To-dos crossing over from freshwater fishing, Why exactly are boat prices skyrocketing? New rod and reel. Now what? How to calibrate electronic gauges, WWSD? WWCD?
 
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Bite Me Podcast: TPWD's Shane Bonnot on oystering shut down, new trout regulations and crab trap cleanup

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

* Fishing things we do that or significant others hate
* Interpreting what TPWD reports really are saying
* Fishing on a budget: When prices are high, what the Captains recommend ... or not
* It's complicated: Best winds for jetty/beach front fishing.
* WWSD. WWCD. WWDD.

Cleaning fish in the kitchen, old baits in the laundry and keeping the stink off barstools

*Strategies when there is overwhelming boat traffic
*Reasons you may have lost that fish
*A redfish is a redfish is a redfish?
*If a guide posts it on Facebook it must be true. Right?!
*Mangroves and chord grass on the way back'
*WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

Can the Captains figure out where the $120,000 fish was released?

* 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?

Bite Me Podcast: TPWD's Shane Bonnot on oystering shut down, new trout regulations and crab trap cleanup

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