Saltwater Edge Podcast - Sharing Our Passion For Saltwater Fishing

Even as a fairly late bloomer to the sport, Dustin Stevens undying desire to learn all things fishing has led him to become a multi-species and multi-technique angler. This curiosity has created an avid inshore fisherman with a passion for stripers, albies, tog, and sea bass

Dustin also has a unique business model here in the northeast in that he guides kayak fishermen. His focus is on both light tackle and bottom fishing so anglers often fish both styles on one charter.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention his charter business is in addition to being a husband, father and a good bit of travel as required by his profession in the airline industry. The dude is tireless.

Captain Diogo Godoi of Gorilla Tactics Sportfishing owns one of Cape Cod's premier inshore light tackle charter operations; he specializes in bluefin tuna, striped bass, and false albacore, as well as a variety of other species.

When you fish with Captain Diogo, you realize he is experienced in a variety of light tackle fishing techniques and will stick with them until you are tight. The SWE crew has gone offshore fishing with Diogo a number of times for jig and pop bluefin. Every time has been a great experience, with plenty of shots and time spent learning something new if Plan A doesn't work out as planned.

This guy is all in!

Back in the day, he was a hell of a good lacrosse player.

As Editor of On The Water Jimmy has to fish a lot and fortunately for On The Water Magazine Jimmy is up to the challenge. All joking aside it's no small task to have the versatility and the expertise to teach others a stunning array of fishing techniques from center pinning for steelhead to deep-dropping swordfish.

Fact is Jimmy Fee is a talented and curious angler who might be the best guy for the job he has. Case in point a few years ago I heard of a whisper of a local squeteague bite and I was immediately excited up to catch one. So I go to Google to learn a bit about jigging and the first result was an article written by Jimmy only a few days prior. This is further proof that he has his finger on the pulse of New England saltwater fishing. Join us for a great chat with a great guy.

Captain Coral Rose Aiello has been saltwater fishing with her father, Joe since she was a child and became first mate on his charter boat the Coral Rose at 14. In the decade+ since then, she has come into her own as a fisherman, and she and Joe have developed a very unique working relationship as a father-daughter team.

Coral, aka "Professional Hooker" can be found and followed on Instagram @Professional.Hooker. Check out her YouTube channel where she often posts fishing videos.

She holds her USCG 100-Ton Masters License. She is majoring in aquaculture & fisheries at the University of Rhode Island. As an avid conservationist, she is involved with Gray's Fish tagging out of Florida and The American Littoral Society out of New Jersey.

Wikipedia says, "Bob Popovics is an American fly tier from New Jersey." That's like saying, "Bruce Springsteen is an American musician from New Jersey" Bob Pop and the Boss share modest Garden State beginnings and a passion and vision for their craft.

Bob Popovics pioneered using epoxy to create durability in saltwater flies as a solution to the regular shredding by bluefish of conventional flies. Bob also recognized that epoxy had the added side-effects of providing translucency and profile, facilitating the imitation of a wide variety of baitfish. In 1992 the Surf Candy series took the stale saltwater fly fishing market by storm. It was Bob Popovics "Born To Run"

Many more innovations have followed since, including the Semper Fleye, Pop Lips, Bucktail Deceiver, Bulkhead, and Hollow Fleye, to name a few.

Bob is happy to recognize the mentors who helped him along the way and is just as committed to passing the baton to the next generation as saltwater fly tying continues to get more creative.

Travis was introduced to guiding at a very young age by his Dad Harley, who is a veteran guide on South Andros. The story goes Travis would run back to the house when he saw his dad's skiff head out for the day and "borrow" his fly rod. The gig was up when Harley pointed out "those are not my wind knots!"

Since then, Travis has earned a reputation as one of the top flats guides around. He is based at Soul Fly Lodge in the Berry Islands, Bahamas. He is an enthusiastic hunter who has observed and researched the behaviors and habits of the species that live on the flats he calls home. He has a healthy passion/ obsession with permit that never seems to fade. He has become a tremendous flycaster and a talented teacher. Impressively quick to diagnose the needed tweak in the client's mechanics. A day on the water with Travis will create a memory for sure!

Travis is on Instagram @flats_phantom

Orlando Campos, otherwise known as NorCalKat respects the past and protects the future. He is first a fisherman who has the talents and skills to build plugs that are unique in their own way and made out of a need he has experienced.

Everything I know about woodworking comes from my fishing partner, Mike Fixter. Without his generosity in fast-tracking me on the ins and outs of making a Striper Plug, I wouldn't be where I am today.

I am a big advocate for having a good fishery for all. Education is the key to teaching everyone good habits and techniques in fishing. I am part of the Catch and Release Crew and always offer good information on how we can improve and influence others in a positive manner.

Steve McKenna has probably spent more time in the Rhody surf than almost anyone. Since college, he has put in the time required to gain meaningful insights, all the while keeping an open mind to how things could be improved. He is well known for developing the way to rig a Sluggo to swim more like an eel, for example.

Steve is a kind and generous fisherman who is grateful for the experiences the surf has provided.

Ed Mitchell has published four saltwater fly fishing books and written dozens of magazine articles. He was an early supporter of striped bass conservation and was very involved in Amendment 3 (we are on Amendment 7 now).

Ed resides in Connecticut and regularly fishes in CT and South County in RI. He also spent fifteen June's on Martha's Vineyard.

Hogy Lure Company was founded by Captain Mike Hogan who designed and tweaked each product in the field. Captain Mike has fished all over the country and has developed products and techniques along the way, all with big fish in mind.

The company was started in 2004 when Captain Mike left his office job in Boston and moved back to Cape Cod to get closer to its tremendous saltwater fishing. He began running inshore fishing and offshore fishing charters again, focusing on trophy class fishing. He doesn't use live or dead bait, so he needed baits for particular situations to compete with live bait anglers. As a result, he saw a demand for large-style soft baits that mimicked the larger baits he was trying to imitate. Captain Mike spent many months working on the unique blend of soft plastic and finally came up with the current plastic blend that Hogy Lure Company uses today. He immediately saw how effective large soft baits were for both inshore fishing and offshore. Never intending to bring the new lures to market, Captain Mike used them on his charters and gave them to his friends who referred to them as "Hogy's"

Capt. Mike's first experience selling Hogy Lures was at a sportsman show in Massachusetts. He remembered the mountain of soft baits he had on the table at a time when he didn't even have packaging. Much to his great pleasure, he sold out by early afternoon the first day. The same thing happened at the following show in Rhode Island. It was then that he knew he was on to something. In 2005, Hogy Lure Company was incorporated and later filed for a patent, which was finally received in 2009.

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