Salty Girl of the Month - Shauna Tabor
Shauna is a mother of three and wife to her favorite captain, her husband, Captain Pat Tabor. Since he is a Captain and usually has bookings, she finds a friend or two and fishes for fun. Shauna is a Texas girl and her favorite place to fish is the Tide Gage inside of the infamous Baffin Bay. It has a wonderful bottom to wade and is beautiful and fruitful of fish. Her favorite rod is her blinged out Redtail Rod with her second generation Curado. Shauna’s favorite snack to have on the boat is Caramel Chex Mix and Arizona Southern Style Tea.
Shauna loves eating and catching trout, especially wade fishing. She "pets" her trout when she has them on her stringer. She uses a Honey Hole Stringer manufactured by KaBree Tackle that keeps fish alive longer when wade fishing. So as they are swimming around her she can reach down and pet them while she waiting for the next bite.
Shauna’s best catch was with her two girlfriends when they were out to pre-fish for a tournament. They had about 45 minutes left to be on the water before they had to get ready for the Captain's meeting. Shauna decided to fish a shoreline that she has always wanted to but could never get anyone to stop do to so. The girls and Shauna anchored up and started fishing. Shauna hooked into a fish that didn't thrash her head around so Shauna thought she just had a nice red on. The fish got to the boat and her teammate went to net (and missed) and that's when Shauna saw the silver. She started shaking with excitement. She netted the second time and got the fish in the boat. It was a 29 3/4 inch trout. You would have thought Shauna won the lottery from her hooping and hollering; she called her husband and told him that she got her 30 (that's what she thought it was at the time). He couldn't understand her to well, so he got scared thinking something was wrong. And when he did understand what Shauna was telling him, she heard that motor crank up in the background to head back to where she was. During that time one of her other teammates hooked into a 29 inch red and then a 26 inch red. Capt. Pat headed back to where they were and anchored beside them and his client's started catching. At the end of the trip Capt. Pat’s clients told him that they wanted to fish with Shauna the next time! So the conclusion of the story is this: Shauna’s 29 3/4 inch trout is mounted and on her wall, next to her husband's...well he doesn't have a fish on the wall yet.
Shauna’s best catch was with her two girlfriends when they were out to pre-fish for a tournament. They had about 45 minutes left to be on the water before they had to get ready for the Captain's meeting. Shauna decided to fish a shoreline that she has always wanted to but could never get anyone to stop do to so. The girls and Shauna anchored up and started fishing. Shauna hooked into a fish that didn't thrash her head around so Shauna thought she just had a nice red on. The fish got to the boat and her teammate went to net (and missed) and that's when Shauna saw the silver. She started shaking with excitement. She netted the second time and got the fish in the boat. It was a 29 3/4 inch trout. You would have thought Shauna won the lottery from her hooping and hollering; she called her husband and told him that she got her 30 (that's what she thought it was at the time). He couldn't understand her to well, so he got scared thinking something was wrong. And when he did understand what Shauna was telling him, she heard that motor crank up in the background to head back to where she was. During that time one of her other teammates hooked into a 29 inch red and then a 26 inch red. Capt. Pat headed back to where they were and anchored beside them and his client's started catching. At the end of the trip Capt. Pat’s clients told him that they wanted to fish with Shauna the next time! So the conclusion of the story is this: Shauna’s 29 3/4 inch trout is mounted and on her wall, next to her husband's...well he doesn't have a fish on the wall yet.
When she fishes tournaments, she has come to learn that her husband is the best partner. He knows how she fishes and he is on top of his game. Capt. Pat and Shauna think alike and they know what needs to be done. Shauna loves fishing tournaments with her mom. She will fish just as hard and she is known as their "fish whisper" on the boat. She can feel where the fish are biting. She is honored to have her mother fish with her and Shauna thinks her mother is one of the greatest fishing women in the world.
Shauna’s favorite thing to have on the boat is her girlfriends, which includes her mom and sister. That is the main reason why she likes fishing women's tournaments. They allow a captain (which is her husband) so she gets to have fun with her husband, her mom and sister (who are always her teammates and awesome fishing women). No matter what, you can always hear laughter from their boat. The fish hard...but they have a blast doing it. Now that they have put the fever into Shauna’s little sister, they make one heck of a fishing team. Soon before they know it they will have a bigger fishing team with Shauna’s girls! Her five year old daughter is a wonderful fishing princess and will grow up to be an avid fishing woman like her mommy and grandmother. She will bait, cast, set the hook, reel and take her fish off the hook all by herself. She was two years old when she caught her first keeper all by herself. Shauna’s 3 year old son just wants to be on the water. That might be because Shauna fished pregnant with him up until my 9th month (wade fished until I was 8 months). Shauna’s 11 year old daughter wants to go just to spend the day with her and loves to compete against her.
Shauna shares with us some great fishing tips from relatives: When Shauna’s grandfather would go fishing at the coast he would spit on his bait. Capt. Pat laughs at her, but when Shauna caught her limit of trout, and he wasn't catching at the time, he too started spitting on his bait. Capt. Pat’s grandmother "Mimi" would hit her shoe on the side of the boat three times if the fish weren't biting. She says she is calling them up.
Shauna has many awards from fishing tournaments on the Texas Coast. Her most prestigious award was 1st Place in the Babes on the Bay Tournament. Shauna is the Director of Saltwater Sweeties, which is a ladies fishing tournament. The tournament will be held September 10 and 11, 2010. Details can be found at www.cbga.org/saltwatersweeties.
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