点评:I am totally agree with Di.
I had high expectations based on the photos on Justin's profile, and after speaking with him on the phone, he seemed trustworthy. However, our actual experience was extremely disappointing.
We arrived at his house at 6:30 AM as instructed, only to be told to sit and wait on the boat while he talked about his personal life—his legal disputes with tenants, his donations to a Filipino person, and how sharing his life was “part of the fishing experience.” But if that’s the case, what was the point of us waking up at 3 AM to get there on time?
He then went inside his house to chat with his wife, saying she asked him to review court documents on the way for at least 15 min. Meanwhile, we waited for an hour before he finally started moving the boat. He dragged it to the beach with a tractor while we sat on soaking wet seats with exposed foam. When we asked for something dry to sit on, he handed us wet cushion.
He also said he would take us to check lobster traps, but when we got there, most of the bait had already turned into bones, meaning the traps had been abandoned for a long time. It felt like he was just using us for free labor. We pulled up five traps, and there wasn’t a single lobster.
The overall hygiene of the boat was terrible. The towels were sticky, and the knives were covered in old blood. Most captains assist with fishing or at least provide a simple lunch like bread and sausages, but Justin’s boat had nothing. He did change fishing spots a few times, but we 6 people caught around 20 fishes max. I believe we missed the best fishing hours because of all the delays. Worse, every time we moved to a new spot, Justin was either on a phone call, scrolling social media, or video chatting with that Filipino person.
翻译:我完全同意 Di 的观点。
根据 Justin 个人资料上的照片,我对他抱有很高的期望,在与他通电话后,他似乎值得信赖。然而,我们的实际体验却令人非常失望。
我们按照指示于早上 6:30 到达他家,结果却被告知坐在船上等着,而他则谈论他的个人生活——他与租户的法律纠纷、他向菲律宾人捐款,以及分享他的生活是“钓鱼体验的一部分”。但如果是这样的话,我们凌晨 3 点起床准时到达那里有什么意义呢?
然后他走进屋子和妻子聊天,说她让他在路上至少花 15 分钟查看法庭文件。与此同时,我们等了一个小时,他才终于开始移动船。他用拖拉机把船拖到海滩上,而我们坐在湿透的座椅上,座椅上露出泡沫。当我们要求坐到干的地方时,他递给我们湿垫子。
他还说会带我们去检查龙虾笼,但当我们到达那里时,大部分诱饵已经变成骨头,这意味着笼子已经被废弃了很长时间。感觉他只是在利用我们当免费劳动力。我们拉起五个笼子,却没有一只龙虾。
船的整体卫生状况很糟糕。毛巾很粘,刀子上沾满了陈旧的血迹。大多数船长都会协助捕鱼,或者至少提供面包和香肠等简单的午餐,但 Justin 的船什么都没有。他确实换了几次钓鱼地点,但我们 6 个人最多钓到了 20 条鱼。我相信我们因为所有的延误而错过了最佳捕鱼时间。更糟糕的是,每次我们搬到一个新地点时,Justin 要么在打电话,要么在刷社交媒体,要么在和那个菲律宾人视频聊天。