Scales N Tales – Details, episodes & analysis

What do a goose and Antoine have in common? Both speak French and shared some bonding time on Saturday night before the Swimbait Universe Gathering Tournament. It’s another chapter with one of our favorite French guests and his new American brother, Troy. This is Antoine’s third time in the States, and from the sound of it, it's his most American experience yet!

The Boy's socials: IG: afishingview

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Another young fella joins me for the second show we’ve recorded. He talks about losing a tackle box worth close to $800, the new baits he’s had luck with, and some new gear he’s been using. We also touched on how, nowadays, you have to sit on C2C for a while to avoid burning bites or spots, even if you want the social media clout.

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Yet again, what goes better together than Massachusetts and wake baits? Join Josh and me as we break down the Spro rat and his experiences with that bait.

Along with his other staple wake baits he always has tied on, we talk about his time swimbaiting at night and how he goes about doing it from his yak, and the gear he trusts while out there.

Josh's socials:

IG: grimmlock58fishing

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Edwin shares his story about growing up and what it took from him to get to this journey he's on now. It's a great story that I think anyone can learn from and understand why Edwin and his family put so much into their bait building.

Edwin's socials:

IG: @legal_dope_swb_

FB: Edwin Chardon

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Finally, after around 6 months of fighting scheduling, Tom and Tyler were able to join me for a show. Tom and Tyler are the guys behind the Instagram and Youtube page, Swimbait Scrutiny. Two guys located in New Hampshire recording their adventures and sharing them with all of us on their platforms. 

Swimbait Scrutiny socials:

IG: @swimbaitscrutiny

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@swimbaitscrutiny

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Texas swimbait angler Jack Early joins me on this episode. He has been swimbait fishing for around 3 years now, within that time he's landed 3 DD bass. That's a pretty damn good ratio in my book, I would take those stats. We talk kayak fishing, softie baits, and of course the beloved jerk bait style glides.  Jack's Socials: IG: jackearlyfishing Check out Leviathan Rods, and use code scales20 at check out for 20% off all your rod purchases! https://www.leviathanrods.com

Interviewing a 17-year-old who has owned 9 Hinkle trout and a mother chaser.... oh and he lives in Oregon. All I can say is this episode Dillon blows my mind in more ways than one and I even learn some new stuff from this episode. Dillon is a true hammer and I can't wait to see what 2023 has in store for him, hopefully, we can see the next Oregon state record get posted by him! Don't be fooled by his lack of posts, he knows what he's doing and he's keeping it under wraps very well.

Dillon's socials:

IG: dillon.boresek

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Phil and Vic join me on this show to talk about what the 2023 season has them brining forward. Vic talks about some new baits that'll be dropping soon and Phil touches on what PTB is going to look like moving forward as a distributor of not only FE baits but other builders also.

Their Socials:

Phil-

IG: philstacklebox

FB: Phil's Tackle Box

Vic-

IG: fisheverything

FB: Fish Everything

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Episode 2 with Jake and all I can say is we go down some rabbit holes about some good topics. Jake drops some hints about new things ROW may be offering in the 2023 season. As well as me dropping a few little things I have planned for the fast-approaching year. If you're ready to work with Jake and Row please use his site and not DM him about random stuff. Spots are looking to be limited for 2023 so if you want their services to do it soon and do it right. 

ROW's socials: 

IG: @row_innovations

FB: Row Innovations LLC

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To start off this show note all I can say is you must listen to this episode uninterrupted for the first 25-30 ish minutes. Passang's story is unlike anything you've heard on the show and I think it's probably the coolest story we will ever hear on Scales N Tales. good, now that the important part of this is out of the way I can elaborate on the rest of this episode lol. Passang and I take a huge dive into what he's done to get sherpa where it's at today. This man really knocks the RnD part of bait-making out of the park. Testing baits for a whole season before he even makes them public knowledge half the time. That's something you don't always see a lot of in the building world, an I think that's what makes sherpa baits Stand out so much to me. Passang is busting his hump to make sure everything he puts his name on and sells is 1000% ready to target the fish of your dreams.  

Passang's socials:

IG: swimbaitsherpa

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/455782601813708/

Sherpa Swimbait site: https://sherpaswimbaits.com/

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