EP 493: Gorgeous George On Redfish, Night Fishing, & Getting Struck By Lightning!
Salt Strong Fishing
Joe Simonds
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing angler "Gorgeous" George Layton who's been crushing redfish and snook in Florida for decades.
He shares why he loves fishing a couple hours before the sun comes up along with some of his tips to find the fish in the dark.
Plus he shares some great stories (like the time he was struck by lightning).
Tight lines and enjoy.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This fishing, it's in my soul. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to the Salt Strong Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | Disrupting fishing entertainment as you know it. |
| 0:11.0 | Prepare to laugh. |
| 0:12.0 | Prepare to get to know fishing legends in a whole new and unfiltered way. |
| 0:17.0 | And on occasion, you might even learn a thing or two about fishing. |
| 0:20.0 | Here's your host, Joe Simons. |
| 0:23.0 | Like Diamonds. |
| 0:25.0 | Hello, Salt Strong Nation. |
| 0:27.0 | We are back, Joe Simons. |
| 0:29.0 | Like Diamonds. |
| 0:30.0 | I got gorgeous George on the other line. |
| 0:33.0 | And let me tell you kind of the backstory about why we're doing this interview. |
| 0:38.0 | And a little bit, at least in my opinion, who George is. |
| 0:41.0 | So last year I sent out an email and it really just said, |
| 0:47.0 | what do you guys, the listeners of this podcast, want to hear? |
| 0:52.0 | And one of the main things I heard, which I didn't expect to hear, |
| 0:56.0 | honestly, was, hey, it'd be cool if you would interview more of the Salt Strong insider members. |
| 1:01.0 | And we hadn't really done that much. |
| 1:04.0 | And so it's like, man, I love that idea. |
| 1:06.0 | And so one of the first people that come to mind is, is George. |
| 1:09.0 | And I remember the first time, and I might have met you before this, George. |
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