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 MARATHON, FLORIDA – REEFS ‘A-BLAZING! In this jaw-dropper of an episode, Poveromo joins up with Marathon, Florida Keys, guide Captain Jimmy Gagliardini. Heading offshore in a 15- to 20-knot northeast wind and aboard Poveromo’s Mako 284 – MARC VI - the duo heads to a specific spot along a reef, and drops anchor in 80-feet of water. Here, they power chum up hundreds of large, hungry yellowtail snapper. After catching several “flag” yellowtails the traditional way (freelining small pieces of bait), they toss out handfuls of live pilchards and succeed in “live chumming” the yellowtails into maddening feeding blitzes at the surface! With the fish now in a frenzied and reckless eating mode, Poveromo and Gagliardini go on to catch the largest yellowtails of the trip on Rapala Rattlin’ Rap lures! And if catching trophy yellowtail on crankbaits wasn’t enough action for them, they later re-anchor over a shallow patch reef and do the very same thing with monster-size mangrove snapper! And just wait until you see Poveromo hook, fight and land a trophy-class, seven-pound mangrove snapper on a swimming plug! Poveromo and team based out of the new Holiday Inn Express in Marathon, and docked the MARC VI behind the hotel. For more info on the Florida Keys, visit: http://www.fla-keys.com/ |
| Featured airing: Saturday, January 1 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, January 7 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK - FLUKE - In this exciting episode, Poveromo finds himself and his Mako 2201 Inshore boat - Shallow-Water MARC - at Mount Sinai on New York’s Long Island. Here, he is joined by heralded fluke-fishing authority and guide – Captain Barb Fusco, who takes him “bucktailing” for fluke, a hugely popular fish among northeastern coastal anglers. Using light Penn spinning tackle, braided line and single- and dual- dropper rigs complete with jigs tipped with live bait and artificials, they cash in on a fast fluke bite. This episode showcases how to locate productive structure, keep on top of fluke concentrations, and also the little subtleties that make a huge difference in catching these fish. Poveromo and team stayed at Danford’s in Port Jefferson (http://www.danfords.com/), whereas his Mako was docked at Mt. Sinai’s Ralph’s Fishing Station. New Suffolk Shipyard was the participating Mako dealer. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, January 8 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, January 14 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 9 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 PALM BEACH INLET, FLORIDA - SNOOK - The Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach is a deep cut traversed by countless boats and numerous game fish. During the summer, it hosts some of the Sunshine State’s best snook fishing. In this action-packed episode, Poveromo teams up with Captain Gary Borland, a veteran Palm Beach guide and noted snook authority. Aboard Poveromo’s Mako 2201 Inshore – Shallow-Water MARC - they concentrate on locating schools of snook off the tip of the southern jetty and within the Inlet along the shelf paralleling its southern border. As anticipated, the snook bite is off the charts! The surprise catch of the day is a 100-pound plus Goliath Grouper Borland hooked, fought and bested on light tackle - from an anchored boat! The world famous Sailfish Marina served as Poveromo’s base of operation. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, January 15 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, January 21 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 30 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 BIMINI, BAHAMAS – OFFSHORE DOLPHIN & TUNA - Poveromo and friend Harry Vernon III are back at Bimini Sands Resort & Marina! On this trip, and aboard Poveromo’s Mako 284 – MARC VI, they head for Northwest Providence Channel in search of tuna and dolphin. Just shy of the tuna grounds, they discover a huge and seemingly endless weedline. While debating between setting a full spread of trolling baits or running-and-gunning and pitching live-baits along the line, Vernon free-lines a live pilchard - and hooks up immediately! The two anglers suddenly find themselves surrounded by a large school of big dolphin! At the tuna grounds, they use live pilchards to chum up and bait yellowfin and blackfin tuna. When in Bimini, the Bimini Sands Resort & Marina is Poveromo’s home base. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, January 22 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, January 28 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 7 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 BIMINI, BAHAMAS – REEFS GONE MAD! - The Bimini reefs are notorious for superb action, if one knows what to look for and how to do it. In this thrilling episode, Poveromo and Harry Vernon III showcase just how wild the fishing can be for yellowtail snapper, Cero mackerel, Horse-eye jack and amberjack. At one point, the clear, aqua waters behind Poveromo’s Mako 284 -MARC VI - resemble an aquarium, with everything from ballyhoo to big sharks taking up stations in the chum slick! Watch Poveromo and Vernon struggle to keep big fish out of the reef, or smaller ones from being eaten by big jacks, sharks and other huge predators! Looking for the secrets of fishing the Bimini reefs? Don’t miss this show. Poveromo and team stayed at the Bimini Sands Resort & Marina. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, January 29 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, February 4 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 14 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND - TUNA BONANZA – Tuna is the big draw for mid-Atlantic offshore anglers, and Ocean City, Maryland, is a red hot destination for them. Fishing with Captain John Oughton aboard his sportfisherman - Pretty Work, Poveromo goes on the troll for bluefin tuna. With a full array of skirted and plain ballyhoo in the spread, and backed by Penn International tackle, the team gets into a hot bluefin bite. This can’t-miss episode showcases not only just how good the tuna fishing can be off Ocean City, Maryland, but also how to locate bluefin tuna here and the most effective rigs, baits and trolling patterns. When the smoke cleared, Poveromo scored several bluefins up to 126 pounds, and even yellowfin tuna up to 50-pounds. Poveromo and team stayed on the Boardwalk at the Majestic Hotel and Apartments. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, February 5 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, February 11 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 21 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI - SPECKLED TROUT - In this episode, Poveromo and his Shallow-Water MARC, a Mako 2201, are in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he and Read Hendon set forth to pursue speckled trout – post Deepwater Horizon disaster. Hendon, a Fisheries Biologist for the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Research Lab, guides Poveromo into the bayous and even the Biloxi Marsh, where they encounter loads of baitfish and hungry trout. The impact on Mississippi’s coastal fish populations as well as any changes in their habits or environments is also addressed. Poveromo cited the number of recreational boaters he saw fishing during his visit and the good action with speckled trout as “an encouraging sign for the Gulf Coast fishing fraternity”. The Isle Casino hosted Poveromo and crew. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, February 12 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, February 18 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 28 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 BIG PINE KEY, FLORIDA - OFFSHORE TROLLING – Poveromo and friend Carl Grassi go on the troll off Big Pine Key, in the lower Florida Keys. Early winter here signifies the first arrivals of kingfish, wahoo, and sailfish, which mix with some of the “warm water” hold outs – i.e. dolphin. Working color changes, rips and deep water structure, the two troll up some fast action. After getting their bellies full of trolling, Poveromo and Grassi opt to hit the reefs, where they deep jig, live bait, and even anchor to boat some tasty yellowtails for dinner! Which tactic – trolling, deep jigging, live-baiting or chumming - yielded the most spectacular results? Stay tuned and find out! Poveromo and team, along with his Mako 284, stayed at Parmer’s Resort on Big Pine Key. For more info on the Florida Keys, visit: http://www.fla-keys.com |
| Featured airing: Saturday, February 26 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, March 4 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 4 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 BISCAYNE BAY, FLORIDA – ALL THINGS SALTY AND FRESH – In this exciting episode, Poveromo and his cousin - Terry Flora, visit the two places they cut their angling teeth on as youths: North Biscayne Bay and the freshwater Biscayne River Canal. Growing up in North Miami, the cousins extensively fished North Bay for sea trout, initially with their fathers and then with friends when they turned old enough to drive and trailer the family boats. The two find themselves back here once again – casting top water and sinking Rapalas and also live-pilchards for sea trout. After a day of catching trout and an unexpected encounter with a giant tarpon, they regroup for the following morning’s venture into the Biscayne River Canal; Their goal in this urban, freshwater canal system is to see if they still have the knack at catching largemouth bass, like they did as kids. The bass give them a bit of a challenge, but Flora hooks a tarpon and Poveromo lands a snook, proving you just can’t wring the “salt” out of these guys – even in freshwater! |
| Featured airing: Saturday, March 5 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, March 11 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 11 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - BLACKFISH & BLUEFISH – Mention blackfish (Tautog) to mid-Atlantic and northeast coastal anglers, and one will quickly realize just how popular a fish this really is. In fact, it’s almost cult-like! Poveromo and his Mako 2201 – Shallow Water MARC - head north to see what the hype is all about. Having never fished for blackfish, Poveromo is excited about targeting a species he believes closely parallels the grouper he catches down south. Fishing with Tom Migdalski, a noted fishing writer and authority on fishing in Long Island Sound, Poveromo learns just how challenging these fish are to hook, fight and land. But he soon masters the “knacks” and even goes on to score a head-turning, 11-pound blackfish! After he and Migdalski limit out on chunky blackfish, they go jigging for bluefish. Migdalski takes top honors here with a 16-pounder! The Shallow-Water MARC docked at the Indian Neck Yacht Club on the Branford River. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, March 19 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, March 25 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 18 – 11:30 a.m. |
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 ISLAMORADA – PATCHES & LIGHTS - Poveromo and his Mako 284 - MARC VI - are back in Islamorada in the Florida Keys. In this exciting episode, he and Captain Greg Poland fish the path reefs for mutton snapper, grouper and Cero mackerel. After bending their rods on the patches, the duo heads to Alligator Light, where Poveromo breaks out the 8-pound test class tackle and has fun catching big barracuda over the clear shallows. This episode explains how to locate the most productive patch reefs and successfully fish them, as well as the finer points of light-tackle fishing for big, winter-run barracuda. Poveromo’s MARC VI docked at World Wide Sportsman, whereas he and his team based out of Cheeca Lodge. For more info on the Florida Keys, visit: http://www.fla-keys.com. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, March 26 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, April 1 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25 – 11:30 a.m. |
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.jpg) MARATHON, FLORIDA – REEFS ‘A-BLAZING! In this jaw-dropper of an episode, Poveromo joins up with Marathon, Florida Keys, guide Captain Jimmy Gagliardini. Heading offshore in a 15- to 20-knot northeast wind and aboard Poveromo’s Mako 284 – MARC VI - the duo heads to a specific spot along a reef, and drops anchor in 80-feet of water. Here, they power chum up hundreds of large, hungry yellowtail snapper. After catching several “flag” yellowtails the traditional way (freelining small pieces of bait), they toss out handfuls of live pilchards and succeed in “live chumming” the yellowtails into maddening feeding blitzes at the surface! With the fish now in a frenzied and reckless eating mode, Poveromo and Gagliardini go on to catch the largest yellowtails of the trip on Rapala Rattlin’ Rap lures! And if catching trophy yellowtail on crankbaits wasn’t enough action for them, they later re-anchor over a shallow patch reef and do the very same thing with monster-size mangrove snapper! And just wait until you see Poveromo hook, fight and land a trophy-class, seven-pound mangrove snapper on a swimming plug! Poveromo and team based out of the new Holiday Inn Express in Marathon, and docked the MARC VI behind the hotel. For more info on the Florida Keys, visit: http://www.fla-keys.com/ |
| Featured airing: Saturday, March 19 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, March 25 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 18 – 11:30 a.m |
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.jpg) BIMINI, BAHAMAS – OFFSHORE DOLPHIN & TUNA - Poveromo and friend Harry Vernon III are back at Bimini Sands Resort & Marina! On this trip, and aboard Poveromo’s Mako 284 – MARC VI, they head for Northwest Providence Channel in search of tuna and dolphin. Just shy of the tuna grounds, they discover a huge and seemingly endless weedline. While debating between setting a full spread of trolling baits or running-and-gunning and pitching live-baits along the line, Vernon free-lines a live pilchard - and hooks up immediately! The two anglers suddenly find themselves surrounded by a large school of big dolphin! At the tuna grounds, they use live pilchards to chum up and bait yellowfin and blackfin tuna. When in Bimini, the Bimini Sands Resort & Marina is Poveromo’s home base. |
| Featured airing: Saturday, March 26 – 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) |
| Encore Performances: Friday, April 1 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25 – 11:30 a.m. |
