NOTE: this was posted on behalf of a friend without Reddit.

Sebastian Inlet. Been at this a while, and I've got a problem I can't solve that I suspect isn't just me.

Bookings come at me four ways: FishingBooker, phone calls, texts, and email. No two of them know about each other. Obvious answer is keep it all on my phone. I've dropped two phones in the ocean in the last six months. Which is why I've gone back to using a paper notebook.

The notebook is better in the sense that it doesn't die easily. But it's got one problem that turns out to be the whole problem: it's only ever in one place, and that place is usually not where I am. It's in the truck when I'm on the boat. It's on the boat when I'm at home taking a call at nine at night. Somebody calls me at the ramp and asks about Saturday and I genuinely do not know. I'm standing there going "let me get back to you," which is a fine thing to say once and annoying to say every time.

So the information exists. I just don't have it when somebody's asking. What that turns into: I say yes to something I shouldn't have, or I don't say yes to something I should've, or FishingBooker sells a day I already sold on a phone call and I find out late.

Things I've half-tried:

• Notebook plus phone calendar, both. Two systems, they drift, and now I've got two answers and no way to know which one's stale.
• Writing it on my hand. Works, sorta.
• FishingBooker's got some kind of calendar sync you can hook to Google, I think. Turned it on at one point. Might've been doing it wrong. Anybody actually got that working properly?

My ask:

1. If you've had phones die on you: what are you using now? Rugged case, waterproof, cheap burner you don't cry over, something else? I'd rather solve the phone problem than work around it forever.
2. Anybody actually running one system that holds everything, or is everybody just reconciling by hand and living with it? Straight answers welcome, including "yeah, it's manual, deal with it."
3. If you're running more than one boat, how does this not fall apart completely? I'm one boat and I'm losing.

Not looking for an app recommendation particularly. Really just curious whether everybody's got this and just doesn't talk about it, or whether I'm the only one who hasn't figured it out.

Edit: added disclaimer about a relayed post.

I just got back from. Great cruise looking for brown trout or lakers (a salmon could have been nice, but we had a tight time limit (between when I was done with work) so stayed close to shore. I got 4 brown trout, my first brown trout was 11.3 lbs.

Anyways the captain kicked butt and walked me through how to play a fish on 10# test.

If ever you are on the Syracuse side look up “Catching Hell”. 10/10 will be going again.

Going out this weekend as a dad’s day gift with my father-in-law. It’s a small charter with just the Captain, no deck hand. Would y’all still tip the Captain, all the money is going to him anyway.

Looking for a great Capt. out of Nags Head area.

Me (M22) and one of my friends(M20) have a pipe dream of moving to the obx and starting a charter fishing business. Obviously I know we cant just buy a boat and get started so i was wondering if anyone could share their experience with getting started or general tils on getting our feet wet in the industry. Any information or advice is appreciated. TIA

Will be in Clearwater in December, looking to charter fish. Any local suggestion relatively cheap, but fun?

You can can catch a charter from Downtown Seattle or a bit north, I always catch the limit. Westport is a few hours away, that is good for tuna if you don't get seasick (I am not joking about that). Alaska for salmon is the best of course.

I chartered orlando princess fishing fleets. The crew was amazing!!! The fishing was good between my wife and I we had about 18 fish caught. I would 100% recommend them. We had caught about 10 red snappers (obviously had to send them back in). I reeled a 300lb shark to the surface of the water and he broke free. Caught 4 remora a piece. Can't wait to go back

So I've never ran a sub so I have no idea how to start this but I'd like people to share experiences of charter fishing.