

with Capt Mike Coley USCG Licensed Guide since 1992
John 3:16



Trips are tailored for one or two clients with one child 13 years old or under.

I started guiding professionally for stripers at Smith Mountain Lake, VA.
Eventually expanded my service to include Boone Lake and the Tennessee River. Thousands of stripers up to 57 lbs were caught on my boat
I grew up in NC fishing the coastal waters of the Chesapeake Bay, Hatteras Island and Pamlico Sound.

Fall of 1997 I started guiding big game hunting trips out of Sundance Wyoming. Continued guiding fishing trips back east the rest of the year. 2000 I began guiding hunts in Montana. Primarily for mule deer, I also guided archery and rifle hunters for whitetail, elk and antelope every fall until 2021

I guided fisherman for musky & smallmouth on the New River in Virginia for a number of years. I used a 18', 140 hp jet boat and raft to navigate one of the oldest rivers in the world ( only the Nile is older ) July 3rd, 2008, 1:30 am while fun fishing alone I caught caught what will always be my personal best musky. She was 54" long and weighed 42 lbs. Took the pic with a tripod and camera timer. She was released.
A 2025 tarpon
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