Podcast D.Friel - Connected by Water

One of the best parts about this show is when I can meet someone for the first time during the episode. When I brought in Benny Ortiz, it felt as if we had already been friends for years. Benny's knowledge on fishing, specifically slow pitch jigging; is incredible. We break down all the intricacies of this new art and discuss different fish processing techniques. Bring out your notebook and be rea...

Every good podcast has to begin with a glass of Papa's Pilar Rum...Add this to Tom and Trista's handmade mango daiquiris and you're in for a treat. As the owners of Hooker Electric, we discuss much more than reels. Tom was one of the first planes to make it over to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian and shares his experiences hours after the storm passed through. This duo continues to help out and...

I always love when my good friend George Poveromo stops by to share a glass or two of Papa’s Pilar Rum. We always have the greatest talks. This time around I was proud to crown him as the ‘Most Italian Guest’ we’ve ever had on the show. We were also both very happy to welcome back Karlene after taking time off for the birth of her daughter. Thoughts were shared on what more can be done by supporti...

Legends never stop. That certainly seems to be the M.O. for the celebrated and “retired” Captain Bouncer Smith. I called him quasi-retired and he laughed. I think because he knows, as with any truly great artist, doing what he does on his level isn’t just what you do for work… deep down it’s who you are. Lately he’s been fishing in ways he never has before and also just got finished writing his fo...

We were all set up with our trailer, aka “The Minnow” for the 2022 Pompano Beach Seafood Festival and got to quickly catch up with many of the people that put it all together. | @pompanobeachseafoodfest @edbllife @bigdogtackle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s about time we did an episode that features more from those below the surface than above. Who better to bring in to drink some Papa's Pilar rum than the Chiefy crew? Jim “Chiefy” Mathie, Julie Higgs and Stevel Siegel are experts at all things scuba and freediving and had some pretty great insight to share about being Connected By Water. Join us for an episode that will enlighten your Spear-it...

Download the EDBL Life App today! There’s plenty to be said for living that EDBL life. In fact, its very much in line with our theory on being Connected By Water. Troy Ganter and I have always shared like-minded philosophies on everything from being of service to others, making a positive impact on your local community and not allowing your ego to get in the way of what life has in store for you....

Connected By Water’s first ever appearance at the 2022 Palm Beach Boat Show. Actually, it was the first time we have ever done a boat show and we couldn’t have been happier with how everything went. We caught up with plenty of good friends and met some new ones along the way. On this episode we chat with longtime friend and host of TV’s Unfathomed, Capt. George Gozdz, Trista Evans from Hooker Elec...

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Chaos Fishing business owner, Marshall Gordon and Manager Bryan Brennan have a very unique and intelligent way of navigating our coastal community. You've all heard the term 'thinking outside the box'... well, this is thinking outside the tackle box for sure. This one is all things fishing business and how giving back the community can be a promising symbiotic relationship for everybody. | @chaosf...

Hall of Fame Coach Jimmy Johnson puts on the greatest sailfish tournament on the planet year after year. He, along with special guests from the Hard Rock, Fish Hard Events, Papa's Pilar, Art Sapp, Contender Boats, this year's tournament champions Lunatico and more join us for a special recap on location at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Guitar Hotel. | @jjfishweek Learn more about your ad choice...

We catch up on the 2022 Sailfish tournaments with show regulars Captain Art Sapp and Captain Skip Dana and give a preview to the closing competitions for the season. | @art_sapp @captskipdana Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse has been guiding seafarers safely home since 1907. The preservation society, along with my good friend and Easy 93.1 FM radio host, Jeff Martin, were kind enough to join us shed some light on some cool and interesting historical facts about South Florida’s signature landmark. We get in depth about why saving and preserving such an icon to is not only important, but e...

At Connected By Water, being their exclusive apparel provider, we are extremely proud of our relationship with SeaVee Boats. Two guys that definitely know the history of this amazing brand are SeaVee Fulton Ivy and Hunter Barrett. Fulton has worked with them since the beginning and quite frankly Hunter has grown up being raised in the SeaVee family. Put simply, SeaVee boats are in their blood. The...

For this episode, I pulled myself up to the bar to have an intimate conversation with everyone’s favorite bartender, Karlene. It gave us time to look back and see just how far we’ve come as a podcast as well as a creative business. I’m proud of everyone that has shared their time with us and wanted to reflect on exactly how much that means to me.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

South Florida big boat Captains John Van Dellen and Ben Sharpe are good buddies of mine. So when you invite your pals over for some rum… ya never know. What started out as a casual “locker room” conversation turned into something much deeper. From the challenges of being married while living that traveling captain life all the way to questions about God and everything in between - this one certain...

There aren’t many people on planet earth that can say they’ve seen or done it all like my pal Andy Moyes. So what’s left for the guy that, not only creates the best offshore lures in the world, but boasts 9 Marlin granders, catches the biggest Bluefins possible and has a hunting portfolio that would impress even Papa himself. Well, brand it, of course. Rum, fish, meat and a little insight to what’...

Legends Rob Fordyce and Karl Anderson stopped by the gallery during a filming of Rob’s popular TV show The Sea Hunter. These angling emissaries each have a lifetime of stories to tell that are brimming with the greatest achievements, accomplishments and experiences. Although, they are also the humblest of gentlemen you’ll find and had some wise words of wisdom to share for future generations. I wa...

In our world we know ROFFS™ as the oceanographic company that sends us to where the fish are by using comprehensive satellite analysis. However, that’s not all there is to this super intelligent think tank. A little Papa’s Pilar Rum and a visit to the gallery gives us a tell-all on the cool projects they’ve been involved in, including some work with NASA. | @roffsfishing Learn more about your ad c...

An episode so nice we wanted to give it to you twice. Tune in for Part 2 of our Christmas Special. Merry Christmas from Connected By Water, Joey Accardi and Papa’s Pilar Rum! | @flynavarro_ @art_sapp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We did it! 100 episodes! And what better way to celebrate than with our annual Fly Navarro Christmas Special and bringing along my pal and show regular, Art Sapp. While Fly and I like to spread the Christmas cheer, Art can tend to be a little bit of a Grinch around the end of December. Honestly, his reasoning isn’t as bad as you might think. Tune in to find out why. Merry Christmas from Connected...

At Connected By Water we have many sayings, but one of our favorites is “Grow Where You're Planted.” Former Broward County Commissioner and current 93rd Florida House District Representative Chip LaMarca, along with former Texas Tech star running back, CFL standout and current State Championship-winning Head Football Coach for the Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs, Matt Dubuc join me to talk about the impor...

Winterfest is a South Florida Christmas tradition and this year they celebrate 50 years of being the “Greatest Show on H2O.” CEO Lisa Scott-Founds and Winterfest Boat Parade Chair Britt Lanier stopped by the studio to tell us how excited they are for this year’s boat parade festivities, but also explain that there’s so much more to Winterfest then most people know. It’s a year-round affair!| @wint...

Captain Art Sapp needs no introduction and is certainly no stranger to the podcast. Most of the times he comes on the show it's in a group format. This one is all about just bringing him in for a little laid back one on one to talk about a little of everything going on. Sometimes you just want to hang out with your pal and have some Papa’s Pilar rum. Is that so wrong? | @art_sapp Learn more about...

Papa would definitely be proud of this episode. We took full advantage of having our Papa’s Pilar crew in town for the 2021 FLIBS boat show in true Hemingway style. Was a great time sitting with this room full of legends all at once. Bouncer Smith, Paul Castronovo, George Poveromo, Steve Growth, Mike Myatt, Karl Anderson and more! They all shared stories and we partook in the newest batch of Limit...