Contact
Call 352-770-2520 between 5 AM and 9 PM, email info@nativechartersfl.com, or book online any time.
5 AM – 9 PM, every day
info@nativechartersfl.comThe exact launch location for your trip is confirmed by the captain before your date.
The fastest way to reach us is by phone. Call 352-770-2520 between 5 AM and 9 PM and we’ll help you pick a trip and a date. Outside those hours, book online or email us and we’ll get back to you.
For anything less urgent, email info@nativechartersfl.com.
Every trip leaves from our private launch in Crystal River. We send launch directions before your trip date. Our mailing address is 3891 N. Calusa Point, Crystal River, FL 34428.
Questions about a trip, dates or your group? Send a note and we'll reply by email or phone.
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Book online on our Book page, or call 352-770-2520 between 5 AM and 9 PM. Online booking runs through FishingBooker Direct, with separate listings for inshore and nearshore, scalloping, and offshore trips. If the trip you want is not listed online, call us and we will book it by phone.
We recommend booking at least two weeks ahead. Questions? Email info@nativechartersfl.com.
Prices are per boat, not per person. Inshore trips on the 27' AmeraCat start at $695 for up to 2 anglers (half day) and $795 (full day); nearshore bottom fishing runs $995 to $1,595 for up to 4. Scalloping starts at $550 for up to 2. Offshore trips on the 35' run from $1,300 for a beginner half day to $3,495 for the Florida Middle Grounds day trip ($4,800 for the overnight), covering up to 4. Extra guests are $50–$100, up to 6. See Rates.
From our own private launch in Crystal River: no public ramp, no waiting behind trailers, no fighting for parking before sunrise. Your captain provides the location details before your trip date.
The launch has a clean guest bathroom for before and after the trip, and a proper fish cleaning station, so you leave with bagged fillets. It sits right on the river channel, which keeps the run to the fishing grounds short.
The captain decides. Weather cancellations are at the captain's discretion, and we watch the forecast closely in the days before every trip. Long offshore runs get the hardest look, because they mean hours in open Gulf water.
If we call a trip off, we will contact you about rescheduling. If a forecast worries you, call us before cancelling on your own.
Booked online: FishingBooker’s cancellation terms shown at checkout apply — currently free cancellation up to 3 days before inshore trips, 7 days before scalloping and 1 day before offshore trips. Booked by phone: deposits are non-refundable, but you can reschedule with at least 48 hours’ notice to a date within 120 days of your original trip. Weather cancellations are the captain’s call and are rescheduled, not lost.
Up to 6 guests on either boat. Most prices cover a base group of 2 or 4, and each extra guest adds $50 on scalloping trips, $75 on most inshore trips and $100 on offshore runs. Every trip page lists the exact figures. The one exception is the Overnight Middle Grounds charter: 4 people maximum, no add-on.
