Meet the Guides
Captain Crickett
Captain Crickett was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1945. At the age of 5 years old, his father, a New Orleans Fireman, would take young Crickett fishing on his days off of duty. This gave him the love he has for the sport of fishing...
Captain Bobby B
Captain Bobby B grew up in Marrero, Louisiana and has been fishing the Barataria Basin since the 60’s as a young boy spending a lot of time with his family at a camp they owned out in the marsh...
Captain Kevin
Captain Kevin was born in 1977 living in Westwego, Louisiana. He was 12 years old when he and his family moved to the small fishing community of Barataria, Louisiana...It was then, that he got his first fishing boat, he explained, “that’s only because my dad was tired of me taking his boat!”
Captain Steve
Captain Steve grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. His passion for fishing wasn’t realized until he and his family moved to the small fishing community of Lafitte, about a 30-minute drive south of the City of New Orleans, where he fell in love with the sport...
Captain Pat
CAPTAIN “ PINHEAD” PAT (AKA “YELLAMOUF” PAT) hails from the Ham capitol of the world, Smithfield, Virginia. He came to Bourgeois Fishing Charters following his tenure with the U.S. Coast Guard as our maintenance manager while working towards his goal of becoming a seaplane pilot...
Captain Jimmy
Captain Jimmy was born and raised right across the bayou from Bourgeois Fishing Charters in the town of Jean Lafitte. He explains what drew him towards a career in fishing, and his story is not unlike many others in this small fishing community...
Captain Chet
Captain Chet grew up in the neighboring town of Westwego, Louisiana. From an early childhood, Captain Chet can’t recall a time when he wasn’t in a boat or surrounded by fishing culture...