WELCOME ALL
This part of the site is a tribute and a home away from home for all our fellow fishing addicts. As you can see from our own pictures up top, no matter what kind of fishing you do or where you do it or even how you get it done, you're welcome here. It's been said that stories are stories and pictures are proof. Well, this is the place for both. You'll also find some fishing-related diversions by following the other links below including information about our voluntary research and shark tagging efforts, as well as our role in launching the
International Land-Based Shark Fishing Association.
And if you haven't already, don't forget to join the All-Star Rod & Gun Club. It's free AND easy. Just the way we like it. All you need to do is register on the Discussion Forums, which include 'The SeaMonster Circus'.
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OUR BIG FISH STORY
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Thanks to our grandfathers on both sides of the family, we were introduced at a very early age to the adventure and wildlife found in our great outdoors. And it was the ancient piscatorial pursuit, more commonly known as fishing, that was an integral part of that sacred initiation. My brothers and I were pretty much out of our youthful minds with the sheer freedom of running wild through the Pennsylvania mountains at the time. So it wasn't until later in life that we realized just how much the ritual of fishing had taught us about so many other things in life. Mostly, it's not just the catching that matters, but everything that goes into that possibility. It's also the time you spend away from everything else and the people you sometimes spend that time with. It's an escape and a healthy addiction. I've even heard it said that, 'Catching a fish on a fishing trip is just a bonus'.

Ok! STOP THE PRESSES! I can almost buy that one. For my brothers and me, this sport, recreational activity, pastime or whatever you want to call it mutated into an all-out obsession somewhere along the line. I think it was that first trophy brook trout that barely fit in the palm of my hand back in the early 1970's that did it for me. The lifelong quest for bigger and bigger, and eventually, more dangerous game was on. And once I saw the movie 'JAWS' with my family at the tender age of 9. My fate was officially sealed. Things would never be the same ...
Adventure & W!LD Life Forever, indeed.
Club founders with released lemon shark. L - R: Brooks Paxton II, Sean Paxton, Tom Larkin

So, for a lot of us, the innocent act of fishing could be considered 'a gateway drug' because now, we've got a serious shark addiction, too. From little brookies back in the day to the top of the food chain today. But it gets better because for a number of years now, my brothers and I have been involved with voluntary research efforts that require everything from shark tagging to tarpon DNA & genetic recapture studies. I also founded and launched the 'International Land-Based Shark Fishing Association'. It's the first-ever of its kind to issue world records for RELEASED sharks and celebrate the world's greatest adventure sport. None of this would be possible without the inspiration handed down from our grandfathers way back when, and the camaraderie of all the anglers we continue to meet along the way, during our travels around the world.