Angler	Sam V. Rinando
Hometown	Houston, Texas
Website	http://www.texastrout.com
Kayaks	Ocean Kayak Prowler 15, Ocean Kayak Prowler13
Tournament
	2010 XTreme Redfish Kayak Series Corpus Christi 7th Place Team
	2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Team of the Year
	2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Port O'Connor, Texas 1st Place Team
	2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Port O'Connor, Texas 2nd Place Redfish
	2009 Third Coast Kayak Series Riviera, Texas 1st Place Team
	2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Angler of the Year 3rd Place
	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
	April 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series Port Isabel 4th Place Stringer
	February 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series 1st Place Stringer
	February 2008 Third Coast Kayak Series 1st Place Team Stringer
	2007 Arabia Shrine Tournament 1st Place Team Stringer
	September 2006 Arabia Shrine Sportsman Tournament 2nd Place Redfish
	September 2006 Arabia Shrine Sportsman Tournament 1st Place Team Stringer

       Sam was born on the Texas Gulf coast, his family has owned bay front property on Galveston island’s West Bay since the early 1940s.  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.  Sam spent his college years in the Texas hill country in San Marcos.  While living in New Braunfels, he pursued his passion for the water, paddling kayaks and canoes on the Guadalupe, Blanco, and San Marcos rivers fishing for rainbow trout and Guadalupe bass.  Upon his return, Sam applied his new found kayaking skills to the saltwater marsh of the Texas gulf coast.  Sam joined Johnson Outdoor’s prostaff in 2007, and participates in many kayak demos and promotions throughout Texas.