Fishing Resume Advice

[guisingerevan]

Hello, I recently completed a rough draft of what I though my fishing resume would look like. I am not looking for free products or discounts, that will come with time (hopefully), I am just looking to be part of the prostaff and be sponsored by some or any of the companies I use. Also, I do not have high expectations, even just an acknowledgement of the resume from some of my favorite companies would be great.  Education for me is most important which is why that part of the resume is so long. Please let me know what you think and how I can improve it. Again I am not looking for free products or discounts I am merely trying to get my name out there and help some of the companies I fish, as I take lots of pride in the equipment I fish with. Also, I was wondering where to send this? I want to send it to the companies I use but I was wondering if I just send it to the general information email? For example under the "customer service" tab on tackle warehouse is has the email "info@***.com" just as an example. Do I send it there or somewhere else? Thank you in advance for any advice given.

 

Fishing Resume

Evan Guisinger

 

Statement: I am a young fisherman chasing my dream, of becoming a professional fisherman and or working in the fishing industry after college. I believe in hard work and perseverance to achieve this goal, and I look forward to every minute I will spend on and off the water to become a better fisherman, and ultimately help the sport of fishing.

 

About myself:

• I am an Indiana born, United States of America citizen, currently living abroad in Brussels Belgium

• I am 16 years old and currently am a sophomore at the International School of Brussels

• I have lived in Indiana, Paris, Minnesota, and now Brussels

• I have fished since I could first pick up a rod and reel whether is was at the local pond, up in northern Minnesota, or in Dubai just to name a few places I have fished

• Every chance I get to fish, wherever and whenever, I do

• Though I have not fished any official tournaments, I always strive to do the best and catch the largest fish and as many as I can no matter the lake or circumstances

• My personal best largemouth bass, my favorite fish to strive to catch, weighed in at just over 6 pounds which is a very large bass especially for northern minnesota (caught on “My Lake” near Marcell, MN)

 

My strengths:

• I am an extremely hard worker and when I am attempting to achieve a goal or solve a problem I will persevere until I succeed

• I take great pride in the fishing equipment I buy and use

• I am very outspoken and enjoy discussing the fishing products I use whenever I fish with anyone I fish with

• My cultural knowledge has been expanded greatly throughout my experience in many different schools and areas around the world

• I know what I want to do in life and am doing everything in my power to accomplish my goal of becoming a professional fisherman and helping the fishing industry

• I am an excellent fisherman and think that I have the potential to become a great name in bass fishing

 

What can I do for you?

I believe that with my fishing experience and ability to fish around the world with professional guides and their clients I can broaden your company’s worldwide sales. I have fished in Dubai already since living abroad for almost 7 months and have trips planned to fish in Sweden, Italy, and the possibility of Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, and many other countries, as I have only planned my fishing excursions until August of this year. I also aim to try to get to South Africa, Spain and other countries to fish. Every place I go to fish I will be bringing my fishing equipment with me which includes the whole array of reels, rods, lures, terminal tackle, and everything in between. This is exactly how I can help your company spread its name and products around the world as I take a great deal of pride in all my equipment. I have spares of almost everything I bring and therefore, guides, clients, and so on can use your products which will inspire them to use your equipment and help your sales. By being part of your Pro Staff team, I am not looking solely on discounts, free products, etc, I am merely trying to get my name in the fishing industry and striving to help your company across the globe.

Education: Education is the number one priority for me right now as a student at the International School of Brussels. I currently have a 3.7 unweighted GPA. I plan to do IB and AP courses throughout junior and senior year. I will be taking Higher Level Biology, Higher Level Physics, Higher Level Business and Management, Standard Level English, Standard Level Mathematics, Standard Level Environmental Systems, and French 3 next year. Then senior year I will continue onto the second year of my IB classes, with the exception of Standard Level Mathematics and Standard Level English, in which I will be switching to AP calculus and AP English. This rigorous courses will help me get into the college I would like to attend, Auburn University, University of Georgia, Clemson University, Murray State, or the University of Minnesota just to name a few on my list. I plan to study Fisheries and Wildlife biology at whichever college I choose. Not only is it critical that the colleges I am looking at have an exceptional Fisheries and Wildlife program, but that they also have a successful collegiate bass fishing team. A combination of my upcoming high school courses, future college fisheries and wildlife degree, and a successful collegiate bass fishing career will help me with my goal of becoming a professional bass fisherman.

[719BassFishing]

My advice would to include any tournaments that you have done well in. Also put in future tournaments you plan on attending so the companies know exactly how big of a level that you can promote them on.

[etommy28]

he doesn't fish tournaments.....

[jhoffman]

You miles well forget it when it comes to a company as large as TW without being a top dog. Youre going to have to tune your expectations down a little and find some smaller companies to help you first. You would be surprised who would sponsor a fisherman, everyone from subway and the local pizza shop to bait makers who dont have a huge following. There is a catch, you have to prove to them that you are getting them attention, not just talk about it.