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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 Carp Ladder. We contain multitudes.)
🎣 Stolen tarpon. Yes. Someone really boosted a silver king. Humanity remains undefeated in weirdness.
🪼 Jellyfish with a unique anus. Evolution is wild and apparently has a sense of humor.
🛸 UFOs. Because if it swims… or hovers ominously over water… we’re probably talking about it.

Then we descend into the final four baits of the Carp Ladder—the strangest, most diabolical offerings yet. If you thought it couldn’t get weirder, congratulations. You were wrong. These baits are less “match the hatch” and more “question your life choices.”

Somewhere in there, we laugh at ourselves. Repeatedly. It’s therapeutic.

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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.)
• 🎉 NYE fish celebrations
• 🦈 Great whites going full snowbird—hello Florida
• 🪤 sharks in crab traps??
• 🚨 Fish Off the State is coming in hot

No one is safe. Not the fish. Not us. Definitely not the listeners.

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📸 Carp Ladder sign-ups live under Contests on the site
📩 Hate mail, love letters, or weird fish photos? Send ‘em to feedback@ifitswims.com

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👉 @if_it_swims

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@13.13.photography | @ghoule1111⁠ | @davespeerart

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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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or wherever your questionable life choices lead you for podcasts.

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