Captain Stuart Behrens
Pine Island fly fishing guide.
Captain Stuart Anson Behrens grew up chasing tarpon in the Florida Keys. He runs RescueFly Charters out of Pine Island, FL — sharing the magic of inshore fly fishing with anglers from across the country.
Captain Stuart
Anson Behrens.
Captain Stuart's father, Cliff, put a rod in his hands as a kid — and introduced him to Captain Ron Trobis, the guide who first showed him what a hundred-pound tarpon can do (no, not on fly — that came later). The bug stuck.
Today, Stuart runs RescueFly Charters from Pine Island, Florida, on some of the richest, quietest backcountry water left in the state. Whether you've never picked up a fly rod or you've been chasing fish with one for forty years — this is the kind of fishing you'll remember.
Certified captain since 2025. Licensed and insured. Limited dates each season — every trip is a personal one.
The richest inshore
fishery in Florida.
Pine Island sits between Pine Island Sound, Matlacha Pass, and Charlotte Harbor — productive, diverse, and quieter than the rest of the coast. Here's where we fish.
Mosaic of mangrove islands, oyster bars, and seagrass flats. Snook, reds, sea trout — and tarpon rolling out front.
Skinny water between Pine Island and Cape Coral. Some of the most consistent snook fishing in Southwest Florida.
Florida's second-largest estuary. Big tarpon move through every summer; redfish school across the bars year-round.
World-famous tarpon waters at the mouth of the Harbor. We run there in season for shots at hundred-pound class fish.
Let's go fish.
Limited dates each season. Reach out to lock in your charter.