The Bucket List Story
I grew up on the St. Johns river in Jacksonville where we always had boats. I got my first boat at the age of 10 (S.S. Mullet Head). Fishing primarily fresh and brackish water until the age of 16 where I began my ventures offshore. I started professionally fishing in Florida as a mate in 2000, and was looking into moving to Grenada around this same time to open a charter operation.
Then, my father fell ill with cancer and kept me home and eventually passed away at the age of 50. I continued fishing until 2006 when I was offered a lucrative position with Luhrs Corporation in St. Augustine. I stayed with Luhrs until the financial crisis of 2008/2009 when operations were moved to New Jersey. Of course, I continued to fish on my own, as well as private vessels while working for Penske.
I left Penske in 2014 and partnered in a custom tower and fabrication shop. In late 2016 my mother passed away after going to sleep one night and never waking up. My mother and I were very close and I didn’t take it well. She was 62 and just returned from a retirement trip for a month to Spain.
At this point I was about to turn 40 and I decided I was going to start my own fishing charters, and I was going do it in Costa Rica, one of the finest fishing destinations in the world. I wasn’t going to be caught like my parents without following a dream and passion.
So here I am. It hasn’t been the easiest transition, but I would do the same thing 100 times over!
I've scratched a big one off my own Bucket List, and I love being able to share my love for fishing with people from all over the world, helping other people with their own Bucket Lists.
Then, my father fell ill with cancer and kept me home and eventually passed away at the age of 50. I continued fishing until 2006 when I was offered a lucrative position with Luhrs Corporation in St. Augustine. I stayed with Luhrs until the financial crisis of 2008/2009 when operations were moved to New Jersey. Of course, I continued to fish on my own, as well as private vessels while working for Penske.
I left Penske in 2014 and partnered in a custom tower and fabrication shop. In late 2016 my mother passed away after going to sleep one night and never waking up. My mother and I were very close and I didn’t take it well. She was 62 and just returned from a retirement trip for a month to Spain.
At this point I was about to turn 40 and I decided I was going to start my own fishing charters, and I was going do it in Costa Rica, one of the finest fishing destinations in the world. I wasn’t going to be caught like my parents without following a dream and passion.
So here I am. It hasn’t been the easiest transition, but I would do the same thing 100 times over!
I've scratched a big one off my own Bucket List, and I love being able to share my love for fishing with people from all over the world, helping other people with their own Bucket Lists.
