FAQ

No illegal drugs. There is a ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DRUGS per USCG rules. Any use of illicit drugs will terminate the charter and full charter price will be retained and the Coast Guard will be notified, No Bananas, its considered bad luck. I have a strict ” No Bad Attitude Policy”, Good Karma is all about “Good Karma”.

A 20% gratuity is greatly appreciated. Tipping in cash is appreciated.

Highly recommend taking a motion sickness pill, such as Dramamine the night before you go to bed, then in the morning before you get on board. All the local pharmacies carry them, as well as patches for advanced cases. It needs to be in your blood system. If you take Dramamine right before you get on the boat it will do nothing for you, but make you sick and very sleepy. The directions on the box do not work! We also have a Seakeeper which eliminates roll and helps prevent seasickness.

We offer the best tackle available on the market today to our clients for use on the charter. We have limited space for extra rods/reels so please ask before bringing your own tackle. Clients are responsible for payment of rods and reels if they dropped in the water due to mishandling or negligence.

Once you have decided on a date(s) and type of trip you’d like, you can call us at 305-619-2126, or email us at goodkarmaryan@gmail.com for availability.

We prefer cash. We are unable to accept personal checks. If you wish to pay by credit card, you are welcomed to do so.

Sometimes fishing in not so ideal weather conditions can help the fishing. Safety is our #1 priority and we cannot control the weather. We will be in touch with you if your trip needs to be changed.

No. All passengers are covered under our recreational charter boat license.

Sun block, hat, sunglasses and light colored clothes are suggested for the summer months. Warmer clothes in the winter months. Any food and beer, wine, liquor, or soft drinks you would like for duration of the trip. We highly recommend bringing extra water; especially during the peak of summer in Florida Keys. Please wear comfortable sneakers, rubber fishing boots or deck shoes that won’t be slippery on the boat. I do not recommend sandles as all fish have “teeth”.

You are welcome to bring beer, wine and liquor and consume in moderation. We have a cooler on the boat for your beverages.

If you are a morning person and/or like to get back to you can have the rest of the day the early morning trip is for you. If you like to sleep in a bit and/or want to see the sunset the later morning trip is for you. There is flexibility so please just ask us about it.

Personally I can tell you countless stories about a bad fishing trip or something going wrong and sure enough my client had a banana with them. I won’t even look at a banana the day of a trip so please- NO BANANAS!!!

“Banana Superstition”

Published in Boaters World Magazine

There are many stories why bananas have been thought of as bad luck on boats. This is only one of the nautical superstitions that I know of and is particularly prevalent amongst watermen. Many stories have banana oil rubbing off on ones hands and “spooking” the fish; therefore the fish don’t bite. There is always the story of a crew member slipping on the banana peel left on the deck. Some say that bananas give you the runs so you are always in the marine head and can’t catch fish because you are busy “draining the pipes”. Many other stories are told about bad luck and bananas, however the one that I find most plausible is a historical one.
Back in the days of the transatlantic crossings by wooden sailing ships many hazards would befall the captains, crew and passengers. Disease, pirates, shipwrecks, storms, etc., claimed the lives of a good percentage of the captains, crew and passengers attempting the dangerous voyage. Needless to say, a transatlantic crossing in the 17th and 18th centuries was a very risky endeavor. Often the vessels would stop along the way in tropical islands to gather provisions such as food and water. There the passengers and crew would often purchase wooden crates of bananas from the locals and bring them aboard the ship. These crates would have all manner of critters in them such as bugs, spiders, vermin and snakes.
These critters would make their way into the bilges of the ships, multiply, and then find their way into the captain’s quarters. The captains circulated the rumor that bananas were bad luck in an attempt to keep the critters off the ship and out of their cabin.
Watermen are a mysterious lot. While we are known for our simple pragmatism, we also have many odd quirks. Superstitions have been prevalent on almost every vessel I have worked on. I feel that this is due to the nature of a waterman in that he sees the randomness of the world around him juxtaposed with the rhythmic, seasonal flows of nature and then tries to reconcile these observations into some sort of personal and/or environmental order. As Stevie Wonder (a blind man) pointed out so eloquently: “When you believe in things you can’t understand, that’s superstition”.