Chad delivered a great morning on the water.  He was excellent working with my son, showing him how to bait a hook and where to cast.  My boy finished the trip excited and anticipating another go.

Overall, this is best value you can find for a guided fishing trip on the Texas coast.  You really can go wrong with Capt. Chappy’s.

The only warning I’d give is that the boat is an 18-footer, so you should limit what you bring to what you’ll need.  You can discuss this with Chad, and he’ll give you the guidance you need.

Captain Chad Kraft was excellent attending to our every whim.  He baited hooks, casted for my wife, dehooked, and cleaned the fish.  I had waited to go fishing down in Matagorda for 6 months.  I went with Chad Kraft.  I was not disappointed.  Chad is an easy going great guide.  You will not be disappointed.  The only thing I should have done was go down to Matagorda earlier.  Don’t be put off by the cold weather.  Book Chad today!  The fish are still biting even when it is cold.  It was beautiful and Chad is a great host.  I wish he was my neighbor.  He just like an old friend!  He put us on lots of fish.  I was too busying catching fish to rest.  Beautiful surroundings.  Calm waters.  Great Host!  Go with Chad Kraft.

Had a wonderful day on the water, Caption was on spot where the fish were, very very good guide. He took the fish off and baited my hook. I was having trouble casting and he even did that for me. What a guy, i hung my line in a log and what does he do gets in the water and gets it. If you want to catch fish check this guy out you wont go wrong. Will do again real soon. You rock!!!!!!-!. We caught alot of fish

The trip was planned as part of our honeymoon.  Captain Chappy, took great efforts to make Susie’s 1st time experience a good and memorable one.
Susie caught the 1st and biggest red of the day T 27 1/2”.
We will be booking another trip with Captain Chappy in the next couple months for both a full day and for Susie to learn some wading skills.
Thanks Chad for everything

I took my 25 yr old son fishing for a full day and had a blast! The day started before sun was up, so we had a beautiful and relaxing boat ride out to the bay. The fishing was sporadic at first, but Capt. Kraft didn’t give up. We bounced all over East and West Matagorda bays until we found the fish, and boy did we! We caught black drum and reds until our arms were tired! We will definitely be going back to fish with Capt. Kraft.