Episode 103: Capt. Jarad Boshammer - Life of "Dingo"

At 41 years of age, Jarad “Dingo” Boshammer, has been fishing the
world for a very long time. He’s renowned now for having an acute
sense for catching monster snook and tarpon guiding out of his 18
foot Chittum Skiff in Jupiter, Florida. But Florida is a long way
from his roots. He was born into a heavy sport fishing family in
Queensland, Australia. His Dad, Sid, was a live-aboard Charter
Captain, so naturally his son was catching fish at a very, very
young age. He loved it! At one time Jarad and his friends had bikes
with trailers on them with a number of rods, a live well, and
tackle boxes. They’d fish along the shore or catch the ferry to
Frasier Island. School was secondary as he knew he was going to be
a fisherman. At one point, Dean Butler showed him a photo of a
shark ravaged marlin that would impact him greatly. The pectoral
fins of this half eaten giant were on the deck and the bill was as
tall as Butler. “When I saw that picture, I knew right then and
there what I wanted to do with my life - chase dinosaurs!” Soon he
was on the high seas. At seventeen he was the #1 deckhand on the
boat “Lucky Strike” with Captain John Batterton who would give him
the nickname, “Dingo” that would stick. Over a 20 year span he
worked with some of the most famous captains in the game including
two IGFA Hall of Fame members, Captain Dean Butler and Captain
Laurie Wright. He also learned from the great lure magician in
Hawaii, Captain Chip Van Mols. Dingo crewed 15 seasons on the Great
Barrier Reef, fished in 20 countries and helped catch 150 fish over
700 pounds and 25 over 1,000 pounds! Here is Dingo’s incredible
life story...