Scales N Tales

Another feller from Mass here to talk about how good their fishing is while I cry behind the microphone for over an hour. In all seriousness I absolutely love talking with New England guys and after every conversation is makes me want to visit more and more, this talk with Jon is no different. We seem to have shard a lot of similar stories and experiences which was super funny to me. Please make s...

Yet another young Texas river rat coming on the show to explain what he does to have the success he has. Brayden tells his story of growing up and fishing even with the moving he did when he was younger. We get to talk about his style of fishing on the river and from an inflatableyak. He has some cool C2C on his Instagram that I encourage you fellas to check out! Brayden's socials: IG: Bradenc...

Happy (almost) Halloween fellas! Something a little different with episode content. I had a bunch of peeps come on and talk about the unexplainable story’s and experiences. Shop ghosts, UFOs, things that go bump in the night, we’ve got it all! I really enjoyed this and think it will become an annual thing. Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your rod purcha...

Long long time friend of the show joins us for this episode and we talk about a lot. Mostly about what the swimbait world was like when we got into swimbaits and just how much has changed since then. We get to hear stories from Colin about fishing around the Great Smokey Mountains and we compare his river systems to mine here in southern middle Michigan. A fun episode of 2 friends just talking and...

What does a man from Texas and a guy from Michigan both have in common? We both hate the heat surprisingly. Brian comes on the show and we discuss a lot of things relating to the community and some of the problems we see within. Of course we talk Texas fishing as well as Brian's DD PB. Brians socials: IG: _nine_pound_hammer Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off a...

Hailing all the way from the PNW and bringing his Gill wake and cranks along with Perch glide, Austin joins me for this episode. We talk his introduction to swimbaits and now recently bait making. Growing up in Cali Austin had seen big soft swimbaits which later went full circle for him after getting out of the Marine Corps in 2015. Austin's socials: Bait page IG: Sensei_swimbaits Personal IG:...

Paddle Board Crusaders 2 overview as well as some world record potential talk that we dive pretty deep into. What's your opinion, will we see a new world record within the next few years? Marhsall's socials: IG: thehomelessfishermen YT: The Homeless Fishermen Paddle Board Crusaders 2 link: https://youtu.be/1DkNwApZOvw?si=Uh70RHN9o-vdw2Ob Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at c...

Another week goes by, and yet another Mass/New England guy blesses the show. It seems like no matter how many guys I talk to from this region, I come back to it to hear more. This episode with Patrick is no different! He's an awesome guy with a story kind of like my own when it comes to getting into big baits. Patrick's socials: IG: patjamieson Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at ch...

Carl is a guy I use to watch a lot in my mid teens and when I was trying to learn everything I could about swimbait fishing. I was super excited he agreed to talk with me because I had a whole list of questions I wanted to ask. I think we could have talked for 3 hours if we had the time. We cover his introduction to swimbaits and videoing for Youtube. We even touch on a little philosophical and fo...

We've talked with kayak guys, and paddle board guys. But Jake is definitely our first Float tube guy, and man did I have alto of questions for him. I would be lying if I didn't really look into tubes before I bought my paddle board basely off Jake's page. Jake's socials: IG: lord__bird Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your rod purchases!...

I was lucky enough to reach out to Monte a few weeks ago and ask if he would have any interest in coming on the show to talk about Sowbelly. Surprisingly he answered very fast and agreed to it. I asked him about the people he interviewed and his prospective of said folks. And of course we talked about Mike Long at the end of the show. Monte's site: https://monteburke.com/ Check out Leviathan R...

You know everyone swimbait fishes for bass, but how about snook? Josh joins us today to talk all things swimbait snook in FL. It's a fun time and makes me want to find more guys doing this down there to interview. Josh's socials: IG: fishnfowl_fl YT: fishnfowlfl Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your rod purchases! ⁠https://www.leviathanrods.com⁠ Check ou...

Join Levi from Leviathan and I as we talk about what it was like growing up in trout country then making the transition to Austin Texas bass fishing and eventually helping roll custom rods. Levi's socials: IG: swimbait928 Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your rod purchases! ⁠https://www.leviathanrods.com⁠ Check out the new official SNT tackle shop sp...

Mike and I got to talking on Swimbait Underground and after getting some fish photos from him I knew I wanted him to join me for an episode! We talk about New England fishing and the unfortunate story of him getting into big baits and losing his first few baits too. With some jig talk at the beginning that most guys will find my lack of experience with amusing. Mike's socials: IG: bass_the_east YT...

Geoffrey, aka Geoffrey the king, aka Crazybassfisher join me and we obviously have to discuss all things AZ fishing as well as his recent trips to Japan and what that's been like. Geoffrey's socials: IG: geoffreytheking YT:crazybassfisher Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your rod purchases! https://www.leviathanrods.com Check out the new official SNT tac...

Lake Pro Tackle is the shows newest sponsor and the guy I talk to from there is fishing swimbaits pretty often. Sam joins us today to talk about LPT, what he does there and what it's like working in the industry. Later in the show we talk about his PB and how he saw and caught this fish. I appreciate them working with me and I hope you guys check them out and pick up some odd and end gear you may...

Joining me all the way from Mexico Chad jumps on and we talk all things Lake Baccarac of course. From his first trip there to how he has gotten to the position he's in today. As well as the back story behind the Burrito baits back than I'm sure many of you know. Chad's socials: IG: lakebaccaraclodge FB: Lake Baccarac Lodge Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off al...

More commonly known by the masses for his sous vide skills, Andrew Swaim joins me for todays episode. Mostly talking about his fishing in North Carolina compared to his home land of Cali. We talk big PBs, river fishing and rod building. Somehow we never ended up discussing Dogfish in this episode. Andrew's Socials: IG: man_brew Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 2...

White Bass with Black lines are the focus of today's conversation. Alex jumps on and man he spills some beans on these awesome fish. Especially for a guy like me who has never even seen one in real life. He tells stories of them fishing glide baits and all the success they've had on them. After this show, I immediately checked on flights so I could price a trip, because damn it sounds like...

Skinny Water and Glides baits, of course, we are talking about Manny B! We talk about his yak of choice along with the baits he runs while fishing all the rivers. Some cool stories traded about the difference in our locations. Manny's Socials: IG: Ibarela77 YT: SkinnyWaterBoyzTV Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your rod purchases! https://www.leviathanro...

If you own a resin KGB there's a good chance this man had his hand at painting it. Mr. Stumpf joins us for this episode and we talk about his venture into painting and how he has gotten to where he is today. This episode is purely based off his painting career and he will join us later for an actual fishing episode in a few weeks! Peyton's socials: IG: stumpf_bigguns_fishing FB: Peyton Stu...

The newest World Record Holder joins us for episode 100. We talk about our growth over the last year and a half and everything Marshall has been up since last time he joined us. New baits, new rods, big fish and the coolest cast to catches to name a few. Happy episode 100 everybody, thank you for supporting the show and I hope y'all stick around for another 100. Marshall's socials: IG: the...

Join the man called Texas Chunk and I as we talk about his fishing background growing up and his early found love for swimbaits. Being 13-14 years old and fishing swimbaits would make me think he has a story or two to tell. We had a great time talking about everything in this episode. Dyaln's socials: IG: texaschunk Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your...

The BMX fella named Anthony Catlow bunny jumps on the show to talk all things BMX and some swimbaits. It's very heavily rooted in his start of fishing and then his BMX story. I swear we talk about fishing at the end but his story helps lay out a baseline of understanding where the BMX and Skate culture comes from. An how it has slowly trickled it's way into the swimbait world. Anthony's socials: I...

Tristian jumps on the show and we talk about a lot. Nothing too exclusive to his story of fishing but good stories, our takes on some topics and discuss the CHICKEN GIZZARD! Tristian's socials: IG: thebeaver_t YT: Beaver_T Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your rod purchases! https://www.leviathanrods.com