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
