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About Captain
Charlie Ives
Let me tell you a little about
myself. I grew up in the Aransas Pass, Texas area and my favorite things
to do were to hunt ducks and catch fish. I have been on the water and
running boats since I was 11 years old. My younger brothers and I, man,
that was forever ago, had a wooden skiff and we would ride our bikes to
the harbor and crank it up - spend all day fishing. At the end of the day
we'd sell our catch so we could go do it again the next day.
Now, I am 51 years old and have
commercially fished and guided for the last 31 years. I got my captains
license in 1989 and guided under the name of Surecatch Guide Service for a
couple of years, after that I continued to commercial fish even after
house bill 1000, which took redfish and trout off the commercial market. I
fished for drum, flounder and sheepshead from San Antonio Bay to Baffin
Bay, Nueces, Copano, Carlos, Aransas and Corpus Christi Bays. I got
serious about guiding about eight years ago when saltwater fishing became
so popular. It took me about three years to build a clientele as there are
so many guides to choose from.
There are a lot of good guides down this way, that will go out of their
way to ensure you have a good time. The key perhaps is finding one you
enjoy spending time with and one that has the experience and knowledge of
the waters in this area to find the fish.
Personally, I am very good with children. I have an 11 year old daughter
myself and have been married for 28 years. I have been on the water near
all my life. I am an outdoorsman and enjoy fishing and introducing others
to the pleasures of same. I have enjoyed, over the years, taking my
nephews and nieces fishing and teaching them to enjoy the simple things in
life. If you book a fishing trip with me I will work hard to see to it
that you, your friends or family have a great time.
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My
Fishing Scrapbook
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My daughter Katie on one of her first
fishing trips . Get a kid hooked on sports, and they usually grow up
all right and stay out of trouble.
Me rowing a boat when i was a teenager
(my birthday present )
Mrs. Yancy and her
family ( celebrating after catching more than their husbands )
My black Lab fetching
a duck. |
Yep, that's me on a
summer trip with my dad aboard the Southern Queen in !970
(before Hurricane Celia.)
My wife Pam feeding a
dolphin years ago before it was illegal.
Pam feeding dolphin.
Me feeding the dolphins
at age 27. |
My nephew Gilbert when
he was 5 with his first trout ( he was scared to touch it ) He is in
his thirties.
My first new
guide boat, 1989.
Drum fishing in
Nueces Bay.
My nephew and I when he
was a teenager, now 26.
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My nephews Chad and
Vaughn about 12 years ago- notice how shallow they are fishing and
Vaughn has a redfish on his line.
Wintertime
Fishing Trip.
Here's me with a shark I
caught when I was 13 helping my dad on a shrimp boat during summer.
We've always been hard
workers - dawn to dusk. |
My nephew Chad and his
first boat ride out to a cabin on the water. He was 5 then; he's now
26.
I was running a skiff
when I was in my 20's.
Danny and Gilbert (my
nephews) in my net-fishing skiff around 1984.
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Capt. Charlie
Ives
Phone: 361-776-2604
E-mail |
