Crider Fishing Charters

Captain Kyle Crider has spent more than 25 years fishing Central Florida’s inshore waters, and he channels that experience into Crider Fishing Charters, a nearshore and inshore charter operation based in Port Orange. Rather than running a big center console loaded with tourists, Crider fishes out of a 21 foot custom Carolina Skiff, rebuilt from the ground up in 2012 and now powered by a 2016 Suzuki 140 four stroke outboard, rigged with Garmin and Humminbird electronics for locating fish and navigating the area’s shallow backwater terrain.

The charter’s fishing grounds cover the waters that define this stretch of the Florida coast, including the Halifax River that runs right past Port Orange, Spruce Creek, the Mosquito Lagoon, and the broader Ponce Inlet and Daytona Beach area. That range of water types, from tight mangrove lined creeks to open lagoon flats, lets Crider chase a wide variety of species depending on season and conditions, including redfish, speckled trout, snook, flounder, cobia, tarpon, and shark. The shallow draft skiff is particularly well suited to the skinny water where redfish and snook like to hide, a style of fishing that differs meaningfully from the deep sea charters running out of Ponce Inlet.

Beyond standard daytime trips, Crider Fishing Charters runs night fishing trips and dedicated summer shark fishing charters, giving repeat clients and serious anglers options beyond a standard half day or full day inshore trip. Every charter includes tackle, bait, ice, and the fishing license, and Crider handles cleaning the catch at the end of the trip, which matters a lot to visitors or locals who want to eat what they catch without the hassle of doing it themselves dockside.

The operation is based out of a residential address on Kingswood Way in Port Orange, which is typical for owner operator fishing charters in this part of Florida, where captains run trips independently rather than out of a marina storefront. Bookings and trip details are generally handled directly with Captain Kyle, and the charter maintains a presence on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TripAdvisor where past clients post catch photos and reviews, giving prospective clients a way to see recent trip results before booking.

For anyone looking to fish the Halifax River system or the Mosquito Lagoon with a captain who has put in the decades of local knowledge that inshore fishing really demands, rather than a generic offshore charter, Crider Fishing Charters offers exactly the kind of small operator, deeply local experience that is becoming harder to find as bigger charter companies consolidate the Central Florida coast. It is precisely the kind of independently run outfit that keeps Port Orange’s working waterfront character alive.