Impact Outdoors Podcast

Gene Gilliland joins me on this week's show and we cover a lot of different topics covering how he developed such a passion for fishing, his career as a fisheries biologist in Oklahoma and his current role as the national conservation director for B.A.S.S. We also talk about some of our favorite fishing spots across the country and what it takes these days to get into the conservation field. Be sure to follow everything going on with B.A.S.S. and join their Facebook group, B.A.S.S. Conservation. Be sure to like and subscribe to the podcast and leave a rating and review!

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Jack Brackin, director and editor of The Captain's Log tv show on Waypoint is doing some incredible things right now. This past summer I got to witness firsthand the vision Jack has when filming on location and seeing how he puts a story together for the show. It was a pretty cool thing to see and a lot of it comes from his passion for fishing his whole life. Listen in as we discuss how he got started in the outdoor industry at such a young age, some of the cool things he's doing with skull taxidermy work now and all of the crazy adventures they are having looking for Megalodon!

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With deer seasons winding down across the country, the majority of hunters can't help but think about the fast-approaching turkey season. By far my favorite time of the year to be in the woods, the wild turkey provides a great way to get outdoors and actually interact with the animal you are chasing. Aaron Warbritton of The Hunting Public is one of the best in the sport at being able to coax these birds into his spread and what better way to kick off 2023 than with some great tips and tactics on hunting early in the season and some critical habitat improvements you can do on your own land to help improve nesting sites and make areas that these turkeys want to be in. Thanks to Aaron for coming on the show again and sharing some insight into what they are doing during the spring turkey season across the country.

To help support The Hunting Public, head to their website and check out their merchandise and sign up for the THP Deer School:

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YouTube Channel:

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Ben Masters grew up in Texas loving the outdoors creating a passion for telling stories through his filmmaking and conservation work. His latest film, "Deep in the Heart" is one of the most exciting wildlife documentaries to come out recently and has really shined a light on the wide variety of species that call Texas home. The success of the film has blown away all expectations and having the likes of Matthew McConaughey narrate your film doesn't hurt either. With some of the first footage ever captured of Ocelots in Texas to Mountain Lions traversing the vast landscapes of the state, this film really does a great job of engaging the audience through its storytelling. Ben's love for the state and its wildlife really shows and he continues to create groundbreaking film from not only Texas but across the country. Make sure you check out "Deep in the Heart" and follow Ben on his social media to stay up to date on what he's got going on.

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Edwin Evers is best known for being one of the best bass fishermen in the world and rightly so after winning two world championships in the sport along with countless tournament wins in both the BASS and MLF tournament series. He is also a very successful pecan farmer in Oklahoma and is now diving in headfirst into the high school bass fishing scene. With all of this going on Edwin still finds time to continue helping others learn to get better at the sport of bass fishing through his YouTube channel. We discuss all of this and more on this week's episode and cannot wait for you to hear his story. Be sure to follow Edwin on his social media channels below:

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Texan to the core, Grahame Jones grew up loving the outdoors and figured out how to turn his passion into his profession. Grahame recently retired as director of the Texas Game Wardens and now serves as the Texas state chair for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. He is also a fulltime guide in and around the Austin area fishing the numerous lakes and rivers in the Texas Hill Country. This was a great episode with plenty of stories to go around from Grahame's childhood trips down hunting in Mexico to chasing poachers in East Texas as a Game Warden to helping protect our public lands and waters in Texas and across the country with the help of volunteers through BHA.

The Texas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice of sportsmen & recreationists in Texas who value wild land and water that support healthy wildlife populations and their habitat, public access and opportunity to that land and water, and the concept of fair chase.   ~Texas BHA

Find out how you can get involved with BHA:

Texas BHA - Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

Voice your opinion on major conservation issues facing the states here:

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Book a fishing trip with Grahame:

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See what BHA is about here:

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This week's show features David Moss, Fisheries Project Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Florida. Listen in as we discuss some of the issues facing snapper and grouper species when fishing offshore and ways that you can help ensure a successful release of the fish that you return to the water. The Nature Conservancy's "Deck to Depth" Program is leading the way in educating anglers about the beneficial use of descending devices and the success rate of using these devices to safely return fish that are suffering from barotrauma back to the depths from which they were caught.

Be sure to check out the link below to learn more about David's work:

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Join us on this week's episode as I sit down with the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation's Chris Geib, Chief Development Officer, over at ICAST and we catch up on all the great things going on over at NPCF with their Fishing Funds the Cure fundraisers along with all the other ways you can get involved to help fund the research that will end childhood cancer. To find out more about NPCF and their mission, you can go to:

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I recently sat down with Krissy Wejebe, daughter of the Spanish Fly tv host Jose Wejebe, at ICAST. And on this episode, we talked about what it was like growing up in Florida with a dad that was a fishing guide/tv host and a mother who was a dolphin trainer. Jose meant a lot to so many people and when he passed away, it left a lot of people asking what they could do to help. Soon after, Krissy started up the Jose Wejebe Spanish Fly Memorial Foundation to continue her father's legacy through conservation work, education and providing fishing opportunities to those in need. Since 2012, the foundation has worked on countless projects and provided amazing fishing trips for those battling illness bringing hope and "normalcy" to their lives. Go and visit their website to see how you can get involved today.

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Excited to have Jonathan Newar and Attison Barnes from Captain Experiences back on the show for a little update of what they have been doing the past year and talk about how fast they are growing as a business and how they are being so successful in pairing up anglers with great fishing guides across the world! Plus, a little insight into their destination trip over to Africa in Tanzania fishing with one of their guides overseas. Be sure to look them up the next time you are searching for a fishing trip, especially if visiting somewhere for the first time. They do a great job vetting these guides helping to ensure a great time is had.

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Check out their channel on YouTube and click here to catch episodes from their trip to Africa:

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