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Hello everyone! My name is Tammy. I am 25 years old and live in New Jersey. I started fishing about a year ago, and it has now become a passion for me. Its all I want to do and think about. My best day of fishing was this past Feburary on a trip to the Fishing Capitol of the World they say, Islamorada, FL. We brought our own rods down there. My rod is the Shakespeare Tiger Lite which I am in love with and will not let anyone use other than myself. They were right though about the fishing.I mean the fishing is so different then anywhere I have been. We rented a boat and went along the reef. We were using live shrimp, ballyhoo, and squid as bait. Live shrimp being the best bait to use down there. I mean every time I dropped my line within seconds I had a bite and a fish to bring to the boat.We must have caught somewhere between 50-80 fish and the only reason we stopped was because we ran out of bait. Now thats a great day of fishing. The best thing about it was that there are so many different species of fish down there that you can catch. My dream fish to catch was a Mahi Mahi but I did not have any luck this time. Maybe next time. My best fish was a grouper as in the picture, although it was about 2 inches too short to keep I was proud of myself. I would love to win this contest, one because I love the fishing in Florida but also because I have never caught a Tarpon and that would be a great experience. So please pick me for this contest and you wont be disappointed. Like I stated above fishing has become a passion for me, its something I love to do all the time. I will leave you with this, I dont fish for a living, I LIVE to FISH! Please pick me!