Tom Rowland Podcast

Captain Jeff Maggio "LunkerDog" provides guide services in South Florida to fish for tarpon, snook, jacks, barracuda and many more species. Lunkerdog Fishing Charters provides gear, tackle and of course, BAIT! Listen as Capt. Jeff explains how he keeps shrimp alive for days.

Dr. Layne Norton got his B.S. in BioChemistry and PhD in Nutritional Science. Born in Evansville, IN, he now works as a bodybuilder/figure/physique coach. He is a professional powerlifter and IFPA & NGA natural pro bodybuilder. This is someone who not only talks the talk but walks the walk. Buy his book here: https://amzn.to/2tnWQLq

Captain David Mangum has spent the better part of his 40 years on the region’s local waters. Having grown up in Destin, David’s passion for fishing was cultivated from a young age. He talks with Tom about How To Feed A Tarpon. 

Steve Davis of the Everglades Foundation, Benny Blanco a Professional Fishing Guide and Chris Whitman of Captains For Clean Water sit down for a Round Table discussion on the state of the Everglades. 

The top 5 things to be a successful fishing guide: 5. Be professional 4. It's about happy customers 3. Communication 2. Patience 1. Hard Work.

Here is something new - With all the content I am releasing I wanted to give you an update on the appearances, news and new content I will be releasing and when you can look for it. 

Captain Russell Kleppinger caught 814 tarpon in one year, that is what caught my eye. I sat down with him to figure out what he is doing that is different and allowing him to catch so many tarpon.

How do you extend your guiding career as long as possible? Check out tips on how to stay healthy and protect yourself so you can do what you love for as long as possible.

Josh Greer, guide and shop owner, Daniel Andrews, Co-founder of Captains for Clean Waters and Shannon Estenoz, COO Everglades Foundation sit down at a round table discussion to talk about the future of the Everglades. 

I have been getting a lot of questions recently about the little ones, the kiddos. So I thought I would do a podcast today on how to create a fishing buddy for life. Here are some tips on getting kids interested in fishing so you have someone who will always want to go fishing with you. 

Matt and Kyle are avid goal setters at the beginning of the year. Matt describes that on New Year’s Eve, he and his family sit at the table together, and write down their goals for the year ahead. As a family, they talk about the resolutions they have for themselves, and for everyone else. We all thought creating a Dream Board is a good idea, especially for families. To make a Dream Board, have a poster board, and a bunch of magazines.

If you listened to the last podcast you heard me talk about how to pick out a boat. Right after the podcast I got some emails about how to learn how to navigate. If you are learning a new area there are some tricks as well as some new tools. Florida Marine Tracks - Visit their website at https://floridamarinetracks.com Lowrance Electronics - The HDS units are what I am currently running and the units that the Florida Marine Tracks work.  Visit their site at https://www.lowrance.com

Today, this podcast is a little different than most of the ones we have done. Today we feature Josh Cash who is from Ireland, and has gone through the process of getting his green card.  He and I workout together and I seem him a lot. He started to tell me about the process of getting his green card and I found it incredibly fascinating. I'm not doing this podcast for any sort of political reason. It is just something that I found interesting and was honestly a process that I knew nothing about. 

In this episode of How 2 Tuesday I'm going to help you pick a boat for what you want to do. The question of "how do I pick a boat" comes up quite a bit.  First of all, there are a lot of activities that people love to do on the water, and every boat you choose is a compromise. If you pick a skiff type boat you are not going to be able to go off shore very well. 

Todays episode is due to a call from Ben Paige who runs a podcast called Fowl Front. His podcast is a water fowl/duck hunting podcast. He had some ideas about what we could talk about.  We shared challenges in how we promote something and when there may be too much promotion of a secret spot that it may ruin it. There are cases that you may be fishing with only two other boats and have a great day. Later you go and share the coordinates and the next day there are 14 boats.