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We Didn't Crappie Fish.. We Just Fished Crappy
What started as a simple crappie fishing trip in Virginia, for the season one finale, quickly turned into one of the most chaotic outdoor trips we’ve had yet.
Three veterans, Co-Hosts of Drills Gone Wild, and Guest Speaker, long-time Veteran friend of RJ, James Baughn, head out on the water expecting to fill a cooler. Instead, we spent the weekend battling wind, cold weather, bad fishing, and our own questionable decisions.
From failed fishing tactics and homemade lures to Army stories, combat training memories, and the strange situations you only experience in the military, this episode turns into the kind of conversation that happens when veterans sit around after a long day outdoors.
No script.
No filters.
Just real stories, real laughs, and a fishing trip that didn’t go as planned.
Topics in this episode include:
• Crappie fishing in Virginia
• Why early-season fishing can be brutal
• Homemade fishing lures and tackle finds
• Army basic training and Drill Sergeant stories
• Combat training chaos and combatives
• Veteran life after the military
• Hunting, bowhunting, and wild game
• Why sometimes the best trips are the ones where nothing goes right
Even though we didn’t catch a single fish, we still managed to come back with some good stories.
And that’s what Drills Gone Wild is really about.
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Veteran mindset meets the outdoors.
0:00 The Fishing Trip That Went Completely Wrong
2:30 Learning to Fish on a Boat
5:40 Shooting Bows and Bad Aim
7:30 Drill Sergeant Stories from the Army
10:00 Living Off Wild Game and Venison
14:30 Homemade Fishing Lures
18:00 Why Fishing Was So Tough
21:30 Getting Hooked by a Crankbait
23:30 Combat Training & Army Combatives
27:00 Fishing Strategy and Reading Water
31:00 Cooking and Eating Bass
34:00 Basic Training Shower Chaos
39:00 Army Deployment & Overseas Stories
46:00 Combatives and Barracks Brawls
52:00 Military Stories That Probably Shouldn't Be Told
56:00 The Gas Station Incident
1:01:00 Bowhunting and Beginner’s Luck
1:05:00 Field Dressing Deer
1:11:00 The Best and Worst Parts of Fishing Trips
1:17:00 Random Internet Culture & Harambe
1:22:00 Japan Deployment Story
1:28:00 Learning Japanese & Culture Shock
1:30:00 Final Thoughts on the Trip
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By Robert Steiskal and Gentry WardWhat started as a simple crappie fishing trip in Virginia, for the season one finale, quickly turned into one of the most chaotic outdoor trips we’ve had yet.
Three veterans, Co-Hosts of Drills Gone Wild, and Guest Speaker, long-time Veteran friend of RJ, James Baughn, head out on the water expecting to fill a cooler. Instead, we spent the weekend battling wind, cold weather, bad fishing, and our own questionable decisions.
From failed fishing tactics and homemade lures to Army stories, combat training memories, and the strange situations you only experience in the military, this episode turns into the kind of conversation that happens when veterans sit around after a long day outdoors.
No script.
No filters.
Just real stories, real laughs, and a fishing trip that didn’t go as planned.
Topics in this episode include:
• Crappie fishing in Virginia
• Why early-season fishing can be brutal
• Homemade fishing lures and tackle finds
• Army basic training and Drill Sergeant stories
• Combat training chaos and combatives
• Veteran life after the military
• Hunting, bowhunting, and wild game
• Why sometimes the best trips are the ones where nothing goes right
Even though we didn’t catch a single fish, we still managed to come back with some good stories.
And that’s what Drills Gone Wild is really about.
🎣 Follow Drills Gone Wild
YouTube
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Instagram
TikTok
New episodes weekly.
Veteran mindset meets the outdoors.
0:00 The Fishing Trip That Went Completely Wrong
2:30 Learning to Fish on a Boat
5:40 Shooting Bows and Bad Aim
7:30 Drill Sergeant Stories from the Army
10:00 Living Off Wild Game and Venison
14:30 Homemade Fishing Lures
18:00 Why Fishing Was So Tough
21:30 Getting Hooked by a Crankbait
23:30 Combat Training & Army Combatives
27:00 Fishing Strategy and Reading Water
31:00 Cooking and Eating Bass
34:00 Basic Training Shower Chaos
39:00 Army Deployment & Overseas Stories
46:00 Combatives and Barracks Brawls
52:00 Military Stories That Probably Shouldn't Be Told
56:00 The Gas Station Incident
1:01:00 Bowhunting and Beginner’s Luck
1:05:00 Field Dressing Deer
1:11:00 The Best and Worst Parts of Fishing Trips
1:17:00 Random Internet Culture & Harambe
1:22:00 Japan Deployment Story
1:28:00 Learning Japanese & Culture Shock
1:30:00 Final Thoughts on the Trip