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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
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