Capt. Ruben was very knowledgable and service oriented. We had a morning trip with good weather conditions and fully capitalized on them! We nearly limited out on Black Drum and also landed 3 beautiful slot Redfish. Capt. Ruben was very helpful with the less experienced members of our party; encouraging and providing tips throughout the trip. Without a doubt would recommend him to anyone coming to the area whether it is your first or 50th time fishing. We will absolutely be booking with him for all of our future trips!

awesome day!

I have fished Laguna Madre for many years. Free fishing with croaker is the fastest way to catch game fish (trout, reds) while minimizing undesirable species (catfish, rays, perch). Everything eats shrimp, so you attract a fun variety with it. We caught plenty of different fish, including eel, whiting, croaker, perch, rays, too many catfish, nice black drum, and rarely a trout or small red. As experienced fishermen, we were really after trout, reds and flounder and caught no keepers. 😕 Capt Ruben is very friendly and has a very nice boat. I would recommend him for groups who want to see the variety Laguna Madre has to offer.

Our completely bay-fishing-first-timer family of four is so lucky to have chartered with Captain Ruben! He is so patient, professional, and kind. It was great talking Spurs bball with him—Go Spurs Go! He helped our teenagers learn, and helped us adults, too. He kept our boat moving when things slowed down and took us all the way out to the huts. We saw pink flamingoes, caught a bizarre toadfish, and lots of catfish. The real excitement was catching a couple of beautiful speckled trout! He set up baited rods and kept our lines for casting ready to go with live bait fish and also out-of-the-freezer shrimp coated with garlic salt since the live shrimp weren’t available (that’s what seemed to bring the most hits of any portion of the day). We also used “popping” lures and artificial lures, too—we learned a ton. His boat is meticulously kept and very comfortable and more than roomy enough for the four of us. All our equipment was great. For our usually loud and talkative bunch, we found ourselves just blissing out on this beautiful morning and peacefully spending the day enjoying being out on the water and having a great time learning to fish in the bay. We would charter with Captain Ruben again in a heartbeat—loved it!