Billy Sandifer is simply the best.

Padre Island Safaris

Outdoor Writer Roy Swann in the July ll, l978 
Corpus Christi Caller Times says: 

"Another fishing tournament wound
up a three-day run on the beaches Sunday, when 
Billy Sandifer, he who guides shark fishermen down 
the island and recently authored a story on such
 fishing for Saltwater Sportsman magazine, caught a 
l2-foot tiger shark to win it."

Outdoor Writer: Phil Shook, in Saltwater Fly Fishing
 Magazine Oct/Nov. l997 says:
    
"In addition to guiding anglers in the area,
 Sandifer serves as the unofficial Padre Island 
poet laureate and historian.  The self-taught 
naturalist is a storehouse of information on
 the Barrier Island."

Outdoor writer; Mike Leggett, in 
the Aug. l8, l996 Austin Statesman says:
    
"No Padre fish can hide from Sandifer."

Outdoor Writer; Ray Sasser, in 
The Dallas Morning News on Aug. l8, l996 says:

"Sandifer is a fishing guide of sorts, but he's much more than that.  
Sandifer is an offbeat encyclopedia of island fact.  A tattoo traces the 
outline of a hammerhead on the back of his right hand.  As the saying goes, 
Sandifer knows sharks as well as he knows the back of his hand." 

Outdoor writer; Buddy Gough, in the 
Sept. 25, l994 Corpus Christi Caller Times says:
   
 "If Sandifer is not a reincarnation of the ancient tattooed 
people of Padre Island, he is at least their spiritual blood brother.
  His knowledge of the island runs deep; his love for it is boundless."

Outdoor writer; Mark McDonald, in the
 June l5, l997 San Antonio Express-News says:

    "Small wonder Sandifer has endeared himself to Park Service rangers and 
like it or not, become something of a cult figure among fishermen.  Sandifer, 
has never sought publicity.  But a man does not subject himself to these 
Spartan conditions, and catch fish consistently, without earning notice."

Mike Christman-Contributing Editor,
 www.tx-outdoors.com says:

    "I recently spent some time talking with an authority on big game fishing 
at Big Shell, Billy Sandifer.  I hesitate to call someone an expert at any 
          type of fishing, but if there ever was a fishing expert, Billy should qualify!            
He has fished Big Shell and Padre Island National Seashore for 38 years 
and spends about l00 days a year fishing this shoreline.  He is considered 
    an expert on surf, top-water lure, fly, bait and shark fishing. He also is
 an expert on bird watching, native plants and shells, basically, 
the whole ecosystem of the island. "