Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Capt Charles Wright is a professional fishing guide, outdoor writer, kayak expedition leader and naturalist interpretive guide. Originally a fishing guide using poling skiffs and center-consoled boats, his charters always had an educational component. It was not long before he began to use the stealth and accessibility of the fishing kayak to get his clients to parts of the fishery that no others could access. The use of a dedicated transport boat for the kayaks and the compelling need to educate his guests about the Everglades steered him to conduct educational-based tours in the Park and eventually to create Everglades Area Tours.com. In recent years, they have offered multiday Outdoor Experiential Eco-Educational Courses for kids from 8 to 80. These are the result of his passion to share and protect the Everglades he finds so precious.

He grew up in South Florida and the Keys, and has personally enjoyed the Everglades and Everglades National Park since 1972. Schooled as an Environmental Engineer, an FAA Certified Flight Instructor, Florida Master Naturalist and US Coast Guard (USGS) Captain, he left his environmental consulting business and moved to Everglades City after hurricane Andrew. He has been guiding professionally in the Park since 1997, and is the President of Chokoloskee Enterprises, Inc. (d/b/a Everglades Area Tours.com, Chokoloskee Charters & Everglades Kayak Fishing), and is on the Board of Directors of the Everglades Chamber of Commerce, the Friends of Fakahatchee Strand, the Florida Society for Ethical Eco Tourism, the Florida Paddle Sports Association and the Florida Guides Association.He is also active in the Audubon Society and the Collier County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Meeting starts at 7:15 and is held at the Vienna Firehouse in Vienna VA.