Captain Des holds a 100 ton Near Coastal Captains License, and is a native of Port Jefferson who has been fishing the local North Shore waters his entire life.
He has been featured in the Fisherman magazine, Newsday and as a guest on both the Fishing Line and the Noreast Radio shows. Desmond has also appeared as a speaker at several local fishing seminars including George Poveromo’s Saltwater Sportsman’s Seminar and annually at Jerry McGrath’s well known Sport fishing on Long Island seminars.
Desmond worked for 11 years as a mate and a Captain for the local party boats. After graduating Fordham University with a degree in Liberal Arts and Music he decided that he wanted to continue being a fisherman and moved to Montauk where he worked as a Captain for the Viking Fleet.
In 2002, Desmond returned to his home in Port Jefferson and began his own business, Celtic Quest Inc. which he owns and operates today. Our humble beginnings began in Mt Sinai Harbor, where we kept our first boat on a mooring and picked everyone up at the boat ramp. The Celtic Quest was a 1959, 45 foot, 30 passenger boat which was no frills to say the least. It was a boat though that has seen some epic fishing trips for sure! Luckily with the tremendous fishing in our area and the great fortune of receiving a berth in Port Jefferson Harbor, business grew and we were able to purchase our current boat, the Celtic Quest II in the fall of 2005.
In 2007 we have added the Celtic Quest III, a 25 foot Mako center console, 40 knot charter boat which will carry up to 4 passengers for custom fishing charters. But in the fall of 2009 we decided to sell the CQIII and purchased our new boat…a beautiful 75 foot fiberglass party boat!!! She is an extremely sea worthy and has sailed for many years out of captree before coming to Port Jefferson. We spent several months refurbishing this vessel and no dollar was spared in upgrading the machinery and electronics. She is a great boat and very comfortable to fish off of. We hope you like it!
Desmond is passionate about sharing all that our waters have to offer families and especially children. Along with his crew devote much of their time to furthering that cause and It is this their hope that no matter what age or experience level, those that fish with us will be able to experience the same joy and appreciation that we feel as in our lives as fishermen.
