SeaBros Fishing Podcast - Fishing Stories, Tactics, and Interviews from Top Captains, Mates, and Outdoorsmen from Across the World

Our guest on this episode of the podcast is a true legend in the offshore fishing community. He has over 60 years of professional fishing experience and has accomplished more in his fishing career than most can dream about... The man has caught thousands of swordfish and tuna and has a GARAGE full of swordfish bills and artwork to prove it.
In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Captain Archie Jost. Archie is an amazing person, and incredible fisherman. He is an expert in all methods of offshore fishing for pelagics including long lining, green stick fishing, deep drop fishing, and buoy fishing. In fact, Archie has been hired by NOAA various times to help train and educate fishermen across the United States. Most recently, Archie was contracted by NOAA to help them with their five year "Deep Water Horizon Fisheries Restoration Project" and trained U.S Gulf of Mexico commercial fisherman on buoy fishing, greenstick, and deep drop methods.
Archie has fished offshore of the entire East Coast and Gulf of Mexico from Nova Scotia to Florida aboard his own boats, private sportfish programs, and aboard large commercial vessels. He longline swordfished with Linda Greenlaw aboard the "SeaHawk" and was featured on the Discovery Channel's series "Swords".
Archie is a salt of the earth human, a pleasure to talk to, and a great guy to share a few laughs with. The knowledge, experience, and stories that he has are amazing. He's the type of person you want to be around all the time. We learned a ton from him in this short two hour conversation and we hope you do as well.
Stay Tight,
- Bryan and Taylor Sears
Topics and Stories:

• Chasing tuna and swordfish from Stellwagen Bank to the Grand Banks
• Rough weather stories
• Catching a giant bluefin on a lobster
• Fishing with family
• Buoy fishing, long lining, and deep dropping for swordfish
• Greenstick fishing in the Northeast Canyons
• Fishing for giant bluefin tuna in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

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On this episode of the podcast we sit down with two of our buddies and fellow Northeast fishermen, Captain Mike Murphy ("Murph") and Anders Slicklen ("Slick".) We have known both of these guys for a while now, and have had the pleasure of fishing together and competing against each other in our local offshore tournament circuit. They are both extremely skilled fishermen, and between the two of them have logged over 250 trips to the Northeast Canyons.
Mike and Slick have spent the majority of their careers as freelance mates/captains. They have both fished on many reputable boats and programs including; Castafari Sportfishing, Rebel Sportfishing, Pescaria Sportfishing, Provider Sportfishing, Gypsea Sportfshing, Rally Cap Sportfishing, and NautiBill. They have both been a part of tournament winning/placing teams, including the Tri-State Shoot Out, Oaks Bluffs Bluewater Classic, Big Game Battle, and the Northeast Offshore Cup. Both of them have been contributors on over $300,000 in combined winnings.
Slick is currently first mate aboard a 66' Spencer "Conspiracy" and has recently been fishing in Florida and the Bahamas. Prior to working on Conspiracy, he fished with several living legends and mentors, including Captain Archie Jost, Joe Ferrule, and Mark DeCabia.
Mike is currently working as a freelance captain and mate working aboard several boats throughout the 2022 fishing season, including his own boat. He has a ton of experience fishing the northeast canyons and he has run and fished with many reputable programs from Gloucester to the Florida Keys.
These two are great examples of hungry, passionate, and hardworking young fishermen, and a lot can be learned, and laughed about, from this conversation. We share a few fish stories, including one involving Mike diving in water to unwrap a blue marlin from the running gear... We talk a lot about canyon fishing, giant bluefin tuna fishing, daytime swordfishing, green stick fishing, and share some funny charter client stories.
We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!
Stay Tight,
-Bryan and Taylor
Topics Covered:

• Developing your career as a young mate or captain
• Offshore fishing pet peeves
• Biggest bite stories
• Lucky shirts
• Breaking things and losing things offshore
• Fishing mentors
• Acquiring and valuing fishing knowledge
• Weirdest things found in fish stomachs
• How hard work makes the dream work
• Getting spooled by blue marlin
• What it's like to hook a big blue marlin on a greenstick

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Our guest on this episode is our good friend and fellow fisherman, Matt Smalley. Like many of us, Matt was essentially born into fishing and has spent the majority of his life on the water. He has over 20 years of offshore fishing experience and has respectably logged over 100 trips to the Northeast Canyons.
Not only is he passionate fisherman, but Matt grew up as a serious athlete and competitor. He played hockey at a high level in high school and he attended Hobart College, where he played 4 years of Division 1 lacrosse. After graduating from Hobart in 2009, Matt went on to play lacrosse professionally for the Boston Cannons for 5 years as a defensive midfielder.

In 2010, Matt became the sales manager for Gibbs Lures, focusing his efforts on refurbishing the company's image in both the inshore and offshore fishing community. In 2013, Matt joined the Castafari team, fishing with Capt. Damon Sacco (@castafari), and has since become an integral part of that program's offshore accomplishments. In 2014, Matt partnered with his friend Mike Croteau (@mikecrow1), and became a partner and owner of Deep Ocean Apparel. Matt's focus at Deep is in sales management and social media. It is here where he can blend his passion for fishing and the ocean with a company that brands itself around the outdoor lifestyle.
Most recently, Matt has been spending most of his fishing time with his brother Dan (@deuceman11) aboard their family's 46' Wesmac "Tuf Guy." Over the past several seasons the Smalley's have been dialed in on the giant bluefin bite that has been taking place in the summer months off of Rhode Island. The Smalley's catch rate and success of the past few years, has earned them the respect as one of the top producing boats in their area.

We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!
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Old Greg (OG) is back for another listener question and answer session! On this episode, we catch up on all of the listener questions that we received on social media over the past few weeks. A ton of funny stories, jokes, and words of fishing wisdom from one of the most experienced (and transparent...) charter boat captains in New England. Enjoy!
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The Sears Brothers
Questions Answered and Topics Covered:
- OG's favorite boat foods
- Big bluefin stories
- Funny charter stories
- Fishing pranks
- OG jokes and customer reactions (some might not be safe for a car ride with the kids...)
- Hypes and gripes of tuna fishing
- Strange and exciting offshore encounters
- OG's perspective on the health of the NE bluefin tuna fishery and population
- OG's experience with pattern changes and cycles in Massachusetts Bay
- Go to knots for charter fishing
- Beginner tuna fishermen advice
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We have a returning guest on this episode of the podcast, Captain Damon Sacco of Castafari Sportfishing. Since we last had Damon on the show, he traveled to Mexico to fish on No Tuna No Chinga targeting monster yellowfin tuna, and we also had the entire 2020 and 2021 fishing seasons go by up here in the Northeast.
Damon is always a pleasure to talk to and collaborate with. We share some suspenseful and hysterical fish stories in this one, including a story about catching a 900+ lb blue marlin on one engine... We talk about his trip to Mexico, the 2021 Castafari season and tournaments, and get into details about tactics for targeting giant bluefin tuna in Cape Cod Bay. Damon is also heading to fish in Columbia soon, and he talks about the logistics for that trip.
We spend a bit of time talking about the upcoming 2022 Castafari Offshore Fishing Seminar (March 5th and 6th), which is always an educational and exciting event to attend. Damon discussed some of the new presentations on tap for this year's event and announces some legendary captains and fishermen that will be speaking.
We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!
Topics Covered:

• Fishing and organizing tournaments
• 2022 Castafari Offshore Fishing Seminar speakers and topics
• Giant fishing on Georges Bank
• Fishing for cow yellowfin in Mexico
• Targeting giant bluefin in Cape Cod Bay
• 2021 canyon fishing season
• Fishing in Columbia
• Fish Story: Monster Blue Marlin on One Engine...

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