Captain Damon Sacco is the founder of Castafari Inc., serves on the company's Board of Directors and is the man behind the wheel of the Castafari lifestyle. He is a 41 year old Massachusetts native who developed an appreciation for the sea at a very early age. By the age of 14, Damon was regularly fishing the waters off the New England coast and far beyond. After earning a bachelor degree at Hobart College in 1991, Damon ventured into the entertainment industry persuing a passion in music, touring and recording with the reggae/ska outfit, Iration. He then went on to expand his musical exploits touring/recording with the band Moss. Since then, Damon has continued composing music and some of his latest recordings can be heard in the new Castafari fishing videos.
Damon continued his fishing aspirations, working as a mate on three different Cape Cod based commercial tuna fishing vessels. His propensity for the sea eventually developed into a full time career on the water. In the Spring of 1997, Damon established his own private sport fishing charter operation, Castafari Inc. Over the passed 10 years, Damon has been expanding Castafari up and down the eastern seaboard, garnering continued success with tournament fishing results. Two Massachusetts big game state records have been set on the Castafari. In 2007, the Castafari won money in every tournament it fished, and the crew has placed in the top three spots in big game competitions during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Castafari offshore adventure has been featured on ESPN, National Geographic, Spike, and Versus during the past four years. Damon was also featured on CNN, ABC, CBS, The Scarborough Show, and even interviewed on the Today show by Katie Couric after the crew towed an 1196 pound tiger shark into the Martha's Vineyard Monster Shark tournament in 2004.
Damon also co-owns a bowling and billiards establishment, Saccos, with his brother JP, which is located just outside the city of Boston in the town of Somerville. This very unique and vintage establishment was featured on the television broadcast Ghost Hunters, American Nanny, and will be aired this spring on the Animal Planet network. Damon's latest focus is persuing an interest in t.v. videography and production. Damon is launching his adventurous career as an offshore boat captain into the world of video to share with viewers one of the most entertaining and exciting jobs that the ocean has to offer. Damon's role(s) in "Monster Hunters" will be to find the fish, narrate to the viewers the premise of show events, keep the boat running, and keep his "charismatic" crew members in line; an unwieldy task! In the meantime, most of Damon's videography/production work/music is featured on the Castafari IPTV show, "Monster Club" which can be accessed from the Castafari web site. If you haven't joined, please be sure to do so!
Captain Damon is an active sport fishing writing and photography enthusiast and has had several of his fishing related photos and stories published in just about all of the major fishing publications. Some of his latest contributions were in Marlin Magazine, The Big Game Journal, Saltwater Sportsman, and On The Water Magazine. Damon has also just recently co-founded the 2010 Big Game Bash fishing seminar. More information regarding this event can be found on the seminar link located on the Castafari home page. Damon is also a speaker at the annual Saltwater Sportsman Seminar series hosted by George Poveromo.
Damon is now an active member of the Recreational Fishing Alliance, Coastal Conservation Association, International Gamefish Association, and Billfish Foundation which all act to preserve North Atlantic fish stocks and, more importantly, the future of our recreational angling industry. Damon will be working with Dr. Greg Skomal(division of mass marine fisheries) in 2010 tagging tiger and white sharks in the blue water of the Northeast gulf stream. Damon is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain, and has logged over five thousand offshore hours at sea in waters from Maine to Florida. Damon has also logged well over a hundred trips to the offshore canyons of the Northeast. Damon has fished at many world wide destinations, including Panama, Bora Bora, Costa Rica, The British Virgin Islands, Cabo San Lucas, Belize, The Bahamas, Venezuala, and right here in America. He is a father of two beautiful children Ava and Sebastian Sacco who more than likely will become increasingly active members of the Castafari lifestyle.
About the Mates
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