Bite Me - A Texas Saltwater Fishing Podcast

The Bite Me Captains take a deep-dive into everything you need to know when coming across tailing redfish.

* From how to approach, where to cast, making the most of the opportunity and making adjustments

* What to do and, more important, what not to do

* Plus, rod-tip storytime and WWSD, WWCD, WWDD as May winds and temps change.

* Feeding Frenzy dates set ... and a live tagged redfish release live on Bite Me

* That time a fly tea-bagged Dean.

* You don't know what you don't know, personified.

* What was that? Spooking fish from a kayak

* WWSD? WWCD? WWDD? 

* What they say isn't always right

* Has the need for speed gone too far on the water

* Common denominators for finding fish near shorelines vs. the open bay

* WWSD WWCD WWDD

+ High winds and you're on the windward side

+ Wading in chest-deep water

+ Super-fast tides

+ Dead calm and every noise is amplified

+ When they're catching and you're not

* Plus, best approach in vast grass flats

* Things guides say during a slow bite

Great insight and fun insight from the Bite Me captains on:

*Factors affecting habitat and fishability

*Water flow, salinity levels and seagrass restoration

*What desalination plants are doing to Gulf bays

*Drunks on the boat? We've got stories

*Best approach to "beat the crowd"

+ Thoughts and takeaways

+ Eye-opening details and repercussions

+ How to handle similar events

+ Did Capt. Dean really take a angry fisherman on a 14-mile adventure?

• Caleb addresses running in skinny water, content creators and misconceptions.
• WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

* Explaining Bathymetric Data and how it can be a game-changer for inshore and offshore approaches

* How to use -- and not use -- shallow-running boats

* Best crossover lures from freshwater to saltwater

* How CCA dollars are being allocated

* How bay boats these days are just built different ... behind the science and engineering

* Not all moon and post-front conditions are the same, especially this time of year.

* Lots of rain coming. How it affects different bays

* Grim reminders how dangerous can be

* So much for disbanding TPWD

* WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

*Will the oyster license buyback program work?

*What Texas bay systems could look like if even 25-percent come back

*If you could only have one: Power Pole/Spot lock ... Starlink/VHS ... Light bar/deck lighting

*WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

* Do some state records deserve asterisks?

* The record most likely to fall next

* Don't tell grandpa ... age-old lessons that may or may not stand the test of time

* Plus, if it sounds as if your host is coming out of his skin, there's a reason for that

• Dean may or may not have been on a pain-killer high throughout
• Using AI on the water … fair or foul?
• How to put the odds in your favor when you’ve been off the water a while
• Detailed, in-depth strategies for “fishing the river.”
• WWSD? WWCD? WIDGTGF? (When is Dean going to go fishing?)

* What you should know if fishing Louisiana fishing tempts you

* Did Indian Summer bite us ... and change the bit?

* The things that separate truly great rods

* How the Bates Reels phenomenon came to be

* WWSD? WWCD?

* A lively Q&A from the Houston Fishing Show

* How the show and fishing has changed the last 50-years

* All about baits, tips and field-testing

* What consumers influence in fishing

* How downsizing your wade belt offers an edge

* From replacing treble hooks, to re-tying in the midst of a hot bite, to jig head weights, weedless jigs, pace of your retrieve and drift sock ... are you always doing the right thing?

* The lengths you've gone to hid your fishing expenses from your significant other.

* Capt. Dean update and dealing with fishing-related ailments on the water.

* It's Fishing Show time!

* WWSD? WWCD?

* Fishing road-trip stories you don't always hear about: Fights, AR-15s, accusations, cheating and bathroom breaks -- in the truck. * The fish are stacking up, if you know where to go * Terrific insight on fishing Louisiana.

* Protecting habitat has reached a crucial stage

* "They're making more boats, but they're not making more water."

* Reasonable options for oystering

* The bliss of kayaking ... and what is your fishing bliss?

* WWSD? WWCD?

* Effects on habitat, bait and fish in every bay system along the Gulf Coast

* Most recent water temps in bays, what it means and how barges could make things worse

* Fishing post-freeze: Approaches, baits and what to look for

* What frigid temps will do to patterns and prospects

* If fishing were a playoff bracket

* Grass, mud, shell and sand ... best times to fish them

* WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

* Feeling dumb at least six different ways

* Now this is a cold front. What it means

* Onward through the fog and rain ... what you should know

* Using wind direction to your advantage

* Something as small as a swivel making a huge difference