Fishing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 1946, when Charles Perry was born, wasn't just a sport. It was a way of life and one of the few ways to make a living. So it was natural that Charles Perry learned to crawl from a wooden fish box (his crib) on his father's sport fishing boat. He went charter fishing out of Oregon Inlet every summer with his father from the time he was six years old until his second year of university, when the US Army felt they needed his services for a different type of education. After two years in the army, he went back to sport fishing and has remained there ever since. Although he has a 100 ton captain's license, he prefers the excitement of the cockpit. Has been fortunate enough to work the deck for some of the finest captains in the business, including Peter B. Wright, Gary Stuve, Skip Smith, Tony Tillett, Paul Whelan, O.B. O'Bryan and the late Danny Bear. He has wired for the last 12 years for one of the very best, Captain Bark Garnsey, on the Chunda. The International Game Fish Association awarded The Legendary Captains and Crew Award, in the first year it was available, to Charles. They said about Charles: "Charles Perry may be the best heavy-tackle wireman in the world today."