Reeling Freedom Foundation

Finally getting back on schedule with Talking. We finally got a chance on introduce Marine Corp veteran Mike Stevens and Airforce Veteran Scott Bacon now established board members and HUGE part of the success of this organization. Just a quick conversation about them, our 2023 Spring Kingfish season and the Warrior Shootout Bottom Brawl!! Remember to get signed up as soon as possible for a chance to win a Captains raffle with cool prizes and RF swag. Register today at https://www.reelingfreedom.org/event-details/warriot-shootout-bottom-brawl If you have any questions on this event Please reach out to us anytime!! Cheers and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Capt Gene Hammond

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Welcome to another episode of the Reeling Freedom Podcast... Today we talk with Capt Mike Anderson from Reel Animals, who never fails to support our cause. He is a great friend and huge personality in the Tampa Bay Area and Florida. Capt Mike has been fishing Tampa Bay waters for well over 20 years, hosts two radio shows every weekend, and has had Reel Animals TV Nationwide for over 15 years. Listen, share, and please rate and review, where ever you find your podcasts https://reelanimals.com/

Talking Mr. Joe Simonds "Like Diamonds" cofounder of Salt Strong and how he got started!! Please check them out at www.saltstrong.com teaching the average "joe" how to fish with Classes and all kinds of content from catching inshore slams to offshore stuff. Please share rate and review!!!

Talking to the founder of the Peace Keeper Initiative and Police Veteran Richard Alvarez. Great Stories and a few struggles of what it's like being a first responder in the inner city. A big thank you to Manny at Blue Smoke Cigar Shop for letting us sit in and have a conversation. Please Share, Rate and Review wherever you listen to podcasts. https://www.facebook.com/peacekeeperinitiative/ https://www.bluesmokecigarbar.com/

An amazing story of Keith's journey of healing. He traveled to every single state to video document the family members of fallen US Service members. His story is just absolutely amazing in my opinion. His stories of deployments, loss, and his own struggles with what he had to endure during his time in the Navy just gave me chills. I hope you enjoy this one! You can follow Keith at GoldStarDirt.org and please look him up on Instagram and Facebook.  https://www.facebook.com/GoldStarDirt/ https://goldstardirt.org/ Please share rate and review, where ever you find podcasts! Capt Gene Hammond reelingfreedomgh@gmail.com

Awesome episode, many people do not think about the scope of what our military forces do overseas. Not only do they fight and protect our way of life and our freedom, they also help save lives. On this episode, Mr. Tony Tran of iDirect Government talks about his story and his mom's story how she escaped communist troops in Vietnam in 1975. Awesome story of how our Military saves the lives of more than just Americans. Without the US Military involvement who knows how Tony and his mom's life would have turned out. Thank you iDirect Government for your support for this foundation and our men and women in Uniform! Cheers Capt Gene Hammond, Reeling Freedom Thank you to our sponsors at https://www.idirectgov.com/ https://monster3xusa.com/

Hello RF Fans, back with another episode with Salt Strong Fishing Coach Tony Acevedo! He is a master kayak angler always taking pictures of these massive redfish, trout, drum, and snook! Check him out by searching saltstrongtony on instagram, you will NOT be disappointed with all the fish pictures. Also check out the Salt Strong Insider Fishing Club, Spend less time learning, and more time making memories and catching fish. I have been a member from almost the very beginning and I absolutely love it! The learning curve will take YEARS off of your time, and get you on more fish much faster! Thank you very much for listening https://www.instagram.com/saltstrongtony/ https://www.saltstrong.com/

Hello Reeling Freedom Fans!!! It's a new year, welcome 2020, man time just keeps marching!! First of all thank you for all of those who support this foundation we could not do it without you! Thank you to our sponsors. In this episode we talk to Capt Jeff Vickers out of Dunedin Florida. Capt Jeff was one of our very early Captains supporting the Reeling Freedom Foundation and he is also a very good friend of mine! We talk Tobacco Farming, Fishing the Chesapeake, hunting / fishing. Good times! We still don't have sponsors for this podcast but I felt it necessary to mention a few of our local vendors that support this foundation. Products that I use myself along with Capt Jeff, and I wouldn't even mention them if I didn't believe in the product. Here are the links to what we talked about in this episode. Cheers, Capt Gene Hammond https://www.captainjeffvickers.com/ http://www.flyboatworks.com/ https://www.floridafishingproducts.com/ https://bullbayrods.com/ https://monster3xusa.com/

Welcome to the madness!!! This is about me and my family, how deeply rooted we are in the U. S. Military that really starts with our Dad getting deployed to the Philippines during the Vietnam War. If that doesn't happen He doesn't meet my mom, doesn't bring my older brother home, and none of us are here. We laugh, cry, and just have a good time talking about us. Joe (oldest) who was just 8 years old when he met our dad, Patty who was born on Clark Airforce Base outside of Manilla, My self 6 deployments in Satellite communications, Arza 6 deployments in the Field Artillery, and the youngest Jesse 10 deployments in FA and Military Police. We recorded this episode in a garage, not a sound room so there's a-lot of horrible audio, background noise, and echo... I will try and do better next time!! Cheers I hope you enjoy it!!

James and the crew from Team ADDO are doing such awesome things to help our veterans transition from active military service to civilian life. I love this organization and I love what they are doing. It is so good to see so many unbelievable non-profit organizations in the Tampa Bay area helping our men and women in uniform. Please check on www.teamaddo.com for all of their information! I hope you enjoy this podcast!! Please Share, rate and review where ever you find podcasts! HAPPY VETERANS DAY WEEKEND!!!

Me and founder Capt Paul Gage just talking about our weekend, why we do what we do and how we do it. Just a quick little informational podcast to Thank James and Jenny Malz from the Angler Armory fishing Club. Here's the link to their site and if you want to compete in some of the best tournaments on this Coast you CANNOT go wrong with Angler Armory!! CLASS ACT!! https://anglerarmory.com/ CHEERS!!

LONG INTRO, but we are extremely pleased to bring you this story! Mr. Richard Caruso, an amazing human being that put himself, his family and friends in danger to do the right thing. To do what all law enforcement officers raised their right hand to do, serve and protect. Sometimes that means to protect them from themselves. Caruso is always posting and live broadcasting the veterans and first responders he meets along the way. Please look him up on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/richard.caruso.90) and follow his story.  Enjoy, this is a good one!

Retired US Naval Aviator Captain Ken Skaggs donated 27 years of active duty service to your US Navy. He spent Countless hours in the air at the controls of the F14 Tomcat among other aircraft. He was also on station at the pentagon when the plane hit, crazy story. Thank you Capt Skaggs for your service, sacrifice, dedication to this country. Please rate and review where ever you find podcasts!  Enjoy, Capt Gene Hammond

Meet Capt Dylan Hubbard from Hubbard's Marina!! First of all I want to thank Veteran's AC and Heat out of Tarpon Springs Florida for sponsoring this Episode; listen till the end we have a big announcement that will get more Veterans out out the water. It will be a blast for sure! Capt. Dylan Hubbard spends countless hours going to counsel meetings, attending workshops, and keeping up with the changes in our fishery. He is a big voice that protects our waters and this episode was a HUGE eye opener for me. There was so much to talk about and not enough time to do so. Go to https://hubbardsmarina.com/ and book your next adventure! Again thank you Veterans AC and Heat in Tarpon Springs for sponsoring this episdoe. https://veteranshvac.com/ Hope you Enjoy!! Cheers

This is my first attempt at a Solo Podcast just to address some of our events, some of our largest Sponsors, and negativity. Yes we do have or have had haters out there that question what we do and how we do it. It never fails, put yourself in the public spotlight and you will have people that spread negativity. We don't agree with you but we don't hate you! We have done what we do to support your right to express your opinion in public. Freedom and freedom of speech is your god given right as an American. Hope you enjoy and please rate and review if you like it or hate it, but I certainly hope you love it. Cheers!

Meet Capt Pete Dahlberg, "Walleye Pete". I met Capt Pete last summer through a mutual friend and immediately thought to myself "If I ever start a Podcast I gotta interview this guy" He is retired airforce of 22 years and instead of taking that government/contracting job (like most of us do) he started running charters in the Chesapeake Bay Area. I've been watching him these last few months and he is absolutely slaying the redfish up there. He explains his service, how he got started running charters, and no one on the Bay runs as hard as Capt Pete. Enjoy!!! Please take some time and search WalleyePete on instagram, you won't be disappointed!! He's landed over 70 Redfish over 40" in the last two months and lost countless more. Here's the link. https://www.instagram.com/walleyepete/?hl=en

Meet a father son team, Ricky France Sr. and Ricky France Jr. both combat veterans. Sr an 11B during the Vietnam War and Jr a Purple heart recipient during the War in Iraq after 9-11. It was so nice to take both of these guys fishing and talking with them during the podcast. What I loved most about this podcast is how Reeling Freedom helps and how them being on the water not only gave them the opportunity to relax, but it also helped to build their father son relationship. Hope you enjoy. Please rate and review!!!

Meet the founders of Reeling Freedom, Paul and Danielle Gage! How we got to be where we are today and what we are trying to accomplish with this foundation. We have a a lot of fun with this podcast talking about the history of how both Capt Gene Hammond and Paul Gage joined the military and some stories to go along with it. Also how Paul and Danielle met and started their lives.