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GEORGE’S “A-TEAM” - by George Poveromo
The captains and pros listed below are among the very best in the sport of saltwater fishing. Their attention to detail and ability to consistently locate and catch fish is unparalleled. Even the most seasoned veterans can learn something from them. Each one has played an instrumental part in the creation of my World of Saltwater Fishing television series and I’m
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 MEGAN POVEROMO - An accomplished student of dance and drama, Megan Poveromo is George’s 13-year old daughter. As a seventh-grade student, much of Megan’s free time is spent studying, doing homework, and practicing dance and drama. However, she always finds some quality time for her dad and thoroughly enjoys going for boat rides, watching nature and catching fish. Some of her top catches include dolphin, snook, cobia, yellowtail snapper, mackerel, barracuda, seatrout, and even a four-pound largemouth bass!
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TREY RHYNE -
A noted big game angler, Trey Rhyne
holds a 100-Ton U.S. Coast Guard Masters
License, as well as a
Commercial Single and Multi-Engine Instrument Airplane
License. Trey lives in the Florida Keys from October through
July, with his major focus set on fishing in the Bahamas, more
specifically the Abacos, San Salvador, Rum Cay and Cat Island.
After July, Trey heads north just in time to fish the Canyons
off Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. Trey can be reached at
866-OUA TUNA, and through www.overundercharters.com.
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 DR. KEN NEILL III – A practicing dentist in Yorktown, Virginia, Dr. Ken Neill III is also an avid angler. Multiple world and state game fish records have been set aboard his boat, the Healthy Grin. Dr. Neill serves as a recreational representative to Virginia’s Marine Resource Commission, as well as the International Representative for the International Game Fish Association in the Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads area. Dr. Neill spends much of his time working with fisheries scientists and travels extensively for research studies on marlin and other species.
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 CARL
GRASSI - A resident of Coral Springs, Florida, Carl Grassi is an ardent
angler who lives to fish. When he’s not managing his
business – Carl’s Sunoco on West Sample Road in Coral
Springs – Carl can usually be found fishing out of Pompano
Beach’s Hillsboro Inlet. He enjoys live-baiting for kingfish
and sailfish, trolling for wahoo and dolphin, running and
gunning for dolphin, and dropping for swordfish. He’s a fan
of the Bahamas, where he enjoys bottom fishing and offshore
trolling. Carl also owns a skiff and spends some time chasing
snook and tarpon. Carl can be reached at 954-755-8799.
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 CAPTAIN GARY DUBIEL – The owner and operator of Spec Fever Guide Service in Oriental, North Carolina, Captain Gary Dubiel is an expert at fishing the inshore and coastal waters spanning from New Bern down through Morehead City and the Crystal Coast. He’s an accomplished light-tackle and fly guide who excels at catching both puppy and trophy red drum, tarpon, speckled trout, weakfish, striped bass, cobia, Spanish and king mackerel, bluefish, flounder and even bonito and false albacore. Gary is also a faculty member for the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series. Contact: 252-249-1520,
www.specfever.com
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STEVE HUDDLESTON - When it comes to catching swordfish off
Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Steve “Pumpkin Eater”
Huddleston is one of the very best. Steve specializes in
offshore fishing, where he does it all from live-baiting for
sailfish to trolling for marlin. He also does a great deal of
snook and tarpon charters. However, his passion lies with
catching broadbill swordfish, where he has both the day and
night fisheries down to a science. His largest sword to date
is a 545-pound, 10-ounce monster. For more information, call
954-562-0051 or E-mail: CaptPumpkinEater@hotmail.com
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JORJ HEAD – Regarded as one of the top fishing guides in
the Chesapeake Bay area, Jorj Head knows all the where tos and
how tos for catching a wide variety of Virginia’s saltwater
game fish. However, he is best known for his cobia fishing,
and also for catching trophy size flounder and striped bass.
Capt. Head is an active member of Virginia’s Game Fish
Tagging Program, and has also earned the distinction of
winning both the Expert and Master Angler Awards from the
Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament. He is a member of the
largest saltwater fishing association in Virginia, where he
has earned the status of Master Angler for Life. Capt. Jorj
can be reached at: 757-262-9004.
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 CAPTAIN JOE TRAINOR – A full-time captain for Over Under Adventures since 2005, Joe Trainor is noted authority on fishing the canyons off New Jersey, where he has spent the last 13 years trolling for tuna and marlin, chunking, jigging and live-baiting for tuna, and dropping for swordfish. When he’s not fishing off the New Jersey coast, Joe devotes his talents to catching fish off South Florida and throughout the Bahamas. Joe can be reached at: 1-866-OUA-TUNA (682-8862) or at
www.overundercharters.com
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 “CHARGIN’” CHARLIE THOMPSON – A 15-year Chockoloskee area fishing veteran, Chargin’ Charlie calls Lake Placid home. While he rates snook as his favorite inshore species, Charlie also enjoys plying the bottom well offshore Bradenton for grouper and snapper; his most recent trophy grouper weighed 26-pounds, whereas his largest red snapper cracked the 20-pound mark. He has taken snook over 30 pounds, trout over 7 pounds, redfish over 30 pounds, and tarpon over 100 pounds. Chargin’ Charlie can be reached at: 863-441-3561, or by E-mail:
kondor1117@embarqmail.com
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 LOU
VOLPE - A South Florida native, Lou Volpe specializes in
bottom-fishing for grouper and snapper and live-baiting for
kingfish and sailfish out of Fort Lauderdale’s Port
Everglades Inlet. Lou also takes his 22-foot Mako, Dab-A-Doo,
to Bimini, where he spends most of his time anchored and
chumming on the reefs. In addition to his east coast fishing
exploits, Lou spends a great deal of time fishing the waters
in and around Everglades City on Florida’s Southwest Coast,
where he catches snook, redfish, tarpon, trout, kingfish and
cobia. Lou can be reached at 954-434-7643.
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