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  • Photo: Bill and Donna in 1976
  • Photo: Dave Carraro's first catch
  • Photo: Dave Marciano
  • Tyler McLaughlin was six years old when he helped reel in his first bluefin tuna.
  • Photo: Ralph Wilkins in 1976
  • Photo: Kevin Leonowert on vacation in Cape Cod, age 11

  • Old School Bill and Donna

    Photograph Courtesy Monte Family / Pilgrim Films & Television

    Bill and Donna Monte, now owners of the Bounty Hunter, pose at their Peabody home back in 1976 with a huge codfish they caught off the coast of Beverly, MA. Before Donna met Bill, she had never been fishing before. Six months into their relationship, Bill took Donna fishing, and the rest is history.

  • Old School Dave

    Photograph Courtesy Dave Carraro / Pilgrim Films & Television  

    5-year-old Dave Carraro (now captain of the FV-Tuna.com) stands on a dock in the Adirondack mountains with the first fish he ever caught. A fisherman ever since, Dave grew up fishing in the waters of the Garden State, New Jersey.

  • Old School Marciano

    Photograph Courtesy Dave Marciano / Pilgrim Films & Television

    A younger Dave Marciano (now Captain of the Hard Merchandise) teaches his kids Angelica and Joseph to fish on a charter boat off of Hyannis, MA in 1993.

    Marciano started fishing when he was 11, but got his kids started at an even earlier age. Spending time on charter boats is nostalgic for Marciano, since his first job as a teenager was fishing aboard the charters of Gloucester, MA.

  • Old School Tyler

    Photograph Courtesy Donna McLaughlin / Pilgrim Films & Television

    Tyler McLaughlin (now captain of the Pin Wheel) was six years old when he helped reel in his first bluefin tuna.

  • Old School Ralph

    Photograph Courtesy Ralph Wilkins / Pilgrim Films & Television

    A teenage Ralph Wilkins (now captain of the Odysea) poses in his mom's living room before his senior prom back in 1976. Competitive to the core from an early age, Ralph spent 1977 playing rugby for the US national team.

  • Old School Kevin

    Photograph Courtesy Kevin Leonowert / Pilgrim Films & Television

    On vacation in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 11-year-old Kevin Leonowert (now captain of the Christina) poses with his catch. Kevin has had the heart of a fisherman from a very young age.

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Andrew Clark
Andrew Clark

Back then he couldn't catch a tuna either hey!....did not Dave on the Tuna.com to follow around and milk off.....whinging, whining sooky sooky la la....