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Surf Guide Billy Sandifer


Captain Billy Sandifer

A man who knows Padre Island like very few others since the original Native Americans who inhabited these beaches.  Capt. Billy is a fountain of knowledge on this beautiful Texas barrier island and it's long history.  A man who focuses on the conservation of our natural resources and loves teaching others the same.  Billy's passion for this island and everything it contains from the smallest shell to the largest meanest bull shark is unmatched. 


 

 

Contact Info:
361-937-8446
billysandifer@stx.rr.com
841 Flour Bluff Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 77418

 

Read what some others have written after
spending time with the Captain:

 

Outdoor writer; Mike Leggett, in the Aug. l8, l996 Austin Statesman says: "No Padre fish can hide from Sandifer."

Outdoor Writer; Ray Sasser, in The Dallas Morning News on Aug. l8, l996 says: "Sandifer is a fishing guide of sorts, but he's much more than that. Sandifer is an offbeat encyclopedia of island fact. A tattoo traces the outline of a hammerhead on the back of his right hand. As the saying goes, Sandifer knows sharks as well as he knows the back of his hand."

Outdoor writer; Buddy Gough, in the Sept. 25, l994 Corpus Christi Caller Times says: "If Sandifer is not a reincarnation of the ancient tattooed people of Padre Island, he is at least their spiritual blood brother. His knowledge of the island runs deep; his love for it is boundless."

 Outdoor writer; Mark McDonald, in the June l5, l997 San Antonio Express-News says: "Small wonder Sandifer has endeared himself to Park Service rangers and like it or not, become something of a cult figure among fishermen. Sandifer, has never sought publicity. But a man does not subject himself to these Spartan conditions, and catch fish consistently, without earning notice."

Mike Christman-Contributing Editor, www.tx-outdoors.com says: "I recently spent some time talking with an authority on big game fishing at Big Shell, Billy Sandifer. I hesitate to call someone an expert at any type of fishing, but if there ever was a fishing expert, Billy should qualify! He has fished Big Shell and Padre Island National Seashore for 38 years and spends about l00 days a year fishing this shoreline. He is considered an expert on surf, top-water lure, fly, bait and shark fishing. He also is an expert on bird watching, native plants and shells, basically, the whole ecosystem of the island. "

 

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