This week, Mike Sudal, John Frazier, and Rob Ceccarini dredge up tales of Great Lakes steelhead from the pre-kids era, we come very close to amputating a Florida boy’s foot, figure out the best way to explain a testicle injury to our dads, and chuck-n-duck our way through an onslaught of expensive Scotch.

This week, veteran surf guide Bill Wetzel pushes the limits of whiskey and waders, we get our Hummers stuck in the dunes of social despair, chase reports of striper doom, and go Kamikaze on kids with tackle that’s too nice for them to own.

This week, YouTuber Leo Sheng of “Extreme Philly Fishing” hunts species that don’t exist and beats the odds at Caesars Palace, we get the cops called on us for suspicious carp activity, rob a young man of his palomino birthright, and put 2-pound line on every reel we own.

This week, Ali Hussainy of BD Outdoors pops a gummy flyer and navigates San Diego rogue waves, we learn how to sneak boat parts through Mexican customs, get held at gunpoint for taco money, and explain how East Coasters ruined West Coast tuna fishing.

This week, Joe and his best friend Mark Wizeman recount a ramen-fueled hell ride through the Last Frontier, get laughed out of a fly shop by a blushing bride, prove that carrying a shotgun can make you look less cool, and go caveman on the most important silver salmon that ever existed.

Kick off your New Year with a clay pot full of throw-up, a fighting harness fit for a toddler, and tips for fixing a trashed condo by game time.

This week, Captain Eric Kerber and “Neighbor” Steve McIntyre shut the door on 2023 and jam albie slime in the lock, we drive a ’96 Jimmy to the walleye hole and leave without casting, remember the fish that defined our bug deflectors, and tackle our fears with the aid of nostril filters.

This week, Miles Nolte invites us to Christmas in New Zealand, we find Billy Bigmouth Bass under the decorated house plant in the morning, give the gift of upright urination to the ladies in our lives, and try to stop the Kiwi mafia from ruining our dry fly racket.

This week, tattoo artist and muskie junky “Sideshow” Brian Woolverton hooks the most seductive palomino trout ever, we hammer nips of Yukon Jack while fishing the spillway, start a new band that performs in waders, and striper chunk with a missing member of Foreigner.

This week, decoy carver and ice spearing zealot Ryan Ebert almost experiences death by sturgeon, we catch giant pike with golf balls and horror movie memorabilia, piss mom off by leaving walleyes in the sink, and forget our anchor while pursuing deep beasts.