Custom Rod Charters
Custom Rod Charters is located in a unique area of Port O’Connor, Texas, that enables them to fish the flats, shallow water areas, bays, jetties, surf, and nearshore spots. Captain Freddie Harborth is a native who grew up on these waters, and he can’t wait to share his love of the outdoors with like-minded clients!
Spend the day aboard his 24’ Haynie center console that can comfortably take up to 4 anglers of all ages and skill levels. Powered by a 250 HP Mercury engine, it comes with top-notch safety and navigational gear, a live bait tank, and a cooler.
Most of the fishing is done on light tackle, and you’ll get to try a variety of efficient techniques, including bottom fishing, spinning, and popping, while exploring the bountiful inshore and nearshore waters of the area. Depending on your preferences, the main stars of your trip will be Kingfish, Cobia, Jack Crevalle, Black Drum, Spotted Seatrout, Redfish, and Flounder. In addition to fishing the open bay areas and jetties, the captain also does wade fishing in shallow waters.
He uses a mix of different top quality brands of rods and reels, and has both baitcasting and spinning reels (perfect for beginners). All the tackle is covered by the charter, while live bait is charged extra, and it usually costs around $20–$25 per person. The captain will clean the catch after each trip, free of charge.
There’s no minimum age for children, but the parents should bring a life jacket their kid is comfortable in. The clients should also bring fishing licenses, drinks, snacks, and food. They can either store their things in the cooler that the captain has on board or bring their own.
Custom Rod Charters will do everything in their power to customize the trip according to your needs!
Customer reviews
Rating summary
Photos & videos by reviewers (66)
+63Angler rating
Anglers claimed
Good experience
100%
Appropriate for children
100%
Friendly captain
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Recommend this charter
96%
Caught fish
98%
Jun 1, 2025
Full Day Trip
Good mix of keepers and catch & release
Freddie Harbroth did a great job of putting us on the trout using live croaker. We limited out near bird island. We then went to catch a few bull reds and a jack crevalle using sardines as bait, what a fight. The bull reds and jack were fun for a fight and a picture if you have never caught one. We moved on the try and catch some redfish in the slot. Unfortunately, we had no luck there. Freddie was excellent, rigging and baiting us up, and netting the trout before the dolphins could get our catch. Overall, I would recommend Freddie.
Freddie Harbroth did a great job of putting us on the trout using live croaker. We limited out near bird island. We then went...
Jul 1, 2025
Half Day Trip (AM)
Good Day Fishing
Speckled trout fishing was a little slow as Captain Freddie was working on getting us our limit on trout. We were able to get 5 of the 6 with another 4 or 5 that were not quite large enough to keep and we caught several other species of fish that we were not targeting such as 5 skipjacks, 2 blacktop sharks along with 3 other species of sharks, gafttop and several other fish as Captain moved us to various locations to get our limit and even gave us an additional 90 minutes of fishing time as we tried to get that last legal size trout!
Speckled trout fishing was a little slow as Captain Freddie was working on getting us our limit on trout. We were able to get...
Sep 14, 2024
Full Day Trip
September fishing trip
Jun 7, 2024
Half Day Trip (AM)
Excellent as always
Freddie is awesome fun and very knowledgeable. Knows where the fish are likely to be and is excited about helping you have a great day on the water.
Freddie is awesome fun and very knowledgeable. Knows where the fish are likely to be and is excited about helping you have a great...
Jun 8, 2024
Half Day Trip (AM)
Another spectacular day
Can’t say anything more about fishing with Freddie other than it is pure fun. Thanks for putting us on some really nice fish!!
Can’t say anything more about fishing with Freddie other than it is pure fun. Thanks for putting us on some really nice fish!!
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Customer reviews
Rating summary
Photos & videos by reviewers (66)
+63Angler rating
Anglers claimed
Good experience
100%
Appropriate for children
100%
Friendly captain
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Recommend this charter
96%
Caught fish
98%
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
Good mix of keepers and catch & release
Full Day Trip on June 1, 2025
Freddie Harbroth did a great job of putting us on the trout using live croaker. We limited out near bird island. We then went to catch a few bull reds and a jack crevalle using sardines as bait, what a fight. The bull reds and jack were fun for a fight and a picture if you have never caught one. We moved on the try and catch some redfish in the slot. Unfortunately, we had no luck there. Freddie was excellent, rigging and baiting us up, and netting the trout before the dolphins could get our catch. Overall, I would recommend Freddie.
Freddie Harbroth did a great job of putting us on the trout using live croaker. We limited out near bird island. We then went to catch a few bull reds and a jack crevalle using sardines as bait, what a fight. The bull reds and jack were fun for a fight and a picture if you have never caught one. We moved on the try and catch some redfish in the slot. Unfortunately, we had no luck there. Freddie was excellent, rigging and baiting us up, and netting the trout before the dolphins could get...
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
Good Day Fishing
Half Day Trip (AM) on July 1, 2025
Speckled trout fishing was a little slow as Captain Freddie was working on getting us our limit on trout. We were able to get 5 of the 6 with another 4 or 5 that were not quite large enough to keep and we caught several other species of fish that we were not targeting such as 5 skipjacks, 2 blacktop sharks along with 3 other species of sharks, gafttop and several other fish as Captain moved us to various locations to get our limit and even gave us an additional 90 minutes of fishing time as we tried to get that last legal size trout!
Speckled trout fishing was a little slow as Captain Freddie was working on getting us our limit on trout. We were able to get 5 of the 6 with another 4 or 5 that were not quite large enough to keep and we caught several other species of fish that we were not targeting such as 5 skipjacks, 2 blacktop sharks along with 3 other species of sharks, gafttop and several other fish as Captain moved us to various locations to get our limit and even gave us an additional 90 minutes of fishing time as...
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
September fishing trip
Full Day Trip on September 14, 2024
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
Excellent as always
Half Day Trip (AM) on June 7, 2024
Freddie is awesome fun and very knowledgeable. Knows where the fish are likely to be and is excited about helping you have a great day on the water.
Freddie is awesome fun and very knowledgeable. Knows where the fish are likely to be and is excited about helping you have a great day on the water.
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
Another spectacular day
Half Day Trip (AM) on June 8, 2024
Can’t say anything more about fishing with Freddie other than it is pure fun. Thanks for putting us on some really nice fish!!
Can’t say anything more about fishing with Freddie other than it is pure fun. Thanks for putting us on some really nice fish!!
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