Salt Strong Fishing Joe Simonds

The fishing industry's massive convention called ICAST was the past week and we had quite a few team members make the week-long event. Listen in as we discuss what new tackle we saw, what we liked, what we weren't big fans of, and even some shocking products.
We'll also discuss many of the category winners along with a big name in the industry that didn't win anything.
Enjoy.

True story: a man traveling in a small airplane was told they were going to make an abrupt landing as the plane had lost numerous functions, making it impossible to continue the flight.
He immediately started writing down everything he would do if God let him live.
All in all, he wrote down 101 different things before the crash landing.
Today, he has accomplished over 80 of those things.
What would you do if God gave you a second chance in life?
How would you structure your day and your life?

For years we used the wrong spinning reels. How? Because we incorrectly thought we needed big spinning reels to fight inshore fish like big redfish, snook, trout, tarpon, etc.
I can't even imagine how many fish we missed because we came in too overpowered for the situation.
Turns out that even a 1000 series spinning reel can get the job done in most cases.
However, the smaller reels also have downsides.
So in this episode, we address everything you need to know about picking the correct spinning reel size.
Enjoy!

If you are as fired up about the red tide destroying our fishery as we are, then this is a very important episode to listen to. We have one two of the leaders from Tampa Bay Water Keeper to discuss what's really going on with the red tide.
We also discuss the lawsuit that was filed against Piney Point and the state of Florida that Tampa Bay Water Keeper and a few others filed.
We also discuss the four simple things we need to be doing as anglers to help this horrible situation.

This has to be one of the best stories I've shared on the podcast.
It's a great reminder that God is never done with you if you're still breathing.
It's a great reminder of the power of FAITH.
And it's a great reminder that you're never too old or have too much bad luck to do big things.
Enjoy this one and prepare to be inspired!

What an amazing day! We had the opportunity to go behind the scenes with MOTE Marine and FWC for a huge snook release. Best news is that we documented the entire thing so you can hear (and see) exactly how they reproduce fish, and where we released them!
If you've ever been curious about snook and redfish farms, you're going to love this!