2008 Discover Boating
and Fishing Seminar Schedule
Sponsored and produced by “The Fishing Line” & Rich Johnson
(speakers & times subject to change)
See our speakers & Bio's below the schedule
Saturday / December
29 / 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
11 am
Western LI Sound & CT Blackfish:
Capt. Chris Cullen / Island Current Charters
Noon: Plugging Back Bay Bass & Blues Rich Johnson, The
Fishing Line
1 pm. Tri State Musky Tactics: Pat Marshall
2 pm. Striped Bass Trolling Tactics: Capt. Al Ristori /
NJ Star Ledger
3 pm. Canyon Party Boat Tuna: Capt Greg Markert of the Golden
Eagle in NJ
4 pm. Drop Shottin’ Largemouth Bass: Skip Lerman
5 pm. What’s New In Electronics & Gadgets: Boater’s World Staff
Sunday / December 30: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
11 am
USCG Captain’s License Fact vs. Fiction:
Capt. Bob Figular / Mariner’s School
Noon: NJ’s Spring Striper Fishery: Capt. Al Ristori / NJ Star Ledger
1 pm LI Sound Fluke Fishing: Capt. Chris Cullen / Island Current
Charters
Monday / December 31
/ CLOSED
Tuesday / January 1 /
Noon to 8 p.m.
1 pm What’s New In
Electronics & Gadgets: Boater’s World Staff
2 pm Chunking Western Sound Striped Bass: Capt. Chris Cullen /
Island Current Charters
3 pm Kid’s & Party Boat Fun: Capt Greg Markert of the
Golden Eagle in NJ
4 pm Night Boating Safety & Hazards: Burt Hurvich, US Coast Guard
Aux
5 pm Getting Your USCG Captain’s License: Sea School Staff
6 pm What’s New In Electronics & Gadgets: Boater’s World Staff
Wednesday / January
2 / Noon to 8 p.m.
1 pm
What’s New In Electronics & Gadgets:
Boater’s World Staff
2 pm USCG Captain’s License Fact vs. Fiction: Capt. Bob Figular /
Mariner’s School
3 pm Night Boating Safety & Hazards: Burt Hurvich, US Coast Guard
Aux
4 pm Diamond Jigging Strategies: Rich Johnson of The Fishing Line
5 pm Piscatorial Cookery: Chef Michael Colameco of WOR’s Food
Talk
6 pm LI Sound Fluke Fishing: Capt. Chris Cullen / Island
Current Charters
Thursday / January 3
/ Noon to 8 p.m.
1 pm
What’s New In Electronics & Gadgets:
Boater’s World Staff
2 pm Buying A New Boat: Discover Boating Staff
3 pm Night Boating Safety & Hazards: Burt Hurvich, US Coast Guard
Aux.
4 pm Kid’s & Party Boat Fun: Capt Greg Markert of the
Golden Eagle in NJ
5 pm Piscatorial Cookery: Chef Michael Colameco of WOR’s Food
Talk
6 pm Western Sound & CT Blackfish Tactics: Capt. Chris Cullen /
Island Current Charters
Friday / January 4 /
Noon to 8 p.m.
1 pm What’s New In
Electronics & Gadgets: Boater’s World Staff
2 pm Night Boating Safety & Hazards: Burt Hurvich, US Coast Guard
Aux.
3 pm. Getting Your USCG Captain’s License: Sea School Staff
4 pm. Canyon Party Boat Tuna: Capt Greg Markert of the Golden Eagle
in NJ
5 pm Piscatorial Cookery: Chef Michael Calemeco
6 pm. Western LI Sound Fluke Fishing: Capt. Chris Cullen / Island
Current Charters
Saturday / January 5
/ 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
11 a.m. What’s New In
Electronics & Gadgets: Boater’s World Staff
Noon: Froggin’ the Slop: Skip Lerman
1 pm Live Snapper Fluke: Rich Johnson, The Fishing Line
2 pm Canyon Party Boat Tuna: Capt Greg Markert of the Golden Eagle
in NJ
3 pm Tri State Musky Tactics: Pat Marshall
4 pm Chunking Western Sound Striped Bass: Capt. Chris Cullen /
Island Current Charters
5 pm. USCG Captain’s License Fact vs. Fiction: Capt. Bob Figular /
Mariner’s School
6 pm. Night Boating Safety & Hazards: Burt Hurvich, US Coast Guard
Aux
Sunday / January 6 /
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
11 a.m. Getting Your
USCG Captain’s License: Sea School Staff
Noon: Diamond Jigging Tactics: Rich Johnson of The Fishing Line
1 pm Western LI Sound & CT Blackfish: Capt. Chris Cullen / Island
Current Charters
2 pm Kid’s & Party Boat Fun: Capt Greg Markert of the
Golden Eagle in NJ
3 pm Do’s & Don’t’s of Buying Boats: Discover Boating Staff
2008 NY Boat Show
Seminar Speakers Bio’s for Program Guide
Mike Colameco
:
Mike is the acclaimed radio show host of “Food talk” on WOR710AM and
Colameco's Food Show on Public Television 13WNET. Mike divides his time
between his home with his family in south Jersey and the West Village of NY
and his passion for fishing and boating is no secret to fans of his shows.
While working as a cook & chef in New York City for over a decade, each
summer's vacation through the 80's and early 90's were organized around
touring France, Italy, Switzerland and England dining at most of the
Michelin 3 star, many 2 star and countless wonderful local restaurants
featuring regional cuisines. These dining experiences & 20 odd years spent
in restaurant kitchens, have helped develop a very well trained palate. Mike
will be cooking fish recipes in person at the NY Boat Show Wednesday-Friday
at 5 p.m. sharp and spending time in The Fishing Line booth for you to
personally speak with him about fishing, recipes and of course his shows.
His web site is
www.colameco.com.
Rich Johnson
:
Rich is a sponsor and producer of the NY National Boat Show and
their Seminar Series and that of other outdoor expos as well and
a featured speaker at regional events. Johnson is the executive producer,
host & creator of “The Fishing Line” television and radio shows with
the radio broadcast Saturdays at 4 p.m. on WGBB 1240AM radio. The radio
show’s heard live through his Internet site throughout the country and
around the world. You can watch the full 30 minutes television shows on his
site as well 24 hours a day. Rich has been on the airwaves of radio and TV
now for 15 years and has 45 years fishing experience in salt and freshwater
and specializes in stripers from boat or beach. A fishing guide, lecturer &
freelance writer Rich has taught Adult Education fishing classes over 15
years. You can find Rich at
www.thefishingline.com.
Al
Ristori
:
Capt. Al Ristori has been the Saltwater editor of
NJ’s The Star-Ledger since 1984 and is a regional editor of Salt Water
Sportsman. Al Ristori has appeared on The Fishing Line radio & TV shows, his
books include North American Saltwater Fishing; The Saltwater Fish
Identifier; Fishing for Bluefish; The Outdoorsman's Edge Guide to Saltwater
Fishing; and the upcoming Complete Book of Surfcasting. Al is Conservation
editor of The Fisherman magazine and holds the IGFA all-tackle world records
for leather bass and round whitefish and caught New Jersey's first
"grander,” a 1022-pound giant tuna. A tireless conservationist for our
fisheries as executive director of the Emergency Committee to Save America's
Marine Resources, and served on the original Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council. Ristori charters the 35-foot Wellcraft center console, Team
Wellcraft out of Highlands, N.J. Al Ristori will be speaking the first
weekend of the Boat Show on Dec. 29 & 30 and will be in The Fishing Line’s
booth to answer your questions.
Capt. Greg Markert
:
Captain Greg is the protégé of Captain Hank Leonard, a third generation
party boat owner and well known NJ fishing icon. Greg earned his masters
license by working on four of the legendary NJ party boats including the one
he currently owns, the “Golden Eagle.” After many successful trips and
placing in various tournaments, Captain Greg started this second business
from his passion for fishing with Greg and his wife Nancy continuing the
tradition of quality, family party boat fishing on the Golden Eagle. Captain
Greg and the captains of the Golden Eagle are veterans of untold canyon tuna
trips and feel his crew’s coordination and teamwork are what puts more fish
into the boat. For over 25 years, Captain Greg has fished the waters from
New Jersey to Maryland. He continues to commit himself to providing the
best fishing experience to everyone who boards his vessels. Capt. Greg will
be speaking both weekends and throughout the week covering Canyon Party Boat
Tuna Fishing and Kid’s & Party Boat Fun. His web site is
www.goldeneaglefishing.com
Captain Chris Cullen
:
Capt. Chris Cullen owner /operator
of the Island Current Fleet in City Island, NY has extensive knowledge of
the western and central areas of LI Sound. With 25 years experience both on
deck and in the wheelhouse, Capt. Chris Cullen is well versed from bottom
fishing for giant blackfish to nighttime trophy striped bass. Capt. Chris's
results have a high success ratio and every trip is carefully planned on
tides and currents along with precise tackle selection. His upbeat
presentation matches his personality and his seminars on Hunting LI Sound
Trophy Bass, fluke and blackfish will be well received and crowded so get a
seat early. Capt. Chris will be speaking throughout the week long seminar
series. On the web at
www.IslandCurrent.com.
Skip Lerman
:
Skip is one of the nicest and down
to earth fishermen you’ll come across anywhere. Skip has competitively
fished the touring bass circuit for over 28 years, with five (5) Eastern
Bass Championships, four time winner of NJ Bass Federation tournaments and
two (2) ABA Angler of the Year Titles, three time overall Eastern Bass
champion and many top three finishes. Skip is a featured lecturer in the
freshwater realm of bass fishing and has also made several appearances on
television with a variety of hosts and presented a number of seminars on a
variety of fishing topics. His sponsors include Pure Fishing, Lures. Skip
will speak Saturday of both weekends.
Pat
Marshall
:
Pat has been fishing since he was
a small child in Minnesota. His passion sets him on paths to fish for
anything that swims but he caught the muskie bug early in life having grown
up in MN. Have fished competitively for the last 15 years for bass, walleye
and Muskies, he really has spent the last 15 years obsessed with the muskie
fishing and travels all over North America fishing for them. As the current
president of Muskies Inc. Chapter#22 in New Jersey, Pat enjoys teaching new
people the very challenging and rewarding sport of Muskie fishing…the fish
of 10,000 casts.
William C. Winslow
:
William \Winslow is a member of the U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary where he is a staff public relations officer for the First
Southern District. At the flotilla level, he teaches boating safety. He has
been in the Aux since 1998. Winslow sails a 19 foot wooden catboat, which he
built himself, out of Aquebogue, Long Island. Since her launch in 1995 the
Phoebe Ann Cowdrey has sailed as far as Block Island, Bristol, RI and
Hamburg Cove on the Connecticut River.
Captain Bob Figular
:
Capt. Bob is
a USCG Licensed Master with over 60,000 miles blue water experience. He is
the president and founder of Mariners School which is approved the Coast
Guard to offer Captain’s Licensing Courses. In the last 8 years while at the
helm Mariners School has enjoyed a 98.7% success rate. Captain Figular
attributes this success rate to teaching understanding and not just how to
pass a test. Most recently Captain Figular developed an online Captain’s
licensing program which was the first in the country to be approved by the
United States Coast Guard. You can read his monthly columns in several
nautical publications or hear him speak at many boating venues throughout
the country.
