Captain Richie Gaines

Captain Richie Gaines is the owner and operator of Anglers’ Connection Guide Service and has been guiding professionally in the Chesapeake Bay region for over twenty years. His experience, easygoing style, and humor have earned him a reputation as one of the top light tackle and fly fishing guides on the Chesapeake. A good guide should be part fish, teacher, and coach with a bit of stand-up comic thrown in and Richie has all of these attributes. Catching fish is certainly the primary goal, but learning and improving techniques and tactics while having fun is an added bonus when you fish with Richie. Remember, knowledge has no value unless it is shared.

Capt. Richie is a “guerilla” guide and follows the best fishing opportunities up and down the Chesapeake throughout the year. Home base is the Kent Narrows area where he fishes from May to November. From the shallow water fishing on the Susquehanna Flats in the spring to the awesome late fall bite at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel where the Bay meets the Ocean, he has the experience, top quality equipment, and expertise to find and put you on the fish.

He has been featured in numerous local, regional, and national print media and on television shows such as ESPN’s “North American Outdoors” OLN’s “Sport Fishing Magazine” and “Fishing With Roland Martin”. He is a member of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), a founding member and President of the Chesapeake Guides Association, and was appointed by the Governor to the Maryland Sport Fishing Advisory Commission where he serves as Vice Chairman. He is also a member of the elite Lowrance Electronics “Super Pro Staff”.