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The MARC V was a 1977 model year Mako 23-foot center console that saw a lot of action between North Miami Beach's Haulover Inlet and Key Largo in the upper Florida Keys.

Pair of large dolphin caught off Key Largo, 6/78	Biscayne Bay Seatrout, December 1978



The original 1979 MARC VI at the Conch Cove Marina in Jupiter, Florida. The boat was a 25-foot Mako CC..	The MARC VI gang with a huge dolphin taken off Key West in 1981.

George Poveromo displays a sailfish prior to releasing it off Jupiter, Fl. in 1980. ................................	George Poveromo (left) with an 82 lb. sailfish caught on 20-pound-class spinning tackle off Palm Beach in 1980. The fish was mounted.

A pair of large dolphin taken off Ft. Lauderdale in 1980.



The 1984 model year MARC VI off Key West. The boat was a newly re-designed Mako 25-foot center console.	A Blue Marlin is led alongside the MARC VI off Chub Cay, Bahamas. The fish was released......

The MARC VI gang off Key West in 1984 with one of three yellowfin tunas weighing 110, 112, and 115 pounds.	George Poveromo with a Blue Marlin caught off Chub Cay, Bahamas, in 1984. This fish was mounted.



The 1986 model year MARC VI on the troll off Palm Beach. The boat was a Mako 25-foot center console.	Sailfish release off Palm Beach. ...............................

George Poveromo, Mark Bradfield and Ron Crowder in Palm Beach after releasing 8 sailfish in one day.	Big Dolphin caught off Miami. ...............................



The 1988 model year MARC VI trolling off Walker's Cay, Bahamas. The boat was a 26-foot center console, a brand new model for Mako Marine.	George Poveromo and Joe Skorupa of Popular Mechanics magazine with a 68 pound grouper they caught off Walkers Cay, Bahamas..

Dolphin action off the Bahamas.



George Poveromo and his tricked-out 1993 Mako 261 center console.	Bull dolphin caught off Key Largo in June, 1995...... .....

Poveromo releasing a sailfish off Palm Beach 12/94



The 1996 model year MARC VI was a 28 foot, closed transom center console, a brand new design for Mako. ....	George Poveromo, his daughter Lindsay and Bobby Brack with a 34 pound bull dolphin caught off Marathon (Florida Keys) 5/97.

Lindsay Poveromo and Bobby Brack with a 34 lb. dolphin caught on 12-pound-class spinning tackle.	Mutton snapper time in Bimini! ....................................

Dolphin fishing in the Keys!	Huge black grouper caught off Bimini, Bahamas

Lou Volpe with one of several mutton snapper taken aboard the MARC VI. The action took place off Bimini around the May full moon in 1997.



The 1999 model year MARC VI was a newly redesigned Mako 282 center console. ..................... .....................	The MARC VI at the Boat Harbour Resort in the Abacos (Bahamas) in April, 1999. This was part of a 450-mile round-trip expedition that was featured in Salt Water Sportsman magazine.

A big dolphin caught on 12-pound-class spinning tackle.	Grouper action off Bimini.

Bobby Brack caught this huge bull dolphin off Boat Harbour.	Mutton snapper caught off Bimini in July, 99.



The 2001 MARC VI, powered by a pair of Mercury 225 horsepower EFI outboards, saw extensive use off South Florida and throughout the Bahamas. The boat was also shipped to New England for one month, where George met up with it to shoot shows off Massachusetts and Rhode Island.	Chub Cay Dolphin ................... ................... ................... ...................

Bahamas Dolphin	Dog Snapper Off Bimini

Miami Sailfish	Rhode Island Striped Bass

Bimini Yellowfin Tuna	Bahamas Grouper



The 2002 MARC VI was another customized boat geared for live-baiting and trolling off South Florida and the Bahamas.

George Poveromo and Allen Winchel with one of several yellowfin tuna they caught off Freeport, Bahamas.	Lou Volpe shows off a fine Bahamas mutton snapper. ............

This cobia was captured on a Bimini backcountry wreck. ..........	Big dolphin were the norm when the MARC VI returned to Boat Harbor in the Bahamas.

George Poveromo with a huge Bimini cero mackerel.	Another black grouper for the MARC VI off Bimini.



The 2003 Marc VI was another fully tricked out Mako 282 that was later switched over to Mercury 4-Stroke Verado power. The boat saw a lot of action in the Bahamas and was transported up north for shoots in Cape May, New Jersey, Norwalk, Connecticut, and Westport, Massachusetts.	One of many big kings taken by the MARC VI in the Bahamas. ..... ..... .....

George Poveromo and Harry Vernon III and a big dolphin that ate a Yo-Zuri Bonita plug off Chub Cay.	Big dolphin was the norm when the MARC VI returned to Chub Cay in 2004.

Poveromo and the MARC VI went north to Massachusetts to chase bluefin tuna behind the draggers. ..... .....	George Poveromo and Rick Mola diamond jig for bluefish in Western Long Island Sound off Norwalk, Ct. Norwalk was a stop on the TV series' northern leg in 2003 for Poveromo and the MARC VI, the other stop being Cape May, New Jersey.

Rick Mola displays one of the many big bluefish caught aboard the MARC VI. .... .....	George Poveromo and Captain Rick Featherstone prepare to release a huge Goliath grouper. Poveromo and Featherstone joined up to shoot a Goliath grouper episode off Ft. Myers, Florida.

George Poveromo and Rick Mola look for bluefish off Norwalk, Connecticut.



2005 MARC VI - This was the new 284 model for Mako, and Poveromo had hull number one! According to Poveromo, “The 284 is the best-riding Mako, period!”. The model is 28-feet, four-inches, in length and sports a 9’ 10” beam.

George Poveromo took the MARC VI to Brunswick, Georgia, where he and Donna Gowen did a super job on big king mackerel!	Islamorada was just one stop for George and his MARC VI, where he shot a running and gunning for dolphin episode. .....

Plenty of big dolphin were taken aboard the MARC V



2006 MARC VI - This was the second 284 for Poveromo, which saw extensive use in the Bahamas.

George Poveromo and long-time friend Captain Mark Schmidt tore up the big blackfins on lures and light tackle. The action took place behind a shrimp boat 57 miles deep into the Gulf of Mexico. Poveromo trailered his MARC VI to Key West, which was a regular stop for him years ago!	George and his youngest daughter, Megan, fished together in Bimini for a show. This was Megan’s first time fishing off Bimini, and she caught yellowtail, Cero mackerel and, her favorite – barracuda. The fun took place aboard her dad’s boat, MARC VI.

George and his MARC VI were back at Chub Cay. This time he and Raymond Douglas battled big snapper and grouper.	The MARC VI went down to Islamorada, where George and Brian Cone live-chummed with pilchards to bring up plump blackfin tuna.



The most tricked-out MARC VI to date, Poveromo scored big with this boat off South Florida and deep into the Bahamas.	The MARC VI heading offshore! ...


Another sailfish on the MARC VI	Blue marlin taken in the Bahamas!


In the Bahamas, the MARC VI always took time to catch big yellowtails!	Kevin Tierney (L) and Carl Grassi with a Bimini kingfish! ....


Poveromo and his MARC VI traveled to Norwalk, Connecticut, to fish the fabled fall bluefish run in Western Long Island Sound with friend Rick Mola!	Bimini cobia! .... ....


Cameraman Kevin Tierney with one of five wahoo caught off Miami	Megan Poveromo scored her first dolphin ever off Islamorada with her dad!


Plenty of impressive dolphin were the norm on the MARC VI, such as these caught off Bimini. ....	George used his Shallow-Water MARC to put daughter Megan onto her first snook, which was caught in north Biscayne Bay!


Bobby and Keith Brack with a 30-pound Bimini kingfish ....	George and friend Carl Grassi scored this 40-pound dolphin off Pompano Beach


The MARC VI made its way to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where George took members of our military fishing.	This 50 pound kingfish was taken off Bimini .... ....

To see all the catches made in 2009, watch the new episodes!
To read about the latest MARC VI go to George's Personal Boat. To see the fish caught on the new MARC VI, watch the shows !