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Melissa Stevens Dad finally agreed to go fishing with her so she could finally show him what she does for a living. Her Dad happened to show me some photos when he returned, and I was blown away.  OMG!  I've never seen any woman reel in fish this big! I had to meet her. Melissa will tell you herself she's not the only woman out there fishing at this level, she's just the only one I know about. I am aware that more women than ever are taking up fishing and that's a good thing. Research shows women who fish are happier and healthier. If that's the case Melissa must be freakin ecstatic.   The fish she caught when her Dad went along was a Swordfish weighing about 90 to 110 pounds and was about 6 ½ feet tall from the tip of his tail to the end of the bill.  Yes, this woman catches fish much bigger than she is. The fish in the shot of her leaning back on the boat, the photo with blood all over the bottom of the boat (gag me) is a large tuna. Then there's that a 302-pound swordfish she's posed with. And a shot with her posing with what looks to me like a giant goldfish. Those are American Red Snappers. Melissa said the biggest fish she ever caught on a rod and reel personally, was roughly a 900 pound bluefin tuna out of a fishery in Nova Scotia where they were not permitted to remove them from. And the largest fish she ever caught commercial fishing, working on a commercial boat, was... a 940 pound swordfish!   I asked her. “How the heck do you even pull these fish with your arms? "I mean, what kind of unusual strength do you have?”  “Most of my strength” , said Melisa,  “comes from pure stubbornness.”  I'm was left speechless seeing what Melissa has been doing for a living for the past 14 years, and I had to wonder, what would inspire a young woman to go in this direction? Melissa said, “Mom and I grew up watching a lot of this sport fishing on television, most specifically a show called Walker's Kay Chronicles. It's the show that really started off sport fishing in the public eye. And I always wanted to be on the boat my whole life and instead of taking the traditional route after high school, I dug my heels in and I went fishing.” So yes, Melissa's gone fishing and living her dream! I too loved watching sport fishing shows as little girl, and I too am living my dream, telling other peoples fish tales.  LOL Oh and Melissa's 'quite the catch herself', but dating her means you'll have to understand she smells like a fish a lot. LOL We laughed about that. Melissa is from CT, lives in Fla. and fishes often in Venice, Louisiana. If you want to go fishing with her, which many people do, you can book a fishing trip with her at Southern Catch Outfitters in Venice, Louisiana. Melissa says, "People come from all over the world come to fish in Venice." Most of their customer basis is from the Gulf Coast area, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Northern Florida, just because it is a very easy drive. But she said, they're only an hour and 15 minutes from New Orleans airport and there is a direct flight from LaGuardia Airport in NY right there. So they do have quite a few customers from the tri-state area that join them.  Enjoy this podcast of our live radio conversation on The Debbie Nigro Show. If you'd rather read than listen - the audio treanscript is below. In case you want to know more about Melissa Stevens check out:   https://www.southerncatchoutfitters.com/  Melissa Stevens Facebook Page: Southbound Tackle  https://www.facebook.com/southboundtackle/ I like to follow her 'catches' on Instagram: @SouthboundTackle ********************************************************* AUDIO TRANSCRIPT:  0:00:00 It's time for the Debbie Nigro Show with Debbie Nigro, who says she's still a babe, or at least she thinks she still is. That's right, attitude is everything, and Debbie's delusionally young. No one sees the glass of Cabernet half full like Debbie. She's fresh air with a magnetic flair, but some day has arrived, and as far as she's It's time to roll. 4 0:00:24 They say when you cast off, you never know what you'll reel in. Research shows the real catch isn't something you can hold or see, but something you can feel. Yes, it's about happiness and grit and learning patience and it's very good for your health. 1 0:00:48 Fishing it is, and women who fish have all these things going on. They're being encouraged to get out there, fish more. I don't know if you guys know any women who fish. I don't know many. I love the idea of it. I don't bait and I don't like getting in the way of a big fish coming on board. But, you know, I like the idea of it. I saw a photo of a girl. I'll call her a woman because she is a young beautiful woman, that blew my head. I was like, what am I looking at here? She was holding a catch of a day that was bigger than any fish I've ever seen. I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. And then it just kept going on, picture after picture after picture of this woman, young woman, catching gigundo fish. Like she is the girl that all the guys want to fish with. And I happened to see the picture because I know her dad. And he had just returned from the first time he ever went fishing with her. He said, she said, Dad, why don't you come fishing? So Melissa Stevens is supposed to be joining me today. I don't know if she's still in the water, on the sea, wherever she is. She's definitely checking in. Bob, you stay alert. Hopefully she's supposed to be on the air. Staying alert. Okay. I mean, you just don't mess with a girl who can lift a fish this big. If you want to go on my social media and see what I'm talking about, I highly encourage you to go over to the Debbie Nigro Show Facebook page and you can go over to my Instagram at The Real Debbie Nigro and you will just not believe your eyes. I just can't believe your eyes. I used to watch Wide World of Fishing when I was a young girl. It was on Sunday mornings after like, I don't know, there was nothing on Sunday mornings. It was just like a wide world of fishing. It was always that opened up with an icon and a brand image of a giant swordfish. A big swordfish. I thought that I should do that. I thought I should catch a giant swordfish. Maybe it was a marlin. I don't know. It looked the same to me. I know they're not the same, but that's what I started my day with on Sunday, as a little chubby little girl, like, oh, this is cool. And I imagined myself sitting there trying to do it. One time I did get a chance to go on a boat in Florida and sit in what they call kind of like a, almost like a shark catching sulky, if you will. You know, a big fish sulky that's on the back of a boat and facing out, you get strapped in. 3 0:03:29 It's like, wow! 1 0:03:30 Caught nothing, but I felt like it. Like I felt I had the experience. But what this woman does is beyond. So hopefully she'll be coming up shortly. It led me to do some homework really about fishing and the psychology of it and in particular the research has shown that women should really look into this. It has a very profound impact on a woman's life, fishing and boating. The senior director of marketing for an organization that I just found out about today is really out there. It's called Take Me Fishing. What they're trying to do is confront the barriers and inspire women everywhere to challenge themselves, to try something new, to help them find their best self while supporting a more inclusive fishing and boating environment. Despite record levels of female participation in fishing, almost half of the female anglers do not feel respected by the broader angling community, with more than one in three feeling stereotyped, right? 9 0:04:28 Hey, Deb, how about we let Melissa tell us about it herself? 1 0:04:32 She's right here now. Oh, thank. She got off the boat to call me? Thank goodness. Melissa Stevens, you, you, you unbelievable girl, you. I am like bowing down. Hi, welcome. Hello, thank you. Thank you for having me on. I appreciate it. Honestly, I've been a champion of women doing everything since I was born. I was always like, what can't we do? Why can't we do it? But I was just starting to talk about how there's a campaign to get more women fishing and that there's sort of been a stereotype, I guess, about women not having the presence in the fishing industry. So when I saw this picture that your father showed me, he goes, I just got back from seeing my daughter. We went out fishing. I was like, what am I looking at? And there you were with a giant how big was that swordfish? The one we caught the other day with my dad was about a between we never weighted it but about 90 to 110 pounds. And how tall was it you know I saw it over your head over your father's head. Yeah. How high did it get? 2 0:05:34 Probably about 6 1⁄2 foot on that fish. I couldn't believe it. 1 0:05:40 That's from the tip of his tail to the end of the bill. Melissa, you brave girl. The second picture I put up is you leaning back on the boat with a fish bigger than you, kind of blood all over the bottom of the boat. I'm assuming it's that large. What kind of fish? 2 0:05:53 I haven't looked at it, but I'm assuming it's that large tuna. 1 0:05:56 Yeah, that looks like a large tuna. And then you sent me a picture, you told me I had permission to use, of another fish that, I don't know, I never saw anything this big, is that another swordfish? 2 0:06:08 Oh, that's a 302-pound swordfish. 1 0:06:13 And then those big, looks like giant goldfish, what are those? 2 0:06:17 Those are American red snappers. 1 0:06:21 It's just, I'm speechless seeing what you do. Is this what you do for a living every day It's been about 14 years of me doing this is my daily job What would inspire a young woman like yourself to go in this direction? What was it in your life that led you to doing this very fortunately I live my childhood dream. 2 0:06:40 Mom I grew up watching a lot of this sport fishing on television most specifically a show called Walker's Kay Chronicles. It's really, it was the show that really started off sport fishing in the public eye. Wow. And I always wanted to be on the boat my whole life and instead of taking the traditional route after high school, I dug my heels in and I went fishing. I just think it's incredible. You missed the park. 1 0:07:15 Yeah, I used to watch fishing shows too. That's why I really was attracted to what you're doing. I mean, I used to fantasize about doing what you're doing. I don't know where that came from. It was the only show on Sunday morning, Wild World of Fishing. But you're doing it. Are you one of the few women catching fish this big? At this point in my career, I am not. 2 0:07:37 In the beginning, there was probably about overall four of us in the entire community that were fishing at this level. In the last five years, it has really become more available for women. Yeah, maybe more, more than a month. I've never really, I've never been in it to be a martyr for women. I've never been in it to pound the way and pave the road. So, there's always been space for women in this career if you've been willing to put your head down and work hard. That is really the only way to get, the only way to get far in this career is to dedicate your life to it and show everybody around you how good you are. 1 0:08:30 Unbelievable. 2 0:08:31 There's no... no pictures do the justice. The people need to see the hard work. 1 0:08:37 Yeah. I'm just jealous you get all that fresh air every day. Now I know you're from Greenwich but you moved to Florida but you fished a lot in Venice, Louisiana. Is that where the big action is? 2 0:08:47 My current home port of fishing is Venice. I have been very fortunate that my career has taken me around most of the globe and I have done some of the best fishing on earth. But as far as consistency and truly just incredible nature, Venice, Louisiana is one of the most impressive fishing destinations that I have ever been to in my life. Which is why I chose to stay there for a while. 1 0:09:20 And the water is of the Gulf of Mexico. I can see that just from the way you're catching, who would even know that it existed? Is there something you want to... you came in a little late on the segment. Do you have any more time to hang out and talk a little bit more or you got to go? 2 0:09:33 I have plenty of time, absolutely. 1 0:09:35 Okay, cool. We have to take a little break and when you guys come back I'm talking to Melissa Stevens she is a world-class fisher woman am I saying it right angler what do you what do you an angler I am a fisherman much like a fireman a postman a mailman I'm a fisherman it is a the ocean doesn't know if you're a man or a woman it just wants to work hard that's great so stay with me because I have a lot more that I want to share about you to the audience where they can find you and follow you because it just made my day to see what you're doing. Okay, everybody, you're listening to the Debbie Nigro Show and I guess Melissa Stevens and we'll be back in just a moment. 3 0:10:25 And now, back to the Debbie Nigro Show. 1 0:10:32 Hi guys, I'm Debbie Nigro. You know, I love fascinating personalities, right? People who are unique, doing unique things. And I happen to come across a photo of this guest right now that I'm enjoying meeting, Melissa Stevens, when her dad showed me a picture of him going fishing with her for the first time. And she's like next to these gigantic, like world record size fish. And I wanted to invite her on the show, introduce her to you guys, tell you where you can find her because they, she and her cohorts actually take people out on charters to go fish with them in Venice, Louisiana. You're going to want to know about this if you're into this sort of thing. So, Melissa, are you breaking world records with what I'm seeing you catch this year? 2 0:11:23 Oh man, Debbie, I wish that I was, but I am not. I am not. The hope is that we can get close and try to push the limits of what we can catch where we are, but that's the cool thing about being on the water it could happen anywhere at any time so every day we're hunting for them but I have yet to put a legitimate world record. I mean what what's the heaviest fish you ever pulled up? The heaviest fish that I've ever caught on a rod and reel personally myself is about a 900 pound bluefin tuna out of a fishery in Nova Scotia where we were not permitted to remove them from 8 0:12:06 the water. 2 0:12:07 So that's an approximation of about 900 pounds. And the largest fish I've ever caught commercial fishing, working on a commercial boat, was a 940 pound swordfish. How do you even pull this with your arms? I mean, what kind of strength do you have? Most of my strength comes from pure stubbornness. 1 0:12:35 Wow, you are stubborn! 4 0:12:37 Yes. 1 0:12:39 Incredible, incredible, incredible. I was reading this morning that... 2 0:12:43 Handling fish of that size is heavily technique-driven, not so much a strength thing as far as it is understanding how to handle it. 1 0:12:53 Yeah, so say you catch a 900 pound fish, how many people do you need on the boat with you to help you pull it up into the boat? 2 0:13:02 With the right equipment it could be two of us, but if we don't have that it could take quite a few, five, six people. 1 0:13:09 Wow. And then you know, tuna is in high demand obviously as is swordfish and when you catch giant tuna and we'll talk about tuna let's stick with that what is the market for that like are people 2 0:13:22 clamoring to get their hands on it? So as of right now my current job is solely charter fishing the fish that we catch during the day goes home with the 1 0:13:31 customer and usually they slide a piece of the water. I've never tasted anything. Swordfish, you know, that's not on as many menus as it used to be. 2 0:13:46 What's going on with the swordfish out there? The sword fishery is as good as it's ever been. There has been a lot of restrictions placed on some of the commercial boats, specifically the longliners, on where they can fish. So the frequency in which they've been sword fishing and catching them for the commercial longline boats because of where they're allowed to fish has kind of hampered the amount of swordfish that they've been catching. But also, swordfish do contain a very high level of mercury. And that will scare some people away. But that 90 to 120 pound range fish that my father and I caught, you could eat that all 1 0:14:35 day with not the worry of the mercury. So interesting. What about seasickness? What you guys do all day long? How do you do that? I fortunately in the last almost 15 years have never been seasick. 7 0:14:52 Good. 2 0:14:53 But I have been graced with the opportunity to watch thousands of people to get seasick. 1 0:14:59 Gosh, that's the worst. 2 0:15:02 Depending on the customer, we don't really, there's nothing you can really do. Seasickness, you can kind of tell usually before we leave the dock even who's going 6 0:15:12 to get seasick. 2 0:15:13 It's very mentally driven. Now there are a group of people who just cannot handle any kind of motion. My brother is one of those people specifically where we could be in the car and the car could swerve funny and he could get sick. But most people the seasickness comes from hyping it up in their head that they're going to get seasick. Wow. Okay. There is some things you can do in order to, you know, stave it off, but once it happens, it's very hard to shake it until we get to 1 0:15:48 land. Okay, let's not talk about that anymore, because even the thought of people getting nauseous makes me nauseous, Melissa. I can't even talk about it. Yes, but that, but I'm 2 0:15:57 trying to say is that that thought in your mind is what will drive it in the first place. 1 0:16:03 Okay, we're done with that topic. Let's talk about the blood that comes out of the fish. I can't look at blood. How do you look at all that blood? 2 0:16:09 Oh, I tell our customers that my Captain John has a duty to fulfill my daily bloodlust and that we gotta go catch some fish. So for me, it is a byproduct of the joy of fishing and I could not possibly care less about it. 1 0:16:26 How many days a week do you eat fish after doing all this fishing? I eat little fish pieces with tuna blood every day. Oh gosh. Did you hear what my question? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cut you off. How many days do you eat fish after all this fishing? How many days a week do I eat fish? 2 0:16:39 Yeah. Oh, probably one or two days because you have to mix it up a little bit. It would be too much if I ate fish every single day. 1 0:16:50 Right. But there's people who do that. And I know that it's obviously one of the healthier things to do. 2 0:16:55 My captain's mother is a pescatarian. All she eats is fish. So every few months we ship her a box. Pescatarian. 1 0:17:03 Nice and new where we brought into this century. I don't think they had pescatarians. Maybe they did. They just didn't call it that. So who's coming to rent these charters? Where are people coming from? 2 0:17:18 If you have any knowledge of great fishing and you know Venice, we have people coming from all over the world. Most of our customer basis is from the Gulf Coast area, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Northern Florida, just because it is a very easy drive. But that being said we are only an hour and 15 minutes from New Orleans airport and there is a direct flight from LaGuardia right there. So we do have quite a few customers from the tri-state area that join us. 1 0:17:51 Wow, you have full day offshore fishing and overnights that I guess you start out and you're there surprising the fish when they wake up? 2 0:18:00 We leave the dock about noon, we get back about noon the next day. 1 0:18:04 Yeah. Are there some fish that are easier to catch at night? 2 0:18:11 Not particularly, but sometimes the bite at night can get really fired up. And a lot of people like the overnight experience. We bring the grill, you know, we make burgers on the boat. 1 0:18:27 It's really more of an experience than specifically for the fishing. Yes. I have friends and people I know who are avid fisher people and travel all over the world. They seek out the next great fishing adventure. So when I saw what you were catching, I was like, wow, if anybody sees what I'm going to post who likes this, they're going to be calling you ASAP. So I wanted to just promote who you are associated with because it's called Southern Catch Outfitters and they're in Venice, Louisiana. And I never heard of Venice, Louisiana as the fishing location, but after seeing what you caught, I'm like, okay, obviously this is the place, right? And of course- 2 0:19:07 It is truly remarkable. Not a very beautiful place to stay in actual Venice. That is for sure. A lot of oil industry, very commercialized, not a lot of people. No supermarket. There's one dollar general and that's about it. But we can help people find places to stay. There's houseboats. We pick you right up in the marina from the deck of the houseboat. And we have two boats, 40 foot center console catamaran style boats that can hold up to six passengers each and It's about a 10 to 12 hour day and in total But the great part about Venice as opposed to fishing in other places in the Gulf Coast is that it's a peninsula And you're already 60 miles in the correct direction 1 0:19:54 Awesome, so Melissa a couple last questions. When somebody comes in with a giant tuna, 600 pounds, 700 pounds, whatever, do you cut it up right there on the boat? Do you fillet it? 2 0:20:09 We take care of all of the processing up to the point of we don't vacuum seal it or we'll put it in ziplocks, but we take care of all that breaking down of the fish for you. We do it in the marina. We have to bring the fish in whole. If unfortunately we got pulled over by wildlife on the way in, you have to have the fish in one piece in order for them to measure them. So once we get in, we load it up in a cart, bring it down to the cleaning station, we cut the fillets off, we chunk it up and send you home with it in a cooler. 1 0:20:47 You are the coolest girl I've met, I swear, in a long time. What about that swordfish-like sword beak? What's that used for? So, while the fish is alive or after the fact? I don't know, I'm just scared of it. What do you do with it? You should be scared of it. 2 0:21:03 That's why it's called the swordfish because they are sharp on the side and they use that and when the swordfish is at the bottom, it lives in the bottom in the dark. They use that bill to basically kill their prey and then come back up to it and then eat it. So they whack at the fish, they can even cut one up, they can cut up a fish with their bill. Now after this is back once we've taken the fish apart, um, I do a process of cleaning the bill where macerate it, get all the meat and fat out of it and then cleanse it and whiten it and I hang them on the wall. 1 0:21:45 Why did I know you were going to say something creative like that? I kind of knew that was coming. And by the way, I can't believe I called it a beak. It's a bill. No, it's a bill or a beak. It's a bill. It's a bill. You know a little bit more than me. I think the last thing I want to ask you, or one of the last things is do you always smell like fish? If you're working around fish this much? I would say from about 4.30 in the morning to about 8 o'clock at night, yes. I smell like fish. And I tend to go like that on a date if I go on a first date because you either take 2 0:22:22 it or leave it that way. 1 0:22:25 You know, I didn't want to get personal, but since you volunteered, that is pretty darn funny that you said that. Are people intimidated who, you know, you're interested in maybe dating, that this is what you do, that you can catch 900 pound fish on a regular basis? 2 0:22:43 They think it's cool until I spend my time offshore with another man, and then they wonder 1 0:22:48 what I'm doing. You've got a whole other set of things going on down there. This is quite priceless 2 0:22:52 You know what the fish don't care whether I'm single dating smell like fish smell like roses That's um I've dedicated my life to it, and if somebody wants to join the ride go right ahead But I'm not going to stop doing it for anything Okay, what is the one thing that a woman? 1 0:23:08 Fishing big big fish like this has to be careful of versus guys. Is there anything? 2 0:23:17 I will just put it this way. I traveled the world with a 95-pound woman. She's in her early 60s. I saw her catch more large fish than most men. The only thing that she had was the willpower to do it and nobody could tell her nothing. So this is a mental fortitude game, not a strength game. 1 0:23:41 You have to be... Interesting, yeah. Interesting, interesting, because I was reading about... 2 0:23:45 People ask me, I have 300 pound, 6 foot 10 grown men on the boat who give up, and then I step in and they are just like, how do you do that? It's because you dig your heels in and you get it done. 5 0:24:01 That's how. 1 0:24:02 Wow. I wouldn't mess with you. 2 0:24:04 That is my advice to women is to don't take no for an answer and you don't need to tell them what you can do you need to show them what you can do. 1 0:24:16 It's so interesting that you're saying these exact words because from what I read about the research done on women who fish and a study they did actually, the folks who researched this at the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, they said among women who fish, they have greater perseverance and they're more likely to say that setbacks do not discourage them. They learn patience, they develop confidence, higher self-esteem, clear mind, and they say it improves their mood and they're quite happy. It took me years to get paid to have enough of a space in my career to get paid real money. And now I get paid just as much as the guys who have been doing it as long as I have to. You go girl, Melissa Stevens. And by the way, you're not the only woman who took years to ask for what she's worth. So, good for you. SouthernCatchOutfitters.com is where you're going to find more information and book a charter to fish with Melissa and her crew or anybody else you want to hook up with in Venice, Louisiana. Check out my social media photos of her that she was kind enough to share on the Debbie Check out my social media photos of her that she was kind enough to share on the Debbie Nigro Show Facebook page and at The Real Debbie Nigro on Instagram.      

As the daughter of Indigenous water rights advocates, Autumn Harry (@numu_wanderer) was able to establish a connection to water and fishing at a very young age. Since then, she's used her skills and knowledge to educate others on the history of Kooyooe Pa'a, or Pyramid Lake, as the first Numu Woman Flyfishing Guide in the U.S (@kooyooepaa_guides). She's also led advocacy work and mutual aid efforts for food and land sovereignty to help her community, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, thrive. Untangling is a three-part Outside Voices mini-series exploring our cultural connections to fishing, created in partnership with our friends at Take Me Fishing.  Resources: - Website of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Information about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) from Native Women's Wilderness - Pyramid Lake Fishing Guide: Be a Respectful Visitor by Autumn Harry Hosted and produced by Sarah Shimazaki Co-produced by Neecole Bostick Sound edited by Jeff Alvarez Album artwork by Ezra Manjarrez A production of Resource Media, with support from Pisces Foundation Follow us on Instagram: @OutsideVoicesPodcast Please support our podcast by leaving us a review: RateThisPodcast.com/outsidevoices

A descendant of Filipino plantation workers who immigrated to Hawai'i in the early 1900s, Brianne Lauro (@brianne_lauro) is the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of local fishers and hunters. In this second episode of “Untangling,” Brianne opens up for the first time about imposter syndrome and credits all she's learned as a fisher to her Uncle Lance. While Brianne herself is relatively new to fishing, she's learned that it's become a way to connect with her family history, build and take care of her community, and share culture and knowledge across generations. Untangling is a three-part Outside Voices mini-series exploring our cultural connections to fishing, created in partnership with our friends at Take Me Fishing.  Hosted and produced by Sarah Shimazaki Co-produced by Aly Ferguson Sound edited by Jeff Alvarez Album artwork by Ezra Manjarrez A production of Resource Media, with support from Pisces Foundation Follow us on Instagram: @OutsideVoicesPodcast Please support our podcast by leaving us a review: RateThisPodcast.com/outsidevoices

For the Gullah/Geechee people, fishing is culture. Everything comes back to "making a circle", shares Queen Quet, chieftess and head-of-state of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, from throwing a circular cast net out into the ocean, to bringing balance and harmony back to the natural environment, and passing down cultural traditions to the next generation. Tune in for a conversation between Host and Producer Sarah Shimazaki and Queen Quet! The Gullah/Geechee Nation encompasses over 100 sea islands along the Atlantic coast and about 30 miles inland. The Gullah/Geechee are descendents of enslaved people from West Africa and have largely been able to preserve their traditions, including fishing, which they depend on for their livelihood. October 22nd marks the Gullah/Geechee Seafood Festival. Bring family and friends to enjoy the Gullah/Geechee presentations, cuisine, and crafts along the shoreline at the Hunting Island Nature Center! Untangling is a three-part Outside Voices mini-series exploring our cultural connections to fishing, created in partnership with our friends at Take Me Fishing.  Hosted and produced by Sarah ShimazakiSound edited by Jeff Alvarez Album artwork by Ezra Manjarrez A production of Resource Media, with support from Pisces Foundation Follow us on Instagram: @OutsideVoicesPodcast Please support our podcast by leaving us a review: RateThisPodcast.com/outsidevoices

In Episode 238 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back listeners to the show after a brief hiatus. She discusses 2022 outdoor goals and how listeners can pick up fishing, hunting, and other activities. Plus, the Christmas news gun owners got for suppressors. Tune in! Follow District of Conservation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. SHOW NOTES Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐review. Subscribe on Spotify Podcasts. TakeMeFishing.org Hunters Ed Course Discover Boating The Reload: ATF Moves to Speed up Silencer, Short-Barrel Rifle Registration Process --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/district-of-conservation/support

Welcome to a milestone! The 200th episode of The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast. Since this show launched back in 2018, we've had only a few West Coast anglers on the show- not nearly enough. So I can't think of a better way to celebrate our 200th episode with another West Cost angler- Clara Ricabal! Clara's origins are from Cuba, so she's bi-lingual and part of Takemefishing.org's Women Making Waves campaign, as well as their Vamos A Pescar initiative to help get more women and minorities involved in the sport of fishing.  This episode is being released as both a video and an audio episode via our normal major podcast platforms. The video version can be found via The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page, The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group (if you're not already a member, please send a request and I will add you), as well as The Woman Angler & Adventurer YouTube Channel! I hope you enjoy it! P.S. If you like the show, don't forget to vote for us as the Best Outdoor Podcast of 2020 from the Outdoor Media Summit. As this is released we are currently in 1st place. We won in 2019, but anything can happen! Voting doesn't end until Midnight 9/12 and by then I will be deeply entrenched in practice fishing for The LBAA Classic on Logan Martin so anything you can do will be greatly appreciated! Please share with your friends and if you feel so inclined, as them to hit the little circle in the poll to throw us a vote as well! Thank you as always for all of your support!  Mentioned in This Episode: Follow Clara Ricacal on Instagram Follow Clara Ricabal on Facebook Fitzgerald Rods Jackson Kayaks  TakeMeFishing.org iCast Additional Resources: The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram The Woman Angler & Adventurer on YouTube Women's World of Fishing Monday Night Takeover YouTube Channel Listen on Apple Podcasts (subscribe and leave a review!) Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on iHeartRadio!  Support our Sponsors! Lance Camper Freedom Boat Club Nashville Key West Boats St. Croix Rods Hellwig Suspension Products RUNCL (10% OFF Discount Code: TWA10RUN) Stealth Rod Holders Al's Goldfish Lure Co. YOLOtek (use Coupon Code Angie for free shipping!) Additional Mentions: Lady Bass Anglers Association National Professional Anglers Association Waypoint Outdoor Podcast Collective Full episode notes available at thewomanangler.com/200

This week meet a TakeMeFishing.org Women Making Waves WaveMaker Nicole Jacobs. Nicole's main mission is to promote equity and inclusion in the world of bass fishing. She executes her mission very well despite juggling fishing some big pro bass tournaments, being a single mom, and going to grad school! One of the main slogans on this show has been "if she can do it, you can do it" and that's what this episode is all about. Sharing Nicole's story in order to encourage you to chase your fishing dreams! We are 1 episode away from #200! Could not have done it thus far without all of your amazing support! Keep listening, keep sharing and most importantly keep fishing and enjoying your amazing outdoor adventures.  Stay tuned next week for a special episode with another Women Making Waves WaveMaker that will also be available as a video episode on our YouTube Channel! It will also be streamed on Facebook Live both on Angie Scott's personal Facebook Page, The Woman Angler & Adventurer Page, and in the private Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group! Mentioned in This Episode: Follow Nicole Jacobs on Instagram Connect with Nicole Jacobs Fishing on Facebook Follow Nicole Fishing on TikTok TakeMeFishing.org iCast Additional Resources: The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram The Woman Angler & Adventurer on YouTube Women's World of Fishing Monday Night Takeover YouTube Channel Listen on Apple Podcasts (subscribe and leave a review!) Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on iHeartRadio!  Support our Sponsors! Lance Camper Freedom Boat Club Nashville Key West Boats St. Croix Rods Hellwig Suspension Products RUNCL (10% OFF Discount Code: TWA10RUN) Stealth Rod Holders Al's Goldfish Lure Co. YOLOtek (use Coupon Code Angie for free shipping!) Additional Mentions: Lady Bass Anglers Association National Professional Anglers Association Waypoint Outdoor Podcast Collective Full episode notes available thewomanangler.com/199

Host and producer Sarah Shimazaki travels to Orlando, Florida for her first time fishing on an all-women's fishing and glamping trip.    Interviews with: Ashley Nichole Lewis Cindy "Sid" Nguyen Jenny Anderson Stephanie Vatalaro This episode of Outside Voices is presented by Take Me Fishing.org, a trademark of the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. 

This week meet a TakeMeFishing.org Women Making Waves WaveMaker Nicole Jacobs. Nicole's main mission is to promote equity and inclusion in the world of bass fishing. She executes her mission very well despite juggling fishing some big pro bass tournaments, being a single mom, and going to grad school! One of the main slogans on this show has been "if she can do it, you can do it" and that's what this episode is all about. Sharing Nicole's story in order to encourage you to chase your fishing dreams! We are 1 episode away from #200! Could not have done it thus far without all of your amazing support! Keep listening, keep sharing and most importantly keep fishing and enjoying your amazing outdoor adventures.  Stay tuned next week for a special episode with another Women Making Waves WaveMaker that will also be available as a video episode on our YouTube Channel! It will also be streamed on Facebook Live both on Angie Scott's personal Facebook Page, The Woman Angler & Adventurer Page, and in the private Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group! Mentioned in This Episode: Follow Nicole Jacobs on Instagram Connect with Nicole Jacobs Fishing on Facebook Follow Nicole Fishing on TikTok TakeMeFishing.org iCast Additional Resources: The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram The Woman Angler & Adventurer on YouTube Women's World of Fishing Monday Night Takeover YouTube Channel Listen on Apple Podcasts (subscribe and leave a review!) Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on iHeartRadio!  Support our Sponsors! Lance Camper Freedom Boat Club Nashville Key West Boats St. Croix Rods Hellwig Suspension Products RUNCL (10% OFF Discount Code: TWA10RUN) Stealth Rod Holders Al's Goldfish Lure Co. YOLOtek (use Coupon Code Angie for free shipping!) Additional Mentions: Lady Bass Anglers Association National Professional Anglers Association Waypoint Outdoor Podcast Collective Full episode notes available thewomanangler.com/199 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie Vatalaro from TakeMeFishing.org shares how they help people who fish get resources they need, Laindree Richardson, Bassmaster All-American high school angler, shares her story, Michele Phillips of Bacon Fatte makes 3 recipes with one of our favorite things: smoked salmon, Ray Ruiz Jr from the Minnesota DNR introduces their new spring initiatives.   Join us in The Big Wild!

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

It's always fun getting a chance to be featured on other podcasts. Last July I had a fun opportunity to be a guest on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's show called Wildcast. It's a TV show as well as an audio podcast. What was so fun about it was I had them come out to the lake and film right on my Qwest Pontoon! I thought it would be fun to share it with you all here on The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast! They appropriately titled the episode "On a Pontoon."  This week the Woman Angler and Adventurer, Angie Scott, invites us aboard her new Qwest pontoon. We will learn about her Podcast “The Woman Angler and Adventurer, her experiences as the only female on Team Nashville Bassmasters and chat about the growing number of women getting outside to fish and hunt. Angie has a strong passion to share her love of the outdoors and introduce more women to the sport of fishing. Check out her website at https://thewomanangler.com and make sure to tune into her show, “The Women Angler & Adventurer Podcast”, on iTunes and other podcasting platforms. #tnwildlife #itswhatwedo Mentioned in this Episode: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency TWRA's Wildcast Qwest Pontoons Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation's Takemefishing.org iCast Lillipad Marine Additional Resources: 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 Listen on iHeartRadio!  NEW! Listen on Pandora online! The Insider Weekly is on a temporary hiatus as we navigate through summer but you can still get signed up so when it kicks back into gear you'll already be on board! Click here: Woman Angler & Adventurer Insider Weekly  Become a Patron! Full show notes available at thewomanangler.com/140

It's always fun getting a chance to be featured on other podcasts. Last July I had a fun opportunity to be a guest on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's show called Wildcast. It's a TV show as well as an audio podcast. What was so fun about it was I had them come out to the lake and film right on my Qwest Pontoon! I thought it would be fun to share it with you all here on The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast! They appropriately titled the episode "On a Pontoon."  This week the Woman Angler and Adventurer, Angie Scott, invites us aboard her new Qwest pontoon. We will learn about her Podcast “The Woman Angler and Adventurer, her experiences as the only female on Team Nashville Bassmasters and chat about the growing number of women getting outside to fish and hunt. Angie has a strong passion to share her love of the outdoors and introduce more women to the sport of fishing. Check out her website at https://thewomanangler.com and make sure to tune into her show, “The Women Angler & Adventurer Podcast”, on iTunes and other podcasting platforms. #tnwildlife #itswhatwedo Mentioned in this Episode: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency TWRA's Wildcast Qwest Pontoons Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation's Takemefishing.org iCast Lillipad Marine Additional Resources: 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 Listen on iHeartRadio!  NEW! Listen on Pandora online! The Insider Weekly is on a temporary hiatus as we navigate through summer but you can still get signed up so when it kicks back into gear you'll already be on board! Click here: Woman Angler & Adventurer Insider Weekly  Become a Patron! Full show notes available at thewomanangler.com/140 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 86 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses three important updates. First, being the SCOTUS ruling in favor of the Atlantic Cost Pipeline. Second, the new U.S. Forest Service rule to allow more balanced use on USFS lands. And the third update on the newly-launched Discover Boating x TakeMeFishing campaign 'Get On Board' out today. SHOW NOTES: SCOTUS Majority Opinion AP article on SCOTUS ruling ACP's response to ruling US Forest Service Rule Memorandum 'Get On Board' Campaign Video | Discover Boating | TakeMeFishing

What's the first piece of gear you'll need when going fishing? This is a question that often stops potential fisher-people from taking the plunge and getting out there. In this episode, Nick Duigan, Andrew Hart and Luke McCredden explain how to navigate a tackle store, what items you'll need on your first fishing trip and a little bit of history on the ancient art of angling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our friend Emily Baker is the “Crazy Flippin Mom” on Instagram, and she figured out that when a candy goes out of production, storing some for sale later can be very lucrative. We tried the old and new Butterfingers with her on a show that we called “The Butterfinger Hustle.”Jeff Kolodzinski is fishing’s “Marathon Man.” We broke into one of Take Me Fishing’s “Snackle Boxes” while we heard about how he set the world record for the most fish caught in 24 hours.Dadbod Snacks is one of the bigger candy reivewers on Instagram, but nobody had ever seen his true identity – he’d never shown his face, never said who he really was – until he came on our show.Teeg had a career producing events, and some of his past co-workers came on the show as “The Event A-Team,” and told some pretty funny stories – like the time Teeg flooded a hotel.Daniel from the Coffee Co-Mission blew our minds with his work establishing a better deal for coffee farmers, and the dark secrets of Fair Trade.Brian Miller is one of our best buds, and he’s always a super entertaining guest. We talked Surstromming while we tried the grossest candy yet: Durian.Tim Gallenbeck is The Bearded Border, an Etch A Sketch artist, beard model, former skateboard company owner, an Acro-Yoga instructor, and “multipotentialite.” He’s a fascinating dude and we talked about how he does his art.For our final guest of 2019 we talked to Hannah Stonehouse Hudson, whose picture of a man and his dog went viral back in 2012, and coupled with a few other events, changed her life forever. She’s the founder of The Life Is Short Movement, and she rounds out our show, and our 2019.

On October 26, 2019, five female outdoor communicators became Soque Slayers at Headwaters on the Soque (HOTS). It was the lodge's inaugural Ladies Cast and Blast event. Five women from different states, backgrounds, interest levels, and fishing styles all united by a love of fishing, fly and all, share their experiences from this heavenly slice of northeast Georgia. Here are their fish tales. Our roundtable discussion featured: Cindy Nguyen of Columbia Sportswear: https://www.instagram.com/sidtx/ Captain Debbie Hanson of Shefishes2 and TakeMeFishing: https://www.instagram.com/shefishes2/ Dun Magazine's Becca Powell: https://www.instagram.com/beccakpowell/ Outdoor Writer Emily George: https://www.instagram.com/em_georgee/ Content Creator Lexi Quinn: https://www.instagram.com/lexxyquinn_/ Contact lodge owner Mark Lovell about pricing and availability here: http://headwatersonthesoque.com/ Follow HOTS here on social media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeadwatersOnTheSoque/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headwatersonthesoque/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeadwatersSoque

Opportunities and exposure for women who fish in Wisconsin are rising. According to the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, women anglers ages 25-34 have grown over 30% in the last 10 years. And 43% of people who are new to fishing are women. We sat down with various DNR staff to learn why an increase in women fishing is so significant. Listen in as we talk with Justine Hasz, the director of the DNR's Bureau Director of Fisheries Management and Kelsey Pickart, a competitive angler and DNR Executive Staff Assistant to learn how they got started fishing and what keeps them coming back.

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/

In this episode, we have Stephanie Vatalaro, the Senior VP of Marketing & Communications for the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation, on the show to discuss some of their big initiatives, challenges, and goals to get more Americans out boating and fishing. We discuss the Making Waves campaign, the "60 in 60" campaign, and what they are doing to make an impact through TakeMeFishing.org

The face of fishing and other outdoor water sports has long been typically associated with that of a man. Rachel Piacenza and Kendra Lee from the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation join this session to talk about Take Me Fishing, which is run by the Foundation, and its new marketing campaign that strives to put the focus on women in fishing. They share the research tactics they used to discover the typical audience for fishing isn't what it may seem, how they focused their campaign on a new demographic, and much more.

I had the pleasure speaking with Rachel Piacenza, Director of Marketing for the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) about Takemefishing.org's new women's initiative called "Making Waves." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's no secret that recreational fishing and boating are facing anincredible challenge. Current participation trends show younger, more diverse audiences are reluctant to take up fishing and boating, all while older white males are aging out of these activities. To address these challenges head-on, the U.S. Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation has embarked on a grand effort to grow participation to 60 million anglers by 2021. This week on Blue Fish Radio Frank Peterson, President and CEO of the Foundation outlines the goals and resources found at www.TakeMeFishing.Org designed to have 2nd-place anglingsurpass jogging as the most popular outdoor activity.https://www.facebook.com/TakeMeFishing/

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!

  This short video of James Walker fighting a Northern Pike along with Jerry Everhart is sure to capture the kid in you. Remember when you caught your first large fish and all the excitement that came with the joy of getting to hold that great fish. The Hunt Fish Journal believes in taking a kid fishing and introducing them to this great sport. A sport that will last a life time. So come on, what are you waiting for??? Make some time for a kid!! You'll be glad you did. It might be you that introduces the world to the next Al Lindner!!    Remember our sponsors! Hemisphere Coffee Roasters in Mechanicsburg, Ohio contact Paul or Grace at 937-834-3230                                       "you just can't get a better tasting cup of coffee"