If It Swims - A multi species angling podcast.
A podcast dedicated to multi species angling. Fishing news, tips, gear, and discussion respecting all species of fish in salt and fresh water and how to fish for them. - There are no trash fish.
Episodes
In this episode, Bret, Gary, and Dave — aka the If It Swims crew — discuss stuff. Fish stuff, mostly. Other stuff inevitably sneaks in.
We talk fatty livers, wonder whether we might actually be cookie cutter sharks, and head to Colorado for this month’s installment of Fish of the States. Which means trout. Lots of trout. Seriously, Colorado, we get it. You have trout.
We also discover that pikeminnow...
If It Swims Podcast — Episode 32
Bret, Dave, and Gary are back to catch up on some recent fishing trips, virtually visit California, and dig into a few of the stranger stories from the world of fish.
This episode has a little bit of everything: smelt stink, vats of fish sauce stink, we stink, hidden crabs, dinosaur tracks, surprise marlin, and whatever else we manage to wander into along the way.
But most importa...
This month on IFITSWIMS:
- Banking vs. falling. Both hurt.
- Lobster poaching gets its own segment, because apparently that's a whole thing.
- Sex-changing fish come back up. Again. It keeps happening.
- Lungfish go without food for stretches that make everyone uncomfortable.
- Fish of the States lands in Arkansas. Somebody's got strong feelings about it.
As always, We will see you out there:
This month on IFITSWIMS:
- Bret blanks. Gary and Dave catch bass. The natural order holds.
- Dave somehow ends up with a little DNA on him. We don't dwell.
- Bret takes a grass carp to the nutsack. He recovers. Mostly.
- Dave's back with fish factoids pulled straight from the news.
- The cloaca gets another mention on the pod. It keeps finding its way in.
- Fish doorbells. Yes, they're real. Yes, you can ring one.
- We mangle a few ...
"I Like Rotten Things"
This month on IFITSWIMS:
- 9-Finger Gary shares a story about giant freshwater rays.
- Dave brings a remora story... or maybe it's a cloaca story. The distinction gets blurry.
- Bret spends some time hanging out with Snuffleupagus.
- The crew talks about the waters, fish, and fishing opportunities of Alaska.
- Dave catches a whole lot of Steves.
- Gary and Bret get into some carp and buffalo action.
Chec...
Weekday bass runs, bad ideas with carbonation, and salmon acting like they just slammed pre-workout straight to the gills… Ep. 28 is a ride.
Bret (@13.13.photography), Dave (@davespeerart), and Gary (@ghoule1111) break down recent trips chasing Micropterus spp. with zero restraint, then crack open Fishing Dews — where two dumbasses, questionable decisions, and fishy outcomes collide.
Then we launch a new ...
Episode 27
This ep just crash-landed into your earholes and it smells like Everglades mud, jet fuel, and bad decisions.
Bret, Dave, and Gary took their talents south and proceeded to wring 15 species out of the Florida swamp like a bunch of sleep-deprived, sunburnt maniacs. New species for everyone—because nothing bonds a crew faster than collectively not knowing what just ate your lure.
There were ...
Episode 26
February. Love. Fish. In no particular order and absolutely no supervision.
We’re back. It’s cold. It’s romantic (allegedly). And somehow we’re talking about fish again instead of buying flowers.
Bret and Dave roll through recent trips—questionable weather decisions included—and dive headfirst into the latest fishing news spiral:
🐟 Swedish Fish (and not even about the ...
Episode 25:
The crew's back and barely thawed out—Bret, Gary, and Dave huddle up to swap fish tales from frozen tents, chase the first fish of the year, and unpack some truly cursed crab trap contents (shoutout to the mystery shark head that started 2026 off so right).
We talk:
- ❄️ Camping where your toothpaste freezes
- 🐟 The “Carp Ladder” contest chaos (yes, it's real. yes, it’s glorious....
We’re back from the field and straight into the fish-adjacent madness — with just enough structure to call this a podcast episode and not a group text gone rogue.
First up: a few recent trips where the fish showed up, the weather didn’t behave, and nobody remembered sunscreen (again).
Then we dive headfirst into some fishing-flavored news that may or may not have happened in the same universe:
- Dro...
In this episode, we hit the sand, surf, and straight-up weird side of the fishing world like a red drum on a mullet run.
We kick things off with a redfish surf fishing trip that reminded us why salt, sand, and suffering are the holy trinity of angling. Did we catch fish? Absolutely. Did we sunburn in places that shouldn't see daylight? You bet.
Then it's on to fishing news, where things get weird real quick:
Fish-t...
Bret and Dave are back with another round of multi-species mayhem, low-stakes fishing hot takes, and extremely questionable aquatic science. This month, they unpack their latest adventures, troll through some fishy corners of the internet, and add FOUR brand-new offerings to the ever-evolving, totally arbitrary Carp Ladder.
Also on the docket (but not in any logical order):
The world's largest swimming pool ...
Episode 21:
This month, Bret and Dave return from the salt crusted, sunburned trenches of an IFITSWIMS group trip — where sharks were hooked, redfish were wrangled, and someone probably got bit by a crab. They break down the trip, riff on fishy headlines, and give you the latest updates from the Carp Ladder, which is either a wholesome community contest or the beginning of a slippery evolutionary experiment.
Episode 20:
This month on the IFITSWIMS podcast, Bret and Dave are back to trade lies, swap bait, and dig into the wet mess of recent trips and stranger-than-fiction fish news. We're talking:
– Orange sharks. Seriously.
– Fish raining from the freakin’ sky.
– The Carp Ladder leaderboard’s heating up.
– Four new baits dropped like hot mixtapes.
– Carp fishing ...
This one hurts.
In this short, heavy episode, Bret and Dave share the heartbreaking news of Justin’s passing. No jokes. No fish tales. Just grief, love, and some thoughts about what comes next for IFITSWIMS.
We’re still in it—still reeling. But we’re here.
If you take one thing from this episode: Call your fishing buddies. Make the trip. Land the damn fish. You never know when the last cas...
🎧 Episode 18
This month, Bret and Dave chew through their latest fishing escapades, toss around some strange news from the waters, and stir up the Carp Ladder leaderboard with a fresh dump of four more baits. Yes—FOUR. Things are getting fishy and competitive.
Also, it’s raining fish. Literally. Maybe.
🔗 All roads lead to: ifitswims.com
🎣 Wanna climb the Carp Ladder? Head to the “Contests”...
Episode 17:
This month Bret, and Dave discuss latest trips, some fishing news, and discussion of the carp ladder's leaderboard and a release of 4 more baits.
ratfish rule!
we can be found at
ifitswims.com
http://ifitswims.com/
the link to the carp ladder is under contests on our webpage.
Instagram: @the_ifitswims_podcast
all feedback can be directed to feedback@ifitswi...
Episode 16:
This month Bret, Justin and Dave discuss latest trips, some fishing news, and discussion of the carp ladder's leaderboard and a release of 4 more baits.
instagram account of 'megamind' fish
we can be found at
ifitswims.com
http://ifitswims.com/
the link to the carp ladder is under contests on our webpage.
Instagram: @the_ifitswims_podcast
all feedback can...
Episode 15:
This month Bret, Justin and Dave discuss latest trips, and the "Carp Ladder" contest with the release of the second set of 4 baits.
We have an interview with Clay from the Fish Nerds Podcast
we can be found at
ifitswims.com
http://ifitswims.com/
the link to the carp ladder is under contests on our webpage.
Instagram: @the_ifitswims_podcast
the fish nerd...
Episode 14:
This month Bret, Justin and Dave discuss latest trips, some fishing news, and the "Carp Ladder" fishing contest first 4 baits are announced.
we can be found at
ifitswims.com
http://ifitswims.com/
the link to the carp ladder is under contests on our webpage.
and on Instagram: @the_ifitswims_podcast
all feedback can be directed to feedback@ifitswims.com\
an...
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