Captain Rick from bass online is the best Guide I have had the pleasure to fish with, I don’t know how many fish we caught.. We honestly didn’t plan to come back to Miami/the keys (just wasn’t for us) but after this trip I think we have planned to come back and book another trip or two with Captain Rick. We probably caught 50 fish or more.

Had an absolutely great fishing trip with Rick. My friends and I caught a ton of peacock bass. Let’s ok’ing forward to fishing with Rick again.

Richard, the guide had to be one of the best ever he was friendly helpful and frankly we had a blast and oh yes we caught lots and lots of fish

Had an amazing time with Captain Rick. He was a patient, friendly, and knowledgeable guide. My son and I had a great experience and we would definitely do this again. Highly recommended!

Went in thinking could somebody ever catch so many fish that it gets boring, the answer still is a resounding no. Had a wonderful time the entire time. Would definitely recommend

Captain Rick Hernandez is awesome!! We had a great time fishing for Peacock Bass on a private lake. We caught tons of Peacocks, a Mayan Ciclid, and even a Tarpon! He is a great guide, has a great sense of humor, and all around just a great guy to get to hang out with. My wife even boated more than 20 Peacock Bass. We’ll definitely fish with him next time we are back in the Miami area!

Awesome experience - Captain Rick planned a great day of fishing for us and went above and beyond to make our excursion nothing less than awesome …. Happy Birthday Drew !

This experience was amazing. My father and I definitely had a blast catching peacock bass to clown knifefish, this was one of my best fishing experiences to date. Big thanks to captain Richard for a great trip!!

It's been a long time goal of mine to catch a peacock bass on a flyrod. I was going to be in Orlando for work, so I reached out to Captain Hernandez after thoroughly reading all of the information here on Trip Advisor (what is included, policies, reviews, etc) and booked the trip. The morning of the trip I caught an early flight from MCO to MIA and took a Lyft to the address in my confirmation email. It was a 20 minute ride as expected, and he had a locked storage area for my luggage while we fished. He knew my schedule and we worked around the flight schedule easily enough. Within a few minutes of arrival we pushed off and started catching fish on spinning tackle. We caught several peacocks and a couple large mouth on our way around the first bay. By this time we were laughing, playing some Jimmy Buffet, and settled into our grove on the boat so I switched over to the fly tackle. Per our arrangement he had two TFO rod/reels in 5 and 7 weights ready to go with sink tips and streamers. He also handed me a few boxes of flies of different colors and sizes including few shrimp and popper patters as well as a nice assortment of streamers and said he could tie up whatever I wanted anytime I wished. I started off with the 5 weight and a big white Clouser he had already setup on that rod, and it worked just fine so I didn't change up for the rest of the trip. Over the next couple hours I caught a few peacocks on the flyrod, and I am totally satisified with my trip in every way. He was great about getting the fish in the boat, pictures, video, etc. For future anglers I would say a few things about expectations. This is a small lake and it is surrounded by houses as mentioned in the details, I loved the convenience to the airport vs trying to do something remote. The spinning gear was way more effective, we probably landed 8 fish to 1 versus the fly gear. Also all of the peacocks I caught on the fly were smaller than any we caught on the spinning gear. The bigger fish were deeper and taking on painfully slow retreives that day. If I wanted big fish, or a lot of fish, I am sure we would have left the flyrods behind. That said, Captain Rick knew what I wanted to do and really leaned into the challenge to make this longtime dream come true. Overall this was a great trip for me and I could see doing it again the next time I have a few extra hours in Miami.

Amazing time. Caught a bunch of fish. Weather worked out perfect for us. Captain knew a lot about the peacock bass and other fish in the area

Fishing was awesome rods were bent the entire time l. Captain Hernandez was amazing and super fun guy to be with the whole time will have you laughing and catching the entire trip

Captain Rick was awesome. He put us on so many fish today. If you are looking for someone to get you on some big fish, go to Captain Rick. Not only did he put us on our first Peacocks. He was an awesome guy and let us fish on his dock for about another hour while he cleaned his boat, and we caught a couple more each. He was very helpful to us and taught us alot about Peacock fishing today. Next time im back in Florida, I will definitely be back. Thanks Captain Rick for some amazing memories.

I cannot say enough good things about Cpt. Rick Hernandez!!!! He put me on so many fish! I was able to knock a fish off my “bucket list” because of him!!!!

Captain Hernandez is the best around. Friendly and even better at putting us on fish. We caught dozens of great sized peacock bass. Thanks again!

Just finished a trip of a lifetime with Capt. Richard Hernandez! Amazing Peacock fishing on a beautiful lake. Incredibly knowledgeable and as cool a dude as can be! Couldn’t have asked for a better first time guide experience. Thanks, Richard!