Philadelphia Seminars

	Davy Hite Davy Hite is a professional bass angler with over eighteen years of experience as a touring pro. During that time he has established himself as one of the most successful anglers of all times. Davy has four major titles to his credit. He is a two-time BASS Angler of the Year, a Bassmaster Classic Champion and an FLW Championship Winner. He has won nine national tournaments and qualified for the Bassmaster Classic in an impressive fourteen seasons. Davy is a fan favorite on the Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament Trail. He has been featured on numerous television shows on various ESPN channels, the Outdoor Channel, NBC Sports, SportsSouth, and Sun Sports among other networks. He is also highly regarded as a seminar speaker known for his informative, entertaining, and humorous style.
	Paul Elias Paul Elias is a 26-year veteran of the Quantum Pro Staff and has fished 14 Bassmaster classics. Paul is also the current-record holder for a 4-day B.A.S.S. tournament weigh-in with 132 pounds, 8 ounces, on Falcon Lake, Texas. He was the 2011 winner of Walmart FLW Tour finale caughing a five-bass limit weighing 23 pounds even.
	Dave Mercer Fishing funny-man, Dave Mercer, host of television’s Facts of Fishing® and The Bassmaster Classic & Bassmaster Elite Series Emcee spends over 250 days a year fishing for just about anything that swims. He is one of today’s most sought-after seminar speakers. His off-the-wall blend of edutainment has had audiences rolling in the aisles while teaching them how to catch more and bigger fish than they ever imagined. Whether you’re seeing him on TV, DVD, online or in person get ready to laugh, learn, and get hooked on Dave Mercer’s Facts of Fishing. Presented by

	David Dudley He began fishing local tournaments with his father every weekend and as a teen would put on roofs to earn the entrée fees to enter on his own. His fishing would at times interfere with his other team sports. Eventually he was forced to choose and he made the final trade of his bat and glove for rod and reel without hesitation when he found himself being kicked off the baseball team for skipping practice to fish a tournament. For more information visit: www.daviddudley.com/
	Mark Menendez There are few bass fishing professionals on the national scene like Mark Menendez. For certain, each one of the anglers that competes on the sport’s grandest stages work to promote their sponsors, but Menendez always seems to go the extra mile. On the water, the 47 yr old Paducah, Kentucky angler has spent the past 17 years earning the reputation of a warrior on tour. His career earnings of more than $1,000,000 earnings along with success in individual tournaments and season long point standings are testament to his passion and skill for competition.
	Travis and Leigh Creekbaum The Chase is on as this husband wife team battles the elements and their busy careers to live the dream of filming hunts. Travis, a Portfolio Manager, and Leigh, a Financial Advisor, hit the road in a decked out motor coach to fill their tags in time to return to the grind. Get ready as Leigh and Travis set out to provide an entertaining and action packed show, "The Chase" on The Sportsman Channel, created with some of the best camera crews and producers in the business.
	Lane Benoit Legendary whitetail buck tracker hunts from Canada to Maine in search of massive antlers and some of the heaviest deer harvested. Lane is a true Mountain Man from Vermont, whose passion in life has been for the great outdoors. Although whitetail deer hunting is what he is most known for, he enjoys fishing, snowmobiling, four wheeling, and hunting of any kind. Anything that will keep him outdoors. In the last few years, he has taken up turkey hunting. Lane has also authored and co-authored several books sharing his hunting tips and techiniques.
The first 200 to stop by the Sportsman Channel’s booth on Saturday will receive a signed book from Steve Rinella, the Meateater.	Steven Rinella Steve is the author of two books and a multitude of writings that have appeared in publications such as: “O”, “Field and Stream”, “New York Times”, and “Men’s Journal”, just to name a few. As an accomplished writer, outdoorsman, and television host, Steve also happens to be one heck of a cook. From the hunt to the pan, Steve connects his readers and viewers back to their ancestral roots via his knowledge, creativity, and determination. The culmination of which tends to end up in a pan, oven, or on a stick over a fire. No matter what cuisine or location (kitchen, mountain, swamp, or forest) he ends up with, Rinella is sure to have a recipe for the occasion. In his television series “Meat Eater”, Rinella sets out on some of the World’s most difficult hunts in an effort to cultivate all that nature has to provide. For more information check out thesportsmanchannel.com/meateater Presented by
	Blaine Mengel Blaine Mengel hosts Backwoods Angler TV, a freshwater fishing program airing nationally on NBC Sports as well as regionally in eastern PA/Wester NJ. He has owned and operated Backwoods Angler Guide Service in Eastern PA for 13 years. He has also authored "The Delaware River Smallmouth Bass Fishing Handbook, has helped design the BWA line of winter jigs, and is a freelance outdoor writer. Blaine's expertise is river bronzeback fishing, particularly on the Delaware RIver. Sponsors include Gamma Line, Interstate batteries, Vinnerbaits Lures, RiverPro Boats, ACE Recreational Marine Insurance and Sportsmans Table.
	Capt. Gene Quigley Capt. Gene Quigley is considered one of the top fly and light tackle guides in the Northeast. A native of the New Jersey shore, Gene has been fishing the inshore and offshore waters for over 30 years. Gene specializes in fishing for Bluefin Tuna and Trophy Striped Bass. Equally at home from the boat or in the surf, Capt Gene has put hundreds of anglers on their first trophy Striped Bass and Bluefin; and is one of a handful of anglers worldwide who have consistently landed tuna over 100 lbs on fly tackle. In addition to guiding, Gene is also a noted outdoor writer, photographer, and seminar speaker. He is on the editorial staff for Fly Fishing in Saltwaters Magazine, and contributes regularly to Saltwater Sportsman, Fly Fisherman, The Fisherman, Sport Fishing, On The Water Magazine, New Jersey Angler, and was featured as one of North America’s Top 100 Guides by Field & Stream Magazine. Gene is the co-author of Saltwater Fishing, A Tactical Approach and also contributes a weekly fishing column in the "Hook, Line and Sinker" section of the Asbury Park Press. Gene sits on the national prostaff’s for Mako Fly Reels, St Croix Rod Company, Raymarine, AVET Reels, Cape Horn, Jones Brothers, Yamaha, Navionics, Aquaskinz, Rio Fly Lines, Gamakatsu, Spro, FINS Line, Patagonia, Hogy, Yeti Coolers, AFTCO, Costa Del Mar, STINGO-Fish, SPINAL Rods, and Korkers. Currently, Gene is the Chairman of the New Jersey Professional Fly & Light Tackle Guides Association and sits on the association’s national board of directors. He has been a featured angler on ESPN Outdoors, Versus, Outdoor Life Networks (OLN) “Family Fishing Outdoors Show”, PBS’s “Vacations On The Fly” television shows.
	Captain Brian Immekus United States Coast Guard licensed Full time Tidal Commercial Fishing Guide-Susquehanna Flats Over 30 years experience on Susquehanna Flats Residence-Susquehanna Flats-Perryville,Md.
	Captain Daniel B Hubbard "EddyRider" Lead Guide & Partner, Anthracite Outfitters Licensed PA Guide, USCG Licensed Captain Dan started fishing in grade school with a surf rod on the Jersey Shore and has been fishing for the last 30 years. He has fished from the distant lakes of Northern Quebec, to the US Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Israel and many places in between for a variety of species including Striped Bass, Tuna, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi, Bonefish, Redfish, Sea Trout, Large and Smallmouth bass, Walleye, and Northern Pike. Dan is also an accomplished outdoorsmen and paddler who spent his youth in the waves of the Jersey Shore and in the mountains and rivers of Pennsylvania where he gained a respect for the environment and the challenges and joys that it can provide. He started this business after years of kayak fishing and the desire to share his love for the sport and his experience with others. Dan feels the Susquehanna River is one of the most consistent fisheries in the northeast, and that kayak fishing this river is the greatest way to experience and preserve this beautiful resource.
	Mike Acord Mike has fished for smallmouth bass all his life and runs a successful guide service on the famed Susquehanna River. Mike is co- owner of Susquehanna Fishing Tackle Inc in Lancaster, PA. Having fished all of his life on the river and serviced all the top anglers in the area, he compiled a lot of fish catching techniques sure to catch the mighty bronzback. Come sit in on a fun learning experience for all anglers, beginners and seasoned alike.
	George Acord Jr George has been tournament fishing for 30 years all over the United States fishing B.A.S.S. and FLW Tournament trails. He is a 2-time qualifier of the prestige’s Bassmasters Classics. Sit in with George as he discusses the latest hot bass catching techniques for both lakes and tidal waters.
	Tom Tatum Tom Tatum has been the outdoors columnist for West Chester’s Daily Local News for the past 26 years. His magazine column, “Straight from the Bowstring,” appears in Pennsylvania Game News. His work has also been featured in Bowhunter Magazine, Bowhunting World, Pennsylvania Sportsman, The Fishing and Hunting Journal, Fur-Fish-Game, and others. Tatum is a member of the Mason-Dixon Outdoor Writers Association, The Outdoor Writers Association of America, the Porfessional Outdoor Media Association, and the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association. Tatum and his wife lived in Northbrook, Pennsylvania. When he’s not hanging out in one of his tree stands or dragging a trophy buck out of the woods, Tatum also enjoys big game hunting for elk, mule deer, pronghorn, caribou and black bear, goose hunting, canoeing and kayaking the Brandywine Creek, trout and smallmouth bass fishing, saltwater fishing –particularly for fluke – and upland bird hunting with his English springer spaniel Phoebe. But it’s the pursuit of whitetail deer with bow and arrow in hand remains his foremost outdoor passion.
	Freddie McKnight Freddie McKnight practically grew up in the outdoors. Hunting and fishing were more than his family’s pastime, it was their life. Traveling along with his parents, relatives, and friends in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, McKnight quickly became acquainted with the ways of hunting and fishing. An avid reader of outdoor magazines, McKnight always had a desire to put his adventures into writing. His dream came to fruition in 1993 when he started writing a column titled “Fishing and Hunting in the Appalachians” for a small Huntingdon County weekly newspaper. He continues to write that column to this day and has penned articles for more than 60 other outdoor publications. In 2000, McKnight started a trek into the world of outdoor videography, filming hunts and creating videos for his company, Working Man Outdoors. He has traveled to more than 20 states and Canada in search of hunting and fishing adventures.
	Trevor Topken Trevor Topken is a 13 year old tournament angler from Northern New Jersey. He spends about 200 days a year on the water, fishes between 10-15 local tournaments a year, and his dream is to be on the FLW tour by the time he is 25. Trevor loves the feeling of hooking into a big bass and is passionate about teaching young anglers about the sport of bass fishing. He runs a successful YouTube channel, ”Bassfishing523” with hundreds of subscribers. His main focus in fishing is soft plastics, but also fishes with jigs, top water lures, crank baits, and more. He is sponsored by Power Team Lures, The Bass College, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Optimum Baits, and Powell Rods.
	Chris Gorsuch Chris Gorsuch is an associate guide for The Backwoods Angler Guide Service since 2008, and is a regular guest on THE BACKWOODS ANGLER TV Show. As a freelance writer and photographer, Chris has been contributing to outdoor publications since 1999. He is currently on the contributing writing staff of Pennsylvania Angler and Boater Magazine and many of his photos can be seen on covers and pages of various outdoor publications. Chris's passion is river smallmouth bass fishing, however he also excels in the kayaking and boating fields. His knowledge on outboard jet drives is second to none. Chris will be featured in upcoming shows/DVD's on boating and jet maintenance. His pro-staffers include Bomber, Booyah, Yum, Rebel, and X-Caliber. Chris is also on Wilderness Systems Kayak Pro Staffand the Wildy Pro Fishing Team. He offers Basic Kayak Classes and Kayak fishing trips on area lakes and rivers.
	Mike Laptew Amazing Fishing Videos & How You Can Make Them Mike Laptew, The Diving Fisherman has been producing exciting fishing videos for over 20 years and his amazing underwater footage has been featured in many TV programs, documentaries and National Geographic productions. Mike’s seminar will showcase thrilling scenes from the past, as well as fantastic underwater footage from 2012. As you learn how to catch more and larger striped bass, fluke, tautog, black sea bass and other prized game fish, Mike will explain the simple techniques for taking dramatic footage with everything from smart phones and GoPro HERO cameras, to the most advanced DSLR Canon cameras. You’ll learn trophy hunting tactics from captains that have caught striped bass over 70 pounds and you’ll watch monster stripers as they hunt for prey underwater. You’ll visit legendary fishing spots including: The Race, Long Island Sound, Block Island, Narragansett Bay, Duxbury Bay, and Martha’s Vineyard. This HD, multimedia presentation will even give you an inside look at that making of a TV fishing show. Whether you take an occasional photo, or you’re constantly uploading videos to the Internet, Mike’s simple tactics will help you create content that others will love to watch.
	Jack Montague Jack Montague is a Federation of Flyfishers Master Certified Casting Instructor. Jack is the owner of the Wolf Glen Fly Fishing Schools in Punta Gorda and the lead casting instructor for American Fly Fishing Schools in Florida. Jack has over 50 years of fly fishing and fly tying experience from New England to the Keys including six years teaching at Katmai Lodge on the Alagnak River in Alaska. Add in thirty years as a sales representative in the fly fishing business and you have a real industry pro. Contact Jack at wolfglen@wildblue.net
	Lou Consoli Touring Bass Professional Lou Consoli and Founder & CEO of SkippyFiSH Bait Co. of Pennsylvania is no stranger to the high stakes game of tournament bass fishing. Lou has been competing at one of the highest levels of competition in the sport since 1989. In 1989 he earned the title "Rookie of the Year" by the MBAA tournament organization. He was billed as one of the youngest pro bass fisherman in the country at the age of 17. He landed his first major sponsor with Fisher bass boats of OMC Group in 1990 at the age of 18. Lou was the youngest pro on the staff with the likes of Bill Dance, Shaw Grigsby and Paul Elias. Over the next few years his great sponsors included Zebco, Quantum, Motor Guide, Plano Tackle Systems, Tru Turn & Diachii Hooks, Mister Twister, Pradco, Stren fishing lines, Hobie sunglasses, Pro Tour USA and Highway Marine. Over the years Lou has been a regular on the seminar circuits, has hosted his own radio outdoor talk show, and has been written about in many newspapers & magazine publications across the country and globally. Lou is one of the most recognized athletes & personalities in social media. With over 5,000 fans on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, Lou amasses millions of impressions a month from anglers worldwide. In 2007 he founded SkippyFiSH Bait Co, who manufactures and sells his famous SkippyFiSH lures and other outdoor related products. In just a short time, Lou has brought his company to worldwide distribution in over 15 countries and has sold over 600,000 units of his product. In 2010 Lou began forming a non-profit organization called Anglers Feeding America. The mission of the company is to feed low income families across America with the help of anglers, companies and other industry professionals.