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Oct 12, 2021 • 1h 9min

EP25: Billfishing out of port Aransas. Ft. D. A. Hughes

“We sat down with DA Hughes, a professional mate, husband and father. DA has fished on numerous boats and has a made a name for himself especially in Texas, absolutely crushing it on the 70’ Spencer “Quantified”. Enjoy!
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Oct 5, 2021 • 1h 5min

EP24: Grenada. Ft. Ricky Wheeler

On this episode we sit down with Captain Ricky Wheeler, Captain of the “Euphoria”. Ricky has been in the industry for a long time, spending many years fishing out of Grenada on his previous boat, a 65’ Paul Mann “Exile”. We pick his brain on his favourite destinations, why he was based out of Grenada and the future of “Euphoria”
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Sep 28, 2021 • 1h 2min

EP23: Technical aspects of Boatbuilding. Ft. Chris van Grieken and John Floyd

Today we bring on two boat builders, one who does it for pleasure and built his dream boat and one who’s been doing it professionally his entire life. Chris van Grieken, who hadn’t built a 40’ express boat picks John Floyd (F&S Boatworks) brain on the processes and technicalities to build the best sport fishing boats on the planet.
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Sep 21, 2021 • 1h 16min

EP22: Charter Fishing. Ft. Captain Tim Richardson

On this episode we sit down with Tim Richardson, Captain of the 48’ G&S “Chaser” and operator of the Australia based game boat “Tradition”. We pick his brain on his upbringing and how he got into the industry, what he loves about the DR, his experience running the G&S boat and of course awesome stories.
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Sep 14, 2021 • 1h 13min

EP21: Navigating the retail landscape. Ft. Geoff Quatraro

On this episode we pick Geoff Quatraro’s brain on what goes on behind the scenes of running a tackle store. Geoff is part of the team behind White’s Tackle, a full service tackle shop which outfits some of the best teams in the industry. We discuss numerous topics like navigating the pandemic, what it was like in the early days. Their latest acquisition of Grand Slam tackle in Jupiter and the future of retail. 
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Sep 7, 2021 • 25min

EP20: The financial side of tournament winnings. Ft. Chris Kelly

On this episode we sit down with Chris Kelley, a finance expert who does a lot of consulting in the fishing and boating industry. We pick his brain on the financial side of winning million dollar prize money in a tournament and how to go about planning that financially.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 1h 4min

EP19: Competitive sail fishing on a skiff. Ft. Matthew George

Matt George (onemorebite72) is known for putting up double digit releases on his skiff out of Stuart, FL. As far as we know, he’s one of the only people to do this on such a small boat. Today we got to pick his brain on how he does it.
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Aug 24, 2021 • 52min

EP18: Behind the scenes of building a custom boat. Ft. Joe Fernandez

Today we sat down with Joe Fernandez, owner of the 46’ Release Boatworks “Showtime”. We spoke about various aspects of building a boat and we caught up with Chase who was in the DR. 
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Aug 17, 2021 • 1h 4min

EP17: Starting a tackle business. Ft. Bill Pino

Bill Pino is the founder of Squidnation, which specialises in high end tackle mainly for targeting Billfish. We’re big fans and avid users of squid nation tackle so having Bill on the podcast is an honour. We’ve seen the rise of Squidnation from the outside, today we pick his brain on how it all started.
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Aug 10, 2021 • 55min

EP16: Organising tournaments with Madison Hazlett

We sat down with Madison Hazlett, part of the team behind Skip’s tournaments which is one of the most prestigious tournaments in sport-fishing. We got to pick her brain about what goes on behind the scenes of these big events, enjoy!

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