ABOUT US

Shore Catch Guide Service, LLC

Shore Catch Guide Service was founded in 1995 by Capt Jim Freda and Capt Gene Quigley. In our infancy we were we strictly surf guides but we evolved to a small fleet of boats quickly building one of the largest fly and light tackle charter businesses in the Northeast. In 1999 Shell E. Caris partnered with us and took over much of the surf fishing responsibilities while Capt Gene and Capt Jim took on the boat duties. From here we added other captains and guides who brought much experience and talent to the table. At present we have nine guides and seven boats.

In the words of Capt Gene,

“Shore Catch was looking at our business completely different than the typical fishing charter. We wanted to be something for people that no one else in the area was. There were plenty of of great fishermen who could take people fishing and go catch fish, but our whole agenda was education, about teaching not just fishing, about the environment and the ocean. We wanted our entire experience to be different.”

Each year Shore Catch entertains clients from around the world, fishing for striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, false albacore, mahi, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna, tog, and fluke.

Much thanks to our success in building our beach and boat charter business goes to legendary fly fisher and angler Bob Popovics who mentored us along the way with his knowledge and advice. We are also indebted to Bob D'Amico of StriperSurf who first debuted Shore Catch and promoted each and everyone of our venues.

The Shore Catch Team
Capt. Jim Freda	Capt. Gene Quigley	Shell E. Caris	Capt. David Goldman	Capt. Adam Sherer
Capt. Tom O'Loughlin	Capt Rich Swisstack	Capt. Dave Torrick	Capt. Greg Cuozzo	1st Mate Hunter Gutwein

StriperSurf Enterprises, LLC

Bob D'Amico's StriperSurf.com is one of the very earliest fishing websites; dating back to 1998, it was the first site to exclusively focus on striped bass. It's mission from day one was to be a reliable source for surf fishermen, especially new fishermen, to learn and share knowledge of striped bass and the sport.

In 2012 it continues to be the only saltwater fishing site with an ever growing repository of over 350 articles written by the top fishermen and authors in recreational sport fishing. The two most widely known contributing authors are, Shore Catch's Jim Freda and the legendary surfcaster, outdoorsman and author Frank Daignault of Massachusetts, who has written six best selling books and bagged seven +50 Lb. Striped Bass. Since 1999 Daignault has hosted the “Ask Frank Daignault Forum” on StriperSurf, providing over 22,000 answers and comments to fishermen, plus a cadre of dedicated hunters.

No online operation as large and complex as StriperSurf could operate without help. With the kind assistance of Joe Laniewski, Jess Pierce, Manny Remelgado, Bob Ragati, Eric Rocha, Stan Creighton, Michael Zacharewich and Bob DeLeonard (Captain of StriperSurf's three time surf fishing champion Team SS), StriperSurf continuously grows and its reputation as a positive, helpful resource is widely acknowledged by it's recreational sport fishing industry peers and clients.

It was through StriperSurf that Shore Catch Guide Service debuted on the Internet and subsequently the publication of two books, Jim Freda's Fishing the New Jersey Coast and Saltwater Fishing; A Tactical Approach by Jim, Gene Quigley and Shell E. Caris. The strong relationship between Bob D'Amico and the Shore Catch guides did not follow the usual money oriented path, it was built on trust and friendship.

Using StriperSurf as his main vehicle Bob has been able to “give back” by supporting various non-profits from Veteran's programs, child oriented charities, emergency relief, schools and most noteworthy, BringSeanHome.org. Mark DeAngelis and Bob D'Amico co-founded, “BSH” in September 2008 to help Capt. David Goldman regain custody of his abducted son Sean, who thankfully was returned to the USA on Christmas Eve 2009. With a worldwide presence, and under the direction of DeAngelis and now David Goldman, the Bring Sean Home Foundation continues to work seven days a week to help bring home other internationally abducted children.

In 2011 after 8 years of growth, Bob spun off his fishing rigs business on StriperSurf to a new venture, Trophy Rigs. Offerring fishermen worldwide the only online source of 100% custom tied bait fishing rigs, leaders and premium quality terminal tackle. Bob ties every single rig and leader to assure their quality; to date nearly 50 different fish species, both salt and freshwater from around the world have been verified as caught on Trophy Rigs and not one rig has ever been returned as defective or for failure! No world records yet but with thousands of rigs shipped each year it will happen!

The StriperSurf Team
Bob D'Amico	Joe Laniewski “Joe”	Jess Pierce “Jess”	Bob Ragati “Ragman”	Bob DeLeonard “Wildbob”
Manny Remelgado “BennyB”	Stan Creighton “VA Gentleman”	Eric Rocha “StriperKinight”	Michael Zacharewich “Gottog”	Frank Daignault