ServiceIsKey A.
Yelp
I gave them a 1 star review for the way they treated us and basically pinned us into buying a mount for the 2 barracudas our kids caught. Maybe the guides had a rough night, but we felt like we were being a pain to the guides by "making them" take us on the water, it could've been a much more pleasant experience and I was really disappointed in how they backed us into a corner with buying the mounts. They put the hard sell on our 2 kids, both under 10, from the moment we set foot on the boat. As they pulled up the fish.... "oh man, that's a trophy fish right there, that's the type we've been talking about, you can hang that one on your wall when you get home, man that's going to look great" and on and on. Admittedly, we as parents should've said no. We were all captivated with their hard sell, including the parents. They use an outfit called Gray taxidermy that is by far much more expensive than most of the other places I've called around to price it. Unfortunately the same amount of savings we would have had in our pocket to have it made elsewhere was the same amount as the hefty deposit they required on the spot, well over $600. The thing is, you don't even have to catch a fish these days, they make the mounts out of molds, so you could easily call and use anybody else you want for the mount. The fish went back in the water and you send a picture to the taxidermy company of your choice with the measurements and voila, you have yourself a mount. I wish we would've read some reviews about this process or educated ourselves about it prior to going. It would've also been more ethical and right of the guides to educate us on the fact that we could use other taxidermy services instead of shoving it down our throat and making us feel like we were required to use Gray taxidermy and had to sign up on the spot before we got off the boat or just simply not tried to make us look like we were "bad parents" if we didn't buy the mounts. It's no doubt that these guys get some form of a kickback, otherwise, they would've been more forthright with other outfits we could've used.