The Fishing Podcast

Lee & Joel catch up with Wade Kelly and Mel Kirley, the founders of Flow State Productions, the crew behind some of the most creative and visually arresting fishing, hunting and wildlife content on the planet.

They take us from humble beginnings to building an agency, then out to the ends of the earth chasing footage.

A chopper drop into the headwaters of the Amazon for golden dorado and giant paku. 46 hours of travel to Gabon and a close call with a bull elephant.

Remote enough that help isn’t coming and busted gear means lost footage. They go anyway.

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Meet Flow State Productions

00:03:11 - From Builder to Filmmaker

00:10:29 - Bolivia: Dorado, Pacu and Lost Gear

00:23:07 - Mongolia and Airport Battery Drama

00:30:34 - Favourite Fishing and Hunting

00:39:17 - The Challenge of Jungle Perch

00:41:43 - Upcoming Projects

00:44:11 - Gabon and Frank the Elephant
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Her dad bought a boat company and she thought it was a midlife crisis. Ten years later, Josie Maher is the GM at 31, running Edencraft.

She talks about how a Sydney Boat Show took the brand national, why they banned timber, and what it costs to build a new mould (about $1 million for a new model). She also covers juggling the job with a six-month-old and handing the boring admin to AI, plus a day offshore chasing marlin with a pack of Edencrafts around them.

And with ten years up, there’s a fishing comp and a family day on the way.

Chapters

00:00:00 - Meet Josie from Edencraft

00:01:05 - Dad's Midlife Crisis Boat Purchase

00:02:29 - Sydney Boat Show Breakthrough

00:04:32 - Ditching Timber for Thermolite

00:07:01 - CNC Machines and Mould Costs

00:10:20 - Juggling Motherhood, AI and Work

00:21:47 - First Offshore Trip and Marlin

00:29:00 - Ten Year Celebration Plans
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The Fishing Podcast is back for series three, and Lee and Joel kick off with the giant Pacific bluefin tuna turning up off Lakes Entrance and the wild stories coming out of it, including a 256 kilo bluefin gaffed by torchlight on a night launch.

Then Marlin Kings is on the line from the boat, talking about the new TV series, tagging big black marlin for science, and why Lakes Entrance has the whole fleet buzzing.

CHAPTERS

00:00:00 - Welcome to series three

00:01:59 - Lakes Entrance bluefin rush

00:07:29 - Stories of giant bluefin

00:12:14 - Are Pacifics good eating?

00:14:11 - What's heating up next

00:16:44 - Marlin Kings on the line

00:29:07 - Lakes Entrance community buzz
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Season 2 wraps with just Joel and Lee, and there's a lot to get through.

The guys discuss how giant pacific bluefin are showing up off Lakes Entrance, NSW's kingfish and snapper mess as well as what WA's demersal ban accidentally unlocked.

All this and more.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:14 Season 2 finale kicks off

02:19 Deep dropping gems and why baits sit under the fish

05:10 Joel's world: Edencraft, CAD boat design and the big family day

10:50 Land-based vs boat fishing and the early snapper run

13:19 Giant Pacific bluefin off Lakes Entrance

19:06 Why these tuna fight differently (and 14kg of drag isn't enough)

26:04 Lee's big career news

29:00 Season 3 guests and what's coming

36:37 NSW kingfish crisis and what WA's ban unlocked

47:55 Will Victoria weigh in a 300kg tuna?
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Another Kiwi. Something's in the water over there, because they just keep producing great fishos.

This week Matt and the boys dive into how Shimano tries to break a rod before it's allowed a paint job, what 24 tonne vs 40 tonne carbon means for your wallet as well as The great king drag debate: go hard, baby them, or free spool and hope.

All this and more.

Chapters

00:00 Another Kiwi in the studio
00:59 Growing up in a tackle store
02:47 Land-based kings and snapper in NZ
07:23 From the warehouse to Shimano rod design
11:46 Why the Talica has an offset guide
15:02 How Shimano tries to break its own rods
19:51 Bluefin jigging in NZ
26:17 Surf casting, drones and the jet ski long line
33:03 Heavy drag vs baby drag on kings
42:33 The one that got away

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