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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Tampa Bay, nine seventy WFLA talking fishing. Gonna
be here until eight o'clock.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Unfortunately only till eight o'clock.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Got a good friend, Captain Travis Thompson from All Florida,
joining us here this morning. Lots of stuff to talk
about as we get ready for the Christmas holiday. Hopefully
you are getting your Saturday off to a great start.
We certainly appreciate you joining us here this morning giving
us a dial in. We're live on the Real Animals
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He'll be the first voice you hear. Phone lines are open.
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One eight hundred nine six nine nine three five two
(00:54):
is the number. All you do is dial it up,
come with a good question and we will chat about
it on the air. Looks it. I was a little
shocked this morning. A little chili out there, a little bet,
a little bit chilly, and of course Hubbard comes to
the door in shorts. I'm in shorts too, are you. Yeah? No,
I went jeans and hoodie. Yeah, I went back. I
(01:15):
came outside, started kind of loading my stuff in the truck,
and I went, you know what, I'm gonna go grab
a sweatshirt. So I did grab the sweatshirt, but I'm
still in shorts.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
But yeah, See, for me, I've got a four and
a six year old at the house and a sleeping wife.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
No going back here.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Once you open that front door, you're committed, committed, You're out.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
So if you opened that front door and the alarm
time goes, you're you're committed. So one way yeah yeah,
uh huh. Once that door closes, you're done.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
There's business hours for reentrigue. But after that, thank you,
no doubt. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
So as soon as I walked out of the front door,
I was like, oh, I made a mistake.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
There was no turning back. Yeah, So you got to
toughen it out. Now, I gotta pretend like I did
this on purpose. It's comfortable in here, though it is.
What what's the weather outlook?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yeah, it is still a little breezy out of the north,
but it's switching quickly and gonna calm down nicely today
and warm up. Not really, but it's gonna at least
feel like it a little bit. And then tomorrow's looking
pretty good as well. We get another coal front, so
back to back kind of cold fronts. We had a
weak cold front yesterday kind of late afternoon and that's lingering,
(02:25):
but that wind is gonna shift more out of the
east here shortly, and then out of the north again
tomorrow night with another more significant col front, but not
super strong either, and then we got a strong high
pressure settling in for the first part of the week.
We are on that New Moon weekend, so we got
a lot of flushing water. I would say your best
opportunities to fish would probably be this afternoon and most
(02:48):
of the day tomorrow before that high pressure early work week,
and then later work week as we kind of reach Christmas,
things kind of settle out and calm down. That high
pressure will recede, and at least right now, it looks
like we have a nice little stretch of weather there
behind Christmas. So keeping my fingers and toes cross that
post Christmas weekend stays nice because there'll be a lot
(03:12):
of people in town wanting to get out in the water,
and it looks like we might have a good opportunity.
But we have a new moon today and a quarter
moon next week Saturday, so take advantage of that opportunity
of moving water. Just a lot of low tides, real real,
real low in the morning, and then that has been challenging.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yeah, the new moon usually means your incoming tide bite.
It's going to be a little bit hotter, and we
do have that long incoming and it's not going to
start in a lot of the you know, a lot
of the central Florida areas until a little later in
the morning. So you know, the good news is as
that you get the warm up, then you're also going
to get that incoming tide, which could turn the whole
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thing out. We're sliding into those wintertime patterns when they
know a little bit later in the afternoon sometimes is
better water heat up. Yeah, sun bakes that dark bottom
a little bit. You know, find those areas where you
have deep water close by and you got some dark
bottom on a flat, they'll they'll crawl out of that
deep water, start to get up there and catch some
(04:13):
of that sun and can get really really active so
it's interesting. I was in Georgia for this past week,
so the reports I did get were good. Still some
triple tail around, so the redfish bike was good. The
trout bite was pretty decent, so even some snook caught
this week, so I got good reports that the bite
was still. You hear anything about sheepshead moving in yet,
(04:36):
I have not. I saw a picture online the other
day of a big pile of sheepshead, and I was like,
I didn't know if we'd had enough cold fronts to
like trigger him to come in.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Or all strongs covered up with the with the sheep's head.
And as far as she said moving in, I'm not
sure about. But there's a ton of sheep's head in
John's well.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
And here's really here's the thing. You remember what the
sheep's head, So we see him, Actually we see a
lot of sheeps head all fall when that water starts
to cool down. But what you're seeing mostly is the males.
The big females will push in as he gets a little.
The males are the smaller ones. The males are smaller ones.
Your big big breeder females, your big party party girls.
They should start rolling in here thick with three. Probably yeah,
(05:14):
probably probably Jesus, Hey, listen, he's your guy. I know
this is your guy. I do like him very much.
But everybody knew what I mean. If this goes south,
it's argue. But you said party girls said yeah, so
(05:36):
you started it down the road. Don't blame Travis. You're
so protective of your boys.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
According to what you were saying, because Bucky Golden and
Captain Bucky with Golden was on the show last week
and he was talking about Upper Tampa Bay and he
was saying, how they're getting some good cheap's head numbers
up there, but it's all those.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Little small males until you get I want to say,
it's February is when the big push comes of the
of the females. February one of your moons in February.
I don't remember off the top of my head which
one it is, but sometimes it's an early moon, sometimes
it's a later moon you just gotta and sometimes it
could be late January if everything's just right and it's cold.
I think it was like twenty ten or eleven somewhere
(06:15):
in there, we had like a really hard cold snap,
like prolonged cold snap, leaves snow. Is that what it was?
And I remember the sheep's head by triggered way earlier,
but this year you were in these long cycle of
mild winters, so I just wasn't I saw that picture
there to day, and it made me thig to ask,
because I'm not on the water as much with ducks
these days. Well, and I'll tell you it's interesting with
(06:37):
you know, you as you go from guide to guide,
captain to captain. As I talked to them, you know,
some guys are really really dialed in on that cheap
s head thing. I mean, really dialed into the big ones.
Some guys go to the woods. Some guys, well yeah
we do that, not life, Travis, but I mean just
you know, it's like anything else. I mean, some guys
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are really dialed in, and it's I don't know if
it's cyclical or there's just some years they seem like.
I like to fish the docks for them because I
spend a lot of time red fishing still so and
I like the dock cycle because you can hit a
line of docks and get a lot of redfish. And
sheep said, on the same dock and trout. Yeah, I
(07:18):
mean the trout fishing is normally really good over the
grass and then in the passes where that water's deep.
This time of year, I don't catch many trout on
the dock lines, but you do again redfish. And you
know what's interesting too, And it'd be interesting if any
of the callers see this too. I've been on a
run where I'm fishing a dock line, you know, maybe
(07:38):
three times a week, and you're telling your customers, hey,
the sheep's heead bite is really stupid, Like you know,
they're like, oh, okay, we'll catch you. That'll work. Let's
go do that. And you roll in there and you
can't catch anything but redfish. And sometimes it happens overnight.
It's almost like the redfish move in and push the
sheep head out, and then I've had it the other way. Well,
I'm like, listen, the red fish bites really good, you know,
(08:01):
I don't know why we wouldn't catch twenty or thirty today.
We either caught him really good. And then you're rolling
there the next day and it's like, you can't catch
anything but a sheephead. Huh, it's crazy, I don't know what. Yeah,
Like y'all can't hang out together. What's wrong? What's going
on here?
Speaker 3 (08:13):
You know?
Speaker 1 (08:14):
One thing too about this weekend?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
We uh we talked about the new moon being the
incoming tide bite. When when I was doing a lot
of inshore fishing at a younger age, my favorite thing
was docklight fishing, and the new moon is oh yeah
for sure, Oh yeah, sure, this is my favorite time
to get out there and just bump light from light
like blinds.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Is that because with the dock lights, like the moon
is in a as big a fact, like it's just
titled in and actually have a big light. You don't
have to go to the They don't need to necessarily
go to the dock light because there's so much light
in the sky, right, they could do shadow lines and
things like that versus on a on a new moon.
There's no I mean that's what it is, right, yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
And it's not even dock lights, right, it's any artificial
light source, dock light, bridge light. I mean you could
have a street light like around uh, what's that bayside
road they have the street lights with that fancy handrail.
I think it's baside, right, I don't know, I don't
know whatever.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
But I'm Imperial pol County. Dude, you don't have fancy
stuff like that. You get to McDonald's to turn you got,
Grady Judd, you got your good exactly.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
But what I'm saying though, is it doesn't necessarily have
to be a dock or a bridge. Any artificial light
source it concentrates that bait because of like what you
were saying, there's no moonlight, so any light source concentrates
the bait like a magnet, like flies to a light
in the woods. Right, and then once the bait's there,
fish aren't far behind. And it's always really really easy
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this time of year to find.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Those edges that, like you said, you know, the shadow
lines they create what fish always need. One of the things,
the three things that fish need. Have said it for years.
The first thing is they need an ambush point. They
need someplace they can sit and wait for bait to
come by, and that shadow line sets up perfect for that. Yeah,
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be back. Welcome back six twenty three here and we
are already talking food. Oh yeah, take this crew long.
I'm so pumped you look at this. This is a
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ordering it. On this segment, we'll get Van online and
(11:10):
Captain Travis Thompson from All Florida joining us here in
studio this morning. It's our pre Christmas show. I hope
everybody is ready for the Christmas holiday. Phone lines again
are open one eight nine six nine, nine three five
two questions comments Fisher Reports, bring them right here. Let's
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check in with one of our favorite people, one of
the West Coast legends, in my opinion, longtime great charter
captain here on the West coast of Florida, coming to
us from Boca, Grand Captain Van Hubbard. Van, how are you,
my friend?
Speaker 4 (11:45):
A little chili just like you guys, but other than that,
real good.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Yes, sir, Chilli chilli. It was good this week in Georgia.
I was deer hunting, and the chili's good when you're
deer hunting. But I came home, I'm like little chili.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
Absolutely well. First off, let me wish all a very
merry Christmas. Be safe and have fun and enjoy time
with your families.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Thank you, an important time of the year.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Very very and uh, Michael, I'm worried about you. You
haven't learned yet that when you figure that, you've got
the fish figured out the opposite, because they can't, no.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Doubt, there's no doubt about it. I actually it's entertaining
to me now that I've been doing this so long.
It's entertaining to me getting around the youngsters who walk
up and down on the I mean they're walking up
and down the doctors their chest all poked out like
they're bad to the boat. I'm like, oh, that's so cute.
Yeah you think you got to figure it out. That's
so cute. Yeah right, no doubt. Go with an open mind,
(12:49):
Yeah for sure. Yeah, everything changes. I mean it's it's uh,
let me ask you this, just just real quick. Of
all the fish that you fish for in the years
West coast of Florida, one of the best to do it,
which one for you is the most frustrating, Because for
me it's tarpaan. I'm gonna guess pompa tartan are the
most frustrating. Frustrating too, that's his price. They are inconsistent,
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those little buggers. People ask me about them all the time.
I'm like, if I'm being honest, I suck at targeting
because I'm like, it's just they just move. They like
we caught them here yesterday, Well they're not here today.
It's like a like you just swinging sometimes and sometimes
you connect and sometimes you like, I have no idea
what I'm doing. Close your eyes and swing the bat. Yeah,
no doubt, swing away see tarpin Tarpin for me. I've
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told people for years. Guys, get on the boat and
be like, you know, hey, you've been here for a month.
I mean you've been running trips every day for a month.
You don't have them figured out. I'm like, buddy, let
me tell you what. You got a better chance of
figuring out your wife or girlfriend then you do figure
out who for sure.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Look, actually, the hard part isn't figuring out the tarpain is.
The hard part is out how to work the tarpin
around all the idiots that are chasing them all.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
No doubt, no doubt. The fish is more predictable than.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
The people fish when they were just I was blessed
to be able to fish when they were just a
few of us out there, like Captain Buzzwell and stuff.
And you can figure the tarpin out pretty good. Uh,
you know, you had to be patient. Don't push them
me just like your red fish on the flat or
you push them.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
The faster they run, yeah, for sure, and the farther
they run sometimes.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Have you ever noticed that.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
The people all let the fish do what they want to?
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Have you ever noticed sometimes though you can use the people, Yes,
Like I get on the water now and I'm almost
like I've had several trips the last couple of years
where first thing in the morning, I look at my
guys and go, hey, here they come. They're like, what
do you mean. I'm like, look at the idiots. You
see the four guys on the troller motors. They're pushing
them right towards us. We're not moving get ready because
(14:55):
I'm gonna want those baits down in the water column
because when those fish hit those baits, they're going to chew,
and the idiots are bringing them right to us. It's beautiful.
Sometimes it just sets up that way. Yeah, that's great,
no doubt. Interesting, interesting, well, good stuff. Have a have
a very merry Christmas, my friend. So great to have
you as a part of the show. Your uh you know,
(15:15):
your calls coming in from down there and book a
grand big help to us. We uh, we certainly appreciate
getting somebody with your experience in here and helping everybody
catch more fish.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
My friends, makes you guys look forward to seeing you
and maybe one of these days you and I will
get to go fishing.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Michael, I would love that. That would be great. You
let me know when we'll come down and do it.
We need to come down to a show. I'd like
to get you on the show. Man. Yeah, I'd love
to get you on the show. I'm gonna make you
take me pomp.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
We'll see what we do about catching.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
That's my man, all right, my friend, have a great
I have a great holiday, buddy. Yeah, Christmas Man, that
would be a classic man on the show.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
My dad went down there with my step mom and uh,
Dad's like, I'm sitting there and he gets up to
catch bait and he's walking around the gunwales of his
flats boat throwing a cast net. He was like, I'm
not sure I could do that.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
It's impressive. Listen that. When you say legends, like growing
up in this world back in the day, it was
Florida Sportsman. It was Frank Sergeant's call up like do
you know what I mean? There are a few places
you got and Van Hubbard was it was Van Hubbard,
it was Scott Moore. It was like, those guys are legends.
Twenty five years ago, I ended up down in Bocagram
(16:33):
Green Captain brand New and I'm like, you know who's
that And they were like that's Van Hubbard and You're like,
oh yeah, it was like see Shaquillow somebody like literally,
I'm not exaggerating, it was like seeing someone that was untouchable. Well,
and then you know what's nice about that though, a
lot like Scott Moore once you get to meet him,
but once you get to meet him, then they're better
(16:54):
people than even what they're hyped up to be before
you see him. That's really impressive. And that's what you
get with the Van. And I'll say something from the
conservation side, Mike, you Van Scott like guys like that. Oftentimes,
like guys like that would be easy for you to
just focus on your business and grow on your brand
and not engage on the conservation. Those guys set up
blueprint for that and it's been carried forward now Justin
(17:16):
Moore is doing the same exactly like and there's a
lot of names out there that could go into that.
But I'm just saying like, sometimes you'll find those young
guys and they'd like get in there, and I don't
want stereotype. They'll get in there and they're like, they're
so focused on catching fish and posting fish and right
they're focused on the business of fishing. You got to
take care of the resource those guys set a standard
of we're gonna we're gonna be really good fishermen, but
(17:36):
we're going to take care of this re make sure
it's here for a long time to come. Then's the
reason I go to all these fishing meetings. Really, it's
good stuff. There's good stuff. We're up against the break here.
Phone lines are open one eight hundred nine six y
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(18:44):
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it here on the. Air let's go down to the
Beautiful Florida keys check in with our good Friend Captain Mike.
Perry how are you this, Morning, Michael, Hey, Mike good morning.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Guys Merry christmas to everybody in the.
Speaker 5 (18:59):
Studio Today, Christmas, buddy, yep. Yep h fishing today and
tomorrow and then packing up and getting off the islands
for the, holidays headed back.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
North why would you do?
Speaker 5 (19:15):
That, well it's CALLED i don't have the room to
have all the family down.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Here, again why would you do? That i'm, glad my.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Faan most of my family's sleeping right now and.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Me. Too.
Speaker 5 (19:36):
Now we're we're doing. Good the fishing has been pretty.
Stellar uh this past week we got into. Sailfish uh
a couple of weeks, Ago, mike you've been up. Hunting
we got we landed to about a two hundred Pounds
atlantic blue, marlin and, yep we got one AND i
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got him on the right, rig the right, reel right,
rod did everything it was supposed to do and just
made a, fun fun trip around the boat for. Everybody
and all six clients got to get on the. Reel
and when you're fighting a fish like, that people aren't
don't realize the intensity you.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Have how? Long how long did it? Take how long
did it.
Speaker 5 (20:20):
Take forty nine minutes from knowing he or she was
on till we had it boat. Side and the people
were From, utah so they actually had never seen a
marlin in. Person they'd seen, pictures so it was all pretty.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Cool is that? Really? Really how is? That how is that?
Fish as far as And i've never caught a marlin of,
Anything i've never seen a marlin in. Person, Yeah i've
seen one a couple of, times we've had them, hooked
But i've never had one on very. Long WHAT i,
mean what kind of? FIGHT i, mean how do you
attempt that? Fight if you were just out and you
just get lucky and you got a marlin? ON i,
mean is it a soft? Mouth is it real? Hard
(21:00):
you know how some fish you kind of gotta baby
them a little, BIT i, mean or is, it you,
know a real hard? Mouth and once that hook's, in they're.
Good you're just getting after, it, grinding pulling as hard
as you.
Speaker 5 (21:09):
Can, well, yeah you gotta you gotta grind on. Them
and it's the mate and the captain have to. Be
it's really When i'm probably at my best at the
wheel is you turn your, boat whatever boat you're, in
you turn it into like one of the big sport.
Fishes you're backing down on that. Fish you're cutting angles
(21:30):
kind of like a tarp and you gotta put a
little put a little angle on. Them once they're down and,
dirty once the jumps are out of them and. Everything
you got to.
Speaker 6 (21:38):
Get down and dirty with.
Speaker 5 (21:39):
THEM, oa and the mouth on them is a lot
like h. Tuna you don't you want to get them
in because you will wear a hole in the side
of their mouth that they're hooked right in the side
of their. Mouth that's the button on a marlin or
a billfish is the side of the mouth up in the.
Top you have the extension of that, bill that bone
(22:03):
and that bill in, there and it would take a
really really sharp pook to get through that. Area and
you want to get them in because you.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Will wear a hole in the side of their.
Speaker 5 (22:13):
Mouth once that's, there that slack line drop back and
that lure or.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Bait will pop right. Out so.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
Interesting but it was really. Good AND i looked at
my mate about ten minutes before it was. LANDED i,
said when's the last time you landed one of these
things and had to grab the? Bill he, says it's
been a. While So i'm, like, okay any, questions let
me know right. Now so we had and the snapper
(22:43):
fishing continues to be. Wonderful the, muttons the mangoes just
great bottom fishing right, now and permit kobea everything over
top of the. Reefs it's a, magical magical fishing time
from now Through march in The Florida, keys and a
great time to take a vacation and enjoy the. Weather
(23:04):
and when it says sixty seven degrees in the morning
In Big, Pine, KEY i know that it's cold.
Speaker 3 (23:11):
Back home in The Tampa bay.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
Area that, is she's.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
A little fridge of this. Morning. NOW i was in
The keys a couple weeknds, ago and it was the
temperature varied from seventy five to eighty. One i'm talking
like twelve o'clock at night to midday seventy five to eighty.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
One it's the, same, right and it's going to get
up to the high seventies, today so it's beautiful. Weather,
yeah we don't have the.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Big the big go.
Speaker 5 (23:40):
From forty to eighty. Days we go from sixty seven
to eighty at the low to the.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
High so it's really.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Comfortable and you're leaving there. Again just put it in.
Perspective you're leaving there for the, holidays, right that's what you.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
SAID i CONFIRMING i.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
AM i am coming north to spend time with. Family
heck of a good.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
Fishermanber we're not sure you need to have his? Head, yeah,
Yeah and IF i had.
Speaker 5 (24:08):
A, KNOWN i was going to take this deep nest.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Player Remember i'm doing's guests only around the. Holidays we
only deliver this kind of beatings around the, holidays my,
friend no.
Speaker 5 (24:19):
Problem have a very Merry, Christmas Happy New. YEAR i
know you guys are probably gone for a few. Weeks
have a, great great time with your. Family AND i
want to say thank, You. Mike the people that come
down and mention real animals to, me whether they're fishing
with me or inshore, guys Fantastic AND i want to
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say thank you to any of and all my clients.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
That listen to the show all over The United.
Speaker 5 (24:45):
States they're part of the Real animals. Family so thank
you very. Much god bless and have great. Holidays you to.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Enjoy. Christmas be, good travel, safe travel.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Safe last weekend when he, CALLED i spurred a story
From bucky was so. Funny he was talking about how
he wanted to catch a sailfish so, bad so he
made this trip down to Southeast florida to go sail,
fishing and he brought the cedar. Plug he was so
excited about. It put it out. There sailfish came, up
bat it at, it dropped it back to bat it
at it, again like two or three. Times the sailfish
(25:18):
try to, bite never hooked. Up he's, like what finally
reeled it. In he forgot to take the plastic off the.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Hook mike did, No, no buy him inshore. Guys that's
exactly what he. Said he was laughing so. Hard it's
such a funny. Story he's, like, well that was my one.
Chance that is. Funny i'll tell you What i've been
down there. Before when the sail fishing is incredible and
(25:45):
you can't help but hook. Up And i've been down.
THERE i shot a show down there one day and
we could not do anything, RIGHT i mean nothing like
permit hooked. UP i kept telling the guy that hooked the.
Permit i'm, like, uh you gotta turn. Him there's a
giant rake down. There we're fishing a. Rig there's a
wreck down. There you gotta, go gotta, go gotta, go.
Pink i'm LIKE i told, You AND i mean the
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whole day was like, that like muttons were getting eaten by.
Sharks we could not get a. Fish, finally it's like
four thirty five o'clock in the, afternoon been out there
grinding all. Day we finally get a bill fish right
behind the boat and we're just feeding baits back to
it and it's just hitting. It what it's what. It's
i'm like with the Bill i'm, Like i've had. ENOUGH
(26:28):
i LITERALLY i like reeled, in like you hit it
like seven. Times it wouldn't need. IT i reeled, in
but the rod and the rod holder look at the
camp said take me to the. BAR i have had enough.
Today it is not our. Day this is not supposed to,
happen and NOW i need a. Beer to, me that's
a sign of an epic captain that realized when it's
time to cut, bait. Right. Yeah, Yeah well it's like dude,
awareness saving your energy for. Tomorrow, Yeah i've been doing
(26:51):
this a long. Time today is not our. Day, well
let's let's go get a good meal and a cold
beer and then we'll attack this again in the. Morning
take me To, hawkfish, girl that's exactly right for some tuna.
Nachos take me, somewhere, yeah no, Doubt take me somewhere very,
cool very. Cool.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Yeah, Man so you guys all ready For? Christmas ready
as you can. Be my wife, says we're. Ready so
there you.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Go all, Right i'm, ready let's.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Go, yeah it's gonna be, uh it's gonna be a good.
Time and uh, man Behind christmas weather's looking. Good it's
hopefully we'll get a nice weekend in. There it's been
a long run of some uh some nautical, weather so
we could use a little run of some, nice nice opportunities.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
To get your, kids are there the funny For? Christmas oh, yeah,
Mine i'm an empty nester now and don't have grandkids,
yet so like there's no impetus On christmas morning or.
Anything so Like i'm excited About christmas like a little,
kid but also LIKE i sleep, LATE i can get
up and go duck hunt IF i want, To, LIKE
i CAN i get that's, cute leisurely drink some. Coffee,
well maybe that's. Cute i'm gonna be up at like
(27:51):
five a. M with, kids. BOUNTY i, mean but enjoy.
That well you GOT i missed, That. TRAVIS i can
still come playing about. IT i get. IT i get
sit here around.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
The clock building stuff to make sure my drill batteries
are charge, right. NOWS i LOVE i love my, kids but,
dude every TIME i go to try to find a,
tool AND i deserve this my. FATHER i, mean god,
percent BUT i don't THINK i was this.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
BAD i don't THINK i was. Bad come. Home there's
power tools in the.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Backyard there's literally the other DAY i came back and
all my, screwdrivers like all The, phillips, flattheads that everything
was stuck in the front, yard like just like ice
picked into the. YARD i was, like what is? Happening
why is this like?
Speaker 1 (28:47):
THIS i, mean were you not a kid at some?
Point like that's super. Cool it is super. COOL i get,
It BUT i don't THINK i was that. BAD i don't.
Know my dad's at. HOME i was going to drinking
coffee right. Now it is like. Laughing if he's listening
to the, show he's probably dialing right. Now, yeah the.
(29:08):
LISTEN i don't mean to. DIGRESS i don't. Know whe're
right on a. Break but did you find The Prime
rib snacksticks a minute? Ago because your eyes lit up
as though it Was christmas morning for. You and that
was the only.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
THING i had to close the. PAGE i had to
close the. Page it was seriously. MISSING i, mean there's
not Just Prime rib. Snacksticks when you go To carol's
website to order, stuff it is, UH i have to
pull it back.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Up they have steak. Bites have you not pitched a
sponsorship To? Carols because to me like, that IF i
found the right, person, yeah they'd be Like i'd be
like the. Dog the guy'd be standing there shaking his
leg Because i'd just be like on his, leg, going, dude,
dude come, on, dude do something with. Us come, on.
Dude there's eleven different snackstick.
Speaker 2 (29:51):
Options oh, yeah that's a, problem and they're all. Good and,
YEAH i would have to buy. It don't don't even
click ON i don't even see. One it'll overwhelm.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
You we're talking About Harold, sausage which Is exit eighty
two if you're headed north ON i seventy five Into.
Georgia if anybody knows the, owner, yeah, yes we can
get him To. Mike.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Yes, yes they have a monthly subscription.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Box they. Do you can also order a sampler. Pack
they've expanded, too now if you haven't been in there
in a, while they've expanded to like their pickled section
is now much, bigger like they have pickled. Everything, yeah
AND i haven't had any of it that's bad. Yet so,
yeah Whoa. CAROLS i love to talk fish and love
(30:34):
to talk, Hunting but LIKE i, SAID i love to
talk food. Too like. Food you're supposed to be one
In hawkinsville CALLED m AND. T, Now i've been in
there a couple of times and it's not as big As.
Carrols but one of the guys on our lease went
To hawkinsville TO m AND t and he's, like you
haven't been in there in a, while have. YOU i, said,
no it's been a couple of, years and he's, like
you need to make a trip over, there because they've
(30:54):
gotten really sexy. Too AND i don't know what it
is about that part Of, georgia but they've got these
little they got it dialed. In, yeah well they're. Smart
they got all the deer hunters and you know anglers
that roll around that, state and they're like just sitting
back and reeling. Us SO i was going to smoke, her,
going don't, stop don't. WORRY i was going to bring
(31:15):
you guys, something AND i did not have any more of.
It so NOW i got to get more of. It
but it's have you ever you're From? Wisconsin are you
familiar with ring? Bolooney? Yeah of. Course, okay do you
know what ring bolooney? Is, NO i don't want to
hear this again because you talked about this. BEFORE i cast,
yeah AND i did not bring, it And i'm going
to bring you because you're it's it gets bad if
you mentioned. Something, oh it's. Horrible it's like he's sticking
(31:41):
our screwdrivers in the front yard right. Now i'm so.
Scarred i'm so scarred that there's times WHEN i want
to bring something up AND i. CAN'T i go my
my brain's LIKE i don't do. It don't like A
stockholm syndrome type, thing, right like an emotional, yeah like
it's REALLY i feel so. Honored we're up against the break,
here so we've got full lines are open one and
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hundred nine six nine nine five. Two i'm telling, YOU
i told you, guys this was gonna be a good.
One we'll be. Back welcome back six fifty five here
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i gotta have a cat. Putt let's check in here real.
Quick we got a short segment for the top of the.
Hour let's check in With donald And. Loots, donald how are.
Speaker 7 (33:04):
You this morning's So, donald oh, man what a great.
Show good morning, Guys good morning Bud.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
It you're easily entertaining.
Speaker 7 (33:11):
Food and all, this so all the good. Stuff it's,
like oh my, God i'm. Hungry you're.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Ready that's what we're here.
Speaker 7 (33:17):
For that's right to uh crave the.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Cravings help you put a little weight on for the.
Holidays and Usually donald's cooking when he calls. In, yeah
he's fishing and then got something on a smoker or
he's doing hot dogs or. Something He's donald's for the.
Speaker 7 (33:33):
People, Yeah i've got a big party coming Up Christmas.
Eve you've got twenty something people. Coming got the ham
going and uh fire pit, going making homemade eggnog and
all sorts of other drinks and foods and what have.
You so it'll be a good time here at The
wave them and. Household there you.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Go you know my favorite part About, Christmas devil, doggs
those holiday parties everybody's got trays of devil.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Daggs it's it's.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Like you know how you go up to the buffet
and you're only supposed to take one or. Two someone
puts out a tray of doubled.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
Eggs i'm. Lodeled my grandson is the same way WITH.
X go out the. Windows there's no ethical devil egg
and something beth those great doubled.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Eggs AND i was so, REALLY i was so furious
at our Company christmas. PARTY i see a tray of
deviled eggs AND i go up to it and it's.
Empty someone had already emptied. IT i almost, cried that
is not A christmas. Miracle, NO i was really. Frustrated,
donald are you fishing?
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Today? Buddy let me bring this back here.
Speaker 7 (34:36):
Today but, Dyl i'm right with. YOU i love those
deviled eggs. Too AND i asked my sister in law
to make. Them So i'm hoping she.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Does tell her to send. Someone, hey, listen that's where
you're screwing. Up you don't say. LISTEN i hope she.
Does you send. Her, yeah you send her a text say,
listen no, eggs no. Entry you want Your christmas to go?
Them hold them up to the people BEFORE i Marry.
Christmas love, you don't forget the doubled. Eggs keep you out.
Speaker 7 (35:07):
Exactly but, yeah not going up To Saint augustine in
a couple of weeks And i'm going to do some
kayak fishing up, there and there'll be a good time
for a few. Days so that's gonna be a lot of.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
Fun you're gonna fish Around guana when you fish ware
The Guana, river really have no? Idea, yeah check it.
Out go ahead and get online and check it. Out
it's a really good inshore fishing, there like The Guana
river In augustine's got great. Fish it's a great. Area
it's a, great great, ashtuary great red fishing in that
whole area. There, Listen i'm up against the. Clock Merry,
Christmas Happy New, year all that good. Stuff. Donald we
(35:41):
appreciate your input throughout the, year, brother and hopefully, yeah
hopefully your sister does.
Speaker 7 (35:46):
You, Right, yes, sir don't let us stand take, care stay,
Safe Merry, christmas, happy.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Good, stuff you, buddy appreciate, you appreciate you. Guys take.
Care we're up against the clock. Here we got a good,
Friend Captain Greg devalt gonna join us on the other
side here up there Around, Perry. Florida i've been seeing
all of his, pictures all these. REDFISH i don't know
IF i want to talk to. Him. Yeah, well and don't, mention.
Dear i'm sure you can Get. Greg, yeah, listen And
(36:14):
i'm going to tell you right now you should go
there and fish with, them but don't go to his.
Place you don't go to his. Property don't do. IT
i drove in immediately and JUST i was on the
phone with my wife And i'm, like you're gonna Hate
greg De vault and she's like why, Now i'm, LIKE
i just pulled into his. Place she's, like, oh damn, It,
greg Because i'm, like, well what a beautiful piece of.
(36:35):
Property so we'll talk To Captain Greg deavault here on
the other. Side hopefully we'll hear from you as. Well
one eight hundred nine six nine nine three five. Two
light him. Up we'll be. Back welcome, back rolling into
hour number two the Bartow Ford Real Animals Radio. Show
while we're at, IT i want to put a big
shout out to Bartow. Ford we appreciate those great people out.
(36:55):
There they are an absolutely great. Dealership if you're look
in a lot of people do get new vehicles around the.
Holidays if you're looking for a new, vehicle we highly
recommend you check out our good friends out. There they
are good people for, sure treat you like family and,
uh we just appreciate them being a part of what
we do. Here people just f. Y i, yeah assault
(37:16):
of the.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
Area in general in, general it was a really good
experience spine and truck with.
Speaker 1 (37:22):
Them, YEAH i, Agree i've got they are the BEST
i bought. Several so as, promised let's check in with
a another kind Of West coast legend hero tournament winning
great guiding for years, now our good Friend Captain Greg. Davald,
greg how are you this? Morning? Buddy my butt? Off up?
(37:43):
There are? You are you in a? Tree? Standing are you?
IN i didn't even think of. THAT i bet it
is cold up.
Speaker 3 (37:48):
There, Yeah i'm fixing it be in the. Airboat that's
What i'm.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Going, yeah it's, Cold, yeah it'll be.
Speaker 3 (37:55):
Even, colder but it will warm up quick the way
the fisher. Bite and that's for, sure big. Negative and
it's fishing in a barrel right, Now LIKE i like.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
It i've done that out there that's a really good
that's a really good. Trip have you done the airboat
trip up? THERE i have. Not i've done the. SKIFF
i took THE ko the eighteen k up there and
film the show that'll be in season twenty. Here SO
i did do that and it's a beautiful. Place LIKE
i was saying before we went to, BREAK i screwed
up and went To greg's. HOUSE i want to do that,
again but don't worry about the. Show go up there
(38:25):
with even do the airboat? Deal, well like that's the
that's the trick when they're in those negative, lows like
talk about It greg like it's it's the. Botto we've done.
It greg AND i have done it together down down
in the in the BOOK a grand. Area, Yeah Scharlie
harbor many times and it is a ton of. FUN
i can only imagine how incredible it is up there
WHERE i think the fishery is just that much better
(38:46):
because of where he.
Speaker 3 (38:47):
Is it really. Is we've got a lot, more a
lot more terrain to fish up here than we ever
had down, there because every every creek has four or
five holes on, it and there's just hundreds and hundreds
of creeks, SO i, mean you're never out of. SPOTS
i don't think you could fishermen in one hundred.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
Years And i've done, it greg right, Now i've done it.
Before where you're talking like fifty to one hundred red fish.
Days sometimes they're in those, holes, right not even one,
hole but maybe in a. Hole, yeah could. Be.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
Yeah so, yesterday yesterday and the day before the day it,
rained actually we went. Out we were out till about
eleven thirty and literally we fished two holes and we
had well over one hundred, fish and it was it's.
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Crazy it's just not even. Fair sometimes y'all message, him,
legit what are You what are you throwing? For? BAITS
i know you're throwing, artificials but what are you?
Speaker 3 (39:36):
Throwing, yeah so we're throwing a. Mixture you, know this
time of, YEAR i like the especially when it's. COLD
i like the little, stuff you. Know So i'll use
the Little johns And i'll cut them down to about two. Inches,
Okay i'll do the same with the saltwater, assassin the
LITTLE p AND b and just cut them down about
two inches and put them on a you, know an
eight bounced jig. Hook, Ye and it's really. EASY i,
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mean you just throw it out there AND i travel
to say and these fish are just so stacked in
these holes that you, almost you, know almost doesn't even
get to the.
Speaker 1 (40:07):
Botty it's not. Fair it's not it's really not admitted
it got.
Speaker 3 (40:15):
Him i'm gonna tell you it ain't fair by a long.
Shot but it is a lot of.
Speaker 1 (40:21):
FUN i love pulling. Out i've been seeing all your
posts on social there and there's a ton of red
fish in, there so it's good. Stuff tell everybody how
they can how they can find you up, There, greg
and book a. Trip be a Great christmas gift if
if you're up against you you're trying to figure it.
OUT i mean, AGAIN i just did, this AND i
did it in the, skiff so you can do it
(40:42):
anytime of the. Year greg's got it dialed. In he's
been up there for a while. Now it's a pretty special.
Place tell everybody how they can get a hold of,
you and and come and book a. Trip it's worth
the it's worth the voyage for it's worth the, scenery.
Speaker 3 (40:54):
No doubt it. Is it is the best way to
get a hold of us now is you can look
us up online at Real Florida outdoors dot, com or
you can just give us to call it eight three
three seven three three five three five, two which spells
out real R E E L.
Speaker 2 (41:10):
F L A Hey guidchecker dot. Com, yeah he's a
guide checker check. Her, yeah no.
Speaker 1 (41:17):
Doubt, Hey, greg got you and you and you And
terry have a very Merry, christmas you and your. Family we,
uh we appreciate your. Brother we've been friends a really
really long time watching you guys a super holiday season,
here and uh we'll get up there and fish again
with you. Soon i'll let you know when when that
show is going to go to.
Speaker 3 (41:33):
Air, yes, SIR i appreciate you. All have a Great
christmas season.
Speaker 1 (41:38):
Two, greg all, Right? Greg, Good, hey great.
Speaker 2 (41:41):
People right, there someone on the strap on the stream
here is asking if you wanted to watch The Real
animals fishing, show where do you find? It what's the best?
Speaker 1 (41:49):
Place probably the best, PLACE i, mean the shows are
all up on The Real animals YouTube page, now so
you can go To Real animals YouTube channel Or WAYPOINT
tv is. Great waypoint tv dot com w A y
also has an. App WAYPOINT tv, yeah has an app
for your. Streaming you can watch. It you can watch
it on your, phone you can watch it on your,
computer you can watch it on YOUR i get it
on MY tv like on my My Amazon fire. THINGS
(42:12):
i can watch it Like i'm Watching I'm OLD. Lstv
LG's got. Him LG's Got waypoint as built in all
that set it up and just and just watching a
lot of the TVs are not coming With. Waypoint They've
they've done a really good. Job Tom rowland is one
of the owners of, that The Saltwater experience. Guys so
there's a ton of great fishing shows. There outdoor programming
(42:33):
there At WAYPOINT tv dot com is. Good My OUTDOOR tv,
also which is tied to The outdoor. Channel i'm also on,
there So Canyon STAR. Tv there's some digital platforms that you,
know you don't have to wait for it to come.
On you can just go there and watch a. Show
SO i appreciate somebody. Else, yeah stream, it stream, it no.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
Doubt all all the up to date episodes are on.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
YouTube, yes we should have. All season nineteen should be up.
There season twenty obviously not. Yet it'll air ON tv
and then how long before it goes? On usually we
wait till the end of the. Year we let everybody get.
IT i let my streaming partners get it all first
BEFORE i put it on my YouTube, channel just to you,
know because you don't want them getting snippy with. You
so we've got a lot of great. Partners so but
that's the best place to do it right, there for.
(43:14):
Sure you. Know we we air on FanDuel year, round
which is a blessing as, well so you can see
shows on. FanDuel but a lot of, people some people
have had you, know we've had the problems with some
of the, networks arguing with some of the you, know
comcasts and all that. CRAZINESS i get people little emails
and complaints and d ms all the. TIME i JUST
(43:36):
tv AND. Espn they CANCELED espn for a, MINUTE i
was watch college. FOOTBALL i was so it was a. Crisis.
Y'all better get this, fixed no. Doubt let's cancel it and. Protests,
yeah let's go back to the phones here real. Quick
let's check in with our good Friend richard on the sow. Shore,
richard how are you this holiday? Season my? Friend, well
(43:57):
you know.
Speaker 4 (43:57):
What.
Speaker 8 (44:00):
Trying to do a little fishing right, now but there's
no water out there And i've forgotten.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
Knew he had to find something to complain about.
Speaker 8 (44:15):
You on the computer.
Speaker 9 (44:17):
Here you.
Speaker 8 (44:18):
Know my opinion on that is your show is pretty
much Like Mason. Sausage it's, good but you really don't
want to see it made.
Speaker 1 (44:27):
Faces for, radio, Right, oh nice holiday jabs From. Richard
we love.
Speaker 8 (44:35):
It you guys are talking about. Food you appear to
be gaining weight AS i.
Speaker 1 (44:45):
Watch did he have these written down before he? Call
he's got a solid five minutes a stand. Up it's the,
holidays my. Friend the, holidays my. Friend i'm at that
age where IF i walk by a, PIZZA i gained five. Pounds,
yeah that's where it. Works And i've happened to avoid
my parents house entirely because my mom's like constantly got
(45:06):
cookies or something and it's like you only you only
get it at the. Holidays but it's, like oh my, gosh,
chilling no. Doubt all, Right, richard what else you got? Next?
Job sugar?
Speaker 8 (45:21):
Bear so that's that's how we sugar.
Speaker 2 (45:24):
Bear, yeah they they're paying people not to fill the.
TAGS i know. That, YEAH i feel safe.
Speaker 1 (45:31):
Two thousand. Dollars this is the only, time like in
the last month THAT i haven't had to talk bears
and he brings up. Bears. Thanks you, KNOW i didn't
bring up be As richard.
Speaker 8 (45:40):
Did christmas is coming, up But i'm sure at the
villa in the house, hold the sugar bear brings fishing
tackle and stuff like.
Speaker 1 (45:49):
That sugar.
Speaker 2 (45:53):
Bear oh, MAN i don't know it is what it.
Speaker 1 (45:57):
IS i don't think you can. Out season isn't over
though it's. Open got another week or. So, yeah you
guys still got. Time got another week or so For mary.
Season you've been talking there at all the. Time mm.
Speaker 8 (46:11):
Hmm welcome here next.
Speaker 1 (46:15):
Year all, Right, richard we appreciate. You have a Merry
christmas and a happy holiday, season my, friend we appreciate you.
More and you, know Merry. Christmas oh he gone. Already
yeah he hung. Up he ate like a delay in his. Signal,
YEAH i don't know what was going on. There actually
we had new chemistry With. Richard, yeah let's do a
(46:36):
quick check in. Here we just got about two minutes left.
Here let's check in with a good, Friend Captain Rick
gross down In. Bradenton, rick how are you this warning,
Buddy Merry. Christmas i'm.
Speaker 6 (46:46):
Good uh, YEAH i was gonna call in Say Merry.
CHRISTMAS i haven't haven't had a chance to call in
a little, while AND i just didn't want to miss that.
Speaker 2 (46:55):
Opportunity we appreciate, It we appreciate. It always good to
hear your, voice. BUDDY i heard you've been trying to
chase some speckled perch around with Cat Big Ben.
Speaker 6 (47:03):
MARSHALL i haven't haven't got on the boat with him
yet this, year, okay but, boy he.
Speaker 3 (47:11):
Is he has really been wanting to.
Speaker 5 (47:12):
Go he.
Speaker 6 (47:13):
Did he did go out With rooster one day and
a couple of places THAT i had been getting some,
fish and he did all, right Said. Rooster had a
hard time figuring out that jigging JIGGING.
Speaker 1 (47:27):
I talked TO i talked To rooster to a little
bit on the. Phone so now That ben's, retired i'd
be careful giving out your. Spots you know What i'm.
Saying he's soaking them.
Speaker 6 (47:36):
Out, Well I'm i'm semi, retired so he needs, to you.
Know hopefully it's going to go back back and. Forth
and he's got some ends. TOO i think With mesrah
he's got that place On panasaki we're going to try
to figure out, Too so that would be.
Speaker 1 (47:53):
GOOD a lot of grass on panasof. Key last TIME
i looked a lot of. Grass we.
Speaker 6 (47:57):
Tried we we had an adventure going To panasaka about
two years. Ago oh my. Goodness we were looking for
boat ramps and. Stuff and when we got, there we of,
course you, know you're just googling everything and trying to
figure out what's. What we should have just gone to
one of the fish camps and paid to go, in.
Yep but we went to go to some ramp AND
(48:20):
i don't, know there had a lot of construction going
on up. There they had, big big trucks going in and.
Out but, anyhow we got back where we thought we
needed to, be AND i took out know how, Long
and then we go almost to the boat ramp and
they had it blocked off where you couldn't get to
it because it was right after the. Hurricanes and we
(48:41):
had to. Backtrack after, that we finally found a boat
ramp and it was like on a river someplace out
in the. Boonies AND i didn't realize the whole network
About panasaki and how it's a spring fed lake and.
Speaker 1 (48:55):
Everything it's a beautiful part of the world.
Speaker 6 (49:00):
Up in the river and working our way, back and
he's got a technical, skiff you, know nice nice, boat
and we're working our way up the river and we're
just putting because we don't know where we're, going and
we're watching THE gps and we got get, backtrack, backtrack
and finally he's like he's he's ready to go ahead
and put the hammer. Down about time he went to
(49:21):
go putting the hammer. Down it looks down on the
areas a huge.
Speaker 1 (49:24):
ROCK i knew where this was going, Away, Rick i'm
up against the break, here. Buddy good to hear your,
voice my, Friend you and your lovely bride have a
very Merry, christmas a happy New year and all that good.
Stuff and we look forward to your reports going into
uh twenty twenty. Six.
Speaker 6 (49:43):
Here, yeah that's that's kind of, unbelievable ain't.
Speaker 1 (49:46):
It really, unbelievable really, unbelievable no.
Speaker 6 (49:49):
Doubt thank, You thank you guys so. Much it's a
real pleasure being being part of.
Speaker 1 (49:55):
You. Guys, hey you've been apart for, many many. Years.
Bro we love having you my. Friend and again you
and you bride have a very Merry. Christmas we appreciate you.
Both thank you. Guys all, Right partner good By jeff
love the real animals family really. Do we're so blessed
to uh best. People, yeah we're so blessed to be
able to do this for so many years, now so,
good so Many he's up youngster kids these. Days, man
(50:19):
when you were talking about them walking with a, chest
this is what you're talking, about, Right. Travis you're my.
Guest remember nine six nine nine three five two the
phone lines light them. Up we'll be welcome. Back real
short segment. Here we went a little long in the last.
One we got THE occ Road. House normally we would
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be doing one This, tuesday but we are.
Speaker 2 (50:42):
NOT i was, like, wait where are you?
Speaker 1 (50:43):
Going, Yes i'm going. There, well it's BECAUSE i want
to make sure everyone. Knows january twenty, seventh we will
be back seven to nine. Pm that's the Fourth tuesday In.
January we'll be back AT occ Road house doing what
we do out there with our fishing. Conversation so we
don't know who the guest will be, yet but we'll
let you know as we roll Into january, there but
put it in your calendar if you want to come
out and hang out with, us for, sure we'd love
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The bucks play? Today The packers play? Today Other bucks play?
(51:56):
Tomorrow what time do they? Played one? O'clock and then
we had an knew we were playing In. Carolinow yeah
that was that was. Aggressive, no they played The panthers,
twice big? Game is this the last? GAME i don't one?
More after? That they played twice in the last three weeks
or something like. That so they play them so it's
going to decide the. Division, well we got a big one,
too we got The, bears so it's going to be
(52:16):
a big.
Speaker 2 (52:16):
WEEKEND i just love HOW jb came in off the
top rope with, like.
Speaker 1 (52:19):
Here's The bears game is? Today The Packer bears games, today, today. Tonight. Yeah,
yeah we play them tonight and then, tomorrow which is
nice because it splits it up for. Me how's The?
Speaker 2 (52:29):
PACKERS i mean they kind of fell apart in the
sense that they had a lot of injuries in the last.
Speaker 1 (52:34):
Well the last. Game, Really Michael parsons has done for the.
Season that's been. Season Christian watson was Supposed they were
worried about him being able to, play but it looks
like he may be a, go which would be a
big help for. Us so we'll. See chicago's very, good
and you, Know chicago should be, Good, okay a lot Like.
Detroit AND i told the Great Nick wise, here you,
(52:56):
know you're not supposed to suck for thirty. Years THE
nfl has set up that sooner later you figure it.
Out you have to pick early in the, draft you
get more good, players and sooner or later you don't.
Suck so it's about time that The bears don't. Suck,
yeah you know it. IS i, mean we we're As bucks.
People we know how that, works, right because we went
through thirty years of, THAT i, mean and then we
Got Tom. Brady Well i'm talking even like back back
(53:20):
in my, Day like we went through thirty years of
number one draft, picks The Eric curries of the world
and everything else that just were. Garbage the great things
That Tony dungee did, here And Tony dungee came in
and built a culture of winning and, yeah no. Doubt,
yeah they've got The. Panthers dolphins And panthers. Again, yeah
so like two big division games in the next three. Weeks,
well The packers just played The bears here a couple
(53:41):
of weeks, ago and now we're back at The bears.
Again so, yeah it's. Interesting what was going. On we
had a Great thursday night, game talk about a great.
Game oh that was. Incredible hawks on The. Ram, yeah
came back football team much. Better and THEN i missed
the game last. Night you were talking About alabama And. Oklahoma,
Yeah alabama down seventeen in the first quarter and came
back to. WIN i thought they were gonna get boat,
raced Which i'm indifferent on the, game but it was
(54:03):
nice to see them kind of get. Humbled but then
they did What alabama. Does it just blew them. Away
come back and, playball college, football college, Football Roll, Tide pro,
football The, holidays deer, Hunting venison's auf doesn't get. Better duck.
Hunting life was. Good it doesn't get better in this time.
Year Animals, Animals there you, go charismatic. Megafune life is.
(54:28):
Good we'll be back talking fishing on the other. Side
light these phone lines. Up they are wide. Open one eight, nine,
six nine nine three five Two the bar, too A
Ford Real Animals Radio. Show we'll be. Back welcome, back
seven thirty seven here at The iHeartMedia empire, again putting
a big plug out to our good friends at The
Friendly fisherman At John's. Pass you know the background of
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the management of The hubbard's, family and, that's of, course
the same family that's been serving up the best fishing
and dinning experiences In Madeer beach for nearly a. Century,
Now come rediscover The Friendly. Fishmans easy for me to,
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(55:11):
just a great. Place it's been there a long. Time
you guys know by. Now and it's not just because
he's in the studio here AND i got to schmooze.
Him it's A hubbard's does a great. JOB i was
a big fan of what they did on the water
for so many years, there and they're doing a great
job with the Friendly fisherman seafood restaurant. Now so get
in there and check it. Out you won't be. Disappointed
we love that.
Speaker 2 (55:31):
Place, yeah it's a good time to play, tourists but
this week and this week it's going to get. Busy
but then again right after the new, year things slow
down and it's another good time to play. Tourist all Of,
january the very beginning Of, FEBRUARY i Mean january and
the first half Of february is a great time to
take advantage before the beaches get mobbed with spring break.
Speaker 1 (55:54):
Chaos it's a good. Time what's the plate that we
want to? Order the Happy what is it called The captain's?
Speaker 2 (56:00):
Platter The captain's platter affectionately dubbed the Cat.
Speaker 1 (56:03):
Hutter that's WHAT i. LIKE i had to dance around
that BECAUSE i was, like we're on radio and it's.
LIVE i can't say a lot of the words they're
coming to mine, here BUT i know there's something that
the Cat, putter the Legendary Mark cupboard named.
Speaker 2 (56:14):
It it's a big old piece of, grouper and then
their scallops and, shrimp and then some sides like rice and.
Vegetables it's really, good and then they have the corn.
Speaker 1 (56:24):
Tritters i'm not indifferent to the sides because the SIDES
i had there were, amazing But i'm not in it
for the. Sides And i'm being very, honest, no one hundred,
percent that's just fillery at this. Point, yeah the, scallops
shrimp and group are where it's at for. Sure i'm
on board with. That let's go to the phones here
and phone lines are open one nine six nine nine
three five. Too let's go To stacey In. Tampa stacey
(56:45):
on the Bartow Ford Real animals radio. Show what you
got for?
Speaker 10 (56:48):
Us, oh good, morning. Guys, morning just calling from the
duct line on the water and you.
Speaker 9 (56:53):
Guys are making me.
Speaker 10 (56:54):
Hungry i'm runnering if the friendly fisherman has. Water, yeah.
Speaker 1 (56:59):
They've actually tried.
Speaker 2 (57:00):
That we have this company that's been banging on our.
Door it's called Boat. Bites, okay they want to set. Up,
basically It's Uber eats for people in the. Water there you, Go.
Speaker 1 (57:08):
Stace now the question is hot.
Speaker 2 (57:11):
Stay stacy's got one of those pop tart package.
Speaker 1 (57:15):
Came It's Camo stay From delta Water. Fowl, yeah, okay It's. Cameo,
yes she has a pop tart protector for her duck.
Speaker 2 (57:24):
Blind it's Pretty, yeah you.
Speaker 10 (57:26):
Gotta you gotta always have protection when you're duck.
Speaker 1 (57:29):
HUNTING i don't think we can say that you, guys hold,
on hold, on glossed. Over i'm a mess right, now
because first of, ALL i have to know what is
your favorite pop Tart. Stacey Oh, god frost frosted. Strawberry, listen.
Speaker 7 (57:56):
Frosted.
Speaker 2 (57:57):
Brown you just become best.
Speaker 1 (57:58):
Friends well it's so interesting BECAUSE i was in, publics
LIKE i don't know a couple of weeks, ago AND
i walked by an end cap AND i like stopped
AND i turned. Back i'm, like oh dear, god they
had wild berry pop. Tarts buy, One get. One, okay
so did you buy one to get? One as a
(58:19):
matter of, fact WHEN i go to the tree stand
in the, morning, like they're not pop tarts on an afternoon, set,
right a morning set, Though but a pop tart in
the tree stand in the, morning, PREMIERE i get. It
So i've got to see what this. Protector that's why
she she.
Speaker 2 (58:33):
Went she went into this whole long diatribe about how
pop tarts are better in the duckbne early morning and
how she has to get away to get them there
without the pop tart getting. Crushed so, yeah this is
like a forty five minute stacy.
Speaker 1 (58:46):
And is like high the expensive. Stuff she's got a
sitku pop tart, Holder, like it's not she's repurposed like
a cigarette. Holder it's an actual sitkup pop tart. Holder
what this woman? Is next? Level our next.
Speaker 5 (59:00):
Level that's, Cool like all.
Speaker 10 (59:02):
The conservation work THAT i. DO i go viral for
my pop tart.
Speaker 1 (59:06):
Video i'll talk to Hot dog hot dog. Tattoos, well,
yeah like the hot dog tattoos is still my. FAVORITE
i do LIKE i do like pop. Tars are you
guys killing some duck?
Speaker 10 (59:15):
Stacy oh we're we're bird watching right. Now so armed
a good time to call in no.
Speaker 1 (59:22):
DOUBT m bird watching the best way to do, it good,
time the popular thanks. Stage how can people find out
About Delta? Waterfowl uh so you could.
Speaker 10 (59:31):
Check me Out Instagram Delta Waterfowl, Florida. Georgia you can
go right to the Site Delta waterfowl dot. Board and
we got some local banquets popping up Starting january thirty
first In Palm, beach and a local one close to
home that everyone should come out to is A Central
florida banquet On february twenty seventh at The Egypt.
Speaker 1 (59:49):
Shiners i'll try to get one of these guys. There
that's a that's a great. Event at these, events.
Speaker 10 (59:54):
Real animals are on.
Speaker 5 (59:55):
ME i got you.
Speaker 10 (59:56):
Guys you, guys come show up and have some. FUN
i got tickets for.
Speaker 1 (59:59):
Y'all at the.
Speaker 2 (01:00:00):
Events do they do silent auctions for popped out?
Speaker 1 (01:00:03):
Holders maybe we.
Speaker 10 (01:00:07):
Might be needing to get a pop tart plug holder
just so we can get some.
Speaker 1 (01:00:14):
Face it costs me some. Money i've then disappointed before
when you're like you're like holding out and it's like
nine am and you haven't seen a whole lot you're, like,
ah the heck, with it's time for the pop tart
and you open up your pop tart and you have
to it's. Crumbled that's. Horrible, well it's the worst. Painful
that's so because this is What stacy went. Through AND
(01:00:38):
i get, It, STACY i totally get. IT i. WOULD
i would have A sitka pop tart. HOLDER i hope
my wife's listening so that she's like the Last christmas,
gift you, know in my, stocking the stocking. Stuffer i'll
be all. Excited the kids will be, shocked like what
is he going crazy? Over it's a pop tart.
Speaker 2 (01:00:54):
HOLDER i don't Think sick makes any stocking.
Speaker 1 (01:00:56):
STUFF i.
Speaker 10 (01:00:57):
MIGHT i might need, TO i might need to shop.
Around now we hold.
Speaker 5 (01:01:00):
Tight they're rare to.
Speaker 1 (01:01:01):
Find they're hard to come, by but, yeah the. Rare,
yeah they were like a trade show swagger.
Speaker 10 (01:01:07):
Sign one for.
Speaker 1 (01:01:07):
Four it might be worth, it, THOUGH i is literally
thinking about. It i'm, like that's so. Funny You, YES
i was thinking the same. Thing branded the website to
call it pop, parks to call it, great Call Merry
(01:01:29):
christmas to, you and now you got me thinking about
pop tart. Holders that's Phenomenal.
Speaker 10 (01:01:33):
Christmas Christmas. Tart that's What i'm influencing in this.
Speaker 1 (01:01:37):
World there you, go solid have a great. Weekend, yeah
appreciate good stuff right.
Speaker 2 (01:01:42):
There armed bird. Watching that's, great that's. Awesome let's check.
Speaker 1 (01:01:46):
That we got kind of a legendary thing going, here
this one that's kind of. Crazy let's check in with
our good, Friend Captain Scott. Moore, Scott Merry, christmas, buddy
good to hear from.
Speaker 11 (01:01:54):
You Merry christmas to.
Speaker 1 (01:01:56):
Everybody Merry, Christmas. Scott we are.
Speaker 11 (01:01:58):
Blessed to living this, there. Aren't we look at the
weather this, week, crushing. Crushing it'll be great fishing this.
Week what's going? On you got low tide no? Excuses
that's WHAT i call it, there Mister. Hubbard you call
it from now, on low, tide no, excuses because that's
where the fish. Are ain't no.
Speaker 2 (01:02:18):
WATER i, KNOW i personally don't like low. Tide it
makes getting off shore a little bit more difficult for.
Speaker 11 (01:02:26):
Me oh, yeah with not thinking about you. Guys, yeah, yeah,
yeah that's. True THAT'S i. Agree AND i agree on that,
one my, FRIEND i agree on that.
Speaker 1 (01:02:37):
One how do you? Do how do you? Do how
do you? Do, Christmas, scott you got the you Got,
justin you got the grand. Babies everybody comes to to
your place or you're traveling.
Speaker 11 (01:02:46):
Somewhere, no we we easually bounce. Around uh we go
To justin's For christmas. Breakfast of course they all come
over to my.
Speaker 1 (01:02:55):
House you know.
Speaker 11 (01:02:56):
Why right in the AFTERNOON i cooked two whole seven
bone in prime.
Speaker 1 (01:03:02):
Ribs at That i'm anticipating my phone to go off
with an invite any. Minute.
Speaker 11 (01:03:11):
AMAZING i GOT i got six, grandchildren And i'm Just
i'm just. Blessed it's it's you, Know i've been, very
very fortunate and have friends like. Y'all make sure everybody.
Knows go to your local bait and tackle, shop support
them by you've Got christmas gifts or late go, there
(01:03:35):
spend your money. There you spend your money.
Speaker 1 (01:03:39):
There, ye by.
Speaker 2 (01:03:40):
Local Very christmas.
Speaker 11 (01:03:42):
Everybody and, yeah we should have some really good fishing this.
Week with the water temperature and mike. Is fish are,
tight they're shallow and you can if you want to
throw even top. Waters, yeah, fishery you, know especially around
those mullet. Schools you know a lot of mullet showing.
Speaker 1 (01:04:00):
Up, yeah, yep we've been hearing good things about. It.
Scott we appreciate your. Brother Merry christmas to, you and
uh we look forward to a great twenty twenty six
with your you know your. Insight we appreciate your. Brother
you bet have a great met, everybody see, Buddy thank.
You good. Legend, oh absolutely, ridiculous literally. Legend if you
if you asked twenty year Old, travis who's the one
(01:04:22):
person you want to meet in the fishing? World, Sorry,
mike it Was Scott. Molde, listen, LISTEN i got to
film a show with the. Guy, yeah as far AS
i know, it you're done. One did you pinch? YOURSELF
i literally opened the show with a copy of his,
book my, book AND i, SAID i always wanted to
film a show with the guy who wrote the book on.
SNOOKFISH a day is the. Day i'm filming with the
(01:04:43):
guy who wrote the. Book and you know, what he was.
Awesome we had his grandson on the boat with. Us
he Was scott's been a blessing to. Me he's turned
out to be a great. Friend justin's a great, friend
just a great family and such an ambassador for just
conservation and you, know really taking a big look at
everything that's going on and trying to put the puzzle
(01:05:05):
together and help. OUT i, mean it's you, know somebody,
who in my, opinion just like you were, saying is
one of the, greatest if not the, greatest to do
it on the west coast Of florida and then take
that energy and turn it over to conservation and help
out that way is incredible, conservation his community.
Speaker 2 (01:05:21):
Whatever, yeah he's just that's how you get Boat rams
named after.
Speaker 1 (01:05:24):
You, yeah. Exactly there's not many PEOPLE i can think
of that were more deserving oh, no, no Than Scott
and to be able to call him a, friend, now,
yes it's a. Blessing like it's, like holy, crap this is.
LISTEN i tell this story all the. Time there's, many
many many years ago When billy AND i were sitting
in studio doing a Show Captain Billy nobles AND i
(01:05:46):
back at the Old iHeart building ON dae AND i
literally panicked WHEN i looked at the call screen and
it Said Captain Scott. Moore i'm, LIKE i was mouthing
it To. Billy Scott MOORE'S i don't even know what to,
do like, seriously Like you're, like, YEAH i mean, dude
and Now scott calls all the, time justin Calls Van,
(01:06:07):
hubbard another guy who you were just in awe, of you,
know twenty five thirty years ago WHEN i was just,
yes and you were, like, uh That's Van. Hubbard that's got.
More that's, crazy you. KNOW i mean it's. People, yeah
it's it's Very Eric, bocknick's, uh The bocknik. Family, yeah
(01:06:28):
another one just legendary names on the west coast Of
florida that you you, Know Frank, sergeant like you mentioned.
Earlier you, know you just you get to be friends
with a guy Like Frank sergeant and you're just blown.
Away cap'n Mel berman did that for so many. People
Captain Bill, miller who we just got to sing. WITH i,
mean there's this area when you think of fishing in this,
area it's part of the reason that fish radio works
(01:06:50):
here on the shoulders of those guys that then laid the.
Ground you talk to a lot of people AROUND icst
and events like that that come from other parts of the.
Country fish radio does work for them in their. Area
this area it, works and a lot of it has
to do with the legendary fishing environment that we're. In
and we didn't have the lures. Here we didn't have
(01:07:10):
the internet the, way so like you were star for.
Information so you Had Florid sportsman magazine you, had but
you Had Frank Sargent's College Tribune tribute every. WEEK i
subscribed to The tribune as a, teenager SO i could
read about fishing salt. Water and then every book that
was out, there which wasn't, Many SO i Had Captain mell's.
Book was it? Skinny was that the name Of Bill? Mill,
Yeah Bill, miller Had Bi, Miller Scott, moore Anything Frank
(01:07:33):
sergeant wrote like those were THE i would reread those
over and over. Again those guys were. Legends massive, blessings massive.
Blessings we're going to get our safe boating tip here
on the other, side we're also going to be wrapping things.
Up we had a little short segment here on the
other side that we obviously want to talk To Captain
Jim fogo quick before we close out for the. Year
and uh and uh that'll be. That so hang. Tight
(01:07:55):
Safe Bating tip of The, week our Visit Saint Pete.
Clearwater Safe Boating tip of The week here on the other,
side we'll be back nine to SEVENTY wfla welcome. Back
not a lot of time, here but we're going to
check in here quick with a good, Friend Captain Jim
fogel our st Visit Saint pete Clear water safe boating
tip of the, Week, jimmy how are You Merry? Christmas?
Speaker 11 (01:08:12):
Buddy, yeah Merry christmas.
Speaker 12 (01:08:15):
Buddy ruth AND i are in the car on.
Speaker 9 (01:08:18):
Three oh one In South, carolina headed.
Speaker 1 (01:08:21):
Home, okay thirty one.
Speaker 8 (01:08:23):
Degrees there was thirty one degrees.
Speaker 9 (01:08:25):
Outside when we got in the car AND i had
to scrape the ice off for.
Speaker 8 (01:08:29):
Winds here there you. Go, yeah so we're looking forward
to being.
Speaker 1 (01:08:34):
Home AND i bet you.
Speaker 5 (01:08:35):
Are.
Speaker 9 (01:08:37):
YEAH i just want to remind everybody real. Quick dress
for the. WEATHER i mean for the excuse, me for the.
Water if you're going to be out amen driving and
you know you don't just cause it goes up to
seventy five or eighty, whatever doesn't mean that that water
(01:08:58):
is that.
Speaker 8 (01:08:58):
Warm, Right if you get, cold you are in.
Speaker 1 (01:09:02):
Trouble makes.
Speaker 12 (01:09:03):
Sense please dress, accordingly carry your foul weather gear with,
you slow down and just be. Safe we want you
to be back listening with us in two or three
weeks when we get back on the air versus.
Speaker 1 (01:09:19):
Gear, absolutely.
Speaker 9 (01:09:22):
Everybody have a Merry.
Speaker 12 (01:09:24):
CHRISTMAS a big shout out to all our.
Speaker 8 (01:09:26):
Truths, Yep.
Speaker 1 (01:09:33):
Merry. Christmas, Yeah Merry christmas to you and your lovely
Bid ruth. There we we wish you guys are very
Merry christmas and we appreciate all you do for. US
i want TO i want to put a shout out
to to all of our. Partners, uh you, know affordable roofing,
SYSTEMS a friendly, fishermen, Uh titan plumbing and. ELECTRIC i
mean there's so MANY a seating and cooling we we've
(01:09:53):
just had great great Bartell ford, obviously H Jason. Barringer
we thank you for all you do for us all year,
long keeping the True Hubbard's marina doc. Served there's just
so many great partners that make all of this. Happen
we appreciate you, guys our, listeners those checking us out
on the live. Stream we wouldn't be able to do
this without, you know you, GUYS Occ, Roadhouse Keith overton
(01:10:15):
over there for giving us a great place to come see,
Everybody Travis, thompson you And Bobby woodard and the guests
we've had throughout the. Year you guys make this whole
thing really. Go so it's a it's a really cool
family that we've been blessed enough to put together. Here
so for, sure good. Stuff man looking forward to another great.
Year yeah, yeah Good Lord, willing he's the twenty. Six yeah,
(01:10:36):
right it's, Coming. Manu it's around the. Corner flies and
you're having. Fun real, weather weather.
Speaker 2 (01:10:42):
Weather it's looking a little bit like it's gonna get
anauticle on the backside of the weekend with a little
bit of a high, pressure but a beautiful. Weekend the
rest of the day to day should be calming. Down
tomorrow looks pretty. Good before tomorrow late late, afternoon early
night when the wind kicks, up and then that wind's
gonna stay. Around About, tuesday second half of the work,
(01:11:02):
week it kind of gets, moderate calms down. Slowly this
upcoming weekend looks like it potentially might be pretty. Nice
we'll see good.
Speaker 1 (01:11:09):
Stuff good. Stuff want to put a shout out to
our men and women's service members both here and. Abroad
remember while you're Enjoying christmas, dinner there's there's people out
there in the world that make our freedom. Possible for
us to just sit here In america and enjoy that
nice and. Peacefully so we want to make sure we
put a shout out to all of them doing what
they do while we're celebrating the. Holidays. AGAIN i can't
(01:11:30):
thank all of you. Enough we're so blessed to get
to do what we do for a, living and it's
because of all of.
Speaker 2 (01:11:35):
You so tell, Him, dylan tell them if you're too
busy to go, fishing you're just too darn. Busy you're
too darn.
Speaker 1 (01:11:41):
Busy tide, lines, Everybody Merry, Christmas Merry, Christmas Happy holidays
from Bartow ford and the real. Animals we are out