Popping cork techniques and uses, How Mirrodines work best, Proper handling of a tarpon, Cut the line on a stingray? Oh, how we hate them, Why moonphases and tides are more important than ever, WWSD? WWCD? (Dean)  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bite Me Podcast: Lower-coast update w/ Capt. Dean Thomas

The next best thing to being on the water is listening to the Bite Me podcast. Hosted by longtime Texas saltwater fishing legends John Lopez, with Capts. Scott Null, Dean Thomas and Caleb McCumber, it offers the best in inshore and offshore saltwater fishing insight.

Leisure

* It's about to turn on, isn't it?
* Are we overthinking soft plastics?
* Pros and Cons: T-Tops, fishing platforms and towers
* Exactly how to push back into a marsh or back lake
* WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

"Don't tell my wife" ... or that Caleb story

*Bays most affected by freshwater runoff and when things should get right
*Fishing etiquette at an all-time low? Let's ask Dean
*Best advice for making sure you're not THAT guy
*Who says top-water color doesn't matter? A case study
*WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

The more Capt. Dean got agitated, the funnier it got ... and Caleb was no help

* Events, tournaments and the Bite Me presence
* Ranking the best months of the year for fishing 
* Gold standard lures everyone should throw at some point 
* Yay or nay: Obsessing over a "secret" spot 
* Tailing redfish are still a thing: How to approach them, stay on them and what to throw
*WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

"I wake up every morning and fish excellence."

Capt. Dean and John, fresh from Costa Rica, share a few great and not-so great stories. Plus, seagrass degradation, explaining and capitalizing on redfish and trout movement and what kind of summertime bite we should expect.

When the stink is real. How to approach schooling reds. What kind of summertime bite to expect.

Capt. Greg Verm joins the show, along with Nick Haddad from Release 'Em Right.
* Equipment, mapping, baits, rigging and more for big-time and part-time nearshore and offshore fishermen
* What and where to go for snapper, Mahi, kingfish and ... year 'round targets like Wahoo and Swordfish
* Plus, a terrific program to learn and receive (free) venting and descending tools for reef fish

Bite Me Podcast: Lower-coast update w/ Capt. Dean Thomas

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