The Woman Angler & Adventurer

From hauling your gear to catching fish, Barb Carey shares some great tips for shore fishing success in this week's Five Minute Friday episode!  Mentioned in this episode: St. Croix Rods Additional Resources: The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Group The Woman Angler & Adventurer on Instagram The Woman Angler & Adventurer Podcast Website Listen on Way...

On a beautiful winter day in Middle Tennessee, I made the scenic mountainous drive eastbound on I-24 from Nashville to Chattanooga to visit with Tom Rowland. Tom has a podcast studio space in the headquarters of Waypoint TV, where The Woman Angler & Adventurer is proud to be a part of the Waypoint Outdoor Collective network of podcasts. A-two-for-one, I interviewed Tom for our show 1st and then he...

SPRING IS IN THE AIR! For many of us, that means this is a great time to get your vertical jig on! On this week's Five Minute Friday, Barb shares some great tips that will improve your chances of success and save you a lot of trouble in the process.  Check it out! Mentioned in this Episode: St. Croix Rods Clam Outdoors Additional Resources: The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page The Woman Ang...

In Memory of Patsy M. Genz 1948-2020 This is a special replay of Episode 51 in honor of the life of Patsy Genz.  Anyone who ice fishes has heard of Dave Genz. Dave is called the godfather of ice fishing and has revolutionized the sport. Many people don’t realize that behind the scenes was his wife Patsy and daughters, Missy and Kathy. From actually sewing the shacks, to wrapping hooks with lead an...

For this week's Five Minute Friday, we're coming to you live from the Yamaha booth kicking off their industry leaders speakers series. Angie Scott is talking about women in fishing with USCG Master Captain Cheryl Smith. This is our 117th episode, but Cheryl was our guest way back on Episode 15 talking about the path to obtaining her captain's license. This time around Angie's catching up with her...

The Crystal River in Florida is a beautiful fishery on Florida's Nature Coast. Known as the manatee capital of the world, it's also a very popular destination for scalloping. A wide variety of fish can be caught such as tarpon, trout, redfish, shark, cobia, grouper and Spanish mackerel. It's not uncommon to see dolphin hunting their own prey as you fish alongside them.  This beautiful river is wha...

Barb shows you some great tips for crappie fishing through the ice on this week's Five Minute Friday as she gets psyched up for WI Women Fish's Crappie Fishing Weekend at Deerfoot Lodge in Hayward, WI! Look for our Crappie Cakes recipe in this week's Insider Weekly Newsletter coming out on Sunday! If you're not yet signed up, click here!  Mentioned in this Episode: Al’s Goldfish WI Fishing Expo De...

Meet Serena Juchnowski: Outdoor Writer, Distinguished Rifleman, Hunter. She has some pretty amazing accomplishments under her belt for anyone, not to mention a 21-year-old female. (I mean...she earned the Distinguished Rifleman Badge BEFORE age 21!) She's the epitome of our slogan, "If she can do it, I can do it." She walks the walk and talks the talk. Through her outdoor writing and involvement i...

There's been a lot of growth and change in the fishing industry since Barb Carey first got her start about 16 years ago. For this episode of Five Minute Friday, we want to applaud the marketing teams out there who are getting things right! More and more are getting on board making an effort to include women, and for that, we say THANK YOU! Mentioned in this Episode: Duluth Trading Company Al's Gol...

The 44th Annual National Wild Turkey Federation Convention and Sport Show is a wrap! Conveniently located in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, I was on hand to take it all in and meet up with a few awesome ladies.  On this week's episode of The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast I chat with NWTF Spokesperson and "The First Lady of Hunting," Brenda Valentine to talk a...

Do you have trouble with those pesky ratchet straps? In this week's Five Minute Friday, Barb's going to give you some tips that should make your life with ratchet straps much easier!  Mentioned in this Episode: National Wild Turkey Federation Wisconsin Fishing Expo Women Anglers of Minnesota Additional Resources: The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Page The Woman Angler & Adventurer Facebook Gr...

Barb managed to make it through another very successful year of Women on Ice and Angie's bringing you the recap on this week's episode along with special guests Bonnie Timm (a.k.a. Big Fish Bonnie) as well as Clint and Kayak Jana from 50 Campfires! A lot of work goes into producing this event. Huge thanks to everyone who stepped in and helped out. Congrats to Barb Carey! To see photos of some of t...

When it comes to shopping for an ATV, there's a lot of things you should keep in mind to make sure you're choosing the right one for what you're going to be using it for. In this episode of Five Minute Friday, Barb Carey gives you some important tips and shows you several options to keep in mind when it comes to getting the right accessories and securing them to your new ATV!  Mentioned in this Ep...

On this week's episode of The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast, we're sharing with you the audio from our live show from the 2020 Progressive Insurance Nashville Boat Show! We invited a handful of amazing female boaters and anglers to come out and chat with us. Each one has their own story and perspective on being a female in the mostly male-dominated worlds of boating and fishing. If you missed...

Are you a fan of the hit TV show Wicked Tuna? Have you dreamed about having the chance to go out and reel in a 500lb monstah? Well, you can turn your dream into reality by booking a trip on the F/V Hard Merchandise with Captain Joe Marciano!  We got to meet up with Joe and his sister Angelica on the F/V Falcon in Glouster, MA this past fall. Previously unreleased, this week's Five Minute Friday (w...

In this, part one of our two-part series on the Nashville Boat Show, Angie Scott gets a bit candid with a couple of important lessons learned from her experience in the events leading up to and during the Nashville Boat Show. She felt compelled to share them with everyone after talking with a couple of industry colleagues and realizing how sharing about it on the podcast could help others.   Stay...

Neither blizzards nor severe winter storms nor 40 mph winds can keep these die-hard ladies from ice fishing or Barb from recording a Five Minute Friday episode! There's a lot of wind noise in the beginning but hang in there because soon you'll be brought inside a nice and toasty warm Clam shelter and maybe you'll see why nothing stops these ladies from learning about ice fishing!  Mentioned in thi...

Lake Babcock is not a big lake by any means. It's a mere 300 acres. In fact, you're not allowed to use a gas-powered motor. Captain Debbie Hanson had an electric trolling motor and oars to get us from one tried and true spot to the next.  The bite was tough. A cold snap had just moved through. Even the gators were lethargic. We were using my favorite baits that I use back home in Nashville on Perc...

Barb Carey gets an up-close-and-personal look of the secret (or not-so-secret) lifestyle of Nashville via her co-host, Angie Scott. She's going to take you behind-the-scenes of her adventure experiencing Nashville outside of the live Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast which took place on Saturday at the big Nashville Boat Show. Live video of that event is up on our Facebook Page and the audio versi...

On this, our first-ever episode recorded while actually out on a boat fishing (and catching!), I visit with the very talented and independent Captain Stacy Horak. We're on the beautiful Crystal River just north of Homosassa, FL catching speckled trout and redfish. We hope you'll feel like you're right there in the boat with us while Stacy shares her incredibly inspirational story of her journey be...

What's it like when a group of die-hard women ice anglers get together for a big-time adventure? You're about to get a glimpse! On this impromptu Five Minute Friday Barb Carey takes you behind-the-scenes of a women's ice fishing adventure on Red Lake. These ladies have developed lifelong friendships with each other through fishing and it just doesn't get any better than that!  If you want to join...

Today you're going to meet Cheryl Bowden, a professional female bass angler who started the Lady Bass Anglers Association (LBAA) along with co-founder Secret York back in 2010. Professional women's bass fishing has had a difficult time keeping things going in the past but Cheryl and Secret have worked really hard to build the LBAA into a serious force in the world of bass fishing. Now in their 10t...

Welcome to the 1st episode of 2020! In 2020 The Woman Angler & Adventurer has pledged to ban single-use plastics from our boats and cutting back in other ways as well. In this Five Minute Friday Barb talks about the importance of this mission and gives several great ideas of ways you can join us! Together we can make a difference and put an end to the horrific impact plastics are having on our wat...

On this special New Year's Eve edition of The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast, Barb and Angie sit down to have a look back over 2019. What a wild ride it has been! They also look ahead to 2020 and all the great things in store. Hold on to your seats... Happy New Year everyone and thanks for listening! Mentioned in this Episode: Women on Ice Support the show on Patreon Additional Resources: The W...

Ever wonder about the proper way to hook certain live baits such as maggots and minnows to increase your chance of getting hooked up? (Pun intended...) On this week's Five Minute Friday episode of The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast, experienced angler Barb Carey is showing you the best ways!  While listening to this episode on Apple Podcasts is still going to be beneficial, we highly recommend...