Making sure I always have the best mouse trap...bluegills to broadbills.

[Captain Michael Buffington]

Captain Michael “Mike” Buffington
601.826.3823, Mobile Phone
mike@southernstarservices.com, Email

Specialty Skills:

Kite, helium, live bait, swordfish, deep dropping, high speed trolling, and consistently catching big fish.


Experience:

5/2010 – Present Southern Star Services, LLC - Founder/President
Identifying & assembling resources (equipment & crew) to provide solutions to the current BP/Gulf of Mexico oil crisis
southernstarservices.com, Collins, MS

2009 – 5/2010 Freelance captain-for-hire
Gulf Coast, USA

11/2007 – 3/2009 Tarpon Sniper, 24’ custom Pathfinder – Cpt. Michael Buffington
fishinginpuertorico.com, San Juan, Puerto Rico

5/2007 – 11/2007 Stress Management, 40’ Ocean – Cpt. Michael Buffington
strikezonecharters.net, Venice, LA

9/2006 – 4/2007 Temptation, 45’ Cabo Express – Cpt. Michael Buffington
temptationcharters.net, Port Aransas, TX

5/2006 – 8/2006 Intimidator, 68’ Custom Bonner – Cpt. John Green
gulfshoresdeepseafishing.com, Orange Beach, AL

2005 – 5/2006 Scottish Reel, 54’ Hatteras – Cpt. Gary Williams
Destin, FL to Venice, LA

2003 – 2005 Lady Anna, 65’ Breaux Craft – Cpt. Steve Johnson
captelliotts.com, Freeport, TX

1999 – 2003 Shogun, 110’ Long Range Sportfisherman – Cpt. Norm Kagawa
shogunsportfishing.com, San Diego, CA

1997 – 1999 Buena Suerte, 41’ Topaz – Cpt. Danny Galane
jimspier.com, South Padre, TX

1995-1997 Pelican, 70’ Breaux Craft – Cpt. John Brennan
deepseaheadquarters.com, Port Aransas, TX



Resume Summary:

Being a licensed, 100 ton master, I have working experience from Destin, FL to Puerto Rico to Clipperton Atoll, the most isolated, uninhabited island in the world located southwest of Cabo San Lucas. I have collected all sorts of fish while aboard the Shogun out of San Diego. Twice a year, sea life was collected for Monterey Bay Aquarium – so, if it’s pelagic and in that aquarium, we caught it. We tagged 27 great whites at Guadelupe Island in 2000. I have picked up lots of tricks from different captains along the way and over the course of my career, have developed a few of my own. I am a clean-cut, responsible individual who is drug free and good with kids. I have a proven system for catching just about any type of fish. In addition to catching fish, you will learn how to tie dozens of knots and tactics, as well as when and in what situations to use them. I eat, sleep, and breathe fishing. From Bluegills to Broadbills, I build the best mouse trap.



References:

Cpt. John Green, 251.747.2872
Cpt. Omar Oracca, 787.396.8346
Cpt. Rob Rhourke, 619.993.7020