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Fishing can be slow. Podcasts about fishing shouldn’t be. That’s why we created Bent, the unapologetic fishing podcast that moves faster than a tournament bass boat but doesn’t take itself near as seriously. Hosts Joe Cermele and Miles Nolte welcome anglers of all backgrounds and interests, from hardcore crappie jiggers to dry-fly purists to offshore tuna addicts. Even if you’re just mildly fish curious, this podcast has something for you: regional fishing reports, tackle tips, trash talk, etymology, weekly news, trivia, even suggestions on how to piss off your fishing guide. Come for the soggy cooler sandwiches; stay for the raccoon-eyes tan lines. Part of The MeatEater Podcast Network.

Ep. 33: Lewd Taxidermy at the Palomino Rodeo

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  • 1.9K views
  • almost 4 years ago
  • 01:16:52

Today on "Name That Smell," we’ve got: severed feet on the rocks of the Pacific Northwest, a Glade Plug-in prototype combining human waste and sweet Hawaiian salt air, a musty skin mount that captures predators doing the big dirty, and an eau de tyranny and conspiracy in the world of As-Seen-On-TV bass fishing.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 32: Dredging Rasta Beads on Trout Island

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  • 1.9K views
  • almost 4 years ago
  • 01:15:08

In this week’s all-inclusive resort package: enjoy a continental breakfast featuring threatened Gulf sturgeon pickled in fish tears, take a spinning class that will make fly anglers question your morals, have your hair braided just in time to ruin your fifth grade reputation, and cap off the day with a relaxing sea cucumber colonic.    Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 31: Pick a Finger and Feed It to a Pike

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  • 2K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 01:17:23

This week on Fish-Story Science Theater, Mike Iaconelli dissects vintage lingerie to learn what turns bass on, we prove Montana anglers could benefit from being a bit more metal, we jackhammer fish eggs to see if any stick to the moon, and observe the natural behavior of buffalo soldiers and Senko Rastas.    Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 30: Chattering Teeth at the Power Line Hole

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  • 1.9K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 01:10:03

This week on the free road map to angling attractions: Visit the tool shed where Javier the Russian apparently filleted two world-record stripers, drop by the Ye Olde Bait Foundry to watch internet geniuses craft an overnight sensation, stand on the site of the Great Asshat Lake Trout Massacre of 2021, and pop into the gift shop to buy lures planted by you, but harvested by someone else.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 29: The Complete Guide To Ice Fishing In Tahiti

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  • 1.9K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 01:08:04

In this week’s fish police blotter:  We question Wooderson about mind-altering tip-up tactics, investigate how missing lunch money ended up in the back of a toad brown’s throat, ask for the public’s help locating an arapaima angler, and stake out the tarpon godfather to grab intel on his secrets to silver king success.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 28: Muskie Shoot-Outs at the Kentucky Cod Corral

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  • 2K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 01:14:13

This week on “The Reel World: Fond Du Lac,” the Puck stops here: we get serious about caviar, Captain Abbie Schuster riles the locals with a beer bomb, we hook a gift horse right in your face, and leave you with recipes for Davenport sole, Peorian hake, and other fish that don’t actually exist.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 26: Carl Weathers Goes to Cabela’s

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  • 1.8K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 01:12:23

Today on life hacks for lure refurbishers: Learn to thwart uncontrollable vomiting with lump charcoal, save a poodle from the clutches of a raging walleye psychopath, chop wood in the Amazon after putting down a twelver of Brahma, and fool a 50-inch muskie with Radio Shack ingenuity.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 24: Rollerblading with the Golf Course G.O.A.T.

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  • 1.9K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 01:04:05

This week at the water hazard: two kids swing big for walleye but drown in teenage lies; after failing to chip away at his waist line, an angler gives up some cheap goods; Miles investigates robots that can do anything from deep driving lion fish to building condos on Mars; and Riverhorse putts for birdie to clear the un-fairway of rich mulligans in motorized carts.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 22: Microfishing for Pelagic Triplefin

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  • 1.9K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 01:13:17

On this week’s off-menu special, we’ve got blue-ribbon rainbow trout crusted in Miracle Grow, a poultry dish that fish rarely swallow, speckled trout belly soaked in secret Cajun ingenuity sauce, and a shredded pork leg slathered in shark DNA that won’t likely stop you from being killed by a great white.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 20: The Bent Christmas Spectacular

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  • 1.8K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 01:10:34

Pour an egg nog, nuzzle up to a loved one, and prepare for the airing of grievances in this star-studded holiday event of the century. Join us as we sing a duet with a soulless walleye killer, give back to those struggling with steelhead addiction by helping them find their tying scissors, tell a tale of jolly St. Nick’s inability to scratch out a few largemouths, feed bits of tinsel to crappies and perch in the name of habitat restoration, and so much more!   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 18: Dope Jams for Colonialist Flats Junkies

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  • 1.8K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 01:07:15

This week on Fish Head Talk Soup, Mandy Uhrich spills the beans on Donkey Sauce, Miles reviews a book about an otherwise upstanding human ditching his family for bonefish, we compare a Pantara fan to Axel Rose, and Joe tells you the possibly, maybe, a little bit true history of a mostly useless fly with a somewhat offensive name.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 16: Track Suits for Trout Chunkers

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  • 1.8K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 57:22

This week on Fish By Numbers, we throw shade on a man covered in salmon sperm, highlight bass legend Oliver Ngy’s hatred of billfish, calm the panic of foreign seafood consumers, add chunks of color to a miserable striper report, and bathe a terrible Black Friday bargain in soft blue light.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 15: Choking on Chum Pods

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  • 1.9K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 01:05:35

In this episode of Top Chef for Fillet O’ Fish fryer jockeys, Hilary Hutcheson gives away her secret for keeping dry flies oh so fresh, Lance V reveals the IG filter from which all his power derives, Miles laments how the Aloha spirit has devolved into surf casters hucking pyramid sinkers at paddleboard yogis, and Joe explains why he prefers his Tacatos infused with a nice wiener essence.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 12: Dancing with Demonic Maggots

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  • 1.8K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 01:07:15

This week on our not-so-special Halloween Special, get hip to a bass secret so venomous it might kill you, score a good deal on waders by making them smell like fear, scare the kids with a bedtime story so horrific you’ll never have to spend money on another Boogie Board, and learn the five trout flies worth losing an eye.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 11: Slinging Flashtails on Peckerwood Creek

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  • 1.8K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 01:15:52

This week on Sally Jesse for center-pinners, we find out why your dad’s not impressed with your surfcasting skills, discover a pike fly you can tie drunk and fish hungover, learn how Mr. Bean can enhance your angling street cred, and discuss when it’s appropriate to dial 911 for a species ID.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 9: It Puts the Lotion on the Swimbait

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  • 1.4K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 01:08:50

This week on the $10,000 Pyramid Sinker, earn coupons for super-sizing that McShark sandwich at Euro McDonald’s, finally figure out how to choose the perfect coke spoon for lake trout, discover why horses are dying for your big bass fantasies, and learn tips for cleaning black mold out of your dream boat.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 8: Quit Gaping at my Gar

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  • 1.5K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 01:09:53

In this week’s match game for mullet soakers, we learn the best position for making tainted love on a drift boat, examine coping mechanisms for carp death across the pond, confirm that Canadians want to throw boiling hot Tim Horton’s coffee in the face of every American, and celebrate the fact that at least one person in Australia likes us.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 7: How to Pose with Goldfish

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  • 1.5K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 01:10:12

This week on Cliff’s Notes for catfishermen, we flail our way to anaphylactic shock, learn about Tik Tok's secret plan to destroy our fisheries, get schooled on vigilante street justice in the river parking lots of Montana, explore why a Gorilla Pod is your most important piece of tackle, and say farewell to a striper legend with a skeptical send off.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 6: My Walleye Tastes Funny

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  • 1.5K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 01:04:13

In this intro course to spooning, we don our Power Gloves for a round of Nintendo commercial trawling, Steve Rinella drops by to sell you a gently used boat, a very fishy lady serves walleye glazed with human feces to unsuspecting guests, and we try to give hope to Western steelheaders but fail miserably.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Ep: 5: Turd Flies and Codfish Gravy

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  • 1.5K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 54:18

This week on the short bus to fishing glory, you'll get a hot tip on keeping your dry flies high as a kite with budget white powder, a warning that if you're not careful muskies will turn you into a mediocre writer, a secret about using six dirty-ass sinkers to have the best summer ever, and a history lesson about a time when grenades were fun for the whole family.   Connect with Joe, Miles, and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.