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Salt Strong Fishing

EP 75: The State Of The Fishing Union (2019)

Salt Strong Fishing

Joe Simonds

Sports, Wilderness

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Salt Strong co-founder Joe Simonds drops his predictions on what we can all expect to change both in the Salt Strong fishing community and in the fishing world in general.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Fish Strong Podcast. Disrupting fishing entertainment as you know it, prepare

0:10.9

to laugh, prepare to get to know fishing legends in a whole new and unfiltered way. And on

0:16.4

occasion, you might even learn a thing or two about fishing. Here are your hosts, Joe

0:21.3

and Luke Simons.

0:23.3

Half the New Year, Salt Strong and Fish Strong Nation, Joe Simons, first day of the year.

0:32.2

I am driving back from Boca Grande, Boca Grande, Bigmouth, Florida. If you don't know where

0:39.2

that is, it's the original sharpened capital of the world. And our family has been going

0:46.5

there since I can remember, we actually grew up going to Little Gasprilla Island. And

0:52.8

Boca Grande is also known as Big Gasprilla Island. And right next to it is Little Gasprilla

0:59.6

Island. And it's a place you can only get to by boat. Back when we were going there, there

1:04.7

was no running water. Everyone had these big old fiberglass tanks in the back that were

1:09.2

catching rainwater. And that was how you got your water. And there were some times where

1:14.0

if you hadn't had rain, there was a little bit of a drought. You were ain't flushing

1:18.8

the toilet. In many cases, not showering. And I remember going there for some, in a couple

1:23.8

of inches, where we literally wouldn't shower the whole week. I remember even one time

1:30.0

we weren't even really brushing our teeth. We were that low on water and trying to conserve

1:34.9

it that bad. There's no stores on the island. There's no cars, at least on the part

1:39.6

that we're at. There is a place on the island where now there is a fair that goes to it.

1:45.2

There are some cars. But it was pretty much 100% little dirt road only meant for a golf

1:51.2

car. And just some amazing memories there. And my youngest brother, if you don't know, Daniel,

1:57.8

there's myself in Luke, who were the co-founders of Salt Drone and then Daniel. And Daniel

2:03.1

was born with several palsy. And for the longest time, he was pretty light, dude. So

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