Captain Mike Shellen

Captain Michael Shellen is a full time resident of Okeechobee Florida and has been fishing Lake Okeechobee since 1979. Michael is President of the Lake Okeechobee Guide Association and is licensed by the United States Coast Guard.

Captain Mike fishes from a 2007 Ranger 521VX powered by a  250 horsepower Yamaha HPDI motor. Mike’s boat features all the latest technology, a Minn-Kota 101 Trolling Motor (101 pounds thrust), Lowrance X15 GPS and Sonar, Eagle 162 Depth finder and Humminbird flasher.

Captain Mike is also an outdoor writer with weekly columns featured in "Florida Fishing Weekly", the "Okeechobee Times"
and the "Indiantown News". Mike writes a monthly column for "Outdoor Florida Magazine" as well as regular fishing reports featured on Fishin.com and TreasureCoastSpotlight.com

Be sure to check out my regular fishing reports on the "Big O". I update them regularly! Click here or click on "Fishing Reports" on the menu above.

Shellen Guide Service would like to thank all our wonderful customers for helping us achieve a high level of success and become a well respected guide service in the South Florida, Lake Okeechobee area.

Based on our success at The Big "O", we have decided to expand our base of operation to include other great bass fishing lakes/reservoirs in the area.

Having lived in Vero Beach 20 years prior to taking our guide service to Okeechobee, we have spent many hours at the Stick Marsh/Farm 13 reservoirs as well as Lake Garcia.

These interconnected bodies of water are all world class fisheries with the Stick Marsh being the most publicized. We fished these areas long before there was a ramp area to allow public access, by pulling our 14 foot jon boat over the surrounding dikes.