Captain
John Barrera

Member since January 2019 Port Isabel, United States
Background
Fishing has been a passion and a family owned business for me. My father continues to guide for over 35 years; growing up and following in his footsteps has always been a dream and successfully running and operating my very own charter business has been a goal of mine. I wish to grow in business and hopefully earn an honest living doing so. My passion is to pass on my love and respect of the great outdoors and wildlife to many others for years to come!
Techniques
During the spring i tend to use popping corks with live shrimp and Down South Lure jigs for trophy spawning trout and sheepshead, as we move into summer i will switch over to throwing live croaker and perch including wade fishing for a great trout migration and black drum schooling, the fall tends to produce some of these biggest of our trophy speckled trout and redfish using live bait and dead bait while slowly switching over to Down South Lure jigs, the winter is one of my favorite times to fish bringing harsh cold fronts and extreme low tides, wade fishing and drift fishing for giant speckled trout and redfish along with flounder using Down South Lure jigs and Paul Brown lures is key to the success with heavy wading gear

Hey, I'm Captain John Barrera

Port Isabel, United States
Background
Fishing has been a passion and a family owned business for me. My father continues to guide for over 35 years; growing up and following in his footsteps has always been a dream and successfully running and operating my very own charter business has been a goal of mine. I wish to grow in business and hopefully earn an honest living doing so. My passion is to pass on my love and respect of the great outdoors and wildlife to many others for years to come!
Techniques
During the spring i tend to use popping corks with live shrimp and Down South Lure jigs for trophy spawning trout and sheepshead, as we move into summer i will switch over to throwing live croaker and perch including wade fishing for a great trout migration and black drum schooling, the fall tends to produce some of these biggest of our trophy speckled trout and redfish using live bait and dead bait while slowly switching over to Down South Lure jigs, the winter is one of my favorite times to fish bringing harsh cold fronts and extreme low tides, wade fishing and drift fishing for giant speckled trout and redfish along with flounder using Down South Lure jigs and Paul Brown lures is key to the success with heavy wading gear

My Charter Listing

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(15 reviews)
Port Isabel
trips from US $500

Fishing Reports

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 15 reviews
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Jami D.
Portage, MI
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Full day trip

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on April 7, 2021
What an AMAZING day! It was not only a ton of fun we learned a lot too. Capt. John is very knowledgeable of the waters and...
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Stan K.
Yantis, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Wife kicks my butt !

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on August 18, 2021
Yes had a good time with Captain John and his girlfriend Lyndsey. My wife caught 5 of the 6 Redfish today with Lyndsey catching...
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Dustin F.
Gardendale, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Day trip with capt. john

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on June 14, 2022
Best fishing experience me and my family have ever had. Captain John is a master in his craft and can get you what you need....
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Nicholas F.
Bennet, NE
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing with John

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on June 14, 2021
We went on 3 trips this vacation and this one was the BEST!!! Crew was AWESOME. You can do the 30 dollar trips all week long...
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Frank R.
Atascocita, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Full day trip w John and his significant other.

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on March 17, 2022
Despite the wind which was โ€œkick assโ€ we caught quite a few reds and specs. Will definitely recommend John to family and...
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