Aptitude Outdoors Podcast

As the summer is coming quickly to an end it's time to start gearing up for hunting season and that is always a fun and stressful time of year. Busting out the bow, the waterfowl calls, the waders and camo and putting up the rods and reels. That's the territory that comes with trying to become a well rounded outdoorsman!  Get a custom rod from Mudfish adventures:  https://mudfishadventures.com   B...

Brian Ellithorpe is a NW Ohio outdoorsman with a passion for hunting and fishing on Lake Erie. Learn how he does it on this episode of the Aptitude Outdoors Podcast. Learn More Here: https://www.youtube.com/@TooManyHobbies   Get a custom rod from Mudfish adventures: https://mudfishadventures.com Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp8...

Over the past 5 months of going from never having fly fished once, to essentially fly fishing everyday, I have learned a few truths and fallen for a few lines of B.S. Heres what I have learned in that short amount of time.  Get a custom rod from Mudfish adventures: https://mudfishadventures.com   Buy me a coffee:  www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor   More Aptitude Outdoors here:  https://bit.ly/...

Derek York recaps his fishing adventure catching goliath grouper, talks about some of his favorite things from Icast, what it was like meeting Bill Dance and Toby Keith and much more on this episode. Get a custom rod from Mudfish adventures: https://mudfishadventures.com Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Absolute A...

I had seen pictures and heard of people catching smallmouth bass on the local river near my home (The Maumee River) and decided to go see if I could find them myself. Here's how it went.  Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products: https://bit.ly/3px2Jnt Discount Code: APTITUDE10 

Nick Minesinger is a fly fishing guide for Schultz Outfitters out of Ypsilanti, Michigan. I recently went out on a trip with him and we discuss how to catch smallmouth, life as a guide and the best ways to become an all around better angler. Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products: https://bit.ly/3p...

I borrowed a junky kayak, threw in a rod and drifted across a lake on a windy day with a drop shot tied on to see what happened. Here's how it went. Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N  

Clayton Keene started Casting Lures for Cures to help a young friend with cancer. To date he has raised over $40,000 for The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. On this episode I am joined by Clayton and Chris Geib of The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation and we discussion how they both turned their passion for fishing into a way to help others in need.  Learn More Here: https://www.castinglu...

I often find myself in unfamiliar places with no understanding of the water, where structure is or even where deeper water starts. What I do have available is a lot of books I've read and an undersatinding of basic concepts of fish habitat that help me reel in a few everytime I hit a new body of water. Here's how I dowrk through that process.  Uncle Louie's Fireworks: https://unclelouiesfireworks....

Turner Rowland talks about his 5 year journey trying to bow hunt an elk, give tips on fly fishing, details his life growing up fishing and more! Uncle Louie's Fireworks: https://unclelouiesfireworks.com Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products: https://bit.ly/3px2Jnt Discount Code: APTITUDE10 

I recently went on a trip to Washington DC and of course I brought my fly rod. I had to see what I could get into in the nation's capitol. Uncle Louie's Fireworks: https://unclelouiesfireworks.com Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products: https://bit.ly/3px2Jnt Discount Code: APTITUDE10 

Captain Steve "Scooby" Stubbe talks about why you should fly fish Toledo bend Reservoir for bass, how he builds his amazing custom fly rods and what it means to be a guide. Learn More Here: https://mudfishadventures.com Uncle Louie's Fireworks: https://unclelouiesfireworks.com Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Abso...

I am always out on the water in the summer and the 4th of July weekend is by and far one of the most dangerous times to be out on the water in a boat from my experience. I go over how to stay safe, keep all your fingers and protect wildlife during my favorite holiday of the year. Uncle Louie's Fireworks: https://unclelouiesfireworks.com Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Ap...

Hero Hunt, Inc. organizes exciting and therapeutic game hunts for disabled veterans and first responders from across the country throughout the year. More than the hunt, they offer healing, understanding, and camaraderie to those who have served our country and our citizenry so valiantly. They envision a world where all injured and disabled servicemen and women and first responders have a total su...

Over the years I've had the great opportunity to interview some of the best fisherman, biologists and captains there are and this is the best info I have been able to glean personally from all of them. This episode features Troy Fowler aka Ranch Fairy, Steven Bardin Fisheries Biologist for Major League Fishing, Kanyan Klein, Wesley Littlefield, Derek York, Captain Scooby, Will Collins of the Buffa...

J.A. Smith D.O. FAOASM talks about how to keep your rotator cuff healthy for the long term while fly fishing, tells stories about his short time in the sport and details why he encourages more people to give it a try. Uncle Louie's Fireworks: https://unclelouiesfireworks.com Buy me a coffee:  www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Absol...

I kayaked 1 mile out into Lake Erie to attempt to catch a smallmouth bass and this is how it went. Uncle Louie's Fireworks: https://unclelouiesfireworks.com Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products: https://bit.ly/3px2Jnt Discount Code: APTITUDE10\

Joined by Chester Moore, Joseph Richards, Andrew Austin and Seth Geib, we discuss how wildlife photography can help bring to life the animals we all love and aid in their conservation for the long haul. Uncle Louie's Fireworks: https://unclelouiesfireworks.com Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products...

On a recent fishing outing on a lake my family has a small cabin on, I heard a few of the guys I talk with regularly up there saying how hard the bite was on that particular day. There were boats dotted across the lake in all the usual spots that we all usually catch panfish but everyone was seeming to have a rough time getting them in the boat so, I happened to have had my fly rod in the car, and...

Jake Hill is both a wildlife biologist and forester, having graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2022 with a degree in Forest-Wildlife Management. Hill has been in the natural resource profession for the last six years and has held a wide range of different wildlife and forestry positions with private consulting firms, non-profit conservation organizations, and state wildlife manag...

In all the time I've spent fishing I have always used a sensitive rod with sensitive line to let me know when the fish are biting. Recently I learned a new method, which is essentially the exact opposite. You need a stiff, heavy to medium heavy rod and mono that will stretch and to throw some big crankbaits. In this episode I detail how this fishing process went for me.  Buy me a coffee:  www.buym...

Let's talk hunting with Ranch Fairy, Sam Cunningham, Kat Hunter, Derek York, Austin Monchilov & Seth Geib. We have a group of people who have never hunted all the way up to lifelong hunters sharing hunting advice, issues they've overcome over the years and what you can do to get better as a hunter. Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products: https://bit...

I kayaked out to the middle of a lake where there is a huge sandbar and fly fished for bass for hours. Here's what worked and what didn't. Learn More Here: https://mudfishadventures.com/ Check Out Badger Claw Outfitters Here: http://bit.ly/3jYeJOA 15% Off Discount Code: 15INMAY Aptitude Outdoors Youtube: https://bit.ly/3b5DOTQ    Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products: https://bit.ly/3px2Jnt Discount C...

Todd Craighead, Host of Outdoor Oklahoma for the past few decades shares his thoughts on, after a lifetime of hunting, how to get a new generation into the outdoors, why taking a trophy isn't all that matters in hunting and how regulations come to be made by wildlife departments and why they matter. . Learn More Here: https://www.youtube.com/@outdooroklahomaodwc   Check Out Badger Claw Outfitters...

On a recent kayak fishing trip a friend and I targeted big bluegill. We found a lake in NW Ohio that was loaded with them, but with it still being early season, they were still tough to catch. Check Out Badger Claw Outfitters Here: http://bit.ly/3jYeJOA 15% Off Discount Code: 15INMAY Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products:  https://bit.ly/3px2Jnt Discount Code: APTITUDE10 Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacof...