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The Raffield Family started fishing in the area in 1890. Four brothers made the long journey on with an ox and wagon from Eastman, Georgia. In today's standard thats an easy journey by car but in 1890 it took weeks to travel that far. The family star... Read more

The Raffield Family started fishing in the area in 1890. Four brothers made the long journey on with an ox and wagon from Eastman, Georgia. In today's standard thats an easy journey by car but in 1890 it took weeks to travel that far. The family started their fishing heritage, fishing for mullet. Salted mullet was big business back in those days. Fast forward several generations to 1940, where Captain Sparkie Raffield began the family tradition of Charter fishing. Tourism in the area had just begun booming and Capt. Sparkie saw an opportunity to take people fishing and show him his passion for the trade. Captain Sparkie fished these waters for 60+ years and shared everything he knew with his son, Leveral Raffield. As a boy, Leveral spent most of his days helping his dad down at the dock and learning from his vast knowledge of fishing. At the young age of 8 years old he remembers how passionate his dad was to show people how to fish. Captain Leveral chose to follow in his dad and his an

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