Tom Rowland takes time to do a LIVE question and answer podcast for the first time. Using Facebook Live, Instagram Live, emailed questions and tweets, Tom answers questions for 2 hours on virtually every subject. From Goliath Grouper regulations, to how to become a fishing guide, Capt. License questions to how to stay in shape on the road, the questions keep flooding in and Tom does his best to answer every one.

Ryan Nitz is a 27 year old with a passion for the outdoors that is contagious and immediately obvious to anyone who is fortunate enough to be around him even for a few minutes.  For the past few years he has been funding his outdoor addiction with a well paying job in Florida pest control.  However, with his growing Instagram profile, he has had many opportunities to turn his   passion into his profession.

Derek DeYoung is a renowned fish artist who travels between Montana, Florida Keys (Big Pine) and Northern Michigan to pursue fish and get inspiration to reproduce them on canvas.  I caught up with Derek through Instagram and asked him if he would like to be a guest on Saltwater Experience.  He said he would like to do it but his schedule was very tight.  We found a day and made it happen.

Captains For Clean Water is an environmental organization started by Capt. Daniel Andrews and Capt. Chris Wittman.  Today, they are leading the charge to save the Everglades. Daniel was a guide working 280 days a year until his area was affected by runoff from the Caloosahatchee River in the middle of peak tourist season. During this time, he realized that he needed to do something about this issue and within a few days, Captains For Clean Water was born.  

Lawson started SEALFit and Unbeatable Mind in May 2013, and by November 2013, he was in a 20X event. This is an intense, 12-hour, nonstop event that will show you you’re capable of 20 times more than you think you can do. This was Lawson’s stepping stone event to the SEALFit Kokoro, a 50 hour event in California which is where he and Rowland’s brotherhood really begins.

Bill Dance is the fishing legend. The first time I met Bill Dance he was unbelievably nice and helpful. Every time I see him he rushes over and gives me a giant bear hug and asks about everything, "Where's the Toot?" (Asking about my partner). He is a shining example of a high quality individual and it is no wonder why he has been so successful.

Bill Dance is the fishing legend. The first time I met Bill Dance he was unbelievably nice and helpful. Every time I see him he rushes over and gives me a giant bear hug and asks about everything, "Where's the Toot?" (Asking about my partner). He is a shining example of a high quality individual and it is no wonder why he has been so successful.

Tim Crockett has a strong Military background.  As a UK Soldier who served in the Special Boat Service (SBS), he has spent most of his life on, under or near the water.  He is going to draw heavily on this experience when he takes on his next challenge, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.  This race is a 3000+ mile crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a rowboat.  Tim will not only take this challenge on, but he will do it alone...

Aside from guiding, winning tournaments, and hosting television shows (and running a mothership operation in the Sea of Cortez somewhere in there), Smethurst is also well known for his role in a number of award-winning films that feature his fly fishing adventures in some of the most exciting and interesting parts of the world. One of Rowland’s favorites is a film called Running Down The Man, which features Smethurst and friends fly fishing up and down the Baja for the elusive Roosterfish...via dune buggy...

Miles Burghoff is a College Bass Fishing Champion, traveling professional Bass Fisherman and cohost of Sweetwater Television Show.  I have worked with Miles for several years and enjoy talking with him.  I have been a guest on Sweetwater as I took the boys fishing for big Redfish in Venice, LA and have fished with both Joey and Miles...

I was introduced to Joe’s story by a good friend who heard him speak the night before.  His presentation was described to me as “the best speaker I have ever heard”.  I immediately tried to reach him and we set up a time to talk right away...

Clay and his family have continued the annual trip + a few more and they have a knack for researching and finding some really good trips.  He has fished everywhere from the Rocky Mountains to New Zealand for trout and from Mexico to the Florida Keys in Saltwater.  I value his opinion on destinations and guides because I know what he has seen, I know who taught him to guide and I know his families standards of excellence...  

Goruck Selection is an event like no other.  Developed by Green Beret, Jason Mcarthy, the website describes it like this: "48+ HOURS, 80+ MILES. THE TOUGHEST ENDURANCE EVENT IN THE WORLD. AVERAGE PASS RATE: < 5%" For some reason, this event attracted us both...

I found Will Taylor on Instagram.  His photography had a different look and feel to it and I was very interested in his North Georgia waters.  Blue Ridge, Georgia was only down the road about an hour drive from where I grew up in Chattanooga, TN, yet  I had no idea that trout the size of my leg lived there...