Captain
Ruben Riojas

Member since April 2015 Port Mansfield, United States
Background
I am licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas Park and Wildlife Department for the past 12 years. As a child I grew up fishing and learning from my father and grandfather. Since then I have developed a passion for fishing. I wanted to share my experience on the water with other people.
Techniques
I prefer to use artificial lure but I do make accommodations to use live bait. I love the top water bite, just that explosion on the lure is awesome. Sight casting at red fish is a blast.

Hey, I'm Captain Ruben Riojas

Port Mansfield, United States
Background
I am licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas Park and Wildlife Department for the past 12 years. As a child I grew up fishing and learning from my father and grandfather. Since then I have developed a passion for fishing. I wanted to share my experience on the water with other people.
Techniques
I prefer to use artificial lure but I do make accommodations to use live bait. I love the top water bite, just that explosion on the lure is awesome. Sight casting at red fish is a blast.

My Charter Listings

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(24 reviews)
Port Mansfield
 Last booking: 1 day ago
 Instant Confirmation
Trips from US $425
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(170 reviews)
South Padre Island
 3 bookings in the past week.
 Instant Confirmation
Trips from US $400

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 194 reviews
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (363)
Cpt Ruben is great with kids and beginners
Cpt Ruben is great with kids and beginners
great conversationalist, knowledgeable, nice equipment incuding top notch boat.
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
100%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
97%
Appropriate for children
98%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
94%
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Sven P.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Cpt Ruben is great with kids and beginners

VERIFIED   NEW  Half day trip (pm) on March 29, 2026
My sonโ€™s comment when I told him Iโ€™m gonna write a review: Just write โ€˜Thank you for the awesome trip.โ€™ I couldnโ€™t...
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Ray T.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Cannot recommend Ruben enough!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (am) on June 25, 2025
We went out with capt. Ruben for a half-day of bay fishing during our yearly summer trip to SPI and the RGV. He was very professional...
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Randy R.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

No live bait? No problem!

VERIFIED   NEW  Full Day Trip on March 16, 2026
A storm had come through a couple of days earlier, so there was no live bait. But Captain Ruben worked hard at finding fish...
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Jon F.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall
fantastic experience. 5 hours on the water , fish cleaned and ready to go 15 minutes after landing. great experience.
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Chris P.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

So much fun

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip - 2:00 PM on April 20, 2025
Ruben was so great. He was patient with the inexperienced fisherman. He was knowledgeable, funny and accommodating. We had...
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