The Tuna Town Talks Fishing Podcast with Captain Paul Miller

Toby and Jaclyn Berthelot have been winning and placing in billfish tournaments for many years now!  At the 2024 Biloxi Billfish Classic, Captain Paul Miller got to sit down with them and ask how their season was going up to that point, as well as getting to ask questions about their very strenuous tournament schedule!  Enjoy!

Captain Peace Marvel has been charter fishing in Venice for more than 30 years.  Captain Paul Miller had him on his podcast to try and pull out some of his best stories, as well as getting an understanding of how the fishery has changed.  Enjoy!

Brett Rayan has been charter fishing in Venice for over 15 years, and is a member of the Hell Divers Spear Fishing Club.  He has a wide range of stories so Captain Paul Miller decided to have him on the show!  Enjoy!

Scott Avanzino is the founder of Paradise Outfitters in Venice, LA!  Captain Paul Miller sits down with him to hear  the full story!  Enjoy!

Captain Sonny Schindler is the owner of Sure Thing Charters based out of Bay St. Louis MS. He sits down with Captain Paul Miller to talk about last season, as well as other fun stories!

Chris Mowad is the captain of the Best Trait. They recently caught the gulf record blue marlin. Captain Paul Miller had him on to tell the full story!

Tom Hilton is founder of Hilton's Fishing Charts, an offshore imagery website that tremendously helps fishermen locate the right fishing conditions.  In this episode, Tom tells us how he got started in reef building and the new deployment of FADS in Texas! Fun episode give it a listen!

Chad Reinhardt is a charter captain for The Mexican Gulf Fishing Company.  In this episode, he sits down with Captain Paul Miller to share how he got started!

Louis Thornton is a fifth generation fishing guide located in Venice, Louisiana. He has done almost every kind of commercial fishing that you can do out of Louisiana and has a ton of stories of him growing up in the marsh. Enjoy!

Rudy Hall has been a fisherman his entire life. He has an abundant amount of information about fishing off the coast of Louisiana. He also had a huge role in constructing oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana. Enjoy!

Beau Bourgeois and Shane Thibodaux of The Bourgeois Meat Market located in Thibodaux, Louisiana came on this episode of the podcast to talk a lot about how their business works and a lot of the meat products that they make. They've been in existence since 1891 and they are now the fourth generation to operate the meat market.  Enjoy!

Hussein Zayed owns ZCB Boats in Ocean Springs MS, and has been building boats for many years now. Captain Paul Miller decided to have him on the show to get the back story. Enjoy!

Toby Berthelot is the owner of the Rising Son's tournament fishing team, a team that has been on the leader boards along the northern gulf for many years now. While he and Captain Paul Miller were at the Biloxi Billfish Classic this year, they decided to do a podcast together to talk about some of the Rising Son's wins! Enjoy!

Brandon and Jon Carter are part of the Reel Shot Guide Service. Captain Paul Miller decided to have them on the show to talk about the newly proposed limits on Louisiana's inshore species. Enjoy!

Eric Gigli is a marine biologist for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Captain Paul Miller assisted him in Satellite tagging triple tail this past fall, so they decided to do a podcast to talk about it. Enjoy!

Captain Jamie Taylor of Taylor's Guide Service has been fishing Venice, Louisiana since the '90s. In this episode, he tells us a lot about the changes over the years and what should be done to further protect our marsh here in Louisiana. Jamie is an expert redfish and speckled trout angler, among other inshore species.

Harold Wilcox is a life-long fisherman and has been fishing in Venice, Louisiana since the 1990's.  Host Captain Paul Miller does his best to pull out some of Harold's best stories, and they discuss his philosophy on conservation.  Enjoy!

Captain Kevin Beach and Captain Jordan Ellis fished together for over four years before Jordan moved on and started running his own boat. Throughout that time they became best friends and they have enough stories to write a novel. In this episode Captain Paul Miller pulls out some really cool stories and conversation topics. However, Kevin and Jordan have unconventional ways of expressing their love for each other so listeners discretion is advised. Bad language was used in the making of this podcast. Enjoy!

Captian Joe Von Thron has worked on boats all over the continent and shares his experiences on his YouTube channel. We talk about a wide variety of stories, from trying to get triple digit yellowfin past the great whites at Guadalupe Island, catching 120 wahoo in a single day on the ridge offshore Baja, all the way to catching 900 pound bluefin a mile off the coast of North Carolina. In addition to his fishing ventures, Joe is well known for his YouTube channel “Joe VT Fishing” which has amassed over 50k subscribers.

Mark Primo Miller is true waterman, fisherman, scuba diver, spear fisherman, photographer, YouTuber, and reef builder. He is from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and has had a huge impact on the habitat surrounding the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Enjoy!

Taylor Olsen is a good friend of Paul Miller and also has 3 years experience commercial fishing for menhaden along the northern gulf coast. Paul has him on to talk about his time fishing. Enjoy!

Captain Sonny Schindler is an inshore fishing guide on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Paul Miller sits down with Sonny to hear about how he got started in guiding and also about his time being an offshore fishing guide in Venice, LA.  Enjoy!

Dr. Jim Franks has been marine biologist at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab for over 42 years, and is highly respected among the fisheries community!  Captain Paul Miller had the honor of talking with Dr. Franks and asked some very interesting questions!  Enjoy! 

We recently got to chat with London Rosiere, “Head Kid” of Camp SoulGrow, a charity she started and has run since 2014 that's free for all kids and helps build children's self esteem;  Deck Hand and licensed captain out of Venice, Louisiana; 22x full-marathon runner, and so much more..!  She tells us about why she's so passionate about Camp SoulGrow and so grateful to be fishing down here. Tune in to hear about upcoming things she has planned for the kids and community down here and how you can help! 

Stacey Coker is a duck hunting guide in north east Arkansas with On The Deck Outfitters. He has been fishing with Captain Paul Miller for few years now so they decided to sit down and talk about some of the success they've had together!  Enjoy!

Captain Bobby Warren has been a professional in-shore guide down in Venice for over 25 years!  In this episode, he talks a lot about the changes over the years, and tells some amazing stories about Venice from his time guiding.

Captain Billy Wells is one of the founders and owner of The Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. He has been a charter captain in Venice for over 20 years. He told many great stories from his time fishing Venice, as well as the evolution of the offshore center console. Enjoy!

Captain Parker Rodrigue is a fisherman from Louisiana who has spent many seasons with the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. He is now following the northern gulf blue marlin tournament circuit fishing aboard the ‘Chasing Tail'. He had some really cool stories about his time spent in Venice and some of the most thrilling and gut-wrenching tournament stories. Enjoy!

Had a podcast one day after fishing, had a few deckhands and new captains on, including Stephen Giacobbe, Joseph Morgan, Cameron Alda, Aston Moth and Alex Sewel.  Kevin Beach also made an appearance at the end of the show!  Enjoy!

Scott Cothran has been the VP of Freeman Boatworks for 10 years now.  Captain Paul Miller  was in Charleston, SC and decided to do a podcast with Scott after they toured the Freeman factory!  Enjoy!

Craig Baller has been a great client and friend of Captain Paul Miller for nearly three years.  He's fished lots of big name fishing destinations all over the world!  Captain Paul decided to have him on the show to reflect on some of their times together.  Enjoy!

Captain Ronnie Granier has been guiding in Venice since the 1980's.  Captain Paul Miller sat down with Ronnie after a day of fishing and got to hear some really awesome stories, as well as Ronnie's take on conservation.

Jay O'Brian is a fishing guide out of Dauphin Island, Alabama.  He is putting on a triple tail grand championship, so I invited him on the show to tell us all about it!

Teena and Naylan Patel stayed in Venice for nearly two months!  They became very friendly with a lot of the captains so I decided to have them on the show. Tina has a degree in psychology with an emphasis in behavior change and learning as well as a masters in business administration. She has been studying street dogs in developing countries for nearly 20 years. Also, she founded Doglando in Orlando Florida in 2003, which is an enrichment facility for dogs. Uniquely enough, Tina believes in teaching her son Naylan through experiences rather than traditional schooling, and it just so happens that Naylan loves fishing, so most of their experiences have included fishing lately!

Joey Furlan is owner of Furlans Marine in Gautier MS. While we were at the Biloxi boat show, I had Joey on to talk about how he got into the boating business as well as the wide range of services they offer. Tune in!

Kevin Beach has been a charter captain in Venice for over 25 years and is owner of The Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. We sat down and had a podcast the night before his first day back of the 2022 fishing season. It sure was a fun one! 

Dr Marcus Drymon is an ecologist, and his job as assistant extensions professor at Mississippi State University is to make applicable, science-based solutions usable to coastal marine anglers, both commercial and recreational. He also does a ton of research on sharks and the role they play in the environment. It was a fun podcast and very informative. Enjoy!

Captain Myles Colley is from Pensacola, Florida and has been in the leaderboards throughout the Gulf of Mexico's biggest sport fishing tournaments. He tells a number of very entertaining stories including winning a Cobia tournament with a 126lber! Tune in, you won't be disappointed!

Captain Colin Byrd has been a captain for The Mexican Gulf Fishing Company since 2014 and is a true master of his craft. Captain Paul Miller sits down with Colin to learn more about how he got started in fishing as well as some of his highlights. Enjoy!

Robbie Carter is the director of many fishing tournaments throughout the southeastern United States. On this episode, Captain Paul Miller sits down with Robbie to talk about the Louisiana Tuna Wahoo Classic!

Krissy Wejebe is the daughter of fishing legend and television of the Spanish Fly, Josè Wejebe. Captain Paul Miller got to sit down and get to know her while she was on a fishing trip to Venice. Talked a lot about her dad and past stories as well as the future of the Spanish Fly Foundation.   

Captain Kyle Johnson is an inshore charter captain on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He is also involved with The Speckled Truth podcast and a huge advocate for conservation. I had him on the podcast to get to know him more and to learn about what he has learned as an angler. This was a fun episode! Y'all enjoy!

Austin Powell is a long time dive partner as well as a great friend! He now fishes with the Intense sport fishing team that has a long track record for being on the leader boards throughout the Gulf of Mexico's biggest fishing tournaments.  I invited him on the show to talk about some of our times out on the water. We had a great time and I hope to have him on again some time!

Angelos Apeitos is the hatchery manager at the University of Southern Mississippi's research laboratory, located in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. I was given the opportunity to have Angelos give me a tour of the facility and I got to see the massive 14lb speckled trout that they have raised at the research lab. Getting to know Angelos and learning from a guy like him was truly an awesome experience. Tune in to hear a very entertaining and educational conversation between a fisherman and a scholar!

Captain Walter Heathcock is an inshore fishing guide out of Venice, Louisiana.  Walter is a Venice native and has seen this fishery as both a fishing guide and a commercial fisherman.  We have a very in-depth fishing conversation!  I hope y'all enjoy!

Captain Jordan Ellis has been an offshore fishing guide out of Venice, Louisiana for the last 11 years.  Some of the things he has seen over the years are unimaginable, so Captain Paul Miller sat down with Jordan so he could tell us some of the stories that have happened over the years!

Donnie Jackson is a charter fisherman out of Venice, Louisiana, however, on this episode, I went to the Golden Nugget in Biloxi, Mississippi where Donnie had just won $283,000 and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic!  I got the chance to interview him directly after the award ceremony that Sunday evening, and the story is pretty awesome!  Give it a listen!

Tom is founder of Hilton's Fishing Charts, an offshore imagery website that tremendously helps fishermen locate the right fishing conditions.  In this episode, Tom tells us how he got started, and we go way into red snapper politics.  This was a fun episode!  Everyone enjoy!

Captain Paul Miller sits down with the Biloxi Billfish Classic winners.  Ever won $418,000 in a fishing tournament?  The crew of "It Just Takes Time" tells us what that feels like!  The story of how it all went down is awesome!  Please tune in!

Mark is the host and owner of the Big Water Adventures television show, and travels from Alaska to Australia with the best guides in sports fishing!  He has done multiple television shows with Captain Paul Miller and now joins him on an episode of Tuna Town Talks!

Jimmy has a true passion for fishing as well as life in South Louisiana!  He is a sport fishing legend, and a pioneer within the charter fishing community in Venice, Louisiana.  Enjoy!