State of Sportfishing - Billfish Group

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EP21: Navigating the retail landscape. Ft. Geoff Quatraro Sep 14, 2021

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On this episode we pick Geoff Quatraro’s brain on what goes on behind the scenes of running a tackle store. Geoff is part of the team behind White’s Tackle, a full service tackle shop which outfits some of the best teams in the industry. We discuss numerous topics like navigating the pandemic, what it was like in the early days. Their latest acquisition of Grand Slam tackle in Jupiter and the future of retail.

EP20: The financial side of tournament winnings. Ft. Chris Kelly Sep 07, 2021

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On this episode we sit down with Chris Kelley, a finance expert who does a lot of consulting in the fishing and boating industry. We pick his brain on the financial side of winning million dollar prize money in a tournament and how to go about planning that financially.

EP19: Competitive sail fishing on a skiff. Ft. Matthew George Aug 31, 2021

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Matt George (onemorebite72) is known for putting up double digit releases on his skiff out of Stuart, FL. As far as we know, he’s one of the only people to do this on such a small boat. Today we got to pick his brain on how he does it.

EP18: Behind the scenes of building a custom boat. Ft. Joe Fernandez Aug 24, 2021

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Today we sat down with Joe Fernandez, owner of the 46’ Release Boatworks “Showtime”. We spoke about various aspects of building a boat and we caught up with Chase who was in the DR.

EP17: Starting a tackle business. Ft. Bill Pino Aug 17, 2021

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Bill Pino is the founder of Squidnation, which specialises in high end tackle mainly for targeting Billfish. We’re big fans and avid users of squid nation tackle so having Bill on the podcast is an honour. We’ve seen the rise of Squidnation from the outside, today we pick his brain on how it all started.

EP16: Organising tournaments with Madison Hazlett Aug 10, 2021

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We sat down with Madison Hazlett, part of the team behind Skip’s tournaments which is one of the most prestigious tournaments in sport-fishing. We got to pick her brain about what goes on behind the scenes of these big events, enjoy!

EP15: How to start your charter business. Ft. Jason Robinson Aug 03, 2021

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We sat down with Jason Robinson, captain of the 60’ Spencer “The Edge” and owner of the Cool Runnings charter boat out of Miami. FL. We picked his brain on what it takes to start up your charter business and more!

EP14: Nantucket tuna fishing. Ft. Teddy Prager Jul 27, 2021

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Today we sat down with Teddy Prager to learn about the tuna fishing scene out of Nantucket. We spoke about the perfect tuna spread, trolling in the dark, running 5 hours to and back from the fishing grounds and more!

EP13: Killing fish, tournament payouts and more! Ft. Garrett Penley & Michael Butler Jul 20, 2021

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Today we sat down with Anthony Pino and Skipjac with a guest appearance of Garrett Penley and Michael Butler. We discuss killing fish, distributing prize money and Ocean City’s bite!

EP12: We're Back!! Ft. Chase Neiderer & Skipjac Jul 09, 2021

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After a turbulent few weeks, the gang is back. Chase is heading to the DR, Skipjac is in Ocean City Maryland and Leo is tuning in from Curaçao. We discuss the brand new 55’ Release Boatworks, Big Rock, Jet powered boats, maintaining your boat and more!

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