BIO
MEET THE CAPTAINS AND CREW OF BOUNTY HUNTER FISHING |
CAPT. ERIC STARTED FISHING FROM HIS PLAYPEN IN HIS DADS BOAT, HE GREW UP ON THE WATER AND ALWAYS KNEW FISHING AND WORKING ON THE OCEAN WAS HIS FUTURE. HE STARTED WORKING ON THE LOCAL BOATS OUT OF CAPTREE AND FREEPORT LONG ISLAND AS A MATE WHEN HE WAS 14, USING A SKIFF TO "COMMUTE" TO WORK. WHEN NOT WORKING AS A MATE, HE WOULD USE HIS OWN BOAT TO PIN HOOK STRIPER'S, SEA BASS AND FLUKE, AND HUSTLE THEM TO LOCAL RESTAURANTS. HE WENT ON TO DO THE SAME OUT EAST, ON HIS DAD'S BOAT OUT OF MONT AUK. CAPT. ERIC WENT ON TO PURSUE AN COLLEGE DEGREE FROM MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT ON BUZZARDS BAY, MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE ENROLLED AT THE ACADEMY, HE WORKED FOR CAPT. KEITH BAKER OF THE NEAT LADY OUT OF ONSET, MA. OVER THE YEARS CAPT. ERIC AND CAPT. KEITH HAVE BECOME GREAT FRIENDS, AND ERIC HAS GAINED A LIFETIME'S WORTH OF BUZZARDS BAY FISHING KNOWLEDGE FROM KEITH, WHOM ERIC VIEWS AS "AMONG THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS." CAPT. ERIC RAN THE "NEAT LADY" AND THE CHARTER BOAT "FINS", ALONG WITH CAPT. KEITH THEY WERE A GREAT TEAM. CAPT. ERIC WENT ON TO GRADUATE FROM THE ACADEMY AND START HIS CAREER AS A DECK OFFICER IN THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE. HE HAS WORKED ON VARIOUS OIL TANKERS UP TO 750 FT, SAILING (AND FISHING) AROUND THE WORLD. WHEN HE IS NOT AT SEA HE RETURNS TO MASSACHUSETTS TO RUN FISHING TRIPS. IN 2004 CAPT. ERIC HAS DECIDED TO GO INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF. HE PURCHASED THE "FINS" FROM CAPT. KEITH, AND AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE WEBSITE IS RUNNING UNDER THE NAME "BOUNTY HUNTER". SADLY BACK IN NOVEMBER OF '07 ERIC LOST HIS BEST FRIEND AND FISHING BUDDY, HIS DAD DENNIS, HIS DAD WILLED HIS BELOVED 26' PACEMAKER "WAHOO" CENTER CONSOLE TO ERIC. ERIC USED IT FOR A PERSONAL BOAT IN MEMORY OF HIS DAD. HE HAD OFFICIALLY ADDED THE BOUNTY HUNTER JR TO THE FLEET IN THE SUMMER OF '09. THE BOAT WAS A GREAT HIT WITH SMALL GROUPS OF 2 TO 4 PEOPLE AND LIGHT TACKLE. ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE KNOWN ERIC HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A LARGER CHARTER BOAT TO ACCOMMODATE GROUPS LARGER THAN 6, AND TO GET BACK INTO CANYON TUNA AND SHARK FISHING, HOPEFULLY WITH THE EXPRESS NOW OUT OF THE PICTURE, CAPT. ERIC WILL FIND THE BOAT HE IS LOOKING FOR. |
PAGE CREATED AND MAINTAINED BY CAPT. ERIC |
CAPT. CORY HAS BEEN WITH THE BOUNTY HUNTER OFF AND ON SINCE THE BEGINNING, PLAYING A LARGE ROLE IN KEEPING THE OLD VOLVO RUNNING BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS. CAPT. CORY EARNED HIS CAPTAINS LICENCE IN THE FALL OF '09 TO BE THE RELIEF CAPTAIN OF THE BOUNTY HUNTER, AND AS SECOND CAPTAIN FOR MULTI-DAY OFFSHORE TRIPS ON THE OFFSHORE BOAT THAT ERIC WILL EVENTUALLY PURCHASE. CORY'S SPECIALTY IS STRIPER'S AND BLUES, HE HAD LANDED NUMEROUS BASS OVER 40 LBS FROM HIS PRIVATE BOAT FISHING BUZZARDS BAY AND NARRAGANSETT BAY. HE IS CAPT. ERIC'S RIGHT HAND MAN AND WILL SURELY GIVE HIS BEST AND THEN SOME ON ANY CHARTER HE IS RUNNING. |
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