Castaway Lodge — San Antonio Bay
At Castaway Lodge, we believe the best days are spent outdoors with good people — the kind of days you don’t have to overthink and don’t want to end.
Tucked along 700 feet of quiet bayou waterfront in Seadrift, Texas, we built this place to be exactly that: comfortable, laid back, and easy from the minute you get here.
Capt. Kris Kelley has been guiding these waters since 1993, working the bays around Seadrift and Port O’Connor long before the lodge ever existed. What started as a passion for the outdoors — and sharing it with others — grew into Castaway Lodge in 2007 alongside his wife, Wendi.
Over the years, we’ve expanded the lodge, the grounds, and what we offer. What hasn’t changed is how we do things.
No pressure. No pretense. No putting on a show.
Just good trips, done right.
Our 3.5-acre waterfront campus along Haley’s Bayou gives groups plenty of room to settle in — from wide porches and fire pit lounges to comfortable lodging and shared spaces where the best stories usually happen after the day’s over.
Most of the folks you’ll see here come back year after year. Some bring clients. Some bring their crews. A lot of times it turns into both.
That’s what this place has become — not just a trip, but somewhere people return to.
On the water, our guides aren’t here for a paycheck — this is what they do, and it shows. Whether it’s chasing redfish and trout at first light, working the back lakes, or putting together a full cast & blast experience, the goal is simple:
Put you in the right place, treat you right, and make sure it’s a trip worth coming back for.
Back at the lodge, Wendi, Betsy and the team keep things just as dialed — good food, plenty of it, and the kind of atmosphere where everyone’s comfortable being themselves.
We’re also proud of what this place supports beyond the water. Through Castaway Youth Charities, we’ve been able to give back to local youth and organizations that matter to this community — something that’s just as important to us as anything we do at the lodge.
We’ve grown over the years, but we haven’t changed.
And that’s exactly the point.
