Fish Nerds Fishing Podcast

Fish Nerds Fishing Podcast

Fish Nerds is a celebration of fish, fishing and eating fish with your host Clay Groves. The goal of the show is to explore all aspects of fish; that is always interesting, usually funny and mostly true.

Episodes

March 13, 2025 63 mins

Clay Eats Surstromming and is Interviewed by the If It Swims Podcast.

Buckle up and grab your barfbags, you're going to need them for this episode

https://ifitswims.com/

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Erik is an editor for the huge environmental news site Mongabay, which has 5 bureaus around the world reporting in 6 languages daily.

 

He also produces their podcasts, available in English, Spanish and now French too. 

 

The main show, the Mongabay Newscast, won an award for coverage of how Indigenous communities’ traditional ecological knowledge is important to conservation, as important as ...

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It is TWO shows in one with an hour of regular stuff including a kick A piece on cold water fly fishing from Jeff Dannaldson the Fish Nerd Librarian and a little over an hour of fun gift ideas and product reviews from Doc, Fish Wrap, Clay, Rosie and yours truly. Mix up a bowl of ...

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CH owes NH an apology. They had the first no lead law.

 

FN FB Group is the best-I like that it is small. I used to belong to about a dozen fishing topic groups, quit them all. When groups gain big membership in come the AH’s with attitude-Ultralight Fishing Enthusiasts for example

 

Fishing- warm fall good fishing

 

Joe Henry Keep it Clean 20 min

 

FITN 30-40 min

 

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The challenges of Fall fishing

 

Tonight’s show run down

 

Fishing Reports  15m

 

Hatcher Bros Erin (@femboyfishing) and Michael (@srien_string_and_stream) are catching smallies and trout and the occasional walleye in the Ozarks

 

Steve NcAngler says trout season is over in The White Mountains but one can still dredge up some nice browns in the catch ...

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Intro:

10 min

 

John’s travels:  Bluegill quest and first MA trout

Non fishers taking a polite interest in fishing…it gets complicated fast

computer woe



Jeff on his Alaskan Adventure 30 min

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Quick throw back to Fishing Austin and Central Texas-Aaron’s spots are his favorite wades. A boat can change the game (as he mentions).  John Geirach in his 1994 book Dances with Trout describes a good paddle in his little canoe where he has a fine time catching bass and such back in the days before the surge.  Both the rivers he diddles around on are in Aaron’s book (Nueces and Guadalupe)



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 Maine Audubon is back and Laura wants to come on the show.  It is so hot I want to go gar fishing.

 Fly Fishing Austin and Central Texas by Aaron Reed Imbrifex Review

 

 

 

 NEWS 

 

https://www.ksnt.com/kansasoutdoors/biologists-find-rare-ocean-born-fish-species-swimming-in-the-kansas-river/

 

https://txktoday.com/courts/man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-cop-after...

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Crappie Hippie talks to Clay about picking spots to take people and how he avoids wearing them out AND 4th of July plans. 

John falls into The Catfish Bait Marital Peril Gambit

John brings us his first Field Report from Fishing Clinic  



FISH IN THE NEWS 

 https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4590408-forever-chemicals-high-seafood-diet-shrimp-lobster-study/?fbclid=IwZXh0...

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BIG SHOW TODAY

Don't forget to enter our Father's Day raffle, just call 607-378-FISH and yoo're in! 

FISH IN THE NEWS

Sobering Report on Migratory Fish:

https://worldfishmigrationfoundation.com/living-planet-index-2020/

Rare Ocean Sunfish Found on Oregon Beach:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/22/hoodwinker-sunfish-discovery-north-america-citizen-s...

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FATHERS’ DAY CONTEST-end in a story about fishing with your Dad or if that is not where it is at then talk about a father figure or Dad’s talk about fishing with your kids.  We will pick a winner of a Glasswater Tee-Shirt and some lures, weights and such 50 bucks total, second prize is 20 worth of merch and third prize is ten bucks worth. And I will send out small prizes to everyone who enters.  We are going to run the...

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This week on the show John and Clay share recent fishing adventures and chat about Work and  bluegils and frogging frogging.

 

We have Pond Talk-some algae insights from TOPL The Oklahoma Pond Lady Amie Robison 

 

Fish in the News 

Happy Sea Lions-

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1249133148/sea-lions-pier-39-san-francisco-bay

 

Shrinking Fish-

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CRAPIE HIPPIE  is almost caught up at Glasswater and order turn around has returned to normal 1-5 days.  Crappie Duellers both regular and Big Bite are on sale for $3.82 in May https://glasswaterangling.com/

The white bass run was almost on existent-bummer-we tried the dam at a local reservoir Melvern because the river flow was so low, total windburn, zero fish. but the bluegills are moving to the bedding ...

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April 17, 2024 71 mins

Big Show as always in this episode Tim Reviews some fishing products, we Bring you the Fish in the News including a discussion of fishing during the eclipse

news links  https://www.gameandfishmag.com/editorial/solar-eclipse-2024-hunting-fishing/494567

 https://apnews.com/article/coral-restoration-biodegradable-straws-ae23b903da2f91becd489d40e8cd9e17

https://www.sourcegreen.co/p...

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This week we talk about packing for fishing trips, Tim Bete takes us to the Cincinnati Fishing Expo, We bring you Fish in the News, Todd is here with the Culinary Corner and we learn how to smoke bluefish, AND Jeff tells us cool stuff about tying flies with artificial Rabbit Fur! Take a listen! 

 

 

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Glasswater is booming, Daggerfish.  Also we are up against our spring mouse invasion (happens every spring and fall)  Does Clay get a seasonal mouse invasion? TTBB Tackle ReviewWorden’s Rooster tail (now owned by Yakima Baits) selling spray scent that will not gum up feathers (hair jig lovers take notice) which is made by Pro Cure which are scents Lure Love highly endorsed FITN 

https://www.popsci.com/envi...

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Fish Wrap Writer  and Crappie Hippie take the helm this week as Clay is fighting the plague! 

They talk with Native Fish Coalition Bob Mallard and bring you the news! 

Enjoy the show

FITN 

 https://angling-international.com/2024/02/06/the-smiles-that-say-there-is-a-huge-untapped-market-of-new-anglers/

 https://angling-international.com/2024/02/07/proposed-legislation-would-cripple...

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Rated R warning   

FISH IN THE NEWS 

What makes one want to see a video more than for someone to say “don’t watch this video”?

https://au.news.yahoo.com/warning-as-video-showing-aussie-couple-in-alleged-sex-act-with-fish-goes-viral-004806239.html

Make a bed and something will lie in it…and have sex

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/east-bay-wate...

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Intro: 5-10m

 

Prizes and consolation prizes-have everyone except Kevin.  Kevin get a hold of me love your bit on reel arrogance!

 

I am on it

 

FITN:  Klamath River Dam Removal

https://apnews.com/article/klamath-dam-california-removal-restoration-473a570024584c2e02837434e05693da

https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/08/klamath-river-dams-demolition/#...

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