Ryan Crouser: The 3x Olympic Gold Medalist Who Fishes and Bowhunts
Ryan Crouser is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and world-record holder in the shot put who joins me to talk training, the technique he calls the Crouser slide, his regimented 350-grams-of-protein diet, fly fishing and fly tying, public-land bowhunting, and the mindset that lets him win the same event three Olympics in a row.
Jim Root: How to Turn Fishing Into a Full-Time Career
Jim Root is a fishing content creator, writer, and TV host who joins me to explain how he turned fishing into a full-time career — from bass tournaments on the ABA and BFL trails to writing for The Weather Channel, hosting the Outdoor Channel show Bragging Rights, and launching his new travel-and-conservation show Just Landed.
Protecting Fishermen's Rights With the American Sportfishing Association
Larry Phillips and Tom Anderson of the American Sportfishing Association join me from the Sport Fishing Summit to launch the Anglers Unite segment: how recreational anglers can unite to protect fishing access against right whale closures, the 30 by 30 movement, and threats to the federal excise tax, plus striped bass, red snapper, and forward-facing sonar.
Elliot Stark: Travel Fishing, Billfish Conservation, and Chasing Fish Around the World
Elliot Stark is an angler, conservationist, and author who wrote a book on travel fishing covering billfish destinations worldwide. He joins Tom Rowland to talk about his tagging work with The Billfish Foundation, running a mothership operation in Panama, the economics of sport fishing, and how to choose the right fishing destination for you and your family.
Elliot Stark: Travel Fishing for Billfish Around the World
Elliot Stark is a billfish and travel-fishing expert and author who joins me to talk through his book on traveling the world for billfish, his years with The Billfish Foundation, running a 163-foot mothership marlin operation in Panama's Pearl Islands, the socioeconomic studies that reshaped fishing conservation, black versus blue marlin, swordfish, and the offshore-sonar and forward-facing-sonar debates.
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Heartland Bowhunter and The Cast: Producing a Hunting Show vs a Fishing Show
Mike from Heartland Bowhunter, one of the top hunting shows on television, and Trenton, who started a fishing show called The Cast produced by Heartland Bowhunter, join Tom Rowland to compare and contrast the craft of producing a high-quality hunting show versus a high-quality fishing show, two seasons into the new project.
Travis Thompson: All Florida, Conservation, and the Fight for Hunters and Anglers
Travis Thompson is a conservationist and the executive director of All Florida, a conservation organization he founded to work on state-level issues. A fifth-generation Floridian, he joins Tom Rowland for an Anglers Unite conversation about conservation, Florida's Amendment 2, and why hunters and anglers need to be part of the discussion.
Mike Mehlmann: Can the BassForecast App Help You Catch More Bass?
Mike Mehlmann is the founder of BassForecast, billed as the number one bass fishing app in the world. He joins Tom Rowland to explain the data behind the app, how it forecasts the bass bite using weather and conditions, and how both recreational anglers and pros use it to catch more fish.
Taylor Somerville: Breathwork Techniques to Control Stress and Anxiety
Taylor Somerville is the founder of Symmetry, a Memphis-based coaching company that teaches breathwork and nervous-system tools to manage stress and anxiety. A longtime XPT coach, he joins Tom Rowland to break down practical breathing techniques anyone can use, how breath drives the nervous system, and how he brings stress management into corporate settings.
Taylor Somerville: Managing Stress as a New Parent With Breath and the Nervous System
Taylor Somerville is the founder of Symmetry, a Memphis-based coaching company that helps high-achieving people manage stress through breath, cold exposure, and nervous-system training. A longtime XPT coach, he joins Tom Rowland to talk about taking his own medicine as a new parent, why breath is the foundation of everything he teaches, and how to get back control of your time and energy.
Major Thornton: Fishing, Social Media, and Staying Grounded
Major Thornton, known on social media as majorgator95, is a tournament redfish angler and fishing content creator. In this episode of the Tom Rowland Podcast he continues the conversation on fishing, building an audience online, and keeping perspective as a creator.
Major Thornton: How to Get Famous Doing What You Love
Major Thornton, known on social media as majorgator95, is a tournament redfish angler and fishing content creator. He joins Tom Rowland for a conversation across an age gap about what gets people started in fishing, how a self-described introvert found his voice on camera, using fishing to get through hard times, and where social media is heading for anglers and their kids.
Aaron Benjamin: Abenz Fishing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Building a Content Business
Aaron Benjamin, known online as Abenz Fishing, is a fishing content creator and entrepreneur with a background in competitive Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He joins Tom Rowland to talk about his path from training under five-time world champion Bernardo Faria to building a content business, the obsessive mindset behind mastery, and how he turned a love of fishing into a brand.
Sting Ray Robb: IndyCar Racing, Backcountry Elk Hunting, and Growing Up in Idaho
Sting Ray Robb is a professional NTT IndyCar Series driver for AJ Foyt Racing and an avid hunter and fisherman from Payette, Idaho. He joins Tom Rowland to explain how a kid from Idaho reached the top tier of American open-wheel racing through the Road to Indy ladder, how he balances backcountry hunting with a racing schedule, and the surprising parallels between motorsport and the outdoors.
Is Saint Croix Fishing's Best Kept Secret? — Carter Smith-Wellman
Charter captain Carter Smith-Wellman on why Saint Croix may be fishing's best-kept secret—bonefish caught on Rapalas and swimbaits, and a flats fishery that collapsed and recovered.
Clay Cowart: From Media Professional to YouTube Fishing Fame with Life by the Bow
Clay Cowart is the creator and host of Life by the Bow, a fishing YouTube channel he runs with his wife Stephanie. A University of Miami graduate who started a media company before going full-time on YouTube, he joins Tom Rowland to talk about building a fishing channel, why The Bahamas drives his best content, balancing creative work with a new baby, and the craft of fishing videography.
Peter Kaminsky: A Writing Life Between Fishing and Food
Writer Peter Kaminsky joins Tom Rowland to reflect on a career spanning National Lampoon, the New York Times, fly fishing, and food, and on why the catches and stories that stay with an angler are rarely the biggest.
Peter Kaminsky: From National Lampoon to the New York Times and a Life in Fishing
Writer Peter Kaminsky joins Tom Rowland to talk about his years at National Lampoon, 35 years writing for the New York Times, how a $54 grouper hooked him on fishing, his food writing, and his book The Catch of a Lifetime.
Ryan Hanks: From Lake Lanier to Chasing Giant Trevally in Australia
Ryan Hanks joins Tom Rowland to talk about fishing Georgia's Lake Lanier, traveling to Australia to chase giant trevally, and how the contrast between freshwater and brutal saltwater fishing sharpens an angler.
Marina Gibson: How Fishing Can Change a Life
Fly fishing instructor, author, and conservationist Marina Gibson joins Tom Rowland to talk about how fishing helped change her life, founding a fishing school, why conservation drives her, and making the sport welcoming to everyone.
Kirk Martin: Calm Parenting and Emotional Regulation
Kirk Martin, founder of Celebrate Calm, joins Tom Rowland to talk about staying calm with strong-willed kids, why a parent's emotional regulation sets the tone at home, and practical tools that change the dynamic right away.
