Rods and reels get left behind when the Chasin’ the Sun crew gets an old school, hands-on lesson in harvesting stone crab claws – one of the area’s most prized delicacies. Capt. Justin Leake and Capt. Travis Holeman are rookie crabbers, so they enlist the help of Justin Buxton, local restaurateur and stone crab aficionado. It’s late October, just [...]
Redfish cruise the coastline and military jets streak across the sky as Capt. Justin Leake and Capt. Travis Holeman enjoy a beautiful but challenging day on the Gulf of Mexico in Panama City Beach. Our hosts head east from the St. Andrews Pass along the pristine, undeveloped coastline of Tyndall Air Force Base. On the [...]
On this episode of Chasin’ the Sun, a winter wind blows through Panama City Beach, bringing with it new challenges for hosts Justin Leake and Travis Holeman, who must quickly adapt to the changing conditions. When the going gets tough, the tough still get out on the water – and that’s where the boys can [...]
On this episode of Chasin’ the Sun, hosts Justin Leake and Travis Holeman set out for the marshy flats near Panama City Beach in search of redfish. This week, the crew knows they can’t get close enough to their target with conventional fishing boats, as the fish are cruising in only a few inches of [...]
Hooks, lines and sinkers are necessary equipment for fishing, but when they end up interfering with the life of a sea turtle, the results are not very pretty. On this episode of Chasin’ the Sun, we learn about efforts to rehabilitate animals that survive potentially deadly interactions with anglers. Gulf World Marine Institute (GWMI) rescues, [...]
What starts as a family outing turns into the experience of a lifetime for Capt. Justin Leake when he swims with a school of migrating tarpon in this episode of Chasin’ the Sun. Mark Cooper, former NFL lineman and avid tarpon angler, marvels at the crystal clear water of the Gulf of Mexico [...]
In this episode of Chasin’ the Sun, Capt. Travis Holeman has left the Florida Keys ahead of Hurricane Irma, but makes the best of a bad situation by hooking up with Panama City Beach guide Capt. Justin Leake. Holeman, a tournament angler and popular Keys-based guide, approaches his craft as if solving a puzzle. Leake, [...]
3-year-old Zach from Massachusetts hooked a monster of a rainbow trout in Boston’s Jamaica Pond while out on a fishing trip with his dad – using a Spiderman fishing rod! The little angler used the “thumb button” mechanism on his child-sized spincast-reel fishing rod, and with the implicit power of the Marvel Comics superhero behind [...]
If you’ve ever wanted to try fishing, you should definitely take advantage of this year’s free fishing days. Every year, in celebration of National Fishing and Boating Week — which is June 1-9 this year — most states offer free fishing days, where you can fish on public bodies of water without a fishing license. Some [...]
Bass Fishing Challenge: Huge Swimbait Vs Real live Bait Fishing with a HUGE swimbait and competing against real live bait for GIANT largemouth bass! This is a HUGE savage gear swimbait vs a HUGE shiner. There have been a lot of big bass caught on big swimbaits but will a big bass choose a big [...]
