This lovely Taco Tuesday we are joined by 3 of the most articulate, honest, and fun fishing fellas you could ever hope to chat with. I am of course referring to the Serious Angler Network boys; Bailey, Andy and Adam. In this super funny, engaging convo we cover everything from boat set ups in detail, to fishing, to tacos, to podcasting, and not even a bad internet connection could slow us down. We've listened to these dudes' podcasts for a long time and when you meet someone that you've been a fan of, you never know how it's actually going to go. Happy to report these men were so kind and genuine, exactly who we'd hoped they were. Come with us on this episode of Tackle and Tacos as things get serious! Please leave a positive review on iTune or Spotify, we appreciate you so much! OUR MERCH STORE IS FINALLY OPEN!!!! https://www.tackleandtacos.com/shop POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT! ALL FISHING IS FUN FISHING! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com Everything for our new buddies can be found via this link, including some really dope merch! https://seriousanglernetwork.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh Thanksgiving, that time of year where drunken Uncle Fred yells at his cat that's been dead for years. A time when the turkey may be great or may be more dry than you thought was possible. Football dominates the day and children seem magnetically drawn to play games near the open oven and hot stove top. Join us on Episode 32 where we give you a few sure fire ways to RUIN your Thanksgiving this year! We also talk cold water fall fishing and reflect on a few of things we're truly thankful for. If you're reading this, if you're listening to this episode we are fully thankful for you! OUR MERCH SHOP IS OPEN! Go snag some Taco swag!!!! Please leave a positive review on iTune or Spotify, we appreciate you so much! POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT! ALL FISHING IS FUN FISHING! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the very beginning of this show, Nate, Jordan and Lola wanted to have a Taco Expert on the show. This more than fits the bill. A couple months back, Jordan, Lola and the whole fam went to a restaurant called Guac N Roll in downtown Eau Claire, WI. They literally only went because it was close to where they were and they were operating on a tight time table. Turns out the food was amazing, tacos were off the charts, place was super clean, and the staff were really friendly and helpful. About half way through devouring a "Barstow Burrito" Jordan approached the fella behind the counter and asked if he would be interested in being interviewed on a podcast, and here we are. This episode is awesome. Carlos, the son of the owners, walks us through their place, where it came from, how it started, where the name and logo originated, and Carlos basically explains why his mom is now Lola's hero! We also discuss Nate and Jordan being really amateur when it comes to huntin' them whitetail durrs. Please leave a positive review on iTune or Spotify, we appreciate you so much! OUR MERCH STORE IS FINALLY OPEN!!!! https://www.tackleandtacos.com/shop POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT! ALL FISHING IS FUN FISHING! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com For Guac N Roll, everything you need is at this link! - https://www.guacnroll.co/menu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So there's kind of a funny back story here. Jordan was legit obsessed with Pete when he was younger. When Jordan was younger that is, which I guess meant Pete was too, but I digress. Anywhoo Jordan took a photo with Pete WAY back in the day, the nineties, and tagged Pete on it just a few months ago. Pete liked it, Lola (Jordan's Wife) took the chance to ask Pete to be on the podcast! HE SAID YES! Then during the taping, the audio and video got all wonky due to sketch internet connections. Brokenhearted, Jordan decided not to release it. But then just a couple weeks ago Jordan listened to it and decided it was ok because Pete is too big of a deal to let this chance slip by. People always say "never meet your idols" - They couldn't be more wrong here. Come with us as we talk tacos, Hayward, proper Musky care, why Muskies suck, and a ton more. Please leave a positive review on iTune or Spotify, we appreciate you so much! POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT! ALL FISHING IS FUN FISHING! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com All of Pete's stuff can be found - https://petemaina.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HAPPY HALLLLOOOWWEEEEEENNNN!!!! Spooky episode here. Filled with ghosts and vampires and zombies. Wait, no. No, that's not right. It's filled with our new Canadian buddy; Jeff Gustafson! It really does feel that way. Like he's a pal. Just so happens he won the 2023 Classic too! I don't remember the last time we liked someone so much so fast. He has this sorta unassuming way about him that you can't help but love! Jeff walks us around his garage, shows us his boat, shows us his favorite ned rig set up in detail, and has an amazing 2 hour long convo with us. He told us his favorite movie is Happy Gilmore. If you can't like this fella, I don't know what to even say. Also, we announce the two winners of the merch giveaway. Please contact us asap so we can get your sizes and ship you some stuff! Please leave a positive review on iTune or Spotify, we appreciate you so much! POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT! ALL FISHING IS FUN FISHING! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com All of Gussy's socials and links are simple - Gussyoutdoors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You ever meet someone and realize pretty quickly you have a good new friend? That's pretty much what happens here! Lola, Nate and Jordan have an awesome interview with a good new friend named Brian and it turns out he's a heavy hitter and big up and comer in the Musky game! Brian runs a really successful and steady growing YouTube channel called "Angling Anarchy" where he records the anarchy that occurs when chasing and catching big toothy critters. He has a video with 340k views and his followers currently number somewhere near 15 thousand. We talk for a couple hours about everything from Musky (Muskie) to tacos and life and fatherhood, to filming, and we do a fun little rapid fire game with Brian called "Best Ever" just for funsies. Merch store will be live really soon, we are so sorry for the delay! Please leave a positive review on iTune or Spotify, we appreciate you so much! POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT! ALL FISHING IS FUN FISHING! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com Brian's Links https://www.youtube.com/c/AnglingAnarchy https://www.facebook.com/AnglingAnarchy/ https://www.instagram.com/angling_anarchy/?hl=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 27! What a cool ride it's been thus far! On this Taco Tuesday Nate, Jordan and Lola take time to shed light on 3 specific taco styles and 3 specific bass fishing techniques that should probably get a lot more love than they do! So, we're calling the 'sode - UNDERLOVED. We say this on the recording a few times but if you're unsure of the tacos or lures or whatever we're talking about, just google it, you'll find it. Or honestly, send us a message on social or a email, we'd love to talk tackle and or tacos with you! Merch store will be live really soon, we are so sorry for the delay! Please leave a positive review on iTune or Spotify, we appreciate you so much! POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT! ALL FISHING IS FUN FISHING! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined on the tellie by semi-new friend, Mr. Michael Mudgett. Michael is a hammer of an angler, a funny laid back type a dude, and a fishing guide. Roll with us this lovely Taco Tuesday as we discuss tacos of course, being a guide and what to do when the people who booked you can't fish, is forward facing sonar really so evil, and of course we chat about fishing in general and how Michael got started in it. Sadly, we are sans Lola this week as her brother is in town all the way from the senior citizen state of the century; Florida. (or as Jordan says it - "flerrrduh") - Nate and Jordan struggle to get through the episode in general without her guidance, but we have a ton of fun nonetheless. Like always, and truly truly, we are so humbled and stoked to have every single listener we have, this includes YOU, so thank you! Positivity is Worth The Effort! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com MUDGE DADDY LINKS https://www.facebook.com/MudgettsGuideService/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwhi1X0TPviz0moEmgqhQsQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nate, Jordan and Lola all sit down and basically just chat in this week's episode. We, like always, talk fishing and talk tacos. One of the first things we thought of when we decided to do a podcast with the word "tacos" in the title was to do restaurant reviews. So we finally did it. Nate recaps his experience eating some tacos from a food truck in Iowa and Lola and Jordan talk about a new Mexican joint in WI that was originally a food truck. Each of us also give one super practical / simple fishing tip to make any angler better. You could be a top level tournament guy, a bank fisherman, or someone just starting out. You never really arrive in fishing or hunting. You never just land and say "I can learn no more, I know everything there is to know!" So we hope this helps even just a little bit. As a reminder or maybe as new info, we are hoping to help your fishin'. Sadly, Jordan didn't sing on this episode, but it is his birthday today, so we let it slide. THANKS FOR RIDING WITH US! Positivity is Worth The Effort! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well it's about G D time, eh? Curt is a close friend with everyone on this show so it makes sense, being this calendar-close to everyone kicking off deer archery season, that we have the dude on. This is our first ever, and who knows maybe last ever, "DEER STUFF" episode. We are aware that we are a fishing and a taco podcast, but we all deer hunt and will venture to guess that a lot of you do the same, so let's talk about it. Let's talk about deer baby. Let's talk about you and me, let's talk about bucks and that does in heat, let's talk about deer. Let's talk about deer. Sorry. Had a little retro Salt n Pepa moment there. Our goal here was to have a deer episode that was cool and fun to listen to but also somewhat informative and practical. We hope that you can listen to this and learn a little something. We sure did! Anywhoo, ride with us as we talk about deer, tacos, life, podcasting and whatever else with a dude who runs an insanely successful bowhunting podcast and is really pretty much an archery expert. Curt gets passionate about hunting and shares some really insightful tips to make us all better and more efficient in the woods this fall. Our merch shop on our website will be live SOON!!! POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, that was fun. 2023, as far as Bass Derby fishing, is over for us. We may jump into a couple random ones, but as far as the stuff we had on the schedule, we done. Have we learned anything at all? Have we grown? Did we have fun? Is all fishing actually fun fishing as we say? Highs and Lows. All of it. We are going to walk through it on this episode. Also, for the first episode in a few, we actually dive into Tacos. Some Jordan made recently, some Nate made, some awesome Taco Soup that Lola made AND an amazing Taco Essay that Lola found on the world wide interwebs. Also, our merch shop on our website will be live SOON!!! POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here we are with the 22nd installment of Tackle and Tacos and we're already repeating guests. There is a good reason for it though! The Lenfants are here. Marc and Easton, father and son, are great anglers, good friends, YouTubers, they fish a lot of tournaments, plus they also really like tacos. So maybe they'll just have to be regulars on the show! We did shift gears and get a little serious while tracking this episode because it's 9-11. We discuss this date from 22 years ago and share what it means to us. We will never forget. I so vividly remember George W Bush, standing on top of the rubble, speaking to the hurting Americans everywhere saying, "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." Of course there's a good bit of talk about nonsense and some pretty specific fishing stuff. Lola, during the tournament the day before did something I've never really even heard of before; she caught 3 PB's of different species on the same day! Smallmouth, Musky and Northern Pike. All fishing is fun fishing, and if it's not, what are we even doing on the water?! POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com https://www.youtube.com/@MarcLenfantFishing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke Dunkin is one of the more recognizable names / faces / voices in bass fishing. Be that from his years as a pro, his announcing on the NPFL, or his super successful video and audio podcast. Or perhaps it's because he's never been one to steer away from controversy. From our perspective, his affinity for controversy is more so just an honest dude sorta calling it how he sees it and a lot of people don't see that too often anymore. What we believe here at Tackle and Tacos is that Luke shares and says what he feels and believes to be true with little to no care about what other people think. Even if you don't always agree with the dude, you have to admit that's pretty dang refreshing. We spoke with Luke for a couple hours and tackled everything from music to kids, to tacos of course, to Luke almost being a chef, music, what makes a good podcast and of course a little bit of fishing. POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT warning - about half of Jordan's and Lola's vocals were attacked by gremlins and sound weird. However, all of Luke's sound great and he's the big guest of honor! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com Luke's Links https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-12Cq-TRYEFmNCzbwSULQ https://www.instagram.com/lukedunkin/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/lukedunkin1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another before and after episode. These are special podcasts where we record before a bass tournament, give our thoughts and predictions, then record again immediately after the derby. This one is a bit different in a few ways: 1 - we record two thirds of it on location in Woodruff, WI. 2 - this is actually a before and after and after as its before and then two afters since it's a two day tournament. 3 - we have our friends and special guests The Lenfants recording with us! This tournament was way outta pocket for Nate and Jordan. A style of fishing that they were not super well versed in. Marc and Easton had an amazing couple days of practice. How will it all shake out? You're about find out! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com/ THE LENFANT LINK - they make awesome YouTube videos https://www.youtube.com/@MarcLenfantFishing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Collin Tweten is a young hammer bass angler from darn near the same town as our title sponsor; Grizzly Coolers, in Decorah, Iowa. The dude is just 25 years old and knows his way around the deer woods and the local pools of the Mississippi River. Just a couple days ago Collin was fishing a BFL tournament on pool 9 of the Miss . He decided to run a skinny part of the river to access a new spot that he's run through, according to him, hundreds of times. In the video, which we will release in two days (chances are you've already seen it), you can BARELY see a small section of log sticking up above the water as Collin approaches it. With the wind blowing, the waves created enough ripple effect that Collin, even while boating totally responsibly, couldn't see the log, struck it going about 60 MPH, and ripped his entire engine off the back of his Legend Bass Boat, snapping the motor mounts clean through. SIDENOTE - the engine was a nearly impossible to find brand new Mercury 4 stroke 225HP. We talk with Collin about the accident, tacos, deer hunting, YouTube, Bass Fishing, Jordan sings "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" by Barbara Mandrell for some reason, and a lot lot more. https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com/ COLLIN'S SOCIAL AND LINKS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR73vKLMVGLkjKT09-e4Dag https://www.facebook.com/grindseasonoutdoors/ https://majorleaguefishing.com/anglers/collin-tweten-2/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this really awesome episode we have an in studio guest! Bassmaster Opens fisherman Austin Howard joins us to basically talk life, fishing, tacos, custom rod building, dreadlocks and a whole lot more! Austin is one of those rare fellas who makes you feel like you're great friends after knowing him for like 3 minutes. He grew up in Eau Claire, WI and now lives in Colorado where he makes custom rods and lake trout jigs out of his dreadlocks. Not joking. If you like smiling, positivity, bass fishing, tacos, or being alive, this is the epsiode for you. Truly though, it would be hard to listen to this guy speak without feeling good vibes. ALL FISHING IS FUN FISHING and POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT!!! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every angler has been there; on a new body of water, or going to a new body of water and feeling a bit unsure because you've never been on it, never fished it. This applies to fun fishing, going out with the kiddos, prefishing for a tournament or actually fishing a derby. The most basic and necessary question looms - How do I figure out this body of water? It could be a stream, a river, a lake and it could be any size. How do you break it down? How do you find and catch fish on it? How do you not just lay down in the fetal position and cry the first time you launch your boat on Lake of the Woods and feel lost on it's literal million plus acres of water? This episode may not be absolute gospel, but the info we share is what we do and it works for us. We've gotten accustomed to fishing new lakes, new pools on the river, new whatever and this is how we break them down. This is how we study and work to find fish as efficiently as possible. We really hope this episode can help someone, and if you have more tips and tricks, we'd love to hear em. For real. [email protected] https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos https://www.workingclassbowhunter.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We always wanted our podcast to be more than bass fishing. Make no mistake, we love bass and it's what we know best, but there is something really fun and really cool about learning new stuff! We were told that Cameron would make a great guest from our buddy Curtis and he was right! This dude is humble, articulate, used to bass fish a ton, has a rad Mexican wife that makes bomb tacos, and has caught some GIANT catfish. He walks us through his techniques to catch cats, how to target them, his favorite bait and when he uses live versus cut bait. Cameron used to be a big bass guy, but after catching some giant catfish, he's never looked back! Ride with us as we talk tacos, shoutout a million people, and have a ton a fun like always! Also, we do a full recap of Nate's first ever SPRO frog only derby. POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT!!! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first ever Bite Size is here. Basically it's just a solo short podcast by one of the three hosts. In this case, it's Jordan sharing a little story from Wal Mart. Not usually the place one would look to positively adjust their life view, but that's just what happened here. SIDENOTE - WE HAVE SO MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT FOR ALL OUR ACTIVE MILITARY AND VETS. THANK YOU! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode we touch on almost too much to slap a simple title on it. So basically we can just say this; nonsense and some non-nonsense. Here are the topics we touch on today in no particular order camping with kids Nate prepping to fish a frog only tournament Jordan fished a derby on the river positivity bowhunting excitement a Mexican restaurant in Hayward WI and for the first time ever, we took a listener submitted taco recipe and made it, it was DOPE! plus much more stuff that may or may not matter ANNOUNCEMENT - we have merch coming out! Here's your chance for a free hat and shirt! Write a positive review on Apple podcasts, and at the end of July we will pick a random one and send you a free hat, shirt, and some stickers! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is only the second time we've done a BEFORE AND AFTER podcast. The premise is simple - record a show right before a derby, talk about the prep and practice and make predictions, then podcast immediately after the tournament and recap how it went. Then we roll it all together into one big podcast! The questions we ask before the tournament are - Will you have 5 fish in the well, what will your weight be, will you cash a check (finish high enough in the final standings to take home some money?) This Before and After is unique in the fact that both Jordan and Nate fished derbies, different ones, and we are predicting then recapping them both. Nate is super familiar with the body of water he and his father in law are on (Pool 14 of the Mississippi River) and Jordan (fishing solo sadly) has never even seen the lake he will be fishing (Red Cedar Lake in Northern WI.) How will they do, will they get bit off by pike, how will Jordan adapt to brand new waters, will Nate's dad-in-law fish anything besides a tube? TUNE IN AND FIND OUT! REMINDER- we have merch coming out! Here's your chance for a free hat and shirt! Write a positive review on Apple podcasts, or leave a 5 star review on Spotify and at the end of July we will pick a random one from each platform and send you a free hat, shirt, and some stickers! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Look here man, you gotta stick with what you know! We know how to fish tournaments, we know how to launch our boats, we know how to burn through gas running around the lake, and we know how to lose! All jokes aside, this episode is really just our thoughts on how to win a derby, but in reverse. There are some practical ideas here, some sorta mental stuff, and a few things in-between. THINGS DISCUSSED - Nate's latest tournament, Lola and Jordan went camping with all the kids, ton's of shout-outs to people and of course, plenty of nonsense. We hope you had a perfect first week and a half of July and remember - STAY POSITIVE! Life is pretty awesome when you pause long enough to appreciate it! REMINDER- we have merch coming out! Here's your chance for a free hat and shirt! Write a positive review on Apple podcasts, or leave a 5 star review on Spotify and at the end of July we will pick a random one from each platform and send you a free hat, shirt, and some stickers! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have always wanted to do a lure or presentation specific episode. So being what time of year it is, Nate suggested frogs. "Let's do a whole episode on frogs!" And here we are. Please understand that we are NOT pretending to be experts or act like we know all there is to know about fishing with frogs, these are simply stories and tips and things we've run across in our fishing lives using frogs. In this episode we talk the history of frogs and when the first hollow body frog ever came out, some of our favorites, we shout out a million people who know frogging better than we ever will, and of course we talk tacos. We hope you had an amazing 4th of July and remember - STAY POSITIVE! Life is pretty awesome when you stop to appreciate it! ANNOUNCEMENT - we have merch coming out! Here's your chance for a free hat and shirt! Write a positive review on Apple podcasts, and at the end of July we will pick a random one and send you a free hat, shirt, and some stickers! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is what our buddies at Working Class Bowhunter would call a BS session. In this, our 11th episode, we just kinda look back on 2023 at the midway point and discuss what we've learned. As a podcast, as Taco lovers, as anglers, as humans. Sadly this episode is missing Lola as she wasn't feeling too well so it's just Nate and ol' Jordy. Positivity, Tajin, gross taco shells, fixing stuff, stupid tournament practices, children selling the house and a few other things are discussed in this go round of Tackle and Tacos. We hope you don't hate it! ANNOUNCEMENT - we have merch coming out! Here's your chance for a free hat and shirt! Write a positive review on Apple podcasts, and at the end of July we will pick a random one and send you a free hat, shirt, and some stickers! https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - code WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we finally strayed away from bass fishing to talk some fish with teeth! They say Musky are the fish of 10,000 casts, and while that may be true, we turn to a man on the podcast who has probably caught 10,000 of them; Steve Jonesi. Those in the Musky world know this man well. And there's a reason why - he knows Muskellunge. He knows them well, he spends so much time chasing them that he kinda thinks like them at this point. Come with us as we cover everything from Steve's first fish tacos (just the other day) to Steve's first musky as a little kid, to an absolute giant mutant he guided his client to on Mille Lacs to playing college football to now guiding in Iowa. Yes. Yes there are Musky in Iowa. In this episode we battle barking dogs, sketchy internet, and the urge to quit bass fishing altogether to go after them Ski Fish. Nate now has a few Musky under his belt, Jordan has his fair share and Lola has never caught one. So we made the choice that this fall we are gonna link up with Steve and get Lola on her first big slime fish and get it on film, be sure to stay tuned for that! check out Steve's guide service here https://www.stevejonesifishing.com/ https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - CODE WCB https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ for both Hook and Arrow and Gilltek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is one of the most real life, honest, fun, competitive, intelligent dudes you will listen to. Brandon Palaniuk is a lot more than a fisherman, and this interview really shows it. One thing we are proud of around here at Tackle and Tacos is how different of an angle we take when talking to people. There are a ton of great fishing podcasts that do a superb job of diving into the length of the tag-end of a palomar knot for drop shotting in 61 degree water. We are not one of those. We love those podcasts and listen intently, but we are more concerned with Brandon the human being and we hope it feels that way to you, the viewer / listener. Topics covered here range from wrestling, to the genesis of his outdoor passions, to thinking he was gonna be murdered in Montana, to Jordan singing "Youth of the Nation" by P.O.D. to Brandon, to Show and Tell, tacos of course, being afraid of brisket, hunting, fishing, ripping the trolling motor off the front of a ski boat, and a lot lot LOT more. We were honored to spend so much time with one of the very top bass anglers on planet Earth. Truth be told, we recorded for about an hour and a half, signed off, he stayed in the waiting room, we brought him back in (off camera) and we all talked for another 40 minutes. This fella is a real human being. Find Brandon in the first two links below https://bmpfishing.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/BmpFishing https://www.tackleandtacos.com/ https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ - - - CODE WCB find both Gilltek and Hook and Arrow Supply CO - https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This was something we wanted to do right away in the life of our podcast; an episode dedicated to food talk. We knew that it would be way easier to talk about fishing and tackle and boats, tournaments etc. So in this one we break down some of our favorite foods and tacos and how we make them. One big thing discussed, that I would assume most people listening to this don't know about, is Sofrito. It's incredible, smells good, tastes great and is easier than you might think to make. Lola, who is Puerto Rican, learned her recipe from her Grandma and it's so dang dope. sub to our youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos check out Kenai - https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're keeping score at home, we just went from episode 5 to episode 7. On purpose? No. Episode 6 got all weird while trying to export. Here's a fast recap - it was a podcast about a bass tournament that we didn't win. We are so dang pumped to have Kyle be apart of our first ever video podcast! Kyle is reigning angler of the year Brandon Palaniuk's close friend and videographer. His skills and passion speak for themselves when you watch his videos. It's a perfect mix of art and documentation. He captures all the best parts of BMP fishing (or whatever he's filming) in a way that looks good and makes you wanna get off the couch and catch a fish or two yourself. In this episode with Kyle, we cover filming, fish tacos, vans, rom-coms, shirt design ideas, Walter Mitty, and oh yeah, some fishing stuff too! Video version of this podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos Check Kyle out - https://www.kylevandever.com/ You can find us - https://www.tackleandtacos.com/ And be sure to snag a cooler or two - https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this, the 5th episode of Tackle and Tacos, we sit down with Ryan Thirtyacre, owner of Fish 30acre Swimbaits. He stops by for a chat where we cover everything from how he got started in fishing to tacos of course and a DEEP dive into his process and technique for making baits. We are not sponsored by Fish 30acre so we have no reason to say this other than the fact that it's the truth; his lures are the most realistic bait in the history or future of mankind! But for real, go look em up, they're legit amazing. POSITIVITY IS WORTH THE EFFORT! Thanks for riding with us, check out our website, https://www.tackleandtacos.com/ You can find Ryan's amazing art / lures at https://www.fish30acre.com/ Don't sleep on Kenai! This is an awesome line of coolers made for anglers by Grizzly Coolers - https://www.grizzlycoolers.com/shop-kenai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ok so no joke, this episode gets a little graphic as we read an article published in Bassmaster Magazine, or it was on the Bassmaster website, something like that. The article was so crazy it was hard to believe and it just got all 3 of us thinking about scary moments we've all had on the water. It just isn't much of a fight when it comes to man VS nature, so be safe, be smart out there. Make sure to check out our first ever cooking video on YouTube where we document the entire process of how to easily make pulled pork, then of course make tacos out of it. Subscribe while you're there too! https://www.youtube.com/@tackleandtacos also, go hit up Grizzly coolers and get you a Kenai cooler if you're cool. (see what I did there?) www.grizzlycoolers.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our first episode with a guest is a real doozy. We were turned onto Gilltek swim jigs a few years ago and since then Gilltek owner Bryan Schwaller has really refined his craft and improved his jigs. Which is saying something cuz those first ones were great. We would honestly argue that these swim jigs are some of the absolute best out there. They look good, hook up great, and DON'T roll or blowout regardless of how fast you fish em! In this episode with Bryan we dive into the company, his lure designs, his favorite tacos, his new supply company Hook and Arrow Supply Co, and some car stuff too. Thanks for tuning in, hope you've had some good tacos lately. Positivity is worth the effort! https://hookandarrowsupply.com/ - Bryan's new company and the home of Gilltek USA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices