Brown Water Banter

Brown Water Banter
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Brown Water Banter is a Gulf Coast show about fishing, hunting, business, politics, and the people who live here. Long-form conversations with the charter captains, biologists, business owners, and local characters who actually work these waters — from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula. Snapper season and DMR regs one week, one of the people who makes this place what it is the next. No script, no polish, just people worth listening to and good bourbon. Hosted by Jared Seymour and Joey Cates.

  1. 2d ago

    #377 — Crooked Letter Performance Is Building a MASSIVE New Gym in D'Iberville!

    We sit down with the crew behind Crooked Letter Performance — Chad and Christy Radich, Aaron Lamey, and Jason Hockaday — ahead of the opening of their massive new facility in D'Iberville. Chad's story starts with a Marine Corps enlistment right out of St. Martin, a marriage the same year, and a chance pairing at a Keesler vs. Biloxi golf tournament that turned out to connect two couples who already knew each other. From a first CrossFit workout that left him unable to drive home, to coaching friends in his garage for $50 a month, to the biggest CrossFit gym on the Coast — the crew walks through how Crooked Letter grew on word of mouth alone, why they say most CrossFit gyms get the methodology wrong, and how community keeps members coming back. Then the big one: the new Crooked Letter Performance building. Traditional gym space with boutique equipment brands you won't find at the big chains, in-app programming backed by floor coaches whose only job is to help you, a hybrid basketball and pickleball court, a recovery room, supervised childcare, and Crooked Letter Fuel — a coffee shop and cafe with a drive-through, roasting their own beans and serving macro-friendly meals. Opening is targeted for early 2027. Pre-sale memberships and job openings — trainers, baristas, front desk — are at crookedletterperformance.com. Big thanks to our sponsors:Southern Magnolia SmilesTaylor and Cox Law FirmForever Young Men's and Women's HealthEnsured Roofing 📲 Catch Limits, Tides & Every Episode — Get the BWB App: 🍎 Apple users click Here 🤖 Android users click Here

    #377 — Crooked Letter Performance Is Building a MASSIVE New Gym in D'Iberville!

  2. Oct 28

    #376 — Smokin' the Coast: Free BBQ Competition & Halloween in Biloxi

    The third annual Smokin' the Coast barbecue competition moves to Point Cadet in Biloxi this year, and every dollar it raises after prize money goes to disaster relief. Danny Damico and Larry Richardson of the Trident Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Krewe of Neptune, join us to walk through everything happening October 30–31: the new location under the oaks at Point Cadet Plaza, a Halloween trunk-or-treat, and pro teams cooking whole hogs for Memphis Barbecue Network points. 🐖 Pro division: ribs, pork shoulder, and whole hog, with interview-style final judging🔥 Patio division drops pork loin for brisket this year🍹 Margaritas replace Bloody Marys in the anything-goes categories (Joey is still the reigning Bloody Mary champ)🎃 Kids' pork chop division and trunk-or-treat on Friday night🏆 Custom trophies, including a 48-inch wheel for the pro grand champion Free admission all weekend. Pull up a chair. ——— Smokin' the Coast is a Memphis Barbecue Network sanctioned competition hosted by the Trident Foundation, a 501(c)(3), at Point Cadet Plaza next to the Biloxi Seafood Museum. Friday runs 5 to 10 PM, with trunk-or-treat from 6 to 9 PM in partnership with the City of Biloxi, plus the kids' pork chop division and the sauce, baked beans, chicken, seafood, dessert, and margarita categories. Saturday runs 10 AM to 6 PM, with meat turn-ins starting at 10, final judging at 1, and awards at 5. Patio teams cook donated Boston butts for a free people's choice tasting, Fever Dream plays live Saturday, and food vendors and snow cones are on site. Patio teams and category entries are accepted right up to the event, and volunteers are welcome, including students who need community service hours. Sponsorships run from $250 to the $10,000 title sponsorship, and tax-deductible donations to disaster relief can be made through the foundation's website. Guests: Danny D'Amico, Krewe of Neptune board and Trident Foundation advisory board; Larry Richardson, Vice President of the Trident Foundation Topics: Smokin' the Coast, Trident Foundation, Krewe of Neptune, Biloxi barbecue competition, Memphis Barbecue Network, whole hog, brisket, competition barbecue, barbecue judging, trunk-or-treat, Halloween events Biloxi, Point Cadet, disaster relief, Mississippi Gulf Coast events Website: TridentFoundation.orgFacebook: Trident Foundation – Krewe of NeptuneBig thanks to our sponsors:Southern Magnolia SmilesTaylor and Cox Law FirmForever Young Men's and Women's HealthEnsured RoofingMike's StickersDewy Dew Bugz 📲 Catch Limits, Tides & Every Episode — Get the BWB App: 🍎 Apple users click Here 🤖 Android users click Here

    #376 — Smokin' the Coast: Free BBQ Competition & Halloween in Biloxi

  3. Oct 26

    #375 — Viral Southern Recipes and a First Cookbook with Amy Elizabeth Taylor

    One bowl of Mississippi Crack Dip took Ocean Springs creator Amy Elizabeth Taylor from under 30,000 followers to more than 120,000, and now she has a cookbook on the way. Amy joins us to talk about walking away from medical device sales to give food content one full year, filming everything on an iPhone and a ring light, and what happened when a publisher came calling. She also brought the crack dip to the studio. 🍗 Granny's Chicken & Rice, the first video to hit 800,000 views📖 Happy Plates: 50-plus of her own recipes, out November 11💬 The comment-section fights over Hellmann's, raw chicken, and dogs in the kitchen🏈 Her tailgate series and plans for a game day cookbook Pull up a chair and grab a chip. ——— Amy Elizabeth Taylor is a self-taught food content creator based in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, posting as Amy Elizabeth Taylor Foodie on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Originally from Collierville, Tennessee, she moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2020. Her first cookbook, Happy Plates: Simple Suppers and Southern Favorites, collects 50-plus of her own recipes: game day appetizers from her August tailgate series, crock pot and casserole mains, and Southern sides. It releases November 11, 2026, at $39 for the hardback and $15 for the digital edition. Guest: Amy Elizabeth Taylor, food content creator and author of Happy Plates Topics: Mississippi Crack Dip, Granny's Chicken and Rice, Happy Plates cookbook, Southern recipes, tailgate recipes, game day food, crock pot recipes, casseroles, food content creation, TikTok food videos, mukbang, brand deals, influencer marketing, Ocean Springs, Mississippi Gulf Coast, local restaurants Facebook: Amy Elizabeth Taylor FoodieInstagram: @amyelizabethtaylorfoodieCookbook order link is in Amy's bio on all platforms. Big thanks to our sponsors:Southern Magnolia SmilesTaylor and Cox Law FirmForever Young Men's and Women's HealthEnsured RoofingMike's StickersDewy Dew Bugz 📲 Catch Limits, Tides & Every Episode — Get the BWB App: 🍎 Apple users click Here 🤖 Android users click Here

    #375 — Viral Southern Recipes and a First Cookbook with Amy Elizabeth Taylor

  4. Oct 19

    #374 — Sheepshead Showdown 2026 — $2,000 Prize + Where Sheepshead Really Go

    It's year seven of the Sheepshead Showdown, and this special weekend edition breaks down everything you need to know about the 2026 tournament while diving deep into the science behind one of the Gulf Coast's most underappreciated fish. Conrad from Mississippi State joins us to talk about his acoustic telemetry tagging project studying sheepshead movement ecology in the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. He's surgically implanted transmitters in 39 sheepshead and placed 26 receivers across the reserve to track where these fish go, when they move, and what triggers those movements. Captain JJ of Family Tradition Charters stops by to add his perspective from years on the water. 🐟 Early findings show a group of sheepshead migrates offshore to spawn while a contingent group stays inshore year-round — raising big questions about why📡 One tagged sheepshead traveled from Grand Bay all the way to Fort Morgan, Alabama — roughly 25-30 miles🔬 Sheepshead are a data-limited species with very little movement research done in Mississippi waters🧪 Each transmitter costs about $420, has a three-year battery life, and can be reused in another fish🏷️ Catch a sheepshead with a green or blue dart tag? Call the number on the tag — every recapture fills in a piece of the puzzle🎣 The cast netting debate gets heated — rolling up on a school and boxing 30-45 fish in one throw is wiping out spots for everyone else📊 At 15 per person, the current limit draws scrutiny — this research could help MDMR make informed decisions on whether changes are needed💬 Sheepshead went from trash fish to targeted species the same way triple tail did — social media put a spotlight on them🏆 The Dewy Dew Bugz Sheepshead Showdown pays $2,000 cash and a championship belt for first place, $900 for second, and $700 for third📅 Tournament day is October 24th at the Maritime and Seafood Museum with scales open 4-5 PM — captain's meeting October 23rd at 7 PM at Dewy Dew Bugz in D'Iberville🎖️ Veterans fish the main sheepshead division for free — register through Derek to verify service👧 Kids 12 and under fish for free in the kids division for a belt, but any kid who pays to register can compete for the full $2,000🪝 Sub-categories include redfish, speckled trout, and flounder — each $30 to enter with $500 first place and $200 second🤝 Conrad may set up at the tournament to dart-tag live-caught sheepshead with 100 new blue tags from MDMR Register at brownwaterbanter.com Big thanks to our sponsors:Southern Magnolia SmilesTaylor and Cox Law FirmForever Young Men's and Women's HealthEnsured RoofingMike's StickersDewy Dew Bugz 📲 Catch Limits, Tides & Every Episode — Get the BWB App: 🍎 Apple users click Here 🤖 Android users click Here

    #374 — Sheepshead Showdown 2026 — $2,000 Prize + Where Sheepshead Really Go

  5. Oct 13

    #373 — Craft BBQ in Biloxi That Doesn't Need Sauce | Micks'd Up Kitchen

    Kyle from Micks'd Up Kitchen joins us to talk all things craft barbecue — and he brought a full spread to prove it. From his roots in England to running a computer store on the Coast to coaching football to earning his doctorate, Kyle's path to the smoker was anything but straight. What started as cooking for friends turned into whole meat sales during COVID, then a food truck, and now a growing operation built around a custom 1,000-gallon Double Barrel offset smoker named Filo. 🔥 How Kyle went from a Weber kettle to pellet to a 1,000-gallon offset — and why every smoker has its place🥩 The science behind his craft barbecue — 24-hour brines, cold smoke tests, biscuit tests, and tracking vortices inside the pit🧠 Why he treats smoke as an ingredient rather than a style — smoked tomatoes, pit mushrooms, smoked fruit, and even smoked cornbread🌽 The rosemary rye cornbread with whipped brown butter and burnt honey glaze inspired by Cotton & Rye in Savannah — perfected over 30 straight days of baking😤 The "sauce is for b****es" sticker and why he asks customers to taste the meat before reaching for sauce🔪 Beef cheeks, pork coppa, Four Roses maple brandy pork belly, and handmade sausages — 35 different sausage varieties last year alone with no repeats📓 How his brewing background and doctorate taught him to be analytical — logging temps, pH levels, and cook times💪 The insane schedule of teaching, driving a bus, cooking all night, and selling the next morning on zero sleep🍺 The partnership with Altered Reality Brewing in downtown Biloxi and why that pairing works so well📅 Upcoming events: regular menu at AR on October 24th, Highlands and Islands Celtic Games November 14-15, and the Hops and Chops six-course tasting menu on New Year's Eve Eve🏷️ The kitchen sink platter — everything on the trailer for $110 — and how game day customers are showing up as heroes at their friends' houses💡 Why Kyle believes food creates lasting memories and why he refuses to cut corners or sell reheated product Website: mscraftbbq.com Big thanks to our sponsors:Southern Magnolia SmilesTaylor and Cox Law FirmForever Young Men's and Women's HealthEnsured RoofingMike's StickersDewy Dew Bugz 📲 Catch Limits, Tides & Every Episode — Get the BWB App: 🍎 Apple users click Here 🤖 Android users click Here

    #373 — Craft BBQ in Biloxi That Doesn't Need Sauce | Micks'd Up Kitchen

  6. Oct 5

    #372 — Biloxi Charter Fishing: Diving Under the Boat for a Shark

    Captain Cole Ganey of Reel Therapy Charters joins us to talk about life on B-Block, running a 36-foot Topaz out of Biloxi, and what it takes to build a charter business from the ground up. Cole got his captain's license as soon as he turned 18, went through sea school in Bayou La Batre, and has been in the charter game for 11 years. He started out deckhanding on mackerel and shark trips, worked his way up through the Biloxi fleet, ran the Silver Dollar for three seasons, and is now in his second summer on his own big boat. 🎣 Born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast — his first saltwater fishing came as a teenage deckhand out of Zeke's Marina in Orange Beach🚤 Runs two boats — a 36-foot Topaz with twin Cummins 450s (AC, bathroom, and a cabin for hungover bachelor parties) and a 21-foot NauticStar for inshore trips⚓ Holds a federal red snapper permit — his favorite trip is the six-hour snapper run, but he also fishes amberjack, sheepshead, mangrove snapper, and sharks🦈 The day a big shark got tangled in the prop behind a shrimp boat — and Cole grabbed his goggles and went over the side to free the line⛽ Diesel at $5.50 to $6 a gallon is brutal — filling 350 gallons runs over $2,000, and he says he'd have more in the bank if he'd stopped running trips after July🎯 Sharks and barracudas are eating anglers alive on amberjack trips — the worst he's ever seen it offshore🐟 Strong opinions on sheepshead: self-regulates at 20 per boat and calls out cast-netters who roll up with zero respect and wipe out entire piles day after day🎉 The B-Block dock party is becoming an annual tradition — planned for the weekend before federal snapper season opens June 1st💩 Best charter story: a grandfather on his last fishing trip who didn't quite make it to the side of the 21-foot boat in time — five-gallon bucket cleanup and all🔧 The Reel Therapy name is a nod to his dad, Keith Ganey, a physical therapist — and the big boat is the Reel Deal Book a trip at biloxideepsea.com or find Reel Therapy Charters on Facebook and Instagram. Big thanks to our sponsors:Southern Magnolia SmilesTaylor and Cox Law FirmForever Young Men's and Women's HealthEnsured RoofingMike's StickersDewy Dew Bugz 📲 Catch Limits, Tides & Every Episode — Get the BWB App: 🍎 Apple users click Here 🤖 Android users click Here

    #372 — Biloxi Charter Fishing: Diving Under the Boat for a Shark

  7. Sep 29

    #371 — Cruisin' the Coast Turns 30 & Mississippi Gulf Seafood Takes Center Stage

    The man who started it all — Woody Bailey — joins us alongside Joe Spraggins, Executive Director of the Mississippi DMR, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cruisin' the Coast (October 4–11, 2026) and talk about the big Mississippi Gulf Seafood partnership fueling this year's event. 🚗 How Cruisin' the Coast was born from a group of business people and casino execs brainstorming ways to extend tourism past Labor Day — and how hot air balloons almost made the cut 📈 From 374 registered vehicles in 1996 to 10,334 last year — with pre-registration already 802 ahead of last year's pace and 42 states plus five countries signed up 💰 The 2021 economic impact study showed $36.1 million statewide — and a new study is coming this year to measure how much the event has grown since then 🎤 Jay Leno returning to Beau Rivage, first-ever appearance by Dave Kindig and KevDogg of Kindig-It Design, a celebrity autograph session at Beau Rivage on Wednesday, and a patriotic fireworks show with Bag of Donuts at Hollywood 🔥 Flame throwing event moves to IP on Tuesday night, burnout event in Pass Christian on Thursday, Pete Vicari's auction at the Coliseum, and the Block Party at Town Green 🦐 Mississippi Gulf Seafood is the presenting sponsor — Joe Spraggins and crew will be boiling fresh Gulf shrimp at Jones Park and Town Green, giving out samples that have people lining up before the pots even open 🦪 Oyster season opens early on October 1st instead of November, giving Mississippi oystermen a head start before Texas, Louisiana, and the East Coast open up 📊 The oyster comeback is real — from zero harvest in 2019 after the Bonnet Carré Spillway opening, to 8,400 sacks, then 50,000, and now 120,000+ sacks available this season with over 400,000 harvestable sacks in the Mississippi Sound 🏷️ A $9 million, five-year marketing campaign to push the new Mississippi Gulf Seafood logo — restaurants serving mostly domestic seafood earn the logo for their doors and menus, with labeling telling customers exactly what's imported vs. domestic 🥃 Cruisin' the Coast Bourbon at Pass Christian Bottle Shoppe — 100 bottles a day, with last year's winning car on the label and a bourbon barrel giveaway 🎰 Mississippi Lottery scratch-off tickets featuring Cruisin' the Coast cars — including a certain 1983 C10 with some personal history 🏆 Seven consecutive years named the best car show in the country in the USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Awards 🎣 Red snapper weekends still rolling, a fight for more allocation heading to Tampa, and the Sheepshead Showdown is set for October 24th — registration is live now Also big thanks to our sponsors:Southern Magnolia SmilesTaylor and Cox Law FirmForever Young Men's and Women's HealthEnsured RoofingMike's StickersDewy Dew Bugz 🍎 Apple users click Here🤖 Android users click Here

    #371 — Cruisin' the Coast Turns 30 & Mississippi Gulf Seafood Takes Center Stage

  8. Sep 15

    #370 - Hobie 16 International Championship Comes to Ocean Springs Yacht Club

    ⛵ The Hobie 16 International Championship is coming to the Ocean Springs Yacht Club — and Sandy and Mark join us to break down everything you need to know about this once-in-a-lifetime event hitting the Mississippi Gulf Coast September 13-25. 🌊 What exactly is a Hobie 16? A 16-foot beach catamaran that can hit 25 knots with two people aboard - one design class, strict rules on modifications, and a worldwide racing community that goes back to 1976 in Honolulu 🏆 This is the first-ever BYOB (Bring Your Own Boat) Hobie 16 international event - historically, brand new factory-supplied boats were provided at world championships, but logistics and cost changed the game 🌍 Sailors from around the world are heading to Ocean Springs - the first week features domestic competitors, the second week goes global, with 88 boats registered across both weeks 📍 Racing happens between Front Beach and Deer Island on triangular courses roughly a mile and a half square - up to 40 boats launching at once, races running about 40 to 45 minutes each 🏝️ The Horn Island Raid on September 18th sends the fleet out to Horn Island under matching custom sails - spectators can follow along in their own boats for a massive photo op and beach barbecue 🎉 Two full weeks of land-side entertainment including a jambalaya cook off, a live concert, pub crawl through downtown Ocean Springs, trivia night, and a seafood boil hosted by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources 🍽️ The week one awards dinner is at Gulf Hills Hotel with Salute catering the regatta, and closing night moves to the seafood museum with Brooms Catering handling the food 🍻 Chandeleur Brewing and Fly Llama are doing tastings, there's a tequila sampling, and a brand new cocktail menu called "Sipping the SEC" featuring signature drinks from eight college towns 🏠 The Ocean Springs Yacht Club is opening its doors to the public during the event - no cover charge, come watch, eat, shop merchandise, and mingle with sailors from around the world ⚓ The yacht club currently has a 100-125 person waiting list for membership and has invested heavily in property upgrades including expanded decks, new landscaping, and renovated bathrooms to prepare for the global spotlight 🎯 Mark's journey from 120-pound crew member in 1986 to principal race officer running international events - including three straight North American championships and sailing in the Pan American Games 👉 Get all the details at osyc.com and follow the Ocean Springs Yacht Club on Facebook for updates on this historic event Also big thanks to our sponsors:Southern Magnolia SmilesTaylor and Cox Law FirmForever Young Men's and Women's HealthEnsured RoofingMike's StickersDewy Dew Bugz 🍎 Apple users click Here 🤖 Android users click Here All of our links Here

    #370 - Hobie 16 International Championship Comes to Ocean Springs Yacht Club
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Brown Water Banter is a Gulf Coast show about fishing, hunting, business, politics, and the people who live here. Long-form conversations with the charter captains, biologists, business owners, and local characters who actually work these waters — from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula. Snapper season and DMR regs one week, one of the people who makes this place what it is the next. No script, no polish, just people worth listening to and good bourbon. Hosted by Jared Seymour and Joey Cates.

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  • Creator
    Brown Water Banter
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    377
  • Rating
    Explicit
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