For How 2 Tuesday this week, we sit down with Capt. Scott Brown of Hooked on Family to discuss taking your kid on a guided trip. Scott has a ton of experience fishing with kids and knows what to look for in a guide to have the most success with your kids on a guided trip. We discuss the right questions to ask when searching for a guide, what types of fish are the best for kids to target, and much more. Follow Scott at @hookedonfamily for more content on fishing with your kids.
Read MoreTraveling can always make having a consistent workout routine more difficult. We have talked about the deck-of-cards workout as a way to overcome this, but using a pair of dice is another great way to work out on the road. You may not always have access to the same equipment, but I have put together a few different sets of dice for different situations on the road. Some dice require just one piece of basic equipment, and others require none at all. Let me know if you use this method or if you have any other travel tricks for keeping your workouts consistent by emailing podcast@saltwaterexperience.com
Read MoreThis week we had the chance to sit down with Capt. Greg Dini of Flywater Expeditions. We talked about Greg’s time as a professional athlete, parenting and how that relates to guiding, photography and videography, and much more. Greg has a unique story of how he got into guiding and we unpack it all in this episode. To keep up with Greg’s guiding, photography, and videography, be sure to follow him on Instagram @flywater_expeditions
Read MoreMarking your fly line is a simple trick that can make your life so much easier. Once you start accumulating a number of different lines, it can be easy to get mixed up on which one is which. Some lines now come pre-marked, but a lot still do not. Brian Butts from 239 Flies shows us his simple method to make sure you don’t get your lines mixed up again. This seems like a simple trick, but can save you a lot of time and frustration when you’re organizing your fly lines.
Read MoreFor Physical Friday this week, we will be talking about formats for setting challenges for periods of time. Whether that be a 30 day workout challenge, or something like the 100 day burpee challenge that we just finished. Setting challenges with an end date will help to keep you motivated to push through. It is also a great way to build up your endurance as you build sets day by day.
Read MoreBrady Trautman and his brother Brian have been sailing around the world for years on a sailboat. They have racked up over 90,000 miles on their vessel, SV Delos, enough to go around the equator over three times. Brady has some incredible stories from their travels around the world, and we had a great time talking to him about his success with sailing, YouTube, and much more.
Read MoreThis week on How 2 Tuesday, we talk about the easiest way to catch dolphin with Capt. Brandon Simmons. Brandon is the captain of the Into The Blue boat at Hawks Cay, and has lots of experience with mahi. He talks about tackle, location, and some specific strategies for keeping the school of fish happy. This will result in a lot more catches, so be sure to listen in for your best chance at having a high-number day out on the water.
Read MoreTeam workouts increase intensity and also create camaraderie. I like a format called the Leap Frog workout that uses 3 exercises for 2 athletes. One of my favorites includes 10 Pullups, 10 Kettlebell Swings and 10 Wall Balls. Decide on a time for the workout. In this case, lets pick 20 minutes.
Read MoreChriss Smith is the co-founder and CEO of Trident Mindset. Chriss spent 12 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL, and is now a competitive ultra-endurance athlete and founder of business ventures in the leadership development, maritime rescue, and physical fitness fields.
Read MoreFishing with kids can be difficult, frustrating and a real test of your patience. However, if you can successfully get your child or grandchild into the sport you will have a fishing buddy for life. I fished with my kids when they were all very young. In fact, my oldest was on the boat strapped into a car seat while I was jumping tarpon on fly. His career progressed from there and all my children developed a love of the water and the fishing lifestyle. Today, my children are 16, 20 and 22.
Read MoreExperienced waterman and spear fisherman Capt Scott Brown joins us to talk about how to get physically prepared for lobster season or spear fishing.
Read MoreNick Davis is a firefighter and fly tyer from Bonita Springs, FL. He is the co founder of 239 Flies, a shop that is thriving at the same time that so many other fly shops around the country are closing their doors.
Read MoreThe Everglades National Park is home to a wide variety of species. One of the most popular is the Snook. Capt Anthony Vargas runs the Saltwater Experience boat out of Hawks Cay Marina and targets the snook often with anglers of all skill levels. Anthony goes over everything from A-Z on how he targets, locates and catches Snook on his charters. Knowledge is dropped on this one and you can take it and find some snook of your own!
Read MoreExperienced waterman and spear fisherman Capt Scott Brown joins us to talk about how to get physically prepared for lobster season or spear fishing.
Read MoreMichael Medrano is an angler and author who recently published a book on the Stilt Houses of Texas. Together with the photographer, Tim Romano, they traveled the entire Intracoastal waterway in Texas by boat, knocking on the doors of the homes found along that path—over 400 doors to be exact.
Read MoreThere are 42 bridges in the Florida Keys and most of them will hold tarpon at some time. Capt Anthony Vargas runs the Saltwater Experience boat out of Hawks Cay and fishes the bridges for tarpon often; sometimes triple half days. He has to know how to find the fish fast, get rigged up, and instruct his anglers very efficiently to catch fish on a short time schedule.
Read MoreOur 100-day burpee challenge is a good analogy for life in general. Take a massive amount of work and stare it down. It is easy to become intimidated and quit. However, successful people don’t do it that way. Winners look at that work and start to break it into manageable pieces. They use momentum to begin to accept and overcome larger challenges along the way and before they know it they have accomplished the task that once seemed so daunting. This challenge is much the same.
Read MoreSergeant Major (r) Jamey Caldwell, spent more than 21 years in the United States Army, serving his entire career in Special Operations. SGM Caldwell served 7 years with the 75th Ranger Regiment then spent the following 14 years in a Special Missions Unit that maintained a high operational tempo in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and numerous other countries in the world. He has deployed to combat 14 times and has conducted well over 500 missions. SGM Caldwell has been awarded three medals for valorous actions in combat while under direct fire from the enemy. During his career, SGM Caldwell has consistently dedicated himself to the success of the mission and put the unit’s goals in front of his own. He has been sought after for his leadership skills, planning, leading combat operations, marksmanship, and CQB instruction, culminating from years of adaptive thinking in combat situations. Jamey is also the owner of 1 Minute Out a tactical training company.
Read MoreThere are 42 bridges in the Florida Keys and most of them will hold tarpon at some time. Capt Anthony Vargas runs the Saltwater Experience boat out of Hawks Cay and fishes the bridges for tarpon often; sometimes triple half days. He has to know how to find the fish fast, get rigged up, and instruct his anglers very efficiently to catch fish on a short time schedule.
Read MoreThis quote was meaningful to me today as I decided to turn off many of the ads that are running on the podcast. After some thought, I made this decision based on trying to maintain the highest quality possible. Of course, for anything to be sustainable, some revenue must be generated. This comes in the form of ads. However, too many is too many so I am going to turn off the low paying ads and put back on my sales hat and bring in sponsors that are more in line with the content. Sponsors like Barracuda Tackle.
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