ISLAMORADA – JANUARY 30, 2027
Captain Mark Schmidt - Iconic Key West light-tackle guide, IGFA World Record holder, and wreck and bottom fishing specialist with Sun Dancer Charters.
Captain Richard Stanczyk - Legendary Islamorada angler, pioneer of offshore and inshore Florida Keys fishing tactics and techniques, IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame inductee, and proprietor of Bud n' Mary's Marina.
Wesley Locke - Islamorada-based tournament angler who specializes in fly fishing for tarpon, and Tournament Director with a 10+ year career running tarpon and backcountry tournaments.
Richard DeLizza - Noted specialist at trolling for mahi and billfish in the offshore waters of the middle/upper Florida Keys, aboard the Rock Boat V.
Captain Jose Rodriguez, Jr. - Renowned Lower Florida Keys offshore fishing specialist with an emphasis on daytime swordfishing, deep-dropping, mahi, and reef and wreck fishing, with Above & Below Fishing Adventures.
Matt Upton - Authority on locating ocean-circulation features and water surface temperature breaks that hold gamefish, with Roff's Fishing Forecasting Analysis.
Captain Mike Goodwine - Renowned Florida-based guide specializing in catching trophy redfish, seatrout, flounder, and tripletail, with Blackneck Adventures Fishing Charters.
Gregor Dornau - Ft. Lauderdale and Islamorada-based authority on fishing the backcountry waters as well as the offshore reefs and deep-dropping, and President of Star brite.
Captain Armani Garcia - A seventh-generation Key West native and Lower Florida Keys bottom- and wreck-fishing pro, with Outta Line Charters.
Captain Jim Willcox - Renowned Islamorada backcountry pro and specialist at fishing with light tackle and artificial lures, with Ultimate Keys Fishing.
Harry Vernon III - Premier Miami-based offshore trolling, live-baiting, and bottom fishing pro.
Captain David Wicker - Veteran bottom-fishing authority and marine electronics specialist.
George Poveromo - Renowned angling authority, Editor-at-Large for Salt Water Sportsman, and host of George Poveromo's World of Saltwater Fishing on Discovery & ESPN2.
