really nice about this option is that Nick, Brent and
Truiette love to have the younger ones help. I consider this a huge entertaining
activity to keep them busy while on the boat while letting them be part of the
entire fishing adventure. Since we have three children that we take with us, and
they have all basically grown up fishing on Annie Girl, they always love talking
about helping catch the live bait (albeit out of the live well when they were
very young) especially on overnight trips at the rigs!
Captain Mike
fishes year-round for seasonal fishing and even travels to southern Louisiana
for part of his many fishing trips. If you can think of of it, Captain Mike and
his crew can do it! Their motto is, "Specializing in a Good Time!". And we have
taken him up on it many, many times and have never, not once been disappointed!
Can't say that about many things in life, much less about someone or such, of a
group of people working together doing what they love. As for the entire Annie
Girl crew, they love fishing and love sharing their passion of fishing with
anyone willing!
My husband and I have also used the Annie Girl for
business functions, birthday party dinner cruises, and my ultimate favorite, the
Blue Angels Show Weekend in Pensacola, Florida! Catering is available for
special occasions and Tammy is a gourmet chef. She makes the most wonderful
recipes that will make you want to return just to eat her fine cooking!
The crew is extremely knowledgeable about bait, tackle, riggings, types
of fish, and all of that other stuff they do to help us catch fish without us
even knowing we didn't do anything special (they already had it ready to go and
we just caught fish!) But the important thing is (at least the first 4-5 years)
I thought I did it all! They are that good. And they are also wonderful
instructors for first timers, young folk, or those who haven't been in a
while.
I give Annie Girl Charters a "two thumbs up" because they are
truly, exceptional. So if you are looking to go deep sea fishing choose Annie
Girl Charters because you'll not find another crew that will aim to please like
this crew!
Borrowing my best fishing buddy and very close friend Tammy's
closing...
Tight Lines!
Sandy Ervin
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Updated Shared Expense Trip Schedule and Price List
Captain Mike’s Fishing Club
Aboard T he
Charter Boat Annie Girl
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.
Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama
Subject: Shared Expense/Walk on Trips
Hello Again Fellow Fisherman
Here is a list of Shared Expense Trips that we are trying to fill as of 6/21/11
6/23/11 6 Hour Departing @ 7:00 am
7/2/11 6 Hour Departing @ 6:00 am
7/3/11 6 Hour Departing @ 1:00 pm
7/10/11 10 Hour Departing @ 6:00 am
Shared Expense Trip Price List
6 Hour $130.00 8 Hour $185.00 10 Hour $215.00
12 Hour $285.00 Overnight Trip $580.00
A shared expense trip is a charter made up of individuals and/or small groups that don’t have enough people to charter the boat privately by themselves.
I will set aside a few dates for a certain type of trip. I will include all of the details about that trip. I will send this information to my fishing club members, facebook followers; post it on my blog @ http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/ and on my website @ mike@captainmikesfishing.com. People interested in booking a spot on one of these trips can confirm their space by calling or emailing. Payment in full must be received to confirm.
A dead line for filling the trip will be set. At the dead line, if all spots are not confirmed, we will contact all of the people that are confirmed for that trip and see if they want to pitch in more money to cover the spot or spots that have not been filled. If all spots are not paid in full at the time of the dead line, the trip will be canceled and all money will be refunded.
Once a trip is full and confirmed, we will notify everyone on that trip. There is a 21 day cancelation policy.
These trips will be treated the same way as a private charter. I will not overload the boat. Day fishing trips will be limited to 15 passengers and overnight trips will be limited to 10 passengers.
We will fish as a team. In other words, all fish caught will go into the fish box and when we get back to the dock all of the fish will be cleaned by the deck hands and all fish will be divided equally.
Note:
Tips for the mates and fish cleaning are not included in your price.
Customary tip for the deck hands is 20%. Fish Cleaning is .30 cents per pound
If you have at least 6 people that are interested in booking a particular open date, I will post that trip to attract enough other people to fill the trip.
You can use my blog to help you find other people with your same interest. http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/
Captain Mike Rowell
For a Good T ime Call
251-981-2081
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Snapper Season Opens Tomorrow!
Captain Mike’s Fishing Club
Aboard T he
Charter Boat Annie Girl
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.
Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama
Hello Fellow Fisherman
Just a reminder, tomorrow is opening day of Red Snapper Season! I have openings for my afternoon trip tomorrow and I am open for a private trip or shared expense trips, morning and afternoon, for Thursday, which ever books first.
The Red Snapper season is set for June 1st to July 18th at this time, just 48 days. There is a very good possibility we will get some additional days of Red Snapper Season this year but we don’t know when. I will let you know as soon as I find out something.
In the mean time, Go Fish!
Captain Mike Rowell
For a Good T ime Call
251-981-2081
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Captain Mike’s Fishing Club Deep Sea Fishing Aboard The Charter Boat Annie Girl We Specialize in a Good Time! Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av. Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama 36535 www.captainmikesfishing.com Hello Fellow Fisherman Just a reminder, tomorrow is opening day of Red Snapper Season! I have openings for my afternoon trip tomorrow and I am open for a private trip or shared expense trips, morning and afternoon, for Thursday, which ever books first. The Red Snapper season is set for June 1st to July 18th at this time, just 48 days. There is a very good possibility we will get some additional days of Red Snapper Season this year but we don’t know when. I will let you know as soon as I find out something. In the mean time, Go Fish! Thanks Captain Mike Rowell For a Good Time Call 251-981-2081 www.captainmikesfishing.com We Specialize in a Good Time!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Check out this "Oar Fish" we caught 140 miles offshore this past weekend. We were fishing the Mobile Big Game Club Memorial Day Tournament.We tagged a @Blue Marlin, missed a White @Marlin and caught some #Tuna, @Dolphin and @Wahoo. Nothing real big but we did win 13K for Tag and a 94 pound @Tuna. We had a great time and made some new friends. Thanks to Allen, Ricky and the rest of the gang for booking The @Annie Girl!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
We had another great day on the gulf of mexico. The fish gods were smiling on us again. We caught lots of @vermilion snapper and some beautiful @triggerfish. Met some real nice people today on this @6 hours shared expense trip. I hope you can join us 1 day. Don't forget @red snapper season opens next wednesday and we have spots available for wednesday and thursday for shared expense trips
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Check out my latest movie. Can you can tell I’m board? http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12122841
Captain Mike’s Fishing Club
Aboard T he
Charter Boat Annie Girl
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.
Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama
Hello Fellow Fisherman
Check out my latest movie. Can you can tell I’m board?
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12122841
Captain Mike Rowell
For a Good T ime Call
251-981-2081
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Had a great shared expenses 8 hour trip today! We caught a limit of vermilion snapper, 5 nice amberjack and a real nice mess of triggerfish. Of course we caught and released about 100 red snapper up to 20 pounds. Let's get another trip up. forecast is great for the next couple of days and the fish are biting.
Friday, May 20, 2011
We have made some improvements to our web site including an online calendar!
Check out my web site for some new changes including a calendar showing the dates we are available and the dates that we are trying to fill for our shared expense trips.
Just one more reminder, we still have lots of room on our shared expense trip scheduled for tomorrow.
Captain Mike
Just one more reminder, we still have lots of room on our shared expense trip scheduled for tomorrow.
Captain Mike
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Shared expense trip this Saturday!
I know its short notice but i have 3 people intrested in a shared expense trip of some kind this Saturday. Their interested in a 10 hour shared expense trip but would consider something shorter or longer.
The marine forecast looks good. 2 to 3 foot seas. Lets go fishing!
Let me know if anyone is interested!
The marine forecast looks good. 2 to 3 foot seas. Lets go fishing!
Let me know if anyone is interested!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Someone looking to split a trip on The Annie Girl
Joel
I am open thru 25th through the 27th. I will post your request on Annie Girl Face Book, http://www.facebook.com/captainmikerowell, and my new blog, @ http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/ and see if there are any other interest/inquires for the type of trip you are looking for.
Thanks for inquiring.
Captain Mike Rowell
From: Joel Hood [mailto:fourhoods@comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 3:31 PM
To: mike@captainmikesfishing.com
Subject: Charter Reservation
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 3:31 PM
To: mike@captainmikesfishing.com
Subject: Charter Reservation
May 22-27
My party consists of 3 family-oriented, serious fisherman. We'd like to book a charter with a similar party (no drunks or children) for a 8, 10 or 12 hour charter. We're open to day or night/day trips. We prefer fishing bottom fishing but would consider trolling if big fish are active. Please contact me anytime to discuss our options.
Joel Hood
662-231-4318
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Shared Expense Trip Schedule
Captain Mike’s Fishing Club
Aboard T he
Charter Boat Annie Girl
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.
Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama
Subject: Shared expense trip schedule
Hello Fellow Fisherman
The following is a list of “shared expense trips” that I have set aside for booking.
May 21st and 22nd
Overnight Combination Bottom Fishing/Big Game Fishing.
This trip will depart @ 6:00 am Saturday May 21st and return the
afternoon of Sunday May 22nd.
We will fish our way offshore targeting a verity of reef fish. Sometime that afternoon we will arrive at one of the deep water oil rigs, “Beer Can, Patronus, Marlin or Ram Powell” and fish for Marlin, Tuna Wahoo and Dolphin. We will spend the night in this area and fish here the next morning. Mid morning or so we will fish our way back home.
Cost: $700.00 per person based on 10 passengers.
Tips for the mates and fish cleaning included.
June 1st Opening Day of Snapper Season
Morning and afternoon Snapper Trips
Morning trip departs @ 6:00 am and afternoon trip departs @ 1:00 pm. We will target various reef fish including Red Snapper, Trigger Fish, Vermillion Snapper and more…
Cost: $100.00 per person based on 15 anglers.
Fish Cleaning Included
20% Gratuity for the mates kindly suggested.
June 2nd Second Day of Snapper Season
Morning and afternoon Snapper Trips
Morning trip departs @ 6:00 am and afternoon trip departs @ 1:00 pm. We will target various reef fish including Red Snapper, Trigger Fish, Vermillion Snapper and more…
Cost: $100.00 per person based on 15 anglers.
Fish Cleaning Included
20% Gratuity for the mates kindly suggested.
This will get us started with the idea of shared expense trips on The Annie Girl. I will be updating this list from time to time. If you have a specific date and trip you would like to post for a shared expense trip let me know.
Thank you for your interest and let me know if you have any suggestions.
Like us on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/AnnieGirlCharters
Join our blog @ http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/
And follow us on Twitter @cbanniegirl “That’s short for Charter Boat Annie Girl”
Captain Mike Rowell
For a Good T ime Call
251-981-2081
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Let's Go Fishing!
I am open for charter tomorrow. It's going to be a beautiful day. Clear sky's, 1 to 2 foot seas. I hate to miss a Saturday like this. Take Mom fishing!
Annie Girl now offering shared expense trips!
Captain Mike’s Fishing Club
Aboard T he
Charter Boat Annie Girl
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.
Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama
Subject: Shared Expense/Walk on Trips
Hello Again Fellow Fisherman
As an attempt to help some of you get your “Fishing Fix” in this down economy, I am putting together a shared expense/walk on charter option. Here is a detailed explanation on how these trips will work.
A shared expense trip is a charter made up of individuals and/or small groups that don’t have enough people to charter the boat privately by themselves.
I will set aside a few dates for a certain type of trip. I will include all of the details about that trip. I will send this information to my fishing club members, facebook followers; post it on my blog @ http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/ and on my website @ mike@captainmikesfishing.com. People interested in booking a spot on one of these trips can confirm their space by calling or emailing. Payment in full must be received to confirm.
A dead line for filling the trip will be set. At the dead line, if all spots are not confirmed, we will contact all of the people that are confirmed for that trip and see if they want to pitch in more money to cover the spot or spots that have not been filled. If all spots are not paid in full at the time of the dead line, the trip will be canceled and all money will be refunded.
Once a trip is full and confirmed, we will notify everyone on that trip. There is a 21 day cancelation policy.
These trips will be treated the same way as a private charter. I will not overload the boat. Day fishing trips will be limited to 12 passengers and overnight trips will be limited to 10 passengers.
We will fish as a team. In other words, all fish caught will go into the fish box and when we get back to the dock all of the fish will be cleaned by the deck hands and all fish will be divided equally.
Tips for the mates and fish cleaning will be included in your price.
If you have at least 6 people that are interested in booking a particular open date, I will post that trip to attract enough other people to fill the trip.
You can use my blog to help you find other people with your same interest. http://anniegirlcharters.blogspot.com/
I will be sending out information about my first shared expense trip soon.
Captain Mike Rowell
For a Good T ime Call
251-981-2081
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
Bertie C. Forbes
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Survey Results
Captain Mike’s Fishing Club
Aboard T he
Charter Boat Annie Girl
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
Captain Mike Rowell 204 West Spruce Av.
Phone: 251-981-2081 Foley Alabama
Hello Again Fellow Fisherman
Thank you all for your response to my survey. It was good to listen to your thoughts. As I suspected, the economy is the #1 factor responsible for my business being down. And of course I am not in that boat alone. “Pun Intended”
Obviously the cost to access the sea that we love and what lives there is not cheap. Gas and groceries must come before fishing, for most of us anyway.
How can I help?
I have not and will not raise my prices this year.
With the spike in the cost of fuel, most business that are fuel dependent are charging a fuel surcharge. I will absorb that cost and pull the throttles back a little to help conserve fuel.
Fuel surcharge will still apply to Tournaments and offshore trips that require us to run offshore beyond our normal range.
I will offer more options for booking The Annie Girl!
I have built my business around full day and overnight trips. I still believe this is the best deal and these longer trips give me plenty of time to satisfy most hungry fishermen. Given the fact that money is tight and that our fishing season is split up differently this year more than ever before, I am going to offer more options to book The Annie Girl.
Half day, evening cruises, shark fishing, shared expense trips
Until this economy turns around, I am going to try and offer more affordable trips aboard The Annie Girl. In addition to our full day and overnight trips, I will be offering 4 Hour trolling, 6 and 8 Hour bottom fishing, afternoon and evening cocktail/sunset cruises, non fishing sight seeing/Booze cruises and shared expense/walk on trips.
If you have another idea of what you can use The Annie girl for, let me know. Make your own itinerary.
I will be sending out more information soon explaining how these shared expense trips will work and information on the 2011 fishing seasons.
Captain Mike Rowell
For a Good T ime Call
251-981-2081
We Specialize in a Good T ime!
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
Bertie C. Forbes
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