F4F - Luke McFadden Chesapeake Bay Crabber

Luke @fvsoutherngirl             Instagram: 251k   YouTube: 361k     TikTok: 1.6M

• Launch
• 27 year old first generation crabber and selling crabs direct to consumer
• Review – Apple Podcasts
• Matt R 844, 10/20/2023 -Love the show and please keep it up and more John Deere equipment please. Not a farmer yet but want to be a farmer
• Luke
• Where are they from, what do they farm, how did they get into farming
• How’s the family - do they farm with family?
• 27, a first-generation crabber Chesapeake bay waterman,Captain: F.V. Southern Girl (30ft fishing vessel) - Wife, Lindsey - helps with sales 
• Last day of crabbing season: October 12 
• Not an average year: this year had a lot of problems and challenges
• crabbing every day, selling every weekend and day, written every ad for crabs w/ price, 
• answered every phone call and text
• Shipped crab that’s gone across the country 
• Done a merch line, Shooting, editing, and posting 6 videos a week 
• Can it catch 
• Trying baits that the viewers suggest 
• What were some of the most random things? 
• Goals:
• Knowledge of sea creatures
• He speaks for the watermen whose livelihood is affected by regulations
• He’s raising money for a group of kids to get a day on the water
• Growing up 
• Dad is a psychiatrist and his mom is a stay-at-home mom 
• Started with an 8ft dingy he bought with $175 of lawnmowing money at 11
• Says he doesn’t like working out sponsorship deals? Why? 
• Maryland Watermen’s Association
• Will be on the billboard before the be national convention in January 
• How has social media changed his life?
• If you were an animal, what do you think you would be?
• If you could make anything bigger on your body what would it be?

Would you rather

• Only use tiktok for social media or have everything but tiktok 
• Use gummy worms or bananas as crab bait 
• Speak in front of a conference or be recognized at a NFL game 
• Compete in a rowing competition or bobsledding competition
• Have a huge (400+) wedding or a small (50) wedding 
• Shout all the time or only whisper
• Look like a crab or smell like a crab 

• What’s next for them?
• What can our listeners do to help?

What does Luke like most about farmers? 

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