Captain Steve Kidder brings to Highliner Charters more than 30 years of charter fishing experience. I'm one is of the most seasoned charter captains in the entire Puget Sound. I have led more chartered fishing excursions in continuous years, through the San Juans longer than anyone else in the business

I won first prize at the Labor Day Honda Derby which boasts to be the biggest fishing derby in the state of Washington to date.

In the year 2004 my family celebrated 100 years here in Anacortes on Fidalgo Island. My wealth of fishing family background is unmatched in the charter fishing fleet. Raised on Fidalgo Island, I have been fishing since I was five years old. As a boy, I spent summers living on Cypress Island fishing with my uncle Jack, and at 17, I purchased my first boat and began to fish the San Juans on my own.

Over the years, I have fished the salt water, rivers, lakes and streams of the Northwest. I tried my hand at commercial fishing in Alaska and worked as a gillnetter, king and dungeness crabber, tugboat, ferry captain and guide.

I hold a 100-ton master certificate and I have logged thousands of hours of sea time. I have caught just about every kind of catch the Sound has to offer, and learned along the way the secrets to finding the big fish in these beautiful and mysterious waters. I believe those who fish with me get the benefit from a life time fishing these waters, tips from real old-timers like my uncle Jack, and my genuine passion for the area.... LETS GO FISHING........