TS 011: Clark McNulty founder of HookBuzz.com The Spear: Spearfishing | Freediving | Apnea | Fishing

Interview with Clark and Rhett McNulty

In this episode of THE SPEAR by SpearoBlog, I interview Clark and Rhett McNulty. Clark is the founder of Hookbuzz.com. We cover the story of how HookBuzz came about, talk epic spear fishing trips, and invite you to the 2nd Annual Kirk McNulty White Seabass Spearfishing Classic.

So let’s dive into this episode and learn about Clark, Rhett and HookBuzz.

Enjoy.

THE SPEAR Fishing Podcast Ep 011 Transcript

Roman (RC): Welcome to The Spear. The Spearfishing Podcast, where spearos share stories, insights and tips to help you on your spearfishing journey. Welcome to the tribe, and now, your host, Roman Castro from Spearoblog.com.

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On today’s episode, we have an interview with Clark McNulty, the founder of HookBuzz.com. We talk about how HookBuzz was started, the Clark McNulty White Sea Bass Classic, and some epic spearfishing trips.

Before we jump into the interview, I thought it would be cool to start with a SpearoBlog tribe announcement segment during this part of the show. So, basically, if you run a spearfishing or freediving club anywhere around the world and you want to let the community know what you’re up to, shoot me an email with your upcoming events. You can email me at roman[a]spearoblog.com and I will announce the latest things happening. Thank you. Alright, so let’s get on with the show. Enjoy.

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RC: Joining us today, we have Clark and Rhett McNulty. Clark is the man behind HookBuzz.com. Clark and Rhett are here to talk about their spearfishing journey, how HookBuzz was born, and their second annual White Sea Bass Spearfishing Classic in honor of their brother, Kirk McNulty. Guys, thanks for showing up and welcome to the show.

Clark (C): Thanks for having us.

Rhett (R): Appreciate it.

RC: Let’s get started right off the bat with talking about what HookBuzz is.

C: Sure, yeah, HookBuzz, I think mostly we’re probably known in the community for videos and content. But primarily HookBuzz was founded for being an online retailer; so, an online store that sells product, whether if you’re into fishing, diving, scuba diving or spearfishing –

RC: So it’s not just spearfishing stuff, it’s also like –

C: Marine products and fishing dive gear, yeah.

RC: Nice. Let’s talk a little bit about how you got started with HookBuzz.

C: Sure, so back in 2007 and 2008 I was working for a tech company and we were doing ecommerce online. It was all of this home, housewares, home and garden stuff. It just obviously wasn’t my passion. So, it wasn’t exactly the right niche market for me.

RC: Right.

C: When I left that business, actually I think Rhett had made the suggestion, hey you know how to build these things, it’s where your expertise lies, why don’t you look into it? So I did, and I think I started with 10 products. And right now I think we’re right around the 25,000 skew mark.

RC: Wow. Do you remember what those products were?

C: Oh yeah. It was anything I could put up at the time that would sell. I think the first 10 products were like, it was fishing gear, it was lures, some swim baits, and I think I had a reel on there. You know, nothing too extravagant.

RC: It’s a pretty big site now. How long has it been around?