Captain Travis McDonald
Twelve years of fishing, one boat he trusts.
Travis runs private inshore and offshore trips out of Hampton Bays aboard the Anna Maria, a 27-foot JC he had restored in 2022. The plan gets made around the weather and what's biting, not a script.
Photo · @anna_maria_charters ↗The boat
The 27-foot JC Anna Maria
Named for Travis's grandmother — 102 and still going strong. Enclosed head, ice box, and room to fish.
The person behind the helm
Call the captain who'll actually run your trip.
No booking desk. You talk to the captain who takes you fishing. Tell him what you want out of the day — a kid's first fish, a cooler full of fluke, a real shot at something big offshore — and he'll tell you straight what your dates can deliver. And the name? The boat's called after his grandmother, Anna Maria — 102 years old and still going strong.
Details from Travis’s public charter profile, checked August 6, 2026.
From the boat
Recent catches, in their real setting.
Photos from the Anna Maria account show the range this boat covers, from bay fluke to a giant bluefin at the dock. Open any image to see its original post.
PhotoYoung anglers
One to remember
A striped bass that put a real bend in the rod.
PhotoThe captain
Fluke, bay side
Captain Travis and a young angler with a fat summer flounder.
PhotoStriped bass
A Shinnecock striper
Blue water, bent rod, happy angler. Posted to the Anna Maria account.
View original on Instagram ↗PhotoThe crew
Back at the dock
A full day's mix of striped bass, fluke and good company.
View original on Instagram ↗More on his Instagram.
On the boat
A working boat, kept right.
The Anna Maria is a 27-foot JC with a 210 hp Cummins diesel, restored in 2022. She carries GPS, radar and fishfinders, a live bait well, outriggers for the offshore work, an ice box for the catch, and an enclosed head. Life jackets, flares, an EPIRB and a VHF radio are aboard every trip.
JC hull, restored 2022
Cummins diesel
Enclosed, aboard
Boat details from Travis’s public charter listings, checked August 6, 2026. Anything essential to your group, confirm when you book.
Ready when you are
Get Travis on the phone.
Call or text with your group's questions and the dates you're eyeing.