Miss Judy Charters has been “kicking fish tail” since 1956, a genuinely historic, family-owned fishing charter business in Savannah, Georgia, offering inshore, offshore, and Gulf Stream fishing charters. Whether it’s sport fishing for the serious angler or a leisurely family day, the business has fished Savannah, Tybee, and adjacent waters for more than 50 years.
Founded more than 50 years ago by Captain Judy Helmey’s father as the very first professional fishing charter boat company in Coastal Savannah, the business is now hosting its third generation of anglers, with many current guests being the children or grandchildren of those Captain Judy’s father originally took fishing decades ago. Captain Judy herself has personally chartered trips for more than 40 years.
The fleet includes a genuinely large roster of 12 named captains: Judy Helmey, Kathy Brown, Dan DeYoung, Matt Williams, Kevin Rose, Justin Rahn, Jim Price, Jake Ross, Robert Brown, Phil Ross, Ross Corbett, Heath Wynn, Zach Holick, and Eddie Perry — a genuine multi-generational team offering personal attention from booking through the end of each fishing day, with trips fully customized to each customer’s needs, offshore or inshore.
Captain Judy maintains an exceptionally active social media and blog presence, sharing decades of colorful fishing stories, family history, home remedies passed down from her father, and detailed current fishing reports covering species like Redfish, Flounder, Sheepshead, Spotted Sea Trout, Triple Tail, Spanish Mackerel, and offshore species like Marlin. She also publishes a monthly fishing report in GON.com and has authored her own books about the family’s fishing history.
For anglers and families near Savannah, Georgia looking for a genuinely historic, multi-generational, more than 65-year established fishing charter, Miss Judy Charters offers an exceptional, deeply storied operation with Captain Judy Helmey and a large team of experienced captains.
