Capt. VJ Bell is originally from Wachapreague, VA where he started mating on charter boats at age 11. At age 20 he began fishing year-round professionally, spending the winters in Stuart. After getting his captains license at 25 and spending a couple of years running a 'private' boat he took a job on a then little known charter boat called the Bone Shaker. After thirteen years, with over 2 dozen billfish tournament wins and an enviable charter following he took ajob on the Challenge, a 2000 51' Bertram owned by his favorite charter client,Mike Fogel. As a married,42 yr old father of 2 he is one of the more popular choices for offshore charters on Florida's Treasure Coast. After 22 years of fishing offshore of Stuart and 10 seasons in Isla Mujeres/Cancun, Mexico he still loves to fish and can't wait to go to work in the morning.