RiverRat, I fished Westport a couple weeks ago aboard the Silver Duchess (Neptune Charters). I don't really think it matters much which boat you're on, they all go to the same general area and they all talk amongst themselves and know whats going on, the day I was out all boats limited and all were back to the dock by about 1:00 p.m., That being said, the differences will be in the boats and the crews, the SD is nothing fancy and probably the slowest boat in the fleet but it fished well and was comfortable, as for the crew, the deckhand Mike is a good guy and knows his stuff, didn't think much of the capt. though, there were some kids and inexperienced fisherman on board and he was very impatient and sometimes rude to them, one older gentlemen actually told the capt. off for trying to yank the rod out of his hands. As for the fish, they don't release any legal fish, I think there in a race to see who can get back to the dock first.