About Captain Bill Welder

Bill Welder is originally from Maryland. He fished the Chesapeake Bay and offshore Maryland and Virginia waters since childhood. He first fished in Key West in 1983. He sold his businesses in 1995 and has been fishing full time ever since. Since permanently moving to the lower keys, he has enjoyed with many clients, the gin clear waters and the great variety of game fish the lower keys has to offer year round. For him there is no greater pleasure than putting someone from out of town on their first tarpon or landing their first sailfish. Exception to that would be a client’s wife or small child who have never fished before out fishing dad on a trip. His boat is named "Keyed Up" and if you meet him you will soon come to realize that the naming of his boat was no accident. He is relentless in the pursuit of game fish and enjoys teaching and sharing with others and he holds nothing back.

For those interested in scuba diving the Lower Keys, Captain Bill Welder is a certified dive master with PDIC. He also holds advanced and rescue certifications with SSI and PADI. He is an experienced underwater photographer.

One of a kind commercial hull Parker Center Console, rigged with a 200HP Yamaha. Captain Bill's Parker is custom rigged with a Furuno sounder, Lowrance LCD , a DGPS, electronic charting and plotting system, vhf radios, cellular telephone, Armstrong dive platform and a 4 step ladder. In addition, downriggers and outriggers are standard on all blue-water and or reef trips.