Probably an innocent question but don't think a party boat captain or any captain is going to tell you how far from port he had to go to locate fish, especially mackerel. If the captain answers honestly, they'll be twenty boats there tomorrow between commercial and recreational. If he lies, you'll be pissed off. If you love catching mackerel, hop on board the fare doesn't change based on how far they have to run. If not, it doesn't matter how far they had to run.