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Texas Charters and Guides

Here is a list of charter boats and fishing guides available in Texas. These guides and charters will take you for a great day of fishing off the Texas coastal and inshore waters. They all provide all the fishing gear, tackle and bait you need.

Back Bay Guide Service

Fish with Captain Lynn Smith in Texas.  Some nice fish pictured here!

Backcountry Charter Service

Backcountry Charter Service is located on North Padre Island just a fifteen minute drive from downtown Corpus Christi, Texas. Local full-time guide Jon Fails owns and operates this bay fishing charter service.

Captain Bill Cannan

Guided Saltwater Fishing trips out of Galveston, Texas, with Capt. Bill Cannan in his 25' Boston Whaler Outrage.  Offshore, near shore and inshore, depending on the season.

Captain Joe Mendez

Fish with Capt. Joe Mendez who specializes in fishing for big trout and red fish with artificial lures and fly out of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Captain John Frankson

Speckled trout and redfish in the Port O'Conner and Port Mansfield areas.

Captain Tio Moya

Wade fishing the King's Ranch for reds and speckled trout.  Outstanding accommodations.

Fish This

Deep Sea Fishing in Port Aransas. Wouldn't you like to fish for Marlin on a 34' Defiance? Wouldn't it be great to hook your trophy fish on the largest Boston Whaler made? Wouldn't you like to reel it in on the only 34' Unsinkable boat on the entire Gulf Coast?

Flyfishing South Texas

Fly Fishing along the Texas Gulf Coast is an adventure that many saltwater fly fishermen and freshwater fly fishermen alike have not experienced.  Try Capt Joe Mendez out of Corpus Christi.

Pure Pleasure

Offshore fishing from Port Aransas specializing in sharks and tuna.

Reel Fiddler Charters

Fish the Coastal Bend with Captain Mike Caserta. Fish from the boat or wade, catching all inshore species, trout, reds, and flounder.

Reel Life Adventures

Reel Life Adventures is a family owned and operated fishing charter service located at Bridge Harbor Marina in Freeport, Texas.

Reel Threel Fishing Charters

Great deep sea fishing from Freeport, Texas, and Bay/Jetty Fishing from Galveston, Texas with Capt.Mike Segall.

Rig Runners Fishing Charters

Whether you are looking for a family day of fishing in the sanctuary of Galveston Bay, or for an all-out adventure up to 50 miles offshore, Rig Runners is the charter service for you.

Secrets of Texas Outdoors Online TV

Fish Texas with Captain Garrett Gill. This is a unique site with several good vidoes of his Texas fishing shows.

Shallow Water Angler Guide Service

South Texas fishing guide for the Lower Laguna Madre, near Port Isabel and South Padre Island with Captain Dale Fridy.

Tarpon Adventures

Jim Leavelle is a US Coast Guard licensed captain who offers the opportunity to fish for Texas-sized Tarpon, Sharks, Speckled Trout and Redfish. Jim fishes in the Galveston and Matagorda Bay complexes for trout and redfish, and fishes near shore out of Galveston for Tarpon and Shark.

Texas Fish Pros

Whether it's trophy speckled trout in the flats of Baffin Bay you're after, or big sow Red Snapper at the oil rigs offshore, Texas Fish Pros can set up you up with a first-rate charter!

Texas Saltwater Fishing Guide

Offshore, deep sea fishing on the 26' Mako "Tooth & Nail" powered by twin Yamaha 200 HP outboards. We fish for snapper, grouper, ling, sharks, kings, billfish, and tuna. Or local bays and jetty fishing on the 25' Pursuit. We fish for speckled trout, flounder, black drum, and red fish.

Third Coast Sportsfishing

Third Coast Sportfishing offers private deep sea charters in the Gulf out of Freeport, Texas, aboard a thirty foot Bertram.

Workingman Charters Offshore/Inshore Fishing

Capt.Bill Curry with Workingman Charters is a licensed USCG Captain and is a registered Texas Parks and Wildlife guide. He is also certified in first aid, scuba diving and towing assistance to boaters in distress and is fully insured. Whether you choose offshore in Freeport or the Galveston Complex he can give you a trip to remember.

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