Morehead School Captains
Morehead School Captains
Capt. Gary Dubiel
Spec Fever Guide Service (252) 249-1520
Gary’s passion for fishing the NC coast relocated him here in the late 1980’s. He specializes in guiding anglers on the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound year round for seatrout, red drum, stripers, and flounder.
Capt. Charles Brown
Old Core Sound Guide Service (252) 725-7070
Charles is a lifelong waterman and a fourth generation resident of the Davis community east of Beaufort. He specializes in everything from big red drum and speckled trout, to false albacore, to king mackerel.
Capt. Dave Tilley
Continental Shelf Head Boat (910) 458-3145
Currently the captain of the head boat Continental Shelf based in Morehead City, Dave considers his offshore specialty to be “grouper groping” and has been fishing the offshore waters of NC professionally for the last 19 years.
Capt. Jim Sabella
PLAN 9 Charters (910) 367-2224
Jim works out of Masonboro and New River Inlets specializing in nearshore light tackle fishing adventures, including fly fishing, spinning, jigging, light tackle trolling, and bottom fishing.
Capt. Mike Taylor
Taylor Made Charters (252) 725-2623
Mike’s been professionally fishing along the North Carolina coast for over 20 years, and he specializes in putting clients on hot light-tackle action for red drum, speckled trout, flounder, spanish and king mackerel, and a variety of other inshore and nearshore species.
Capt. Rick Croson
Living Waters Guide Service (910) 620-7709
Rick started working on a 53′ Davis out of Oregon Inlet, and has fished WB locally for the last 10 years. His crew also captured the 2009 SKA Class of 23’ National Championship crown. In addition to chartering, Rick takes clients on their own boats teaching them how to use their own systems.
Capt. Jeff Cronk
Fish’N 4 Life Charters (336) 558-5697
Jeff has over 40,000 hours logged fishing the waters of the Crystal Coast and specializes in light tackle fishing for flounder, trout, redfish, sheepshead, stripers, and more using both artificials and live baits.
Capt. Rob Koraly
Sandbar Safari Charters (252) 725-4614
Rob is a light tackle guide who grew up fishing in the Swansboro/Emerald Isle area and has 10 years experience as a first mate and 6 years as a licensed captain. He specializes in live bait and light tackle fishing for everything from flounder and redfish to king mackerel and grouper.
Capt. Jody Gay
Blue Water Candy Lures (910) 270-3718
Jody’s extensive experience with tournament, commercial, and charter fishing led to the creation of his tackle company—Blue Water Candy Lures. His specialties span most any offshore pursuit, from king mackerel to bluefin tuna, and he not only has the know-how, but makes the tackle to get the job done.
Capt. Chris Kimrey
Mount Maker Charters (252) 342-0464
A lifelong angler, Chris took his passion for saltwater fish to the studio a decade ago, making professional fish mounts under the Custom Saltwater Taxidermy banner. As a captain, he pursues and decks everything from speckled trout to gag grouper to blue marlin from his 21’ center console.
Capt. Shane Brafford
Second To None Charters (252) 422-0066
Shane specializes in Gulf Stream and bluefin tuna fishing out of Morehead City. He’s been fishing bluewater off of Morehead City for the last 15+ years.
Capt. Richard Andrews
Tar-Pam Guide Service (252) 945-9715
Richard is currently based in Washington, NC, and he specializes in year-round fishing for flounder, speckled trout, red drum, tarpon, and striped bass during their peak seasons on the Pamlico, Pungo, and Roanoke Rivers.
Capt. Andy Wolfe
Fraud Giggin’ Charters (336) 880-1945
Andy’s been fishing out of Bogue Inlet for 12 years and chartering for the past 6, and his specialties include blue water trolling for dolphin, tuna, wahoo, and billfish, live-baiting for king mackerel, cobia, and dolphin, and jigging/bottom bouncing for groupers, snappers, and more.