Greetings! Happy New Year & Happy January from Capt. Dave & BAYMEN! Celebrations and vacations are over and time to get back to The Baymen Life and prepare for the 2026 striped bass charter season.

We are insanely booked out for the next three years as of this month (January 2026). I begin my 33rd year of guiding on the bay. Wow! Thank you to everyone for your continued business. It is so much fun chartering you and I can not wait to be back on the bay and chasing the fish!

I DO have some open dates still available and will do my absolute best to get you scheduled and on my calendar. I am still taking a few NEW BOOKINGS. I am also referring out all my over flow charters to CAPT. BRIAN KELLY www.rpsfish.com He does not work for me or BAYMEN. He runs his own charter business. He is a top notch guide and everyone I have been sending to him says he is one of the best charters and Captains on the bay. I highly recommend Capt. Brian Kelly for your next charter. Reach out to him and please tell him Capt. Dave from BAYMEN referred you. His charter cell 617.721.4473 or go to his website www.rpsfish.com

YOUR 2026 CHARTER BOOKINGS

1) I am contacting you this month to confirm your booking(s) with me for 2026. Watch for my e-mail and/or phone call. Have your date(s) handy and also the deposit(s) you have paid. I will reconfirm your charter date(s) and deposit(s)  for 2026 and give you your balance.

2) ROLLOVERS – Some charters from the 2025 season had to be “rolled over” due to weather, sickness, etc. Part of the business. If one or more of your trips had to be rolled over, we will get you booked on the next available date for an upcoming season. Many of you have already reached out and rescheduled and you are all set. If you do not have your new date yet, shoot me an e-mail. Have your original date(s) and deposit(s) paid and we will get a new date on the calendar and I will give you your balance.

That’s it! Pretty straight forward to make sure our dates and deposits match up. Let me know if you have any questions about anything. Reach out to me anytime. I look forward to talking striped bass with you this month and getting pumped up for the 2026 season coming up!

Sincerely,

Capt. Dave, BAYMEN, baymenlife.com 33 Years Guiding The Bay. Still In Love.

Soli Deo Gloria!

*NEW PHONE NUMBER – I have moved into the high tech world :o) My old landline is no longer in use. E-mail is the best way to reach out and connect for bookings and questions about any of our guide services.