Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast with host Bill Cooper and special guest Tyler Goodale, of TY’s Multi-Species Guide Service. Tyler hails from the southeastern quarter of Missouri near Fisk, Missouri. Tyler says he has the best of booth worlds. He lives near the famous lowlands of the Mississippi River Delta region, yet he is in sight of the Ozark highlands. As a result, he can hunt and fish and explore the unique natural ecosystems of both regions easily. Raised on a local farm along the Black River, Tyler learned at an early age to fish the sloughs, bayous and swamps of southeast Missouri to help put food on the family table. He and his family were particularly adept at hunting swamp rabbits and at one time owned as many as 27 beagles at one time. Tyler is a talented outdoor writer, photographer and fishing guide. His clients come from all over the world, many desiring to catch a number of species. Whether it’s alligator gar, grinnel, or fliers from the swamps, or trophy smallmouth or walleye from the Back River, or big crappie from Duck Creek, Tyler knows how to catch them. This is a show near and dear to my heart, because, I, too, was raised in the swamps of southeast Missouri, near the Blkack Bayou.

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper on the Meramec River. He hits the river at daylight under a full moon. He’s after smallmouth bass. The bite is slow at first but picks up as the sun gets higher and the air gets hot. Bill sits on a gravel bar in the shade with a cold Coke in hand and records this podcast. He talks with a Highway Patrol officer patrolling the river, as well as canoers, kayakers, tubers, rafters and one young lady in a belly boat. Bill also covers the upcoming fall hunting season. It’s a fun episode that you can catch on most social media platforms.