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Hey everyone, welcome to Episode 409 of the Outdoor Biz Podcast. Today I'm talking with Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation Director of Marketing Rachel Piacenza. As a passionate team leader and basketball coach, Rachel is committed to empowering the next generation of leaders. She believes in creating an environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow and succeed. Brought to you this week by The Running Event. Facebook​ ​Twitter​ ​Instagram​ Love the show? Subscribe, ​rate, review, and share!​ Sign up for my Newsletter ​HERE​. I'd love to hear your feedback about the show! You can contact me here: ​rick@theoutdoorbizpodcast.com Show Notes [00:00:40] Episode 409 of the Outdoor Biz Podcast with Rachel Piacenza, director of marketing for the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, discusses leadership and empowerment. [00:05:56] Rachel grew up near a fishing resort, and developed a passion for the outdoors and water. [00:09:16] After college, Rachel joined Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources, which connected me to RBFF's annual marketing workshops for representatives from all 50 states. I was fortunate to attend and discuss successful marketing strategies for our state with minimal competition. [00:10:56] We are a small nonprofit promoting fishing and boating. We run marketing campaigns and engage with stakeholders to elevate these activities in state and federal parks. Our focus is on awareness and education. [00:14:40] We collaborate with Discover Boating for an awareness campaign and refer traffic to their website. We also attend boating industry events to promote our brand. [00:26:04] Passionate outdoor community, build relationships, step out of comfort zone. [00:28:52] Rachel's current book she is reading, Grit by Angela Duckworth. [00:30:29] One more thought from Rachel: "why do I need to buy a license? What's the importance? Like, why do I need to pay somebody to go enjoy a resource, right? One important data fact is 100 percent of fishing license sales go directly back into conservation. Sign up for their newsletter, Newswaves Follwow up with Rachel Linkedin Instagram    

On the water, Rachel Piacenza is catching more than just fish. Women, like her are spending time on the water for the life changing benefits. Research shows the real catch isn't something you can hold or see – but something you can feel (RBFF). Rachel shares how the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is communicating this message to us, ladies! What is happening now and whats to come? Hear the podcast and then check out RBFF's website: https://www.takemefishing.org/find-your-best-self/

In this special episode of "The Woman Angler & Adventurer," we take a trip down memory lane to the 2019 iCast event. Reflecting on our first iCast experience, we celebrate our growth and progress. From the thriving presence of women in the fishing industry to the dedication of organizations like RBFF and Ladies Let's Go Fishing, the impact and influence of women in this traditionally male-dominated sport have continued to gain momentum. Join us as we showcase the fantastic women and innovations that have shaped and moved the fishing industry forward. Together, we make waves! Mentioned in this Episode: Takemefishing.org Dun Magazine Follow Kate Grice Hough on Instagram Stephanie Hutcheson on Facebook Nancy Jo Adams - Life in Camo Waypoint TV Captains for Clean Waters Ladies, Let's Go Fishing Support Our Partners! Full show notes available at thewomanangler.com/297 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode of "The Woman Angler & Adventurer," we take a trip down memory lane to the 2019 iCast event. Reflecting on our first iCast experience, we celebrate our growth and progress. From the thriving presence of women in the fishing industry to the dedication of organizations like RBFF and Ladies Let's Go Fishing, the impact and influence of women in this traditionally male-dominated sport have continued to gain momentum. Join us as we showcase the fantastic women and innovations that have shaped and moved the fishing industry forward. Together, we make waves! Mentioned in this Episode: Takemefishing.org Dun Magazine Follow Kate Grice Hough on Instagram Stephanie Hutcheson on Facebook Nancy Jo Adams - Life in Camo Waypoint TV Captains for Clean Waters Ladies, Let's Go Fishing Support Our Partners! Full show notes available at thewomanangler.com/297

The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) is a national non-profit that works, in partnership with industry and government, to increase participation in recreational boating and fishing. RBFF President/CEO, Dave Chanda, spoke with host, Mike Leonard, about the latest numbers and trends on fishing participation. One of the exciting areas of growth highlighted in RBFF's annual report was a record increase in participation among women. Chanda touched on this and other exciting areas of growth. He also addressed some of the challenges identified in the report. To learn more about RBFF's work, visit https://www.takemefishing.org/ To read their annual report, visit https://annualreports.takemefishing.org/ For ways to get involved in sportfishing policy visit https://keepamericafishing.org/ and https://asafishing.org/

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Starting Wednesday, April 7, check this space or your favorite podcast platform for Aaron Reed’s Blue Collar Fly Fishing Podcast. Every other week, Aaron will bring you in-depth conversations with industry luminaries and local anglers. Tune in for a conversation with Trout Unlimited VP and Angling Trade magazine editor Kirk Deeter about books, the pandemic year, and the importance of humility and grace. Coming up: Alvin and Lenée Dedeaux of All Water Guides on how they navigated the pandemic year, diversity in fly fishing, and that SXSW showcase Alvin headlined; April Vokey of Anchored Outdoors on going from girl guide on the Skeena River to Queen of All Fly Fishing Media and the joys and perils of social media; and much, much more. Show Notes, Jeff Troutman on Blue Collar Fly Fishing Podcast (Season 1, Episode 1) 00:01 Introductions 00:10 The history of the Glencairn glass. 0:45 Jeff warns Aaron he’s going to be grading his performance. 01:18 Brokeback Mountain reference 01:30 Navel-gazing: a new fly-fishing podcast (hint: you are listening to it.). 02:55 Kirk Deeter up next episode! Let’s talk about the pandemic. RBFF says we added 17 million new boaters and anglers in 2020. 04:24 Jen and John Pelicano coming up in a couple of weeks. Jeff and Aaron talk about year-to-date licenses. 07:27 The first whiskey: Real Spirits Distiller’s Choice (Four-Grain). Shout-out to Real Ale and Real Spirits. 08:15 How to pour whiskey. 09:30 The Tron Beer Can and 8 Track Amber 10:10 Redneck tasting notes. 11:55 “It’s not the first time I’ve spilled whiskey on my piano.” 13:08 Jeff forgets his new song. 14:30 Jeff is a bandleader. 15:00 Jeff’s new album. 16:00 Jeff reveals his childhood in a cult. 18:00 Songs for grownups. 20:00 Jeff was a “Huffy Rider.” Bike stories …. 22:39 Shout-out to Odem Wu 23:09 “ Dreamers,” Jeff Troutman and the Parachute Adams Band (cut-in the recording, still of “Heaven” album cover) 28:02 Cut back to interview …. Talking about “Dreamers.” What was the “favor,” man? 29:00 Breathing room in stories. 29:30 The band’s name and no, Aaron, Jeff didn’t actually send you a fly could fish with. 33:35 *eff Carl Lentz and Hillsong. 34:11 Rye whiskey. Jeff’s favorite, we find out later. 35:34 Where to find Real Spirits, and Real Ale. 37:10 Jeff considers refinishing his free piano. 38:21 Bob White, artist and inspiration. 40:00 Jeff talks to a buffalo. Things get a little psychedelic. 42:00 Jeff starts messing around below – or right at – the belt. 43:50 It’s not the time or place to talk about this. 44:40 Raven: Ode to Bob White (cut in) (throw up the album cover) 49:38 Back to the real interview … Aaron says nice things about Jeff, and Bob, and cross-genre artistic inspiration. 50:00 Paul Puckett, artists, what brings us together as fly anglers. 52;10 Shout-out to Greg DeMars. Cast nets? 53:40 Jeff gives a shout-out to Aaron’s (multiple) award-winning book. By this time it’s clear why Aaron writes, and doesn’t broadcast. Usually. 55:29 In praise of wet-wading, and Zebcos. 56:45 Shout-out to Tom Rosenbauer and fishing in Chacos. 57:40 Real Spirits Signature Select, Texas Whiskey Trail barrel selection. 1:00:42 Okay, enough about whiskey … let’s talk about gin. 1:02:00 Preview of Duck Camp, shout-out to Dave Fason, and we all want the new DryDown Vest. 1:03:00 The Local Angler, Imbrifex Books, “Books or the Journey,” shout-out to Mark Sedenquist. 1:04:00 Merch. Buy a shirt. Protect yourself from the ‘Squatch. 1:05:00 Follow, subscribe, etc. 1:06:45 RNP on the Road. 1:07:31 SXSW 2021? 1:08:10 Another shoutout to Duck Camp and their awesome World HQ. 1:09:30 April Vokey, we love you. 1:10:40 Shout-out to Wylde Bill. 1:11:07 “Ten-Foot Pole” and bawbags. aaron@bluecollarflyfishing.com https://thelocalangler.com/ https://www.remotenopressure.com/ Duck Camp All Spirits - Real Ale Brewing Company : Real Ale Brewing Company

In 2019, 17% of the U.S. population, ages 6 and up, went fishing at least once. That’s 50.1 milllion people. And that number represents the highest participation rate since 2007. I give credit for a lot of that growth to the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation and it’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Stephanie Vatalaro. The RBFF's mission is to increase the growth of boating and fishing and they are very effective at what they do. You may recognize them as TakeMeFishing.org or Vamos a Pescar, two of their consumer facing brands. This week's conversation with Stephanie covers a lot or ground including how to write for your partners and sponsors. You can find more at my websitehttps://www.fishingbusinessschool.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fishingbusinesspodcast/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/angie.l.thompson/Download my guide to Developing Your Personal Brand at https://www.fishingbusinessschool.com/brandworkbook

Stephanie Vatalaro of Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is our guest for Episode 55 of District of Conservation. She serves as the Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing at the organization, which is based in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) is a national, non-profit organization that has been leading the drive for over 20 years – in partnership with industry and government, and through its brands Take Me Fishing and Vamos A Pescar – to increase participation in recreational boating and fishing, thereby helping to conserve and restore our country’s aquatic natural resources. Get to know Stephanie and RBFF today on the podcast! Apple: https://apple.co/2qgRdBb Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NZZ7ba ### SHOW NOTES: Visit their website: https://www.takemefishing.org/ Find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakeMeFishing/ Find them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/take_me_fishing/ Find them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Take_Me_Fishing Women Making Waves Campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Z9XtlPBfY Get a Fishing License: https://www.takemefishing.org/get-a-fishing-license/ Places to Fish and Boat: https://www.takemefishing.org/where-to-fish-and-boat/ Show Notes: RBFF Staff - https://www.takemefishing.org/corporate/who-we-are/rbff-staff/ Subscribe to their newsletter 'News Waves' here: https://www.takemefishing.org/corporate/ Subscribe to the YouTube channel and watch their How-To's: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd1jEmFYFXuklsSBrI-7_lQ "Stories of Anglers": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPk8DYcrDVA 60 in 60: https://www.takemefishing.org/60in60/

This week’s show comes from Teeg’s visit to ICAST and a friend from @takemefishingRyan and Jess @earlysnowbirds got a smaller RV – we cover life in a smaller RV, but for this week’s show, they got a hotel – that high speed wifi sure is nice! So is a hot shower.Jeff Kolodzinski isn’t our first Try This At Home Show world record holder! But he *is* the first guy who’s joined us from a boat.Kolo is a world record holder for the most fish caught in 24 hours. He joined the U.S. National Freshwater Fishing Team that competes in the World Championships. He fished in seven World Championships – “I never thought that some polish kid from Gary, IN would amount to much of anything, let alone something cool like that.”In World Fishing Championships, you catch as many fish as you can in three hours. Kolo developed that skill, then met a guy named Tom Goodrich who was a military leader serving in Afghanistan who had a God-given inspiration to start something when he got back home which became Fishing For Life.This last year was the 12th or 13th “Marathon Man” fishing event to raise money and awareness for Fishing For Life.The event takes place at @GiantGooseRanch in Canton, ILWhen this started, Kolo was catching 600-some fish a day, but set a Guinness World record with 2142 fish in 2010. This year he broke that record with 2177 fish!How long does it take to recover? Only a few days in terms of sore muscles – but his hands become a human pin cushion, it takes him weeks to heal from that.What’s bait? Fish candy is “eurolarvae – maggots.”This weeks’ treats: the @TakeMeFishing “Snackle Box” from our friend Rachel Auslander at the RBFF.Inside the Snackle Box: all the fishing favorite treats, Gummy Worms, Sour Gummies, Swedish Fish in several varieites, and Goldfish Crackers. MMMMM!The discussion of “candy newness,” candy that’s been on the shelf for a while versus the newly stocked stuff. This candy’s been in a tackle box, unwrapped for a while. So, there’s a bit of a candy crust.The Swedish Fish are close to bicycle tire consistency.Gummy everything is happy candy – Brian Miller checked in which is a reminder of the Gummy Corn sitting on the desk, which got us back into talking about Gummy Corn.Candy as an icebreaker – it’s great for making friends, and starting conversation.Some candy the color doesn’t mean anything – but colored Swedish Fish are flavored differently.The “gumminess” of a Swedish Fish versus the way that a Gummy Worm is springy.Ryan considers whether these candies could be handed down across the generations. He’s re-using the tackle box that these snacks came in for nuts & bolts in the RV.Why does fishing matter? For Kolo – it’s kind of a responsibility to pass it on.One study looked at people on death row – to a man, none had hunted or fished. Which is not to say that not doing it will land you on death row, but it is to say that getting people outside makes a difference in their lives.People who aren’t into fishing might not know that more people fish in the U.S. than play golf and tennis combined. Kids who spend unstructured time in the outdoors have lower rates of ADHD, do better in math and science, and research shows they tend to have better social skills.What Kolo shows off while he’s fishing is a way to fish that is so simple and so inexpensive – the tackle he uses to set a world record costs under $25.You can see exactly how he does it at Facebook.com/MarathonManFishing.Fishing is for everyone – it’s truly accessible. Just ask Clay Dyer, who is an inspiration to many.What Marathon Man fishing is all about is the Military Families and what Fishing For Life does. This isn’t just about setting a world record – it’s about raising funds for Fishing For Life and the Next Gen program. This year we set a record with over $15,000 raised.If you’re inspired to donate after hearing this, you could donate at MarathonManFishing.com.#SnackleBox

We were so thankful to get introduced to a young angler by the name of Chasten Whitfield while we were at iCast. Chasten was among the multitude of women in the industry who came out for RBFF's Wave Makers event. We did a short interview with her there and it didn't take long to realize we would need to have her back on the show for a full interview because the things she's doing at such a young age is nothing short of awe-inspiring! As soon as she turned 18, she got her USCG Captain's License and started her 501C3...both endeavors are a tall order, even for the most gifted individuals. Through fishing and sharing her passion with kids with disabilities, she had an experience that set the course she wants to follow for the rest of her life. You'll hear about it on today's episode. She has even bigger dreams for the future and we have no doubt she's going to knock it out of the park, Chasten can! Be inspired by her story...and remember, if she can do it YOU can do it! Subscribe & Review on Apple Podcasts: Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, we want to encourage you to do that today. We don’t want you to miss an episode. We'll be adding bonus episodes to the mix from time-to-time and if you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance you’ll miss out on those. Click here to subscribe in iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, we would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in an read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. We just might share it on an upcoming episode! Thank you! Additional Resources: Chastenation Website Follow Chastenation on Instagram Chastenation's YouTube Channel Connect with Chastenation on Facebook Takemefishing.org Walt Disney World Resort Fishing The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram The Woman Angler & Adventurer Podcast Website Listen on Waypoint Outdoors Listen on Apple Podcasts (subscribe and leave a review!) Listen on Google Podcasts New! Listen on iHeartRadio! Full show notes at thewomanangler.com/79

On this week's episode of The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast, Barb and Angie catch up with their good buddy Lance Valentine. You probably know of Lance from his highly successful Walleye 101 education platform. Now he's branching out to cover more species and sharing his invaluable knowledge with a new venture called Teachin' Fishin'. Lance has been a big supporter of The Woman Angler and recognizes the value in educating women and young girls alike so that they're equipped with the basics to go out and catch fish. Listen in on our conversation and be sure and check out the great content from Teachin' Fishin' so you can become a better angler! There you'll find a ton of free content on topics such as sonar, trolling and so much more! Subscribe & Review on Apple Podcasts: Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, we want to encourage you to do that today. We don’t want you to miss an episode. We'll be adding bonus episodes to the mix from time-to-time and if you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance you’ll miss out on those. Click here to subscribe on Apple Podcasts! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, we would be really grateful if you left us a review over on Apple Podcasts, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in an read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. We just might share it on an upcoming episode! Thank you! Additional Resources: Teachin' Fishin' Website Teachin' Fishin' on Facebook Walleye 101 Qwest Pontoons Angler Qwest Pontoons The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram The Woman Angler & Adventurer Podcast Website Listen on Waypoint Outdoors Listen on Apple Podcasts (subscribe and leave a review!) Listen on Google Podcasts New! Listen on iHeartRadio Full show notes at thewomanangler.com/74

Coverage from RBFF's Wave Makers women's meet up at iCast. Barb & Angie speak with the influencers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel Auslander from the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation gives us an update on RBFF's Women Making Waves initiative as well as the 60 in 60 Campaign at the 2019 Bassmaster Classic in Knoxville, TN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune into The Screw's first ever Pride episode, where we give a place for the voices of the NYC LGBTQ+ community to discuss sex. This week we are joined by Darnell Mitchell(an NYC stylist and podcast host), Red Panda (A Fisting Enthusiast), and Bruce Wayne (Co-Founder of RBFF).Learn about how some queers wrestle for work instead of at circuit parties. Discover the secret caves and caverns of Anus, a mystical place waiting to unfold in your very hands. Deviance as an act of resistance! Follow or contact our guests:Darnell: @Dnellicious (Twitter)Red Panda & Bruce Wayne: Email Rbffinformation@gmail.com For all updates on #TheScrew, follow:@muchobligedtv on Youtube, Facebook and IG@thepeoplestramp (IG)/@feliciarose (twitter)@sextrpa (IG)/ @continue78 (twitter)

Stephanie Vatalaro was recently promoted to Vice President of Communications for the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation. RBFF’s mission is to implement an informed, consensus-based national outreach strategy that will increase participation in recreational angling and boating and thereby increase public awareness and appreciation of the need to protect, conserve and restore this nation's aquatic natural resources. Stephanie has been with the RBFF for over 10 years and has helped steward the Take Me Fishing and Vamos A Pescar national campaigns, providing the tools to help people get started. RBFF’s digital assets, TakeMeFishing.org and VamosAPescar.org, are the most comprehensive fishing and boating websites nationwide and are the key destinations for individuals to learn, plan and equip for a day on the water. They have now exceeded 12 million! Pageviews under Stephanie’s watch. After boating on Lake Erie as a young child, Stephanie’s family moved at the age of 7 to Florida where her father became a fishing guide in the Florida Keys. From catching Pacific sailfish in Costa Rica to boating on the Potomac with her family, Stephanie has maintained her love of boating and shares it with her husband and daughter. In 2016, RBFF announced its 60 in 60 goal to increase yearly angler participation to 60 million in 60 months. This aspirational goal comes at a critical time for the fishing and boating industry. It was a great time to catch up with Stephanie and find out more about how they are working to achieve this lofty goal, the accomplishments to date, and learn about how her love of boating was fostered through family and is being passed down the same way. Enjoy!     On her first boating experiences…..It’s one of those all in the family things. I was born in Ohio and my grandfather was a boater, so I started going out on Lake Erie as a young child. When I was 7 my family relocated to the Florida Keys and my dad became a fishing guide. We had two boats, the boat he worked on, and then a center console that was the family boat. He would take us out to go snorkeling and swimming but we also definitely went fishing. On memorable catches….The first fish I caught was on Lake Erie, but I don’t vividly remember the first catch. I certainly have great memories of some of my big catches! I had the opportunity to go to Costa Rica and I caught a 120 lb. Pacific Sailfish and that was amazing. It was quite a fight. On learning to boat…..As a kid, my dad took it all very seriously, the safety part in particular. I learned a lot of the basics as a kid. He said if I wanted to operate the boat I had to take a course and get my license and make it official. As an adult, with my husband, I started doing it more hands on myself. On family boating now.....We now have a 24’ Pursuit center console. It’s something we can go fishing on, we can take to the beach, hose it off at the end of the day. My husband is the captain, I have anchor duty. On raising a boating daughter…..She has been boating since she was an infant. As she gets older, we’ll start getting her involved more in helping with things. We can give her jobs, pack this bag, do that. She really likes being on the water. She fishes off her grandpa’s dock and she is quite the fish slayer! On the RBFF 60 in 60 initiative…..I will give that credit to Frank Peterson, our President and CEO. There are a few numbers in his head that he has said if we can hit this this and this, our industry will be in pretty good shape. One of those numbers is 12 million visits to our website and we hit that this year. The other, and I think the more important one, is the 60 million number. If you look at fishing participation numbers they have been pretty flat over the last several years and with the changing demographics, in order to even maintain that flat rate a lot of change has to be made. What we really need to do is energize the industry to get that number even higher, to get on the front end of these changes and try to make that difference now. It’s a rallying cry for the industry. Let’s do this together. You’re not in this alone. The RBFF is here to help. We’ve developed tools for people to recruit, retain, and reactivate anglers (known as R3). On what those changes are…..People are becoming more multicultural. Families are not the traditional families that they always looked like. There are a lot of other activities competing for people’s time, and boomers are aging out of the sport. On their Disney partnership…..I didn’t even know fishing excursions were available at Disney but they are and they’re great, they have a fantastic stocked lake, almost a guaranteed catch. They are reaching the exact target audience we’re after. Years and years of research have led us to this group called Multicultural Family Outdoors. These are parents, people with kids age 6-12 , who are involved in outdoors activity but don’t fish yet. Getting through their channels has been really beneficial to us and we’ve seen an increase in our brand awareness and intent to go fishing and boating. On RBFF's digital outreach…..Takemefishing.org is a huge part of our success. People are getting their information online so it has become a largely digital campaign because that’s where our family outdoors audience is. The website is all about getting people the info they need to get started – how to, where to, and licensing. We have all the basics on what kind of gear you need, how to reel in a fish, how to prepare your catch. We have a map where people can go and look in there are for different bodies of water that also has points of interest on it. We want to make sure people are aware that people need their license and that those dollars go back to water conservation efforts on the state level. On the challenges facing millennials who want to boat…..That’s a secondary target audience of ours. We’re calling them Untethered Explorers. They’re millennials who aren’t married and don’t have kids yet but they’re into the outdoors and we reach them through digital and social media outreach. We run an influencer campaign that speaks to that millennial target. [Their challenges] are time, it’s not having the mentor or the experience and not knowing that these opportunities are very close to them. A lot of younger generations are moving back to the city and they don’t realize that there are a lot of urban fishing and boating opportunities. On what boaters need to get started…..More than a thing, I would say training is important. Do your homework first. Before you go out on the water understand the rules of the road, navigation basics, how to read a chart or GPS. If there’s a chance to do a training or do a trial take it! On where she hasn’t yet, but would like to fish…..Patagonia. It just looks amazing. I love the landscapes, I'd love to be fly fishing in a river with all that beauty surrounding me. Anywhere that has turquoise water, I’m in. On her dream boat…..It’s not practical but I absolutely adore big sportfishers. Big Vikings or Hatteras. Something about those boats is so beautiful to me. When I go home to the Keys I see them. We’ll get back into cruising some day and we’ll have some type of trawler to cruise around. On advice for would-be-boaters…..Before you dive in, you should go out with some friends, try different boats, go to boat shows, go out with anyone who has a boat, feel it out, do your homework. Figure out what you want to do on the water and match the boat to your lifestyle. We’re in a time where there are so many different styles of boats. We have the Discover Boating boat comparison tool on our website. You go through and say what activities you like to do and it serves up the different styles of boats. There really is something for everyone.   The RBFF is doing great work, check out their website, particularly their interactive map, if you have any interest in fishing!