Boll Weevil
Boll Weevil
Bollweevil Charters invites you down to the best fishing spots in Alabama. Take your while family, friends, and colleagues with you to explore what the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores areas have to offer.
Go out for a fun day on the water and enjoy a world-class fishery right at your fingertips. You get begin catching fish just right off the shores! There are plenty of fish species from tasty to feisty to meet your specific angling needs.
You will be able to concentrate on trolling and bottom fishing for anything that is in season and biting. The list of your potential catches includes King Mackerel, Redfish, Spanish Mackerel, Bonito, Red Snapper, Triggerfish, Vermilion Snapper, Amberjack, White Snapper, Wahoo, Cobia, Scamp Grouper… and the list just goes on!
The 'Boll Weevil' will be your boat for the day. She is a 38' Buskins, which was built back in 1980 and fully refurbished in 2018. The Boll Weevil comes powered by a single 320 HP Caterpillar engine and can cruise at a top speed of 10 knots.
The Boll Weevil is fully rigged with everything you need for a productive day on the water. She features a flybridge to spot any action going on beneath the surface along with a toilet for your maximum comfort.
All trips come with the use of rods, reels, lures, live bait, and fishing licenses. You can feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks with you.
Bollweevil Charters invites you down to the best fishing spots in Alabama. Take your while family, friends, and colleagues with you to explore what the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores areas have to offer.
Go out for a fun day on the water and enjoy a world-class fishery right at your fingertips. You get begin catching fish just right off the shores! There are plenty of fish species from tasty to feisty to meet your specific angling needs.
You will be able to concentrate on trolling and bottom fishing for anything that is in season and biting. The list of your potential catches includes King Mackerel, Redfish, Spanish Mackerel, Bonito, Red Snapper, Triggerfish, Vermilion Snapper, Amberjack, White Snapper, Wahoo, Cobia, Scamp Grouper… and the list just goes on!
The 'Boll Weevil' will be your boat for the day. She is a 38' Buskins, which was built back in 1980 and fully refurbished in 2018. The Boll Weevil comes powered by a single 320 HP Caterpillar engine and can cruise at a top speed of 10 knots.
The Boll Weevil is fully rigged with everything you need for a productive day on the water. She features a flybridge to spot any action going on beneath the surface along with a toilet for your maximum comfort.
All trips come with the use of rods, reels, lures, live bait, and fishing licenses. You can feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks with you.
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Todays fishing trip with Ty and Shawn was the best part of our trip! My kids had never been on a boat before and these two gentlemen made it a fun learning opportunity. They instantly made us all feel welcome, and like we were on a boat with family. I really appreciate the extra care that was taken to ensure my kids felt safe and they both gave them the boost they needed to get out there and try something new. The kids had huge smiles on their faces and have not stopped talking about all the things they learned and loved about this fishing trip. Ty worked his tail off,and Captain kept it steady at the wheel. They knew were to go to have the best chance of catching some fish. We caught plenty of fish on our three hour tour. If you are looking for a boat that is well maintained, driven and worked by capable and kind individuals, The Boll weevil is it. Thank you to Ty and Shawn for creating a love for fishing and boating for my family. You want these guys to take you and your family fishing, trust me.
Some of our group were first timers and the crew was amazing and very helpful. We all had a great time and would definitely do it again.
TY and Luke did a fantastic job!
We went out with family today and had a great time and caught our limit on red snapper in about an hour and a half. Kyle put us on fish and we maxed out fast. The deck hand Travis took great care of us and he especially looked out for our mom that needed help after landing big fish. Great crew and fishing was awesome.
FAQs about Boll Weevil
- US $850 per group - 3 hour cruise/trolling trip (AM) (3 hours)
- US $850 per group - 3 hour cruise/trolling trip (PM) (3 hours)
- US $900 per group - 4 hour Spring Break Special (4 hours)
- US $900 per group - 4 hour Spring Break Special - 1:30 PM (4 hours)
- US $1,000 per group - 4 Hour Trip (AM) (4 hours)
- US $1,000 per group - 4 Hour Trip (PM) (4 hours)
- US $1,100 per group - 5 hour Spring Break Special (5 hours)
- US $1,100 per group - 5 hour Spring Break Special - 1:30 PM (5 hours)
- US $1,250 per group - 5 hour trip AM (5 hours)
- US $1,250 per group - 5 hour trip PM (5 hours)
- US $1,250 per group - 6 hour Spring Break Special (6 hours)
- US $1,250 per group - 6 hour Spring Break Special - 1:30 PM (6 hours)
- US $1,400 per group - 6 Hour Trip – Trolling/Bottom (AM) (6 hours)
- US $1,400 per group - 6 Hour Trip – Trolling/Bottom (PM) (6 hours)
- US $1,800 per group - 8 Hour Trip (8 hours)
- Toilet A standard boat toilet
- Air conditioning
- GPS
- Fishfinder
- Flybridge
- Live bait well
- Ice box
- Radio
- Rods, reels & tackle
- Live bait (We do not use live bait unless)
- Lures
- First mate (Customary 20% (NOT INCLUDED IN TRIP COST))
- Fishing license (All guests are covered under the boats license while fishing with us )
- Nearshore fishing
- Offshore fishing (8-15 miles)
- Reef fishing
- Wreck fishing
- Light tackle
- Heavy tackle
- Bottom fishing
- Trolling
- Jigging
- Deep sea fishing
- Amberjack
- Barracuda (Great)
- Cobia
- Grouper (Gag)
- King Mackerel (Kingfish)
- Redfish
- Snapper (Mangrove)
- Snapper (Red)
- Triggerfish (Gray)
Your operator
Orange Beach, Alabama, United States
The Angler's Choice Award is given to listings that consistently deliver a high-quality service and earn great reviews from customers.
Meet your Captain Tom Ard, a true Orange Beach native and a 5 boat owner at Zekes landing Marina, with over 40 years of offshore fishing experience. The love for fishing started at a very young age for Tom, fishing farm ponds and rivers around his house for bass and bream, or catching speckled trout and red fish off the family dock on Wolf Bay. This all transitioned to offshore fishing when his father, Captain Gloyice Ard had a custom built charter boat, a Buskins, completed 1980, the 'Bollweevil' which is still in service here at Zekes. Tom grew up deck handing on the Bollweevil and ran his first real charter at 18 years old. He inherited the vessel after his dad passed away. After graduating from UWF with a degree in criminal justice, Tom married his love of his life Kim, in 1997. They purchased the Fairwater II in 1998. Since then he's charter fished, raised a family ( son Garrett is working on his Masters degree at Mississippi State) and cared for the boat, trying to make her a better boat each and every year. Along the way they purchased the Water Dog, a 34 ft crusader, continued fishing on the Bollweevil. In 2019 he and business partner Captain Brett Russell added the SouthWind and the TradeWinds in 2022. Captain Brett started his fishing career at just 16 years old working with us during the summer. Training young men into captains has been one of Tom's strengths, along with having a fishing team that feels like a family. We all work together and help each other with the boats and in fishing which gives the whole fleet an advantage. One of Tom's passions has been finding older boats and making them look new again with a strong knowledge about engines, generators, and very importantly electronics that keep you safe and help catch fish. This has been his hobby inside his fishing career. In his 50s now, Tom still has a passion for hunting,and fishing, going on adventures with his family (which includes his two Labrador retrievers) and boats. Tom also runs a 64 ft Viking sports fisher for his lifelong friend, fishing marlin tournaments, traveling on vacations just to hunt and fish, and still loves a good boat ride on an impressive craft. And lastly he really loves to watch the joy and excitement catching fish brings to his clients and friends who still come back to fish year after year.
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Captain
Tristan E.
Captain
Brett R.
Captain
Marian J.
Business partner
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How cancellations work
You can cancel or modify your booking up to 7 days before the trip date, free of charge. If you cancel or modify your booking later, or fail to show up, you'll forfeit 100% of what you've paid.
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Pickup not included
Transfer to/from departure site is not included in trip rates.
How you can pay
When the captain confirms your trip, FishingBooker charges your credit card a 15% deposit to guarantee your reservation.
The remaining balance is to be paid directly to the charter operator on or prior to your trip date in one of the following payment methods:
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When paying the remaining balance with a credit card, an additional 3.5% charge will apply.
What’s biting in Orange Beach right now
Amberjack
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Grouper (Gag)
King Mackerel (Kingfish)
Redfish
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