Coastal Sportsmen

Master Capt Jeff Kraynik & The Crew of The Coastal Sportsmen Crew on-board!!!

Capt Jeff Kraynik is a USCG 50 ton Near Coastal/Master Captain with over 30 years of offshore, nearshore & inshore experience.

Capt Jeff & the Crew specialize in personalized light-tackle saltwater flats/nearshore fishing, waterfowl & alligator hunts.

Charters take place on the Indian River Lagoon (Palm Bay/Sebastian/Vero Beach), the Atlantic Ocean along the beach & the St Johns River Marsh (Brevard/Indian River Counties).

Members of The Crew have had the honor over the years to guide such celebrities as Bo Jackson, Tom Miranda, Jim Martin, Brenda Valentine of BPS, Jim Jones & Chris Chaffen of Hunting Across America in their quests to harvest a Florida alligator.

During the 2010/2011 Florida waterfowl season, The Crew hosted Capt Jeff Coats (Pitboss) & Tim Furness (Webfoot Productions) of Ducks, Dogs & Decoys (D3TV) on a Florida blue wing teal, mottled duck & tree duck hunt.

Also featured during their Florida excursion was hunting over the American Water Spaniel. This (3) three days hunt will be featured on D3TV's 2011 DVD release, volume V, "ANTICIPATION", A New Season.

D3TV "Tips of the Day" featuring The Coastal Sportmen can be viewed on YouTube. The topics include airboating safety, the differences between the black bellied & fulvous tree ducks & the use & placement mechanical spinners in your decoy rigs.

Capt Jeff is a staff writer & photographer for GAFF magazine (gaffmag.net).

Capt Jeff is the founder & chairman for the South Brevard Ducks Unlimited "Band the Slam" Inshore Flats Classic & also sat on the state council of Duck Unlimited/Florida as the MARSH chair for (10) ten years.

Weekly fishing & hunting reports can be heard on Saturday mornings on the South Fl Fishing Report with Happy Henry 101.7 & Fishing Florida Radio on 1140. Sunday mornings on ESPN radio Reel Animals Fishing Show with Capt's Mike Anderson & Billy Nobles 1140.

Crew Members:
Master Capt Lou Benson
Capt Jim Meyer
Guide Steve Smith
Guide Jose "Pepi" Vidal
Guide Lenny Sutton

"From the mudflats to the grassflats & everywhere in between"

"See you on the Boat or in the Blind"

Represet Fishing:

Hurricane "Redbone" Rods
TackleWebs
GoTenna
Minn Kota/Hummingbird
Montauck Tackle Company
Unfair Lures
Aqua Tech Marine Center (Palm Bay)
XPress Boats

Represent Hunting:

Go-Devil Boats & Motors
Featherflage Camo
Beco Bangsticks
Whirl Wind Airboat Propellers
Super Dave's Airboat Parts & Service