Explore every episode of the podcast Cut & Retie

This week, former Penn State bass team captain, Derek Horner, pulls a gun on a dealer and shoots down trout fishing, we celebrate a tourney win by splurging on Bojangle’s chicken, use our forward-facing sonar to see into the weird future of bass angling, and stroll our way into disappointing striper and muskie captures.

This week, John Bullock of Old School Outdoors and Captain Eric Kerber do kick flips off the eel tank, we catch flatheads with a mystery tuna rod, grind our way through a job at Roy Rogers, and license the Misfits logo for a new line of sun shirts. 

This week, Reed “The Fish Monger” Brand teaches us how to tell our friends they suck at filleting without hurting their feelings, we inspect the gills of a largemouth viewed 1 million times, feed a family of five with the tails of golden tilefish, and skip out on football to go lobstering in a gale.

This week, Zach “Hammer” Miller drives a riding lawnmower to the Causeway to doom snook and kids wearing joggers, we give worship and tribute to Billy the Greek, explain how to sneak past Toll Booth Willy, and discuss why it’s worth being a charter captain for tax purposes only. 

This week, Ross Robertson gets the lead out of his drive for Northeast salty glory from the comfort of an IKEA futon, Eric Kerber explains why people that crank spinning reels with their right hands fail during epic blitzes, and Miles Nolte reports that walleyes are pretty much a big joke in New Zealand, too. 

This week, tattoo artist Drew Wilson and I borrow bath robes from our friends’ dads and get squirmy worm ink after botching the most important cast of our lives, discuss the British invasion of Tears For Muskie Fears, and listen to a grown striper fisherman cry over a case of WD-40

This week, we inject our frogs with deer scent and gaze into the future of American snakehead hatred, pile into the ’91 Chevy Cavalier and search for a bowfin pond that doesn’t exist, and find out what happens when you spike your hair with Elmer’s Glue while sniffing Smelly Jelly behind the local bait barn.

This week, Joe and his best friend, Mark Wizeman, relive a Western road trip fueled by youthful ignorance and corporate money, Miles Nolte breaks up with the river of his dreams, and the Lawnmower Man spews stocked trout secrets from the tailgate of a 1984 hatchback.

Josh Mills beams in to discuss poo sandies and how your loosely-wrapped wooly buggers can help rebuild lives, we find out what a bright Atlantic salmon will do to a Wal-Mart special fly rod, and see who goes directly from hunting stocked trout to looking for a rocket queen. 

Veteran captain Eric Kerber gets loose in the Bunka and trashes your 45-minute voice messages regarding booking a charter, Party Marty has a pike and a case of Red Dog with your wife's name on it, we say goodbye to the striper community's most famous holy water dealer, and explain why a bail-less spinning reel won't impress the guys at walleye camp. 

Like the sage old regular at the end of the bar (not the creepy one, the cool one), kick back with Cut & Retie and enjoy the crisp, refreshing taste of a fishing podcast that doesn't take itself too seriously and makes you a better angler by sharing its many mistakes and dissecting the shortcomings of others. 

This week, legendary guide and writer, Steve Dally, shoots high-velocity AA batteries at giant, venomous sculpins, we fail to land a single tarpon after getting easily 100 shots, almost get locked up for sea shell smuggling, and watch a massive trout get caught by a massive A-hole.

Learn how to break the news to your boss’s escort that she’s 100 miles offshore and won’t see land again for a really long time. 

This week, Captains Eric Kerber and Darren Dorris navigate us to the casino buffet with nothing but a compass heading, we spend $35,000 on poles to help us catch tiny bonito, learn why striped bass love the smell of diesel fuel, and invite Lavar Burton to read us the flounder regulations. 

This week, lure maker Dennis Perko and tattooer “Sideshow” Brian Woolverton fight over who gets to drive the Milf Hunter 5000 to the fishing expo, we stuff a water wolf in the freezer and financially ruin our parents, glide bait our way to internet trolling, and die eating Montana sushi. 

This week, Joe and his best bud, Mark Wizeman, muscle through a show after chasing a 5-year-old rainbow slayer around all day, Pastor Ted drops by to bless their quest for “orange trout,” we get kicked out of a bar for underage flyfishing, and impress the ladies with our mud stockings.

This week, veteran Niagara River guide Frank Campbell trades fish heads for seedy massages, we put antiseptic ointment on the lips of smallmouth bass, ruin the life of a lady from Kentucky, and upset an Englishmen by kicking his fish into the strip club.

This week, Mark Davis of “BigWater Adventures” fights the oldest oak tree in Texas fueled by one sip of Coke Zero, we see who can handle more dorsal spines to the back of the calf, struggle to reel in the head of a dead amberjack, and wrestle a goliath group after our flip flops absorb a lightning strike.

This week, media legend Steve Quinn of In-Fisherman gives us pointers for catching eels in Manhattan, we bomb job interviews arranged by our moms, learn why bass got no respect in 1989, and allow our kids to squander careers in Major League Baseball to catch more pike. 

This week, master fly tyer Brandon Bailes reminisces about his grandad’s trout theft operation, we slice our fingers off on live television, teach OCD people how to organize their healing crystals, and improve our wet fly game by being completely ignorant about how to fish wet flies. 

Play along with this ultimate “Jaws” quiz for a chance to win nothing but people calling you a dork for knowing so much about “Jaws.”

Jimmy Fee teaches us how to spotlight for blue claw crabs and become a family outcast on vacation by eating too many of them.

This week, Jimmy Fee of On The Water flirts with disaster trying to be a family man and get his black drum fix at the same time, we get into a verbal dispute on a stocker stream, juke a rival angler with a rising chub fake-out, and do really dangerous junk on a janky pontoon raft. 

This week, Chris Bohlman of the “Retro Bassin’” YouTube channel gets big in Japan, we leaf through the ’91 Bass Pro Catalog and order all the wrong things, decide a frog is frog as long as Larry chokes on it, and jitterbug our way to glory with a Color C-Lector. 

This week, Dr. Solomon David wheels in the TV cart so we can watch rough fish heal all mankind, we go out for beers after class to discuss drone fishing tactics, get a kleptomaniac hooked on bowfin, and flunk out of chemistry because we just had to go striper fishing last night. 

This week, a plethora of show regulars share stories of stocked trout fishing from the low-down to the sweet and cheesy, we get kicked out of school to become Rooster Tail heros, throw pellets at dirty dog owners, and sell jars or pure stank to drunk people.

This week, Miles Nolte feng shuis your fly box and hammers with a gas station spoon, we make out with sweaty strangers in New Orleans, fail to be West Coast cool on eastern rivers, gobble trout sashimi, and settle for a closed-face second prize. 

Learn how to dodge aggressive hawks in a sea plane and miss bulls on parade because they’re beyond nipple deep. 

This week, lodge owner, musician, and tattooer Theophile Bourgeois improves our casting with white lace, we play sludge metal and sip dessert bloody Marys, endure pain in our drum holes, and get wasted on a stranger’s houseboat. 

This week, Joe and Captain Eric Kerber teach you how to increase your odds of dying in a helicopter, the boys garnish Alaskan shark frustration with orchid petals, ruin vacation for wildlife photographers, and pass on throwing little in-line spinners on massive tuna rods. 

This week, Robert Hawkins and Justin Carfagnini of Bob Mitchell’s Fly Shop have trouble recognizing famous hockey players, we eat fried chicken with the predator in the water closet, trade used gear for Macy’s gift cards, and cry about losing our favorite Adidas hat.

This week, movie nerds and podcasters Dave Maccar and Tom Margaretta white-knuckle it 33 miles through angry seas and rental late fees, we explain why a bloody shark movie is perfect for children, fail to hit the broad side of a Megalodon with our harpoon guns, and tie an extra barrel on our college book bags. 

This week, Nate P. and Erik S. of “Shore Lunch With Nate P.” thwart feline attacks and fish next to a water skiing Jeff Bezos, we savor the essence of beer and urine at Prince’s favorite club, throw raw bacon at unsuspecting fans, and dunk worms with the goodest boys in Minnesota.

Legendary surfcaster Bob “The Garbage Man” Bratananananewski explains the benefits of Pilates and why you’re not special because you can catch blitzing striped bass. 

This week, former tackle shop owners Bill and Helen Brinkman explain why you never give free coffee to anglers, we discuss getting in bar fights with rod-and-reel thieves, recall the essence of liquified Atlantic sturgeon, and drive a giant Buick right into the minnow tanks. 

This week, Mike Williams of “The Blair Witch Project” encourages kids to trespass in abandoned buildings while fishing, we watch tight liners duke it out with Brad Pitt, discuss a severe injustice to marlin anglers, and sink our fangs into “Blood Hook”

This week, walleye guide Ross Robertson goes deep on “video game fishing” and shallow on compliments, we steal a new Huffy bicycle from a little girl at a derby, get forward-facing about bedded bluegills, and ride off in an Argo like Thelma and Louise. 

This week, Mike Sudal, John Frazier, and Rob Ceccarini dredge up tales of Great Lakes steelhead from the pre-kids era, we come very close to amputating a Florida boy’s foot, figure out the best way to explain a testicle injury to our dads, and chuck-n-duck our way through an onslaught of expensive Scotch. 

This week, veteran surf guide Bill Wetzel pushes the limits of whiskey and waders, we get our Hummers stuck in the dunes of social despair, chase reports of striper doom, and go Kamikaze on kids with tackle that’s too nice for them to own.

This week, YouTuber Leo Sheng of “Extreme Philly Fishing” hunts species that don’t exist and beats the odds at Caesars Palace, we get the cops called on us for suspicious carp activity, rob a young man of his palomino birthright, and put 2-pound line on every reel we own.

This week, Ali Hussainy of BD Outdoors pops a gummy flyer and navigates San Diego rogue waves, we learn how to sneak boat parts through Mexican customs, get held at gunpoint for taco money, and explain how East Coasters ruined West Coast tuna fishing.

This week, Joe and his best friend Mark Wizeman recount a ramen-fueled hell ride through the Last Frontier, get laughed out of a fly shop by a blushing bride, prove that carrying a shotgun can make you look less cool, and go caveman on the most important silver salmon that ever existed. 

This week, fishing guide and Hot Water Music lead singer, Chuck Ragan, attacks the golf course pond with a 17-inch fly, we trash the study hall with a bucket of live bait, split the proceeds of T-shirt sales to upgrade our vises, and choose the wrong day to salmon fish in Scotland.

Kick off your New Year with a clay pot full of throw-up, a fighting harness fit for a toddler, and tips for fixing a trashed condo by game time.  

This week, Captain Eric Kerber and “Neighbor” Steve McIntyre shut the door on 2023 and jam albie slime in the lock, we drive a ’96 Jimmy to the walleye hole and leave without casting, remember the fish that defined our bug deflectors, and tackle our fears with the aid of nostril filters.

This week, Miles Nolte invites us to Christmas in New Zealand, we find Billy Bigmouth Bass under the decorated house plant in the morning, give the gift of upright urination to the ladies in our lives, and try to stop the Kiwi mafia from ruining our dry fly racket. 

This week, tattoo artist and muskie junky “Sideshow” Brian Woolverton hooks the most seductive palomino trout ever, we hammer nips of Yukon Jack while fishing the spillway, start a new band that performs in waders, and striper chunk with a missing member of Foreigner. 

This week, decoy carver and ice spearing zealot Ryan Ebert almost experiences death by sturgeon, we catch giant pike with golf balls and horror movie memorabilia, piss mom off by leaving walleyes in the sink, and forget our anchor while pursuing deep beasts.

This week, author, musician, and conservationist Riverhorse Nakadate sells us sausage and fights shark finning, we carp fish with the alley cat of Kunkeltown, fall in love with Brandy the bass ringer, and get lost in the wilderness right behind the AutoZone. 

This week, Captain Zach “Hammer” Miller hunts muskies in a patriotic homeless camp, we score wild browns despite a lack of cozy sweaters, open the door to the cold truths about fatherhood, and threaten a Facebook cheapskate with serious power tools.