Wild Catch Fishing Charters LLC 

Meet Captain Jerry…

Captain Jerry Vrbanovic is a United States Coast Guard-certified 100-ton Master Captain. His father was a commercial fisherman, and Jerry grew up admiring his dad’s work and helping him whenever his boat would return to San Pedro’s Fisherman’s Wharf.

Jerry has always loved anything related to fishing and would spend all of his free time at the nearby docks. When he was twelve he began working as a pinhead on the Monte Carlo sport fishing boat run by Paul Strasser of San Diego’s Independence Sport fishing. Soon he worked his way up to being a deckhand, and it was from this position that Jerry learned the art of exceptional customer service.

Additionally, Jerry’s experience working under talented captains taught him the importance of boat safety and maintenance. He continued fishing in his free time and took many trips to Catalina Island and Mexico.

He loved bringing home bags of wild-caught Tuna, Bass, Yellowtail, and Rockfish. He and his dad would often prepare traditional Croatian dishes as they both love to cook and feed others.

Jerry had dreams of running his own sport fishing business in The Gulf of Mexico and decided to make Sarasota his home. His goal is to show his customers a great day of fishing.  He loves sending people home with beautifully filleted fish ready to be cooked up and devoured!