The Brookings Fishing Charters Story
For more than three decades, Capt. Andy Martin has been fishing the productive waters of the Southern Oregon Coast. He is one of the few year-round, full-time charter boat captains and sportfishing guides working out of the Port of Brookings. Growing up in Brookings, Oregon, Andy knows every rock and reef in the area, From Chetco Point to Mack Arch, and south to the Point St. George Reef Lighthouse, and has a lifetime of experience catching the fish that live there. Andy and his wife Sarah are proud to own and operate Brookings Fishing Charters in Andy's hometown, providing access to saltwater fishing opportunities to thousands of sport anglers every year through one of the largest and fastest growing charter boat operations on the Oregon Coast. From its humble beginning as a single six-pack charter boat, Brookings Fishing Charters now features five custom-built, top-of-the-line six-pack charter boats, and a larger party boat for bigger groups. Brookings Fishing Charters also has a booking office and bait and tackle shop at the Port of Brookings. The crew of captains and deckhands are the only group of charter operators in the area who are involved in the sportfishing industry year round out of Brookings, providing ocean trips throughout the year, while running drift boats for salmon and steelhead on the Chetco and Smith rivers during the fall and winter.
From hard-fighting king salmon to ferocious lingcod to abundant black rockfish, fishing charters off the Brookings, Oregon coast often feature fast action and produce great table fare. The Port of Brookings is known as the safest ocean crossing on the Oregon Coast. Fish are also found within a short run from the harbor, often in water much calmer than the rest of the coast. Brookings Fishing Charters uses top-quality, light tackle. Anglers fish from fast, clean, comfortable boats. We specialize in small groups, and with much faster boats, are able to spend more time fishing and less time traveling to the most productive fishing grounds. Capt. Andy and his fellow Brookings Fishing Charters captains pride themselves on providing the ultimate guided fishing adventure. They works hard to not only get customers into limits of quality fish, but also makes sure each passenger has an enjoyable experience, often pointing out whales and other marine mammals, sea birds and unique features of the rugged Oregon coastline.
Brookings Fishing Charters has the largest fleet of six-pack charters on the Oregon Coast. The Miss Brooke, Kraken, Dash, Papa B and Bout Time are the among the newest, fastest charter boats on the coast. The heavy gauge aluminum boats are equipped with twin outboard motors. Each have enclosed cabins and were custom built to be charter boats on the Oregon Coast. The Nauti-Lady has a long history as a charter boat in Oregon and Washington, and although it can carry much larger groups, it generally fishes eight to 14 customers at a time. The Nauti-Lady is especially popular with anglers who want an easy-going, comfortable ride with two restrooms on board, seating inside and out, and full-perimeter fishing to allow anglers to spread out.
Brookings Fishing Charters operates year round. From May through September, charters generally run every day. From October through April, trips are run as the weather allows. During the winter, Brookings Fishing Charters also offers guided river trips on the Chetco, Rogue and Smith rivers through www.wildriversfishing.com
The Brookings Fishing Charters crew helped pioneer the sport halibut fishery out of Brookings. Capt. Andy and Rye spent years running charter boats in Alaska, and used the same techniques of anchoring that have been so successful in Seward and Glacier Bay, Alaska, in Brookings, and saw halibut catch rates dramatically improve out of Brookings. Each year, the Brookings Fishing Charters crew lives up it its hard-earned reputation of producing the best catch rates for halibut and salmon out of Brookings, and also catching the biggest lingcod, with fish over 40 pounds each season. For several years, the first albacore tuna of each season are caught on the Brookings Fishing Charters boats.
Brookings Fishing Charters
16399 Lower Harbor Rd
Suite B,
Brookings, OR 97415
Capt. Andy Martin of Brookings Fishing Charters guided an angler to this 58-pound king salmon along the jetties where the Chetco River meets the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest king caught in decades in saltwater out of Brookings.
Capt. Andy Martin caught his first lingcod when he was 8 years old, and has been hooked on ocean fishing since. Today, he operates Brookings Fishing Charters, targeting lingcod with light tackle.
