"Tournament Trail on Taylor Jean" w/ Blaine Birch In Episode 77, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with Blaine Birch, the Captain of the 62' Viking "Taylor Jean" about their year in 2025 fishing in tournaments from FL, Bahamas, and up the East Coast up to New York. What they accomplished in top tournaments finishes consistently and winnings totaling over $700,000 is nothing short of impressive. Blaine gives us a look inside what their schedule was like, how they managed

"Sport Fish Panama" w/ Shane Jarvis In Episode 76, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with Shane Jarvis, the Owner and driving force behind Sport Fish Panama Island Lodge. In this episode they dive into one of the most diverse fisheries on the planet - Panama. From offshore big game species like Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, yellowfin tunas, dorado, wahoo, and more to the inshore fishery of snapper, grouper, jacks, roosterfish and everything in between that makes Panama such

"Marlin Fishing Africa and Big Fish Hotspots" w/ Sean Comberbach In Episode 74, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with Dean Comberbach about his experiences targeting billfish, huge blue and black marlin, as crew fishing some absolutely incredible places. Having started his career putting a lot of time into an amazing yet grueling program fishing Africa's marlin hotspots, he has also been able to fish places like Austrailia, Hawaii, and more. He has spent the last few ye

"Fishing the Windward Islands" w/ Paul Hamel Smith In Episode 73, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with Paul Hamel Smith, the Owner and Operator of the 43' Viking, Mamzelle, hailing out of Barbados. They catch up with Paul and his crew fresh off a win fishing the St Lucia Billfish Tournament. In this episode, they dive into what to expect, when, and why fishing throughout the Windward Islands, and what makes that area of the world such a special place. To fish with our

"Fishing Far Off Waters" w/ Nick Bovell In Episode 72, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with Nick Bovell, the Captain of the 77' Merritt, CATCH, about the process over the last few years of becoming a Captain for a top-tier travel program. They get into details about spending the last year of the boat build in the boatyard, how they prepped and made the finishing touches for what the boat needed to do, and their travels fishign Cape Verdes and the Azores the last two se

"Q&A - Tunas, Marlin, and More" w/ Ricky Wheeler In Episode 71, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, answers some questions that people sent...

"Grenada & a 919" w/ Stephen Parkinson In Episode 68, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with Stephen Parkinson, Owner/Operator of...

"Daymaker" with Michael Krivohlavek In Episode 65, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with Michael Krivohlavek of Daymaker...

"A Mate's Persepective" w/ Matthew Milne In Episode 28, our host, Captain Ricky Wheeler, talks with his good friend Matthew Milne....

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