Captain

Rod Thomas

Nationality: Grew up and have fished the coast of the Carolinas for the past thirty year
Languages: English and a touch of spanish
Experience: 24 years

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Captain
Rod Thomas

Member since January 2024 Georgetown, United States

Background: I began my career as a television producer in 1982, specializing in fishing shows for Outdoor Channel and Fox Sports South from 1991 to 2000. The experience of producing fishing shows was great training for my eventual role as a Captain. Having fished the coast of the Carolinas for the past thirty years, I now find joy in tailoring fishing trips to meet my guests' needs so they can experience the coast for themselves.
Techniques: Love to cast and retrieve jigs and hard baits for slot reds and trout but my favorite is dead bait and corking for bull reds 40”+ and live baiting for tarpon and sharks. Big fish in skinny water gets me going faster than anything!

Hey, I'm Captain Rod Thomas

Georgetown, United States

Background: I began my career as a television producer in 1982, specializing in fishing shows for Outdoor Channel and Fox Sports South from 1991 to 2000. The experience of producing fishing shows was great training for my eventual role as a Captain. Having fished the coast of the Carolinas for the past thirty years, I now find joy in tailoring fishing trips to meet my guests' needs so they can experience the coast for themselves.
Techniques: Love to cast and retrieve jigs and hard baits for slot reds and trout but my favorite is dead bait and corking for bull reds 40”+ and live baiting for tarpon and sharks. Big fish in skinny water gets me going faster than anything!

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Fishing Reports

My Charter Listing

Captain Ponytail Guide Service

5.0 / 5

(29 reviews)

5.0 / 5

(29 reviews)

Georgetown • 26 ft • 4 persons

Last booking: 13 hours ago

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Trips from US $400

Fishing Reports

Bull reds here early!

Aug 31, 2024 Georgetown

Normally bull reds are not here till mid September but NE breeze brought them in early. Looking forward to a great fall season on the big drum!

Hoping for kings… dinner instead. 7lbs!

Jun 28, 2024 Georgetown

Troll for Kings or the first few hours without a bump. Went to the flounder hole and brought back two biggest weighed 7 pounds.

Big Red Drum still here!

Jun 4, 2024 Georgetown

Went out to check some trolling motor repairs yesterday. Had some extra bait so threw a couple of lines in the water and brought this big guy in within 15 minutes! Giant red drum are here… all that’s missing is someone to catch ‘em.

Bull Red Drum are here for Memorial Day!

May 26, 2024 Georgetown

Lots of folks in town for the holiday and giant red drum have shown up as well! If you’re in the Myrtle Beach Grand Strand area come down and catch the fish of a lifetime. Giant red drum are inside and shallow calm water. Love to take you on the fishing trip of a lifetime. Give us a call.

Customer reviews

Rating summary

5.0 / 5

out of 5 stars from 30 reviews

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Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

Experience

4.9 / 5

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4 stars		1
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2 stars		0
1 star		0

Anglers claimed

Good experience
	100%
Friendly captain
	100%
Recommend this charter
	97%
Appropriate for children
	100%
Satisfied with the boat
	100%
Caught fish
	90%

Appropriate for children
	100%
Satisfied with the boat
	100%
Caught fish
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Marty R.

5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

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June fishing trip

VERIFIED 3 Hour Inshore - Captains Special on June 19, 2025

Marty R.

5.0 / 5

Jun 19, 2025

3 Hour Inshore - Captains Special

June fishing trip

VERIFIED

Captain Rod was terrific. Very accommodating. The directions are janky. They need to reword them to get you there. Even with GPS.

Captain Rod was terrific. Very accommodating. The directions are janky. They need to reword them to get you there. Even with...

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Mark M.

5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

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Fun day on the water

VERIFIED 5 Hour Trip (Flexible Start Time) on September 1, 2024

Mark M.

5.0 / 5

Sep 1, 2024

5 Hour Trip (Flexible Start Time)

We caught a variety of fish. Pompano, sharks, bass, it was a great day of fishing. Rod has all the gear already set-up for fishing so there is no time wasted rigging gear. Just throw some bait on and see what bites.

We caught a variety of fish. Pompano, sharks, bass, it was a great day of fishing. Rod has all the gear already set-up...

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Gabriel J.

5.0 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

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June fishing trip

VERIFIED 3 Hour Inshore - Captains Special on June 29, 2025

Gabriel J.

5.0 / 5

Jun 29, 2025

3 Hour Inshore - Captains Special

June fishing trip

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Susan B.

5.0 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

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May fishing trip

VERIFIED 5 Hour Trip (Flexible Start Time) on May 27, 2025

Susan B.

5.0 / 5

May 27, 2025

5 Hour Trip (Flexible Start Time)

May fishing trip

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Jon P.

4.7 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

4.0 / 5

Overall

Great Experience

VERIFIED 5 Hour Trip (Flexible Start Time) on October 26, 2024

Jon P.

4.7 / 5

Oct 26, 2024

5 Hour Trip (Flexible Start Time)

Great Experience

VERIFIED

Chose Captain Ponytail because of the size of his boat and the fact that we had four adults on the trip. Rod was very engaging, likeable and had a vast knowledge of not only fishing, but the history of the islands and water. Would highly recommend.

Chose Captain Ponytail because of the size of his boat and the fact that we had four adults on the trip. Rod was very engaging,...

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