Pensacola, FL · Private Offshore Charters
Run With the Reaper
Private offshore charters — Pensacola, Florida. Full-day bottom dropping and trolling for snapper, grouper and pelagics with Captain Paul Swisher, out of the barn at Pensacola Marine Center.
The Experience
TWO WAYS TO GET BIT
Every Reef Reaper trip is built around the two techniques that own these waters — and most days we run both.
Most trips do both — troll out, drop down, troll home.
Your Captain
FISHED BY A LOCAL. RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.
Captain Paul Swisher has owned and operated businesses in the Pensacola area since 2017 — he's the founder of Swisher Plumbing, a state-licensed contractor with a spotless record and a 5.0 Angi rating. He brings the same show-up-on-time, do-it-right approach to the water. Reef Reaper is his registered Florida charter company, running a 27' Sea Hunt Game Fish 27 out of the barn at Pensacola Marine Center. His ID and captain credentials are verified on FishingBooker, where Reef Reaper holds a 5.0-star rating from verified reviews.
- Licensed & Insured
- FishingBooker ID & License Verified
- Local Owner Since 2017
- 5.0 ★ Rated
Know Your Target
FISH OF THE GULF
Pensacola sits on some of the richest reef bottom in the Gulf of Mexico — also called the Gulf of America. Here's what's biting.
Why Pensacola
MORE THAN A FISHING TOWN
The water we're fishing sits inside history stretching back to 1559 — and some of the whitest sand on Earth.
Explore Pensacola & the waterwaysAmerica's first settlement (before St. Augustine)
Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier
Gulf Islands National Seashore, America's largest
Squeaky sand
Pensacola Beach sand is pure Appalachian quartz — so fine and rounded it literally squeaks under your feet.
Blue Angels home base
The Navy's flight demonstration squadron is based at NAS Pensacola — practice shows are free all season.
World's largest artificial reef
The USS Oriskany, a 911-foot aircraft carrier, rests off Pensacola as the 'Great Carrier Reef.'
City of Five Flags
Spain, France, Britain, the Confederacy, and the USA have all flown over Pensacola since 1559.
Word on the Dock
FIVE STARS, EVERY TRIP
Every review on our FishingBooker page is from a verified trip. Here's what anglers say after a day on the Reaper.
“Paul made sure everyone was able to have the chance to reel in some fish… We will continue to use Paul for all fishing trips here on out.”
5 verified FishingBooker reviews
“Boat is new and very nice! Captain is great and had us on fish quick!”
“Boat is new and very nice! Captain is great and had us on fish quick!”
“Paul made sure everyone was able to have the chance to reel in some fish… We will continue to use Paul for all fishing trips here on out.”
Ready to run?
Trips run daily by reservation and every one of them leaves from and returns to the barn — Pensacola Marine Center, 700 Myrick Street, Pensacola, FL 32505.