Angler | Vincent S. Rinando Jr. |
Hometown | Houston, Texas |
Kayaks | Ocean Kayak Scupper Pro TW, Ocean Kayak Prowler 15, Ocean Kayak Prowler13, Ocean Kayak Caper, Ocean Kayak Drifter |
Ocean Kayak Trident 11, Ocean Kayak Trident 13, Ocean Kayak Trident 11,Ocean Kayak Prowler 13 Recycled Necky Vector 13 Ocean Kayak Torque | |
Tournament | |
2013 West End Anglers Winter Trout Series 3rd Place | |
2013 Galveston Trophy Trout Series 3rd Place | |
2013 Galveston Trophy Trout Series 4th Place | |
2012 Galveston Trophy Trout Series Team of the Year 6th place. | |
2012 Galveston Trophy Trout Series Championship 2nd Place | |
2012 Galveston Trophy Trout Series IV 4th Place | |
2011 Casting for a Cause Tournament 1st Place | |
2010 IFA Kayak Tour Championship Orange Beach, AL 14th place finish | |
2010 IFA Kayak Tour 7th Place Angler of the Year | |
2010 IFA Kayak Tour Rockport, Texas 2nd Place Slam | |
2010 XTreme Redfish Kayak Series 8th Place Team | |
2010 IFA Kayak Tour Port Lavaca 12th Place Slam | |
2010 XTreme Redfish Kayak Series Corpus Christi 5th Place Team | |
2010 Coastline Marine Galveston Trophy Trout Series 2nd Place Stringer (professional guide powerboat series fish from a kayak) | |
2009 Texas Kayak Series Team of the Year | |
2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Team of the Year | |
2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Port Aransas 5th Place Stringer | |
2009 Specktacular Redfish Series 10th Place AOY Professional Guide Power boat Series fished from a kayak | |
2009 Specktacular Galveston Redfish Series 3rd Place Team ( Power boat tournament) | |
2009 Texas Kayak Series 5th Place Angler of the Year | |
2009 Texas Kayak Series 1st Place Team Corpus Christi | |
2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Port O'Connor, Texas 1st Place Team | |
2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Riviera, Texas 2nd Place Stringer | |
2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Riviera, Texas 1st Place Team | |
2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Angler of the Year | |
2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Team of the Year | |
2009 Specktacular Galveston Redfish Series 6th Place Team of the Year (Power boat tournament) | |
November 2008 Specktacular Galveston Redfish Series 3rd Place | |
October 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Port Aransas 5th Place Stringer | |
2008 Texas Kayak Series Team of the Year 2nd Place | |
September 2008 Third Coast Kayaker Series 1st Place Trout | |
June 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Port O'Connor, Texas 1st Place Overall | |
June 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Port O'Connor, Texas 1st Place Team Division | |
June 2008 Arabia Shrine Sportsman Tournament Galveston Texas 1st Place Team Trout Stringer | |
June 2008 Arabia Shrine Sportsman Tournament Galveston Texas 1st Place Team Redfish Stringer | |
June 2008 Arabia Shrine Sportsman Tournament Galveston Texas 2nd Place Redfish | |
May 2008 Texas Kayak Series Matagorda, Texas 1st Place Team | |
May 2008 Texas Kayak Series Matagorda,. Texas 6th Place Individual | |
April 2008 Texas Kayak Series Corpus Christi, Texas 6th Place Team | |
April 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Port Isabel 1st Place Speckled Trout | |
February 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Corpus Christi 1st Place Team Stringer | |
February 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Corpus Christi 4th Place Stringer | |
February 2008 Stars and Stripes Deuces Tournament Galveston 4th Place Stringer | |
September 2007 Stars and Stripes Rockport 1st Place Slam | |
August 2007 Texas Redfish Series Rockport 3rd Place | |
2007 Texas Redfish Series Angler of the Year 3rd Place | |
June 2007 Arabia Shrine Tournament 1st Place Heaviest Trout | |
June 2007 Arabia Shrine Tournament 1st Place Team Stringer | |
February 2007 Huntsville State Park Bass Tournament 2nd Place Stringer | |
2006 KayakMasters Team of the Year | |
2006 KayakMasters Series Angler of the Year 2nd Place | |
2006 Specktacular Kayak Fishing Series Angler of the Year 3nd Place | |
2006 Texas Kayak Fishing Series Gibbons Creek Lake Angler of the Year 3rd Place | |
2006 Texas Kayak Fishing Series Gibbons Creek Tournament Record Bass | |
November 2006 Brandon Backe Shrine Tournament 1st Place Stringer | |
November 2006 Brandon Backe Shrine Tournament 2nd Place Redfish | |
September 2006 Arabia Shrine Sportsman Tournament 1st Place Team Stringer | |
July 2006 KayakMasters Galveston 1st Place Flounder | |
April 2006 Texas Kayak Fishing Series Gibbons Creek Lake 1st Place Stringer | |
April 2006 Texas Kayak Fishing Series Gibbons Creek Lake Largest Bass Award | |
March 2006 Kayak Masters Conroe 3rd Place | |
March 2006 Specktacular Galveston 3rd Place | |
March 2006 Gibbons Creek Tournament Record Bass | |
December 2006 North American Kayak Angler Tournament 3rd Place Team | |
2005 Texas Kayak Angling Team of the Year | |
2005 National Kayak Angling Team of the Year | |
2005 Extreme Edge Kayak Fishing Port Aransas 1st Place Team | |
2004 Extreme Edge Kayak Fishing Galveston 3rd place | |
Awards | Texas Parks and Wildlife Elite Angler Recognition Award |
Texas State Catch and Release Body of Water Record Speckled Trout - Galveston Bay | |
Texas State Fly Rod Record Sand Trout | |
Texas State Fly Rod Body of Water Record Speckled Trout - Galveston Bay | |
Top 10 Redfish Body of Water Record - Gulf of Mexico 4th Place | |
Texas State Fly Rod Body of Water Record Sand Trout West Bay | |
Texas Fly Rod Body of Water Record Black Drum West Bay | |
Texas Fly Rod Body of Water Record Lady fish West Bay | |
14 Angler Recognition Awards, Texas Parks and Wildlife | |
Certifications | American Canoe Association Kayak Instructor Certification. |
Vincent was born on the Texas Gulf coast, his family has owned bay front property on Galveston islands West Bay since the early 1940s. His in depth knowledge of marine angling techniques is the result of an insatiable passion for fishing that developed at an early age. His father and grandfather both accomplished coastal fishermen, instilled a love for the outdoors and saltwater fishing that remains with him today. Summers and weekends as a child were filled fishing the Texas coastal waters from dawn to dusk. Vincent spent his college years in the Texas hill country in San Marcos. While living in San Marcos, he pursued his passion for the water, paddling kayaks and canoes on the Guadalupe, Blanco, and San Marcos rivers fly fishing for rainbow trout and Guadalupe bass. Upon his return, Vincent applied his new found kayaking skills to the saltwater marsh of the Texas Gulf Coast. His love of fly tying and fly fishing is now focused on saltwater prey, and currently holds four Texas Parks and Wildlife fly fishing records. Vincent is one of only six anglers to achieve the Elite Angler Recognition status from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. An established kayak tournament angler, Vincent is a member of the 2005 National Kayak Angling Team of the Year and 2005 Texas Kayak Angling Team of the Year, 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Angler of the Year and has won and placed in many tournaments..