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roy pike
Job Specialty: sporfish captain
Location: open
Resume:
Informal Resume

Captain Roy Pike
1187 Bay Court, Destin Florida 32541
Phone: 954 479-6469
Email: captroypike@yahoo.com

Education: Graduate Choctaw High School 1979
MTU Diesel Mechanics School, 2005

Narrative (in second person):

Roy is a natural when it comes to boating and fishing. When he was a young teen his friends called him “Mud Puddle”; for they said he could catch a fish out of one. Roy started fishing/working on boats out of the Destin, Florida Charter Boat docks as a 13 year old deck-hand. Not only was he earning some money for school clothes, but fishing kept him occupied during the Summer school holiday. Roy’s natural ability and enthusiasm made him a much sought after young man among the Charter Boat Captain’s.
Roy knew that he wanted to make a lifelong career in the fishing industry, but he also knew that he needed a sense of business in order to be successful. After graduating High School, Roy went to work in his family business and was responsible for selling, delivering and billing of products that they manufactured. He continued his fishing career too, by working on boats over weekends and holidays. During the early 1980’s Roy worked as a mate on “Marlin Magazine’s” 54’ Bertram the “Marlin Darlin” and fished tournaments in Cozumel Mexico, Grand Cayman and Jamaica. More than 20 years later and on going, Roy has been (and still is) a force in the Big Game Fishing World. He has put his mark on many Bluewater Tournaments including recently (2006) captaining a sportfishing boat that competed in ESPN II’s Billfish Extreme Release League. The BXRL pitted the top ten Boat Teams in the world against each other for seven televised tournaments. Roy captained the 67’ Bertram “Britney Jean” to a win in the St. Martin leg of the series and a check for $100,000. Now, after 5 years of living and fishing in the Caribbean, and traveling for more than 10,000 miles in 2006.

Places fished as Captain or Mate:

The entire Gulf Coast from Texas to the Florida Keys, Atlantic Coast of Florida from Miami to North Carolina, Cuba, Venezuela, Bahamas (Lucaya, Walkers’ Cay, Marsh Harbour, Chub Cay, Nassau, Cat Island) Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Tortola BWI, St Thomas USVI, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Mexico’s East Coast, St. Martin/Saint Maartin, St. Barths.

Largest Blue Marlin and Tournament Success:

Bay Point Invitational, Blue Marlin, #489 lbs, 1st Place
Bay Point Invitational, Blue Marlin, #393 lbs., 1st Place
East Pass Blue Marlin Classic, Blue Marlin, #749 lbs., 1st Place
Pensacola International, 2 Blue Marlin #389 and #420lbs.
Harbor Docks Billfish Tournament, Blue Marlin #474, 1st Place
(also 1st place White Marlin, Tuna, Dolphin and Wahoo)
Panama City Sealander Billfish Tournament, #390 lbs., 1st Place
Panama City Sealander Billfish Tournament, #400 lbs., 1st Place
Several 1st Place finishes in Wahoo, Dolphin and Tuna including Bay Point, Orange Beach, Pensacola.
ESPN II Billfish Extreme Release League 2006, 4 Blues and 2 Whites, 1st Place

Best 3 days of fishing, 19 Blues in Venezuela.

References:
Lee Stevens, Co-founder Marlin Magazine, (850) 438-0748
Robert McCullough, Billfish Extreme Release League, (850) 582-1601
Norm Isaac, ESPN II, (305) 304-5825

[marlineer]

You have awesome creds Roy . Wish I needed a Captain, Good Luck.

[Capt Skipper Gentry]

Roy,
Hope all is well, that St. Martin Tournament was fun despite the boad weather on the last day.and congrats again, that UV head artificial definately worked well. I wish everything had worked out with the tournament for last yeat but oh well. Anyway just wanted to say hi and congrats again.
give me a call I may be able to work something out with you
Skipper Gentry
252-241-8049