Biography
Bill Stelly Jr is a social media influencer, professional angler, actor, producer, and photographer. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana to parents Bill Sr. and Vickie Stelly. Raised in South Louisiana in Cajun culture, Bill Jr watched both his grandfathers and dad commercial fish, hunt, and make a living with what the land provided. Bill Jr also watched his mother take pictures often on 35mm film cameras. After high school, Bill Jr started his own photography business, photographing weddings, senior portraits, and various other styles of family portraits. In 2005, Bill Jr became a father to a wonderful daughter, Nevaeh. After that, Bill expanded his photography business into graphic designs and videography. Working with several local artist designing album covers, creating artwork, shooting and directing music videos, he started to expand even further. Working with the Legendary Screwed Up Click from Houston Texas and later working with Bill Board Top 5 artist from the West Coast and even in other countries. In 2015, Bill decided he was done capturing moments for everyone else and decided that it was time to start working on his own projects. He formed Pure Cajun Outdoors, where him, his father and close friend Nic would start documenting the hunting and fishing adventures that they would go on in everyday life. Feeling there was a void for authentic Cajun content, Bill Jr wanted to fill that void and share his culture with the world. In 2020, while preparing for a fishing trip to film bull sharks in the Atchafalaya Basin, Bill Jr came across famed Youtube and TV Star Zak Catchem while filming for History Channels Swamp People. Bill and Zak would go out and film later that week and create several viral videos. Then in the summer of 2023, Zak Catchem would reach out to Bill and ask him if he was ready to film for the History Channel. Less than a month later, the two would be side by side with Troy Landry fighting bull sharks for History Channels Swamp Mysteries, where Bill has starred on season 2 and the new and upcoming season 3.
