Don't Worry - Be Happy!

Capt Tom Birch

Tom was born in 1957 on a US Air Force base in France.

Living in New York they had a cottage on one of the Finger Lakes and the love of fishing began.

As his family grew, they ventured to Cape Cod, and the thrill of salt water fishing came to life. They spent vacations in Chatham up to his college days.

During those college years he came to the Cape with friends, and landscaped and fished for summer.

Upon graduation, he didn’t get the jobs he wanted, and didn’t want the jobs he got. Back to Cape Cod for one more year. After a seven (7) year commute to work for NCR Corporation in Boston, he decided to move onto the next chapter and he started his own landscaping company on Cape Cod in 1987.

During this time he was hired by a Charter Captain to maintain his lawn, so he fished whenever he could on that Captain's boat.

In 1997 he was blessed to be offered the SHANTI. So, Shanti Sportfishing was born, and they have constantly "caught em up". They can’t wait to share their knowledge, skill, love of fishing & the ocean, AND help you "CATCH EM UP".

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Captain Bob Halloran

Bob has been fishing all the waters of Cape Cod since 1975. He grew up in California but summered on the Cape.

He moved to the Cape in 1993 to raise his kids.

Bob was a mate for many Captains, both in Sesuit Harbor in East Dennis, and Wychmere Harbor in Harwich Port.

He got his U.S.C.G OUPV Captain's license in 2000 and has been operating charters on various boats for the last twenty-five (25) years.