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Captain John Grabowski
A native San Diegan, Captain John Grabowski is a 30
year veteran on San Diego’s waterfront and one of the most
respected and widely known sport fishing skippers in the
business. His knowledge of saltwater fishing in general and
long-range fishing in particular are unexcelled. In addition
to serving as the relief skipper for the Red Rooster III,
Grabowski’s saltwater fishing seminars are much
anticipated and routinely draw standing room only crowds at
fishing shows up and down the west coast. Is there is a
single word that describes John Grabowski‘s approach to
fishing and willingness to share his knowledge with others,
it is passionate. His previous radio experience
includes five years as co-host of The Fishing Line on KFMB.
1970-1976: Worked for Dick Gaydosh then
Don Sansome on the one day boat New Lo-An, went from pinhead in 1970 to head
deckhand by 1975.
1976-1986: Worked on Qualifier 105 for
Don Sansome, started running boat in 1979 (19 years old) and by 1982 was full
time first Captain of Qualifier 105
1986-1989: Bought, owned and operated the
vessel Qualifer 105 along with partner John Klein.
1991: Departed Louisiana with newly
constructed sportfishing vessel Excel and transited the Gulf of Mexico,
Caribbean, Panama canal, Costa Rica and on thru to San Diego, California where
she is now the Largest sportfishing vessel in operation.
1991-1993: Owned and Operated Excel for
two seasons then sold the boat to Bill Poole who is now the present owner.
1994: Captained the Qualifier 105 out of
Puerto Vallarta for one season.
1995-1997: Captained the Long Range
Vessel Red Rooster III for one season.
1996-2000: Co-Hosted "The Fishing Line
with Kevin Mineo: radio show on 760 KFMB on Sunday nights from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
until we went off the air due to eventual fatal illness of my partner Kevin
Mineo. The show was very well received by listeners and the station alike, over
the course of four rears we had a very strong influence on the fishing and
outdoor industry. We would like to dedicate this "New Show" to the memory and
dedicated service to this industry by the late Kevin Mineo, God rest his soul.
1998-2005: I run special Relief Long
range trips on a variety of Long range boats out of San Diego such as Royal
Polaris, Shogun and most recently this past couple of years the Red RoosterIII.
I also for the past 11 years have owned with my
wife Gabriela an Import/Export business that has grown into a very nice family
business. Myself and Gabriela have two girls Mary (12) and Joanna (9) and we
spend a lot of time both fresh and saltwater fishing as a family for fun and
relaxation, this sport is not only one I have made a living at for 30 plus years
but one I truly Love and enjoy teaching others about.
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