Capt C.J.

Hello everyone , my name is Courtney, Mike Bigler’s daughter.

Many of you have seen that my dad lost his boat due to Hurricane Ian. Quite a few people have been asking about a gofundme, so I’m making this for them - they did not want to make one.

If you know my dad, you know his biggest pride and joy was his shrimp. For the last 40 years my dad and brother, Jason, (20 years) have dedicated themselves to providing the freshest and most delicious shrimp to Matlacha and Boca Grande.

The last 3 months my dad was working nonstop to replace the winch on the boat. He was eager to get back out and do what he loves to do.

Unfortunately, my dad did not have any insurance on his boat. With that being said, he can NOT promise you another shrimp boat. Maybe this can get a ball rolling and show him how many people actually care about him and his shrimp. Hopefully this can also give my parents some type of relief on everything that has been piling up the last few months since my dad was rebuilding the winch.

For those wondering, my dad is in good spirits and happy his family and all their houses made it through the storm. The only thing we lost was the Capt. C.J.

Thank you to all our loyal customers thru the years who helped keep this business going. We will get through this! I know these guys are ready to get shrimp back on your table!

Also we might try and make a last order of shirts when everything goes back to normal, if able.