ALL EPISODES

I have followed Mark Quartiano who is better known as Mark The Shark for a couple of years. To say that Mark is controversial is an understatement. Mark seems to relish the role as the bad boy of Sportfishing and referred to himself as the Darth Vader of Sportfishing. This was interesting to me because he also seems to have a lot of contrary opinions and actions to being the badboy. For example, Mark has no problem killing big sharks and posting the pictures on Instagram, however after talking to him for a while I also learned that he has tagged and released more sharks than anyone in the world. Many of the sharks are sent to biologists or delivered to the local homeless shelter.

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Whatever industry you may be in, it is common to hear of the legends.  Those people whose name continues to surface in conversations with other customers or competitors.  In the inshore fishing business, Capt Joe Gonzales is one of those people.  Despite working 150 miles away from one another, I heard Joe's name and stories on the regular.  His reputation precedes him as a professional who might actually have some Bonefish DNA mixed in with his.  

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Captain David Cohen is a coast guard 100 ton Captain who runs a pathfinder with a 150 Yamaha. He’s a south Florida Native that specializes in Big Tarpon and Snook with his vast knowledge of fishing Biscayne Bay for 30 years. He takes pride in giving each client an experience that they will remember for a lifetime. The Salt Life is simply the way of life for Captain David Cohen.

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Noah Ohlsen is a legitimate CrossFit superstar.  HIs resume includes 1st, 2nd and 6th place in the Worldwide Open, 4 1st place finishes and a 2nd in the Regionals, and he has been in the top 10 in the World at the biggest stage in CrossFit, The CrossFit Games, 5 out of 6 times to include a 4th place and a 2nd place at the 2019 CrossFit Games.  Despite being a true star of the sport, Noah is one of the most positive, friendly and supportive people I have ever been around.  His enthusiasm and positivity is infectious.  

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Mike Dunlap is a Firefighter and fishing guide who is preparing for the Everglades Challenge. He plans to do the event on a Standup Paddleboard. The Everglades Challenge is an unsupported, expedition style adventure race for kayaks, canoes, and small boats. The distance is roughly 300 nautical miles depending on your course selection. There is a time limit of 8 days or less. Your safety and well being are completely up to you. You can follow the Everglades Challenge HERE, and watch Mike through instagram @chesapeaketjam.

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Chris Dombrowski is from Michigan and is known far and wide for his debut nonfiction book, Body Of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, And The World’s Most Alluring Fish. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris and getting to hear about his story and what inspired this book as well as his other fictional publications.

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David Redding (DRedd), a lawyer, and his close friend Tim Whitmire cofounded a fitness group called F3 Fitness. Starting back in 2011 the group was located in North Carolina and started off immediately overflowing the capacity. The group quickly split into 3 workout groups and has continued to grow in a similar fashion.

DRedd grew up in Connecticut and attended Boston University where he was apart of the ROTC program. After that David moved down south and did 9 years in the army, half infantry and half special forces. After that he attended Wake Forest Law School where he met his wife.

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I had the pleasure of fishing with a great young guide on my birthday. Nick guided me to a birthday slam and it was amazing. Nick Labadie has been guiding in Key West for 5 years and he's been doing a phenomenal job. This is a companion podcast to the Saltwater Experience show that will allow listeners to get to know Nick a lot better. Nick is working hard and making fast progress toward guiding mastery. If you are looking for a guide in Key West, he is highly recommended.

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Learn how your food is made with Trevor Williams as we talk about his podcast and the things he has learned about the food industry. Trevor is a former High School Agriscience teacher now software analyst.  He graduated with a B.S. degree in Agricultural Education and Communication with a minor in Environmental Horticulture. Trevor started Farm Traveler in 2016 with the help of his now wife, Allie.

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A Florida native, obsessed angler, turned captain....Dale was born and raised in Miami. Dale spent his youth fishing Biscayne Bay and making annual trips to the Keys for Tarpon and Bonefish. He also spent years walking the canal banks of South Miami targeting peacock and largemouth bass. Dale continued his bass pursuit through his college career at University of Central Florida in Orlando. He then returned to South Florida and settled in Jupiter to marry and raise a family. Refocusing on saltwater and exclusively snook, Dale has honed his skills as one of the top snook anglers in Florida. The Jupiter Snooker, as he is known, is now a Captain and loves guiding others in the waters of Jupiter.

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Josh Thomas was in the advertising world making a great living and working his way up the corporate ladder.  He liked to fish for largemouth bass during his frequent periods of downtime in an industry where those periods were the norm.  A trip with a friend in his first kayak for striped bass changed everything for Josh.  He began to spend more and more time in the kayak and less time in the bass boat, eventually designing his own fishing kayak which was the start of Vibe.  He transitioned out of his corporate job and launched into the life of a Fishing Kayak Entrepreneur.  Through a strategic friendship, he secured some help in starting his business and experienced skyrocketing success from the start. Josh Thomas is the owner and founder of Vibe Kayaks.

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I had the chance to sit down with Captain Jeff Maggio (LunkerDog) after going to LunkerCon. We sat down at 10:30am the following morning and Jeff told me that his tarpon guiding had him on a nocturnal schedule and that 10:30 felt early to him. Jeff told me that LunkerCon got started about 12 years ago at a live event as a local tarpon and snook fishing tournament. The tournament consisted of about 12-15 boats and before the tournament Captain Jeff had a gathering to go over the rules and actually had a lot of people show up because they announced it on YouTube.

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“Crazy” Alberto Knie is so passionate that it comes off as crazy. Alberto is very dedicated to pursuing whatever fish that is in his field, and he will pursue it anytime of the day or night and he does it with great precision. He just loves to fish and has given up a lot of things to get into fishing.

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Mike Iaconelli is a professional Bass Fisherman from South Philly, now living in New Jersey. He's had a passion for fishing since childhood and has been competing in fishing tournaments since high school. Since that time, Mike has won, or come near winning almost every major award in tournament bass fishing, and is the only angler to have ever won the Bassmaster Classic, Bassmaster Angler of the Year and B.A.S.S. Nation Championship. Most notably the 2003 Bassmaster Classic and 2006 Angler-of-the-Year awards. Most recently Mike won the Bassmaster Open on the James River only a couple of weeks after this podcast was recorded.

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Thank you all for making the Tom Rowland Podcast such a success. I started this as an experiment to see if I would like it, if I would learn some new things and to see if the audience would also like it. It has been so much more than that for me. At just over a year old, the downloads have surpassed anything I thought was possible, the guests have taught me more than I could have ever expected and I have grown significantly as a person because of it. Thank you for listening and stand by for more great episodes.

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