Fast response to emails from the start to a very fun day fishing. Captain Rich and Helen help make your day great. Roomy vessel. Caught lots of fish. Cooking our King tonight! And don't forget to say hi to Axl Rose. Hint: his breath smells like fish. More

I just returned from a family vacation in Clearwater. We booked a 3/4 day charter with AAC. On the booking side of things, Helen was very responsive and organized. She provided us with all the information we needed to make a sound decision. Once on the boat, Captain Rich asked us if we wanted to catch some fish, which appears... More

First class experience from my initial email to the 20lbs of fillets we left with at the end of our 4 hour excursion. Captain Rich and Helen are great and very focused on providing their customers with service and results. From what we heard on the radio to the amount of fish the other boats come in with we had... More

We had a "Fun" fishing trip with Capt. Richard. Helen did the up front work with enthusiasm and friendliness. We caught a couple of dozen small spanish mackerel and one King mackerel. The action was consistent and Richard did a great job. We completed our trip with having our catch cooked(Fried, blackened and grilled) at Crabby Bills across from the... More

We had such a FANTASTIC fishing experience with Captain Richard. He asked us if we wanted to catch a bunch of fish and of course we said yes. He took us out about 45 minutes from shore and we hit a fish right away. He said "sorry it took so long". I pulled in an inedible bonita fish but it... More

What a great way to start the new year! Captain Rich and Helen made an accomodation for us to fish on New Years day, because the weather would be bad the rest of the week. They certainly did not disappoint. We were catching Bonito before Rich even had all our lines in the water and continued non-stop until we wore... More

After a semi-bad experience with another fishing outfit, we researched deep sea fishing options on Tripadvisor and found Above Average Charters. We were very, very pleased as we had none of the problems with them that we had before. Captain Richard and his wife Helen run a great operation and are very personable. They love to tell stories so they... More

The wind brought challenging waves. Waves mucked the water. Fishing ain't lookin' good. And I'll bet these captians won't really put their hearts in a day like this. Shucks! Came all the way from Buffalo,NY, And the weather won't cooperate! Well... ...Let me tell you... ...Our group had 6 captains ready for us. We were to choose the boat and... More

Five Stars for Captain Rich and our wonderful six hour fishing excursion on November 3rd, 2011. Myself, husband, daughter and son-in-law can't say enough about the FUN experience from start to finish. There was no "downtime" ..... trolling and bottom fishing netted constant reeling, measuring, throwing back and nonstop laughter .... Rich even let us get close to several dolphin... More