PERSONAL STATS
Name: George Poveromo
Born: May 11. 1958
Hometown: Parkland, Florida
PERSONAL STUFF
Marital Status:Married
Children: Two daughters
Pets: Dog (actually, it’s my youngest daughter’s)
Hobbies: fishing
Favourite movie: Animal House
Favourite TV show: HBO’s Carnivale (which wasn’t renewed!)
Favourite music (CD and/or musician): The Rolling Stones
Favourite motto/quote: “We’ll keep on going until we can’t go no more” – my TV production team will know exactly what I mean!
Did you ever think you were going to be a television host when you were a kid?: Not in my wildest dreams.
FISHING STATS
Years fishing: 43 years
Years competing: No competitive fishing
Number of wins (all events):
FISHING STUFF
Favourite angler: My 11 year old daughter, Megan! I love watching her fish!
Favourite technique: Offshore trolling
Fishing strength: Offshore and reef fishing
Fishing weakness: Fly fishing. Don’t care for it.
Highest point of career as an angler or TV fishing host: Catching two
wahoo over 100 pounds (fish weighing 143-pounds, three-ounces &
113-pounds, two-ounces); a 202-pound Big Eye tuna; nine blue marlin on
one trip to Brazil, and releasing an estimated 900-pound blue marlin off
Costa Rica.
Boat: Mako 284 center console, 2008 model
Motor: Twin Mercury Verado 300 horsepower outboards
Truck: Yukon XL
Sponsors: Mako, Mercury, Bass Pro Shops/Offshore Angler; Lowrance, Penn, Sufix, Yo-Zuri, Columbia Sportswear
Battling the elements and the wildest seas in pursuit of the biggest, fastest and toughest fish that swim. No other show has ever seen anglers go to suc ...
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