Don Gautier has lived along the Mississippi Gulf Coast his entire life!  He’s a Vietnam Purple Heart, retired from Chevron, and a fishing guide along the gulf coast. Captain Paul Miller started buying his cane poles from Don and eventually decided to have him on the show to find out more about his life. Enjoy!! 

On this episode, Captain Paul Miller had on Captain Hunter Caballero and Captain Scott Leger of Paradise Outfitters, as well as Captain Josh Bodenheimer with Intensity Offshore Outfitters. These guys all share a camp in Cypress Cove Marina and have fished alongside each other for a very long time. There were several great stories brought out. Have you ever seen a great white shark eating a yellowfin tuna in the Gulf of America?  Hunter did! 

I want to apologize that we only had three mics so Scott came through very low during the podcast I hope y’all enjoy it! 

Recorded October of 2024.

Butch Thierry is the host of the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report podcast and owner of The Great Days Outdoors magazine!  He grew up charter fishing on the Lady Ann out of Dauphin Island Alabama.  Captain Paul Miller had him on to talk about what it was like growing up in the charter industry and how he got started in his multimedia company!  Enjoy!

Toby and Jaclyn Berthelot have been winning and placing in billfish tournaments for many years now!  At the 2024 Biloxi Billfish Classic, Captain Paul Miller got to sit down with them and ask how their season was going up to that point, as well as getting to ask questions about their very strenuous tournament schedule!  Enjoy!

Captain Peace Marvel has been charter fishing in Venice for more than 30 years.  Captain Paul Miller had him on his podcast to try and pull out some of his best stories, as well as getting an understanding of how the fishery has changed.  Enjoy!

Brett Ryan has been charter fishing in Venice for over 15 years, and is a member of the Hell Divers Spear Fishing Club.  He has a wide range of stories so Captain Paul Miller decided to have him on the show!  Enjoy!

Scott Avanzino is the founder of Paradise Outfitters in Venice, LA!  Captain Paul Miller sits down with him to hear  the full story!  Enjoy!

Captain Sonny Schindler is the owner of Sure Thing Charters based out of Bay St. Louis MS. He sits down with Captain Paul Miller to talk about last season, as well as other fun stories!

Chris Mowad is the captain of the Best Trait. They recently caught the gulf record blue marlin. Captain Paul Miller had him on to tell the full story!

Tom Hilton is founder of Hilton's Fishing Charts, an offshore imagery website that tremendously helps fishermen locate the right fishing conditions.  In this episode, Tom tells us how he got started in reef building and the new deployment of FADS in Texas! Fun episode give it a listen!