Providing Quality Sportfishing
Adventures Around the World

FishQuest’s mission is provide a “one-stop shop” of quality sportfishing adventures around the globe, developing lifelong relationships with our clients, while respecting the people and places we visit.

Our team combines over 100 years of professional angling travel experience, and a worldwide network of carefully selected lodges, guides and deepwater fleets. FishQuest!'s field staff continually monitors our fishing destinations - and scouts for new ones.

We help you plan your trip and organize your travel arrangements. We tell you what tackle to bring and what to leave home. While we can't control the weather, we'll give you a good idea how to dress for wherever you're headed.

The FishQuest! Team

Gary Schumacher is FishQuest!'s co-founding partner and owner. He was the producer of Terra-Quest.com, which links home-based "virtual adventurers" with live expeditions around the globe via the World Wide Web. He also wrote and directed “Freedom is not Free: The Story of the Korean War”. Gary fishes with any type tackle whenever he can. His office is loaded with photos of times spent fishing with his family and others. He is a member of IGFA and The Billfish Foundation.
Gary says a wise mentor once counseled him, "Develop a deeper appreciation for the creation. Get outdoors…The earth is the Lords’ and everything in it”. My father encouraged being on the water or near it…fish live in some pretty incredible places.

Judith Weible is FishQuest's Managing Director. Born in Manchester, England, Judith spent nine years traveling throughout the world working on private yachts. In 2000, she went to college in Florida to study international business, graduating with honors in 2005. After four year working at FishQuest! she has now taken over the running of the business. Judy spends her free time riding her three trail horses in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Teresa Linkous is FishQuest!’s and Questackle!’s Sales and Marketing Manager. From a background of social work, Teresa has used her skills to work in various community-based agencies. She has spent much of her own time volunteering in animal shelters and animal rescue agencies. Teresa is now an avid out doors person who loves horseback riding, saltwater fishing and snorkeling. Currently, she spends her free time as a member of the County Mounties, a mounted patrol unit doing crowd control and search and rescue on horseback.

Debbie Jackson is FishQuest!’s Operations Manager. Originally from Texas, Debbie and her husband moved to the mountains 10 years ago. After several years working at the local Chamber of Commerce as Executive Director, Debbie is excited to be here at FishQuest! to help anglers with their fishing adventures. Debbie has two children, her son who still lives in Texas and her daughter who is stationed in Oklahoma City, OK. Debbie is also a licensed realtor in North Carolina and Georgia.

Alan Zaremba is FishQuest's pro-staff consultant and trip leader for many of our Amazon angling adventures. Born in Miami, Alan has more than 40 years experience fishing in South Florida. In 1989, he began guiding for peacock bass and other exotic fish found in the area's waterways. Sponsored by Daiichi and Quantum, Alan has tallied more than 75 world records caught from his boat. He joined the FishQuest team in 1999, and has since led dozens of successful trips to the Amazon region. Alan and his wife Cathy reside in Hollywood, Florida, with their four children.

Scott Young directs Fishquest! Asia, which markets our Amazon and Mexico fishing trips to Japanese and other Asian anglers.  Born in Southern California, he obtained a business administration degree in college then moved to Hawaii in 1975 to surf big waves and catch Peacock Bass. He was a bass guide for twenty years, appearing in Bassmaster and several Japanese fishing magazines. Scott spends time between Hawaii and fishing for giant Peacock Bass in the Brazilan Amazon.

Yurie Grant is the office manager for Fishquest! Asia. She was born in Toyko in 1971 and was employed as an executive secretary until she moved to Hawaii in 2002. Recently married, she enjoys scuba diving, skiing, reading, and cooking.

Angling Allies

FishQuest has strategic partnerships with lodges and other fishing operations spread across six continents. Our fishing destination lineup is considered the most far-reaching in the world.

We have arranged travel for numerous television shows, most recently for ESPN’s Bassmaster’s Adventure Classic and Trevor Gowdy’s Quest for the One on Outdoor Life Network. We have consulted the Georgia Aquarium on travel logistics for collecting exotic fish from Asia and South America, and have assisted Marty Arostegui in his quest for more than 200 IGFA world records.

Our Mission Fishin’ project helps provide for educational, medical and other needs to several remote Indian villages in the Amazon.

While our clients include a host of celebrities, professional athletes and corporate leaders, most of them are just regular guys -- and sometime gals -- who just love to fish. Regardless, we try to treat each and every one of our clients as a VIP. 

Fish the Best … FishQuest!

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