This week, Chris travels to Texas for the ED workshop and makes a stop at the CCA National headquarters in Houston to chat with Pat Murray, the President of the Coastal Conservation Association. They discuss the origins of CCA, what are some of the advocacy issues they are working on at the Federal level, and what led them to opening a state chapter in California. PLUS Pat gives his take on what we're doing in California and gives his perspective on how we are fulfilling the mission of CCA in the Golden State. 

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Another week, another great guest on the CCA CAL Podcast! This week we have CCA CAL life member Benny Florentino from Coastal Charters! We talk a great deal of saltwater bass fishing, how things have changed since he first started the charter business, and how he feels about MPAs and whether they are effective or not. 

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Things get a little spicy on the podcast with two of our favorite people: Monty and Micah from M&M Custom Fishing Rods! Kevin and Chris visit the shop in Point Loma and salivate over all of the rods they've built and blanks they have in stock. PLUS Monty tells a story for the ages about the weirdest request he's ever received in building a rod. AND we got into how it works when ordering a custom built rod. 

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Another week, another great guest on tap! Chris and Kevin sit down with Roman Castro, the creator of Fishy Hour, a weekly fishing show on YouTube. We talk about how Fishy Hour came to fruition, the origin of the popular Mad Macks Fishing Club, and also dive into the true reasons behind why he does what he does for his community. 

Watch Fishy Hour here: https://www.fishyhour.com/live

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Another great week on the podcast as Kevin sits down and UNLOADS on his week at the Marine Resource Education Program (MREP) conference in La Jolla! Plus we recap the Coastal Social bass tournament in Long Beach and talk about the absolute toads of fish that came out to play while fishing. 

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This week, Chris travels up the coast to Santa Barbara to visit Jason and Jaime Diamond, new owners of Santa Barbara Landing. They talk about fishing up the coast for rockfish and across the channel at the Channel Islands, what it's like to fish on both of the their boats, the Coral Sea and the Stardust, and about how amazing boat burgers are. PLUS we discuss the importance of releasing copper rockfish right now before we end up losing altogether for the 2023-2024 season. AND we talk about how appreciative the sport boat fleet and SAC is for the anglers and their efforts in the recent CARB battle. 

Check out SB Landing here: www.sblanding.com 

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Another JAMMED PACK episode of the CCA CAL Podcast this week! Kevin & Chris sit down with Robby Gant from AFTCO to talk about what it's like and how to break into the sportfishing industry. AND we do a deep dive into the entire Ike Jime fish care process and learn so much from it that it leaves us stunned with loaded up with some new knowledge. 

Learn more about Ike Jime here: https://aftco.com/blogs/ocean-to-table/the-complete-guide-to-ike-jime 

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Kevin and Chris sit down this week with Jacque Rosa from the Blue Latitudes Foundation. The foundation, established in 2018, stands to elevate the traditional concept of ocean stewardship by uniting government, industry and the community to work together to conserve our oceans! In doing so, this foundation strives to explore innovative solutions to traditional marine conservation challenges. We chat about the recently released angler survey for those who have fished any of the oil platforms in California. 

Make sure to participate in the survey here: https://bit.ly/3iwOKdi 

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We have a BONUS episode of the podcast this week as we talk all about the upcoming Coastal Social North Tournament happening on April 30th! We invited Matt Florentino from AFTCO and Davey Brown from Okuma Fishing USA to come chat with us about saltwater bass fishing and to spill some great tips on fishing out of Long Beach. 

Tournament Info: Lines in will be at 6AM and lines out will be at 2PM, and weigh in will take place at 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro. There will be two divisions: Boat, which can have a team up to 3 people, and Kayak. Boats and teams will weigh in and release while kayak anglers will catch, photo, release via the TourneyX mobile app. 

Registration is $50 for CCA members, $85 for non-members (membership is included). Register for the tournament at www.coastalsocial.org 

This is a fascinating episode, featuring Todd Mansur from Boardroom Fishing Charters out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing! Chris & Kevin chat with Todd about Bluefin Tuna (big surprise), how past natural disasters and certain events have impacted what we're seeing in our fishery now, and share tales about his legendary father Jon Mansur. PLUS we talk about how fishing San Clemente Island has changed over the years. 

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