About the Captain
Happytide Charters Captain Larry Langford has been a licensed Coast Guard Captain for 22 years, and is a proud member of the Port Isabel/ South Padre Island Guides Association. He has been fishing the Lower Texas Coastal waters for over 30 years and has spent the past 21 years as a full time Lower Laguna Madre Guide. Captain Langford is one of the most experienced guides available for a successful fishing trip!

What Happytide Charters Offers
Captain Larry Langford offers guided fishing trips for Speckled Trout, Red Fish (Red Drum), Snook, Black Drum, and Flounder using light spinning and baitcast tackle. Happytide Charters specializes in putting you and your party on the fish with the use of artificial lures. Live and natural baits can be used on request or when the Captain feels it's necessary to produce a fine day of fishing.

About the Boat
My boat is a 20 ft. Redfin Tunnel Drive, center console rig powered by a 150 H.P. Johnson outboard motor. I am also using a Remote Controlled Motorguide Trolling Motor which allows me to work the various bottom structures known to hold fish, such as sandbars, channels and cuts, reefs, etc.

Fishing Trips
Half Day (5-6 hours) and Full Day (8 hours) Trips available.
All trips include all tackle, baits, and ice.

What to Bring
Bring what you wish to eat or drink for the time you will be out on the water. You may bring a small ice chest of your own or I will ice your drinks for you. Other items I recommend are: Texas fishing license (required), hat, sunscreen, and polarized sunglasses. You may bring your own tackle & lures as long as it is suited for light tackle angling.

Go Fishing off the Galveston Texas Coast for Sharks, Tarpon,  Kingfish, Ling, Red Snapper, Dolphin and Spanish Mackerel.

Jetty fishing for Bull Redfish, Sharks, drum and speckled trout.

Salt Grass Charters is headquartered on the lower
Laguna Madre in picturesque Port Mansfield, Texas.
The pristine waters of the Mother Lagoon are home to
many species of game fish, including redfish, speckled trout,
flounder, and black drum. A relatively quiet fishing village,
Port Mansfield is home to many tournaments throughout the year.

Join me on my 24 ft. Carolina Skiff.   There is plenty of room and a safe ride for up to 6 passengers.  Fishing gear is provided. We will fish for Trout, Flounder, Redfish & more; using artificial lures & / or live bait!!  Come share this great experience of the place I grew up in, the beautiful Laguna Madre!  Families and "first timers" welcome. 

All you need to bring is cold drinks (beer is okay) & maybe a snack (I supply the ice). On 8hr or 10hr trips you may want to pack a lunch, or notify me in advance & we can stop off at one of the restaurants on the water!

We can customize your trip with fishing, sight seeing, dolphin & bird watching, etc.

If you are looking for endless miles of crystal clear flats teeming with Gulf Coast    game fish, give Capt. Jim Blackburn a call and head for the Lower Laguna Madre on the most Southern Texas Coast. Fish from a state-of-the-art 18’ Hell’s Bay Boatworks Guide Edition skiff or a 15’ Baymaster Scooter. In the bay expect to encounter redfish, trout, black drum, ladyfish & sheepshead. In the two passes leading to the gulf, deep channels, and near shore you can chase tarpon, snook, jacks, king & Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper, bonita, & sharks. Fly or spinning techniques are both effective.

Capt Michael Lauret fishes the entire Galveston bay complex, year round depending on the fish location and method the client wants to use. 

I either wade fish or drift taking into account the client's desire and the location of the fish at the time. I use primarily artificial baits for fishing throughout the bays, but when fishing the jetties I will use live bait.

Kids are welcomed and encouraged as I used to take my sons fishing twice a week for years until they started going themselves, so kids are more than welcome.

I am used to clients that have never fished and I enjoy watching them quickly learn to catch fish as if they have done it all of their lives.

Fun, Personal, and Professional….That's what you'll experience when you book a trip with Captain Steve Hillman. He has lived and fished his entire life on Galveston Bay and knows where to find the fish. From wade fishing for trophy trout with artificials to fishing the near offshore waters for giant tarpon, he will work hard to make it a trip to remember.
He will cater to your specific needs.... Family trips, corporate outings, buddy trips, or serious experienced trophy trout hunters. Parties of any size can be accommodated (Please give at least 3 weeks notice for parties of more than 4 persons).

Welcome to Saltwater Adventures.  Captain Guy W. Focke provides year-round bay fishing expeditions and seasonal tarpon and shark fishing expeditions out of Galveston, Texas. 

Bay fishing expeditions are available year-round in West Bay, East Bay, and Trinity Bay.  Speckled Trout and Redfish abound in these bays.  Most of Captain Guy's bay fishing expeditions feature drift fishing from the boat, with all bait and tackle provided.

Tarpon season runs from July through October and Saltwater Adventures anxiously awaits its start each year.  Tarpon are extremely powerful and acrobatic fish, providing the novice or sport fisherman with a memorable experience.

Saltwater Adventures also provides shark fishing expeditions.  In the summer months it is easy to catch 20 to 40 sharks a day ranging from 25 lbs up to 400lbs and over 6 feet in length. Typically the sharks caught by Saltwater Adventures are Black tips and Spinner sharks. These sharks are quite fun to catch on light tackle.

So contact Captain Guy Focke at Saltwater Adventures today and schedule the fishing expedition of a lifetime.