Capt. Justin Nighan started fishing earlier than most.  Aboard his parents 40’ Sportfisherman, Justin started sailing to the Canyons off the New Jersey coast when he was just a few months old.  Fishing was his parent’s passion for most of his childhood and they took him on every trip.  By the age of 16 Justin has already logged almost 500 trips to the NE Canyons and started running his father’s boat, the “Sunny Skies”.  At 18 years old Justin packed up and headed south to attend the U of Miami during which he took part time jobs as a mate/captain and learned what South Florida sportfishing is all about.  After receiving his B.S. in Biology (2002) he had a tough decision to make, either to pursuer his true passion, fishing, or to enter the 9-5 world.  His choice was easily made and he promptly joined the Canyon Runner Charter fishing crew as a full time mate.  Throughout the next 3+ years he fished the NE canyons during the summer, producing over 1000 tuna each season, and fishing South Florida in the winter. 

He ended his career at Canyon Runner as Captain of their 58’ Viking in hopes to fulfill some travel needs.  Shortly after, he found himself on a 2 month excursion in Costa Rica as the 2^nd Captain on a 68’ Hatteras.  There he was schooled in the art of pitch bait tolling for Pacific Sailfish.  After that he jumped on a 60’ Bertram and toured the Bahamas and the Northern Caribbean for the entire summer enjoying the plentiful bottom fishing, yellowfin tuna and blue marlin fishery those areas have to offer.  Capt. Justin is now in his glory as the owner/operator of “Liquid Gold” charters in Miami, FL.  Growing up fishing in the NE Capt. Justin has developed an extremely hard work ethic when it comes to producing a catch.  Making a 80-100 mile run to search for fish over miles and miles of water has honed his fish finding skills ever so sharply.  He will do his very best every day to make your trip enjoyable and eventful.