On board California Dawn 1 was a bad experience.. I been helping them out from loading the fish baits to getting those crab traps and ended up with all 10 small crabs. The ones that has the big ones are the ones just sleeping the whole trip.

Let people catch fish, My husband and I paid over $600 for this trip just to let others catch our fish...We were placed at the front of the boat and did not catch anything however their is a two fish limit per person. The people at the back of the boat were catching fish continuously and were allowed to catch and keep as many as they wanted, at the time it did not make sense because we had a two fish limit. Well it seems that we just paid over$600 dollars to let someone else catch our fish and we were just along for the ride. Once they caught the quota for the boat we were done.The cook tried to explain that they do that so everyone gets to take home fish, excuse me I came to catch fish not pay for someone else to catch mine ,perhaps when the people in the back catch their two they should move and let others have the experience they paid for. And then to pour salt into the wound we had a man bragging all the way back to the dock that he caught 11 keepers. NO I WOULD NOT RECOMEND THIS CHARTER It seems they were more interested in selling the weights you need to fish.

California Dawn is one of the top charter boats in the bay. Capt. James Smith and his crew always work diligently to make sure everyone is one the fish and enjoying the day. I have taken many trips and have never been disappointed. An added Bonus the CalDawn is the only boat in NorCal that has a Chief on board.