One of my biggest questions was how to decipher what workouts and diets are worth it and which ones are good and which ones are bad. I have found that certain diets/workouts will be highly advocated for and a year later be condemned. BioLayne walks me through current statistics and his way of dieting and working out.
Read MoreBorn in Florida, Captain David Mangum grew up cultivating his passion for fishing. David guides in the waters where he learned to fish and is well versed in light tackle and offshore fishing. But David has a particular passion for fly fishing. He’s gone to guide in Alaska, Colorado, Texas, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. Because of his experience David offers very specific instructions when stalking, casting and watching a Tarpon eat your fly.
Read MoreRussel Kleppinger is a professional fishing guide who works in the Miami Area as well as the Bahia Honda area and Florida Keys. He moves with the tarpon and may catch more tarpon in a single year than any other person on the planet. Last year Russel landed 814 tarpon. He posted a picture of 3 tarpon at once which got him to the 814 number last year and it really made me curious.
Read MoreChris Wittman from Captains for Clean Water, Benny Blanco, TV Show Host and Everglades Fishing Guide and Steve Davis, Ecologist with the Everglades Foundation sit down to discuss the current water situation in the State of Florida. Recently Florida elected a new Governor and in his first 48 hours he asked for the resignation from the Water Board and signed an Executive Order called “Achieving More Now For Floridas Environment”. We discuss what this means for the State of Florida and what needs to happen to effect real change.
Read MoreMatt and Kyle are the type of people that everyone should have in their close circle of friends. They are the ones I train with, read books with, and give endless support and motivation to myself, and to each other. Each year, Matt and Kyle are avid goal setters for themselves, and their families. Matt describes that on New Year’s Eve, he and his family sit at the table together, and write down their goals for the year ahead. As a family, they talk about the resolutions they have for themselves, and for everyone else.
Read MoreBorn an Irishmen, Josh Cash spent the first 19 years of his life in Northern Ireland, and later moved to England for college. After his first year of school, Josh was offered to work at Camp Ozark in the United States for the summer, and continued to work there for three summers straight. Eventually, Josh was offered a job at Camp Ozark as a full-time employee, and moved to the United States under a J-1 visa. This visa is specifically for educational and cultural opportunities, and would expire in 18 months. Having met his soon-to-be wife at Camp Ozark, Josh decided they should marry before his visa access would be declined. Josh and his wife married in March of 2017, and began his application process for Green Card status.
Read MoreWhen finding a perfect balance of talking about public lands, I mention Jamie Howard’s film, Location X, as a prime example of filming a secret fishing spot without revealing the location. In my podcasts and television series, my goal is to encourage newcomers into outdoor sports, but in doing so, being respectful to the established hunters/anglers in keeping their favorite spots secret. There is a responsibility not only to the animals that inhabit these areas, but to the people that hunt and fish there as well.
Read MoreRaised in Australia, Brandon created a gym for members to have a safe space for those with depression and anxiety. While the gym at first was a rising success, it was closed down due to financial reasons, and the doors closed soon after. As a young entrepreneur, Brandon wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life after his failing business and felt hopeless. Brandon started to have panic attacks, and attempted suicide but had a voice inside his head saying he needed to make an impact on the world first.
Read MoreHunter always knew he wanted to become a guide since he could remember. Not having a preference to the type of guiding, he enrolled himself in guiding school 36 hours away from home. During school, Hunter learned everything about horses to packing for trips. The second half of his training involved learning about finding coordinates and first aid/CPR training. Once he finished guide school, the class celebrated by camping out for two days and truly putting their skills to the test.
Read MoreElliot began his true fishing experience in Alaska at the age of 18 unloading fishing boats and going fishing in his spare time. Later on, Elliot moved to Nantucket as a boating guide, and not making enough money, he lived in his car for a few weeks. Three weeks into being in Nantucket, Elliot was fishing off the beach, and ended up catching a brown shark, pulling it by the tail up onto the beach. After a video of him catching, handling and releasing a shark on Nantucket went viral on social media and then to conventional TV, Elliot found himself on over 80 TV shows and other interviews.
Read MoreCapt. Robert “RT” Trosset is a light-tackle fishing guide based out of Key West, Florida. Born and raised in East Central Florida and moving to Key West in 1974, Trosset quickly found a following among hardcore light-tackle anglers in the Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club, as well as serious world record chasers. To date, he’s led anglers to 238 IGFA records on light-tackle and fly. RT was the first guide to lead anglers to over 100 records, and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Gamefish Association (IGFA).
Read MoreJoshua Jorgensen goes by the handle BlacktipH on social media and YouTube. Beginning with shark fishing at the beach, his videos have grown to include all types of fishing, including freshwater and saltwater. BlacktipH has over 900,000 subscribers, and two of his videos have over 40 million views, while others have reached 8-10 million views.
Read MoreThe tides were late that day and Rich wanted to fish from 2:00 P.M. through past dark. We chose to visit Derek in Big Pine in the morning to get the interview for the TV episode. We hit the water at Hawks Cay and headed to Long Key Bridge. Derek was hoping to get a bite on a live mullet because he had never seen that happen before.
Derek is one of my favorite guests, and soon, we became fast friends. I knew I wanted to do a podcast with him, but it seemed like we had run out of time. I offered him a ride back to Big Pine instead of his wife having to pick him up, and we put on the headphones and hit record.
Read MoreLawson started SEALFit in May 2013, and by November 2013, he was in a 20X event. This is an intense, 12-hour, nonstop event that will show you that you’re capable of 20 times more than you think you can do. This was Lawson’s stepping stone event to the SEALFit Kokoro, which is where our brotherhood really begins.
Read MoreFor his TV shows, Bill learned how to edit, shoot, and script his own videos. In total, Bill completed 208 shows in just one year in the early 1970s. However, demographics weren’t too high on ABC, so Bill switched to TNN, located in Nashville, and his views skyrocketed.
Read MoreAs a UK Special Operations Soldier, Tim has seen both UK and US soldiers wrestle with PTSD after war. The boat is called Tame the Kraken, which has a much deeper meaning of overcoming fear and the unknown, as soldiers are having to do every day after returning from combat. In total, this challenge costs over $100,000 for all the prerequisites and medical supervision, but Tim’s main focus is to raise as much money as possible for PTSD victims.
Read MoreAside from guiding, winning tournaments, and hosting television shows (and running a mothership operation in the Sea of Cortez somewhere in there), Smethurst is well known for his role in a number of award-winning films that feature his fly-fishing adventures in some of the most exciting and interesting parts of the world.
Read MoreMiles Burghoff is a College Bass Fishing Champion, traveling professional bass fisherman, and co-host of Sweetwater,a show dedicated to freshwater fishing. I have worked with Miles for several years and enjoy talking with him. I have been a guest on Sweetwater as I took the boys fishing for big redfish in Venice, LA and fished with Joey and Miles.
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