Tampa, Florida’s own Heather Cirincione has so many wonderful memories of fishing. She grew up on the water and was fishing since she was a little baby. She loves being around great friends and her family on the water.
Heather’s favorite boat is her dad’s Grady White. He is her favorite captain! You can always find Heather fishing Boca Grande and Honeymoon Island. Her most unusual catch to date was a turtle and pelican. She loves to catch and release Tarpon because they are a fun fish to catch. She loves to catch and eat yellow tail snapper also. Heather’s favorite thing to bring on the boat is good music along with sunscreen! Her favorite snack aboard is Pretzels (mine too!) and Publix subs. Heather’s favorite way to prepare fish is to use Panko bread crumbs with a light pan fry.
Heather’s tip for all anglers is Patience! It’s a virtue!!
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.
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.
Capt. Gasper Marino has spent most of his life sport fishing up and down the East Coast, the Caribbean and Central America. He has competed in some of the most competitive tournaments on the East Coast, and placed in many of them. Captain Gasper enjoys sharing his love of sport fishing and boating with all charter guests. You can find Capt Gasper aboard the Wadmacallit docked in Charleston, SC. If you would like to book Capt. Gasper on your next trip, please give him a call at 843.514.4117 or visit their website: www.wadmacallit.com.
You can find Capt. Gasper along with other great Captains on our site: www.saltwaterstyle.com!
Captain John Houpt is a U.S Coast Guard licensed, IGFA Certified, professional fishing guide. He is a guide in the Islamorada area of the Florida Keys and is experienced and knowledgeable in fishing the waters of Florida Keys with all kinds of tackle. Capt. John can provide you with a fishing trip that will meet your needs and dreams. Fishing, for Capt John is not just the opportunity to catch the fish of a lifetime, it is also about the peace and quite, the solitude, the lovely sunrises and sunsets and the thrill of the chase. To book your next trip with Capt John contact him at 305-393-6844 or email him at captjohn@badfishcharters.com. You can find more info on Capt John Houpt and other great captains at www.SaltwaterStyle.com
Captain Henry has been a licensed captain for 11 years, with 18 years of experience fishing the waters of Southern California, Baja Peninsula, mainland Mexico, Central America, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. He has an incredible zeal for offshore pelagic species such as marlin, tuna, mahi-mahi and yellowtail, to name a few. Captain Henry is also an accomplished hunter, focusing on North American big game with rifle or archery to upland game such as chukar quail and turkey. “Staying in the hunt is what keeps you alive and always working for that next outstanding experience,” he says.You can find Capt. Jesse onboard the Dog House fishing out of Southern California. Book your next charter with Capt. Jesse and Dog House Charters by giving him a call at 714-408-8452 or email him at jesse@fishdoghouse.com. You can find Capt Jesse and other great Captains on our Captain Page at www.saltwaterstyle.com.
Lisa grew up in Georgia fishing on an open faced reel on rivers, ponds and creeks. Her favorite place to fish is in Tennessee is on what they call 58. Lisa’s most unusual catch is a very huge River turtle. Her favorite thing to have on the boat is sun tan lotion and sunflower seeds! And yes, my friends, she loves to spit them! lol
Lisa loves to catch and release largemouth bass and her favorite fish to eat is Talapia.
Lisa loves to Carolina Rig fish using a watermelon ZOOM brush hog and she has caught most of her fish by c-rigging. Lisa’s most memorable moment fishing is when she caught so many bass last year!
Lisa and a friend won a tournament in Tennessee on 58 in 2009. They won money plus Lisa won the biggest fish caught. She was also the only female in the tournament and she was proud!
Jackie grew up in the Keys with a fishing rod in her hand. She can remember dolphin fishing with her dad when she was little and finding themselves thick in a pack of Schoolies. It was so thick the fish were bouncing off the boat. She can remember watching her dad grab them bare handed and throwing them in the boat faster than she could reel one in. She has learned a few things from her favorite Captain and her boyfriend, Captain Pete Rae. Jackie’s favorite vessel is the Sea Spud docked in Morehead City, NC. Her favorite place to fish is Isla Mujeres Mexico or in the Florida Keys where she grew up. Jackie prefers ultralite spinning tackle because it’s more fun to catch big fish on.
Her most unusual catch was deep dropping in Mexico and coming up with a 60 pound mystic grouper, a 30 pound strawberry grouper and a 20 pound queen snapper. She loved to watch them keep popping up. She made sure that they had wasabi on board for this massive catch.
Jackie is a firm believer in kissing your fish upon release. It has always given her luck and has brought them back bigger the following year. She got some great advice from Captain Anthony Mendillo from Isla Mujeres Mexico, who explained to her why God gave women hip bones. It’s the perfect place to plant the butt of my rod on. It also works wonders for all the tales told at the docks - those bruises support great fishing stories!
Her favorite thing to have on a boat (anyone who knows Jackie knows this) is Bain de Soleil Orange Gel #4. It gives her that tropical dark tan. (I have to concur – I love that stuff too! Jackie tells me that they now make a spray version… a must have for this summer season and it’s less oily!) Jackie’s two must haves while fishing is Miller Lite and Cheese-its! She claims that she can’t have one without the other. It’s a perfect small lunch and a great sea sick cure as well as a hangover remedy. Her favorite fish to catch and eat would be the Queen Snapper (pictured above). As soon as it’s cleaned right out of the box, Jackie has wasabi and soy sauce on a paper plate. You can always catch her eating it on the dock and still in her fishing clothes. Snapper is awesome when it’s fresh – and you can’t get any fresher than that!
Jackie’s favorite fish recipe is Captain Pete's Fried Snapper with Key Lime Butter Sauce. The snapper is fried in panko and covered with shredded parmesan cheese. Add some chopped green onion and tomato to the top and it’s smothered in sauce. (the sauce is a stick of melted butter, and a lot of lime juice).
She has lots of fishing memories but her top two would be Tarpon fishing in the Keys at night under the bridges and snaggin’ a big one. She out fished all the guys that night, she collected her own scale AND never spilt her beer with the boys. Her other fond memory was catching 29 sails in one day off Isla Mujeres in Mexico.
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