Waypoint Outdoor Collective

In this episode, we have pro fishermen Tony Acevedo and Luke Simonds on to discuss how they find spots, how they do their pre-trip planning, and how they study the trends of redfish, snook, trout, and flounder to be in the right place at the right time. Enjoy

Tom Rowland takes time to do a LIVE question and answer podcast for the first time.  Using Facebook Live, Instagram Live, emailed questions and tweets, Tom answers questions for 2 hours on virtually every subject.  From Goliath Grouper regulations, to how to become a fishing guide, Capt. License questions to how to stay in shape on the road, the questions keep flooding in and Tom does his best to answer every one.

Thank you to all the fans and friends who participated in this live event. 

This week on Tale & Tips we talk with Josh Crosby, a Pro-Staffer, entrepreneur and waterfowl hunter who gives us a peek behind the curtain into the Pro-Staffing world.

This we week we are joined by Tagen and Derek to discuss everything from camo patterns to how shadows play a role in your concealment.

In this episode, we interview Tony Acevedo about everything he learned about bottom fishing for grouper (red grouper, gag grouper, skamp grouper, and black grouper) after filming Grouper Mastery with Capt. Dylan Hubbard of Hubbard's Marina

Ryan Nitz is a 27 year old with a passion for the outdoors that is contagious and immediately obvious to anyone who is fortunate enough to be around him even for a few minutes.  For the past few years he has been funding his outdoor addiction with a well paying job in Florida pest control.  However, with his growing Instagram profile, he has had many opportunities to turn his   passion into his profession.

Recently Ryan quit his job, bought a boat, took a job as a turkey hunting guide and enrolled in Sea School to earn his Captains License through the US Coast Guard.  He has burned the boats and there is no going back.  

Two years ago, Tom Rowland contacted Ryan after being introduced to him through mutual friend David McLeaf.  Soon the entire crew of Saltwater Experience were on their way to film with Ryan for the mega large snook that he catches.  The show turned out nicely and it became one of the most popular Saltwater Experience episodes ever.  Fans loved the story of this young man pursuing his passion and emails continue to pour in about Ryan Nitz.

Join in on this conversation about hunting, fishing, outdoor film making and much more.

This week we talk to our good friend Wade Skeen to talk about adapting to your environment and overcoming the odds in order to be successful on the hunt.

This week Jerry Holden, the Director for Ducks Unlimited's South Region talks to us about conservation and the critical role that Ducks Unlimited plays in Habitat Management in North America. We talk everything from jumping mallards in north central Kansas to how you can improve your own honey hole to hold more ducks and the North American Waterfowl Conservation and the past, present and future of waterfowl habitat management. Head on over to www.fowlfront.com and check out the rest of our episodes on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher. You can also find us on facebook where we have a page at Fowl Front Outdoors and an awesome listeners group with giveaways, mentorship, advice and cameraderie at Fowl Front Waterfowl Podcast Group on facebook.

Derek DeYoung is a renowned fish artist who travels between Montana, Florida Keys (Big Pine) and Northern Michigan to pursue fish and get inspiration to reproduce them on canvas.  I caught up with Derek through Instagram and asked him if he would like to be a guest on Saltwater Experience.  He said he would like to do it but his schedule was very tight. We found a day and made it happen. Derek was one of my favorite guests and we became fast friends.  I knew I wanted to do a podcast with him, but it seemed like we had run out of time.  I offered him a ride back to Big Pine instead of his wife having to pick him up and we put on the headphones and hit record. I travel a lot and some of the best conversations I have ever had were on long drives across the country.  This drive was exactly that.  Derek is a great conversationalist and we talked about how he has achieved so much success in the fishing world.

In this episode, we have the flounder (aka fluke fishing) expert himself, John Skinner. If you've come across any amazing flounder fishing videos on YouTube (especially the underwater attack footage videos), there is a good chance it's from John Skinner. He has spent more time fishing for and studying these fish than anyone we know. He even wrote the book on Catching Summer Flounder. Enjoy the episode.