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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:

• Drones being used in ways we’re not legally qualified to comment on
• Invasive green crabs doing what invasive green crabs do (eat, ruin, repeat)
• And yes, an actual royal king doing royal king things — somehow fishing-related, somehow real

We’ve also got:

• A quiet carp ladder update that somehow made things weirder
• Weather mood swings of course.
• Dave and Bret laughing at their own jokes so much we stopped editing them out
• And a mysterious little peek at the future that may involve fins, fire, or both

If it swims, we’re talking about it. If it doesn’t, we probably still tried to put a hook in it.

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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-themed video games? Check.
piebald blue catfish straight outta your patchwork nightmares? Yep.
A flooded restaurant where you eat knee-deep in water while fish cruise past your table? Of course that’s real. Welcome to the apocalypse, served with fries.

We also climb back onto the carp ladder, adding four more strange and weird baits to our ever-growing arsenal of questionable decisions. Do they work? Tune in. Or better yet, try 'em and tell us how many carp laughed at you.

Plus:
Listener feedback so good we had to Google a few things to see if y’all were messing with us. You weren’t. You're just deeply weird and we love you for it.

Somewhere in there we ask the eternal question:
What WOULD Jeremy Wade do? (Spoiler: probably that.)

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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 (seriously, it’s absurd)
People catching fish for the carp ladder (thanks, cult following)
Giant fish dangling in shopping malls
Murray cod (aka Maccullochella peelii if you’re feelin’ Latin)
Chunky smallmouth in Vermont
...and other assorted nonsense that we probably should’ve edited out (but didn’t).

The podcast your tackle box warns you about.
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