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I honestly don’t listen to fishing podcasts or watch fishing Youtube (or YouTube in general). Most podcasts I listen to are of a totally different topic and after that I read books. In the last couple months I read Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham, The Hobbit, Fellowship of The Ring and am about to finish up Two Towers before starting the final book of that series.
I don’t listen to fishing podcasts because hardly any cover inshore fishing, the production quality is poor or, more often than not, it’s an echo chamber, predictable or something I already know. I really don’t want to hear someone talk about their favorite color or their “giant leap” to become a fishing guide with their flexible part-time job with benefits. So brave and stunning.
But, someone before mentioned the Tuna Town Talks podcast and while I think the host must be new-ish to Louisiana and that he can do a better job asking the hard questions, his heart is in the right place and he works hard for his content. He has great episodes, but one that really stands out in my mind is an episode with a marine biologist studying triple tail. It’s a fantastic episode, and even more so if you’re interested in TT. It was really interesting and fun to listen to.
Also, I saw @McLovin mention another one that seemed interesting:
Thinking along the lines of trophy trout fisheries, I was listening to the Cut and Retie podcast and they had an episode dedicated to people catching their first striped bass in the northeast. Overfishing had basically destroyed the striper population to the point that a moratorium was put in place. All these guys talked about how it was so unheard of to even catch a striper. Something several of them mentioned was how strong the weakfish population was during that time. Weakfish are extremely closely related to speckled trout and striped bass basically fill the same role as redfish once you get up around New Jersey.
I think that’s a good reason to listen to non-LA inshore podcasts, to gain fresh perspectives. I did so for years and just got burnt out on it. It can be hard sifting through hours of non-relevant information to find something that is.
I thought this would be a good thread for folks to chime in on, so I made it. That and maybe there’s something really good out there I’m not aware of.
