Captain
Ruben Riojas III

Member since May 2021 South Padre Island, United States
Background
Captain Ruben welcomes you to South Padre Island. Join him in exploring its gorgeous waters and have lots of fun chasing prized fish!
Techniques
Drifting with Artificial, Throwing Bait, Wade fishing!

Hey, I'm Captain Ruben Riojas III

South Padre Island, United States
Background
Captain Ruben welcomes you to South Padre Island. Join him in exploring its gorgeous waters and have lots of fun chasing prized fish!
Techniques
Drifting with Artificial, Throwing Bait, Wade fishing!
26
Reviews
7
Fishing Reports

My Charter Listings

Slick Fin Charters

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(21 reviews)
South Padre Island
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Trips from US $450

Slick Fin Charters

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(5 reviews)
Port Mansfield
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Trips from US $450

Fishing Reports

Wind Wind Wind
Wind Wind Wind
Jun 5, 2024 South Padre Island
Bite is hot right now despite the wind. Lets go get you on some fish! Sutton and Dean here put a hurting on the fish, great time with these two! Lets go fish!
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Wind wind wind!
Wind wind wind!
Apr 11, 2024 South Padre Island
Fishing has been great down here on the S. Texas coast! Trout and redfish in the mix with a few black drum as well! Shrimp under a cork has been working for us well! Lets go catch some fish and make some memories! Give me a shout, book trip, lets go!
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Tagged Redfish Alert!
Tagged Redfish Alert!
Jun 3, 2023 South Padre Island
Great day on the water! What a day to remember, not only did we release a big healthy trout but we also hooked up to a Tagged CCA Redfish! Unfortunately David wasnt registered in the Star Tournament so he was not able to submit the fish! Still one hell of a day to remember and great memeories made!
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Spring Fishing Trips
Spring Fishing Trips
Apr 28, 2023 South Padre Island
Fishing has been getting hot here in the LLM, picking up good numbers of reds and trout, a few flounder in the mix as well, give me a call or shoot me a text to book a day, theres a few left in may!
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Winter Fishing Trips
Winter Fishing Trips
Jan 14, 2022 South Padre Island
Fishing has been great down here on the Texas Coast, in between cold fronts the fishing has been great. We are seeing good numbers of Speckled trout and have been catching some drag peeling redfish! Lures seems to have been doing the teick, pink and plum have been working well for us.
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Dodging Storms
Dodging Storms
Jun 29, 2021 South Padre Island
Monday was a great day on the water for us, had to stay close due to storms being close luckily we didnt get rained on. We caught specks, some sandtrout, etc. Fish were hungry, great experience for the Marshall Family!
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 26 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (54)
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
96%
Appropriate for children
95%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
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Matt K.
Canyon Lake, TX
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Ruben is 5-star!!!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (AM) on July 3, 2023
Ruben took me and my three boys on a great half day bay trip. Great communication, on time, humility with my boys and ย  Caught...
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Rowdy L.
Canyon Lake, TX
Excellent
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Half day morning trip

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (PM) on June 17, 2022
Captain Ruben is a heck of fishing guide. He worked hard all day long and was a pleasure to be around.ย  My wife and I had...
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Charlie P.
San Antonio, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Half Day with Ruben

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (AM) on July 16, 2022
Great time! Ruben put us on some trout quicksand got our limit! Got a nice Red to top it off. Ruben was very knowledgeable...
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Jim S.
Killeen, Texas
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Half day trip

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (AM) on June 21, 2022
Ruben was fantastic. Extremely polite and helpful. Had great patience with my 11 YO. Got him casting as well as his old man....
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Crystal D.
Port Isabel, Texas
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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July fishing trip

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (AM) on July 29, 2023
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