Hacker Outdoors

On todays episode Joey recounts catching a hammerhead shark on his bass rod. (Yes there are photo's and maybe a video). Michael then talks about going out with Captain Joe Mattioli of www.fishingnyc.com to hunt stripers. Donna outdoes him again with the first fist of the day and then the largest as Michael recounts trying salt water fly fishing. As always, we hope you enjoy.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com .   If you'd like to join us for an upcoming episode to talk about your passion of the outdoors, we always welcome the opportunity to speak to our fellow outdoor people.

On todays episode Joey and Michael talk the Missing 411 phenomena after Michael's recent binging of the Movies on Amazon and Youtube (Links Below). From the Missing 411 Site: "A National Park Ranger told writer David Paulides a troubling story. Over his years of involvement with numerous search and rescue operations at several different National Parks, he had detected a trend that he couldn’t understand. The Ranger explained that during the first 7 - 10 days of a disappearance he would witness massive Search and Rescue activity and significant press coverage. Following this initial week -long effort there was almost always an immediate halt to the coverage, a discontinued search for the victims and no explanation from the search authorities."  http://www.missing-411.com/about/ As always, we hope you enjoy.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com .   If you'd like to join us for an upcoming episode to talk about your passion of the outdoors, we always welcome the opportunity to speak to our fellow outdoor people. To watch the movies please check them out here: Missing 411 The Hunted Missing 411

Congratulations, we made it to 50.  On todays episode Joey and Michael talk about local tournaments and chasing fish, we even get interrupted by an Apache Helicopter. As always, we hope you enjoy.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com .   If you'd like to join us for an upcoming episode to talk about your passion of the outdoors, we always welcome the opportunity to speak to our fellow outdoor people.

On todays episode Joey and Michael recount the summer of fishing. How did Joe finish the season? Find out on episode 050 next week.  As always, we hope you enjoy.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com .   If you'd like to join us for an upcoming episode to talk about your passion of the outdoors, we always welcome the opportunity to speak to our fellow outdoor people.

On todays episode Michael recounts running the Pocono Race Way Tough Mudder with a group of unyielding vagabonds. (www.toughmudder.com) He gently pokes fun at the rah-rah atmosphere and the plethora of insanely fit, scantily clad participants before giving some tips for those looking to partake. Full video of the race courtesy of the talented Fred: https://youtu.be/B-AnQ0Cz9Xc As always, we hope you enjoy.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com .   If you'd like to join us for an upcoming episode to talk about your passion of the outdoors, we always welcome the opportunity to speak to our fellow outdoor people.

On todays episode Joey McCormack joins me to speak about the chaos of summer waters. We start with the now insta-famous photo of a guy getting pulled over on a fisherprice tug boat with a trolling motor and end up going into the problems with summer water recreation along with some solutions (more patrolling).  As always, we hope you enjoy.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com .   If you'd like to join us for an upcoming episode to talk about your passion of the outdoors, we always welcome the opportunity to speak to our fellow outdoor people.

On todays episode Joey talks about his recent contest on the upper Chesapeake Bay as well as preparations for Lake Champlain on the border of Vermont and New York.   Joe starts off being late and Finnegan and I wait patiently for him.  When we finally get into it, he talks about the summer conditions in the great North and the pain of being a Co-Angler.  As always, we hope you enjoy.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com .   If you'd like to join us for an upcoming episode to talk about your passion of the outdoors, we always welcome the opportunity to speak to our fellow outdoor people.

On todays episode we have a hybrid podcast, part Notes from the field and part normal podcast.  Joey joins us from Lock Raven Reservoir where he gives us an on the water look at renting a boat and the summer conditions.  There are some good nuggets of information here as he goes through what rods and reels he uses as well as the go to lures.  After we lose Joey to an overheating phone and then windy conditions, he joins us from home to recap.   We also talk about small boats and do some on air research of personal watercraft.   As always, we hope you enjoy.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com .    If you'd like to join us for an upcoming episode to talk about your passion of the outdoors, we always welcome

Todays episode is with our next Guest Mark Anthony Spagnuolo. Waterman, Entrepreneur and all around great guy.  Give him and Hoagitos a follow on Social (linked below) We get into a lot on this episode including the following: Transition from swimmer to waterman. How adversity and heartbreak forced his move from Essex County to Belmar after college How he got into life guarding Being on the water really expanded into surf life saving racing. Ryan Matthews, a friend and Lifeguard Competitor told him about Molokai to Ohaua and how it has been his white whale ever since. https://www.molokai2oahu.com First race is the Sea Paddle around the Island of Manhattan https://seapaddlenyc.org SUP Paddling vs Prone https://standuppaddleboardworld.com/prone-paddle-board/ Different Divisions: 10’6 - Lifeguard racing sprint racing 12- Stock board More distance 14’ bigger guys 15’+ for distance Joe Bark Boards :https://www.joebark.com Finished Sea Paddle 26 miles- its emotionally breaking. You have this weird sense of euphoria. Around the Cape Paddle: https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/CapeMay/CapetoCapePaddle How Mark used Paddling to clear his mind after his wife was diagnosed with Cancer. Training for Paddling: Mark tells us about getting into training for paddling races. More survival. Paddle and get ready. Element of the ocean. Interval training Zone training. Cross training. Swim 3 days per week. Outrigger canoeing Surf Skiing Hoagitos: If you don’t know it, you should. https://hoagitos.com and https://www.instagram.com/hoagitos/ Marks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ma_spagnuolo/ Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com

Today's episode is a Friday short. You've heard Michael talk about his disdain for party boats and somehow he got talked into going out on one this week to fish for fluke with rented gear. How did it end up?  Well, a bit philosophical, a bit frustrating, but for people who don't have boats or can't pay for a charter, it might be the only way to target these beauties.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com

Today's episode is with Joey McCormack where we talk about a gentleman who gets swallowed by a whale, among other things. Petey Pablo "Raise Up": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnA94-hTC8 Brian Hacker is engaged. Congrats to him on the upcoming nuptials. Niece makes fun of us for talking about fishing and asks for us to talk about whales. Lobster Diver swallowed by Whale: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1005918788/humpback-whale-swallowed-lobster-diver-cape-cod-michael-packard? Money Burkes Lords of the Fly: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lords-of-the-Fly/Monte-Burke/9781643135588 Did a giant Tarpon swallowed Jonah? : https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/michelangelos-jonah-sistine-chapel-tarpon/ How big do tarpon get? Great White Shark caught of Seaside Heights: https://news.yahoo.com/jersey-fishermen-accidentally-catch-7-180745823.html Joe recounts tall tales of bodyboarding getting swallowed by a whale in SC. Captain Ron: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103924/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Summer Rental: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090098/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Grand Teton Hiker missing: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article252105778.html Bear charges hiker in Alaska: https://www.ktoo.org/2021/06/16/hiker-missing-after-being-charged-by-bears-near-palmer/ Tourne Park closed bc of Aggressive Bear: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nj-county-park-closed-due-to-large-e2-80-98aggressive-e2-80-99-bear-approaching-visitors/ar-AAL4rOr Legends of the Fall: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110322/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Squirrel gets attacked by a botfly BotFly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly Taking shelter dogs on hikes. Michael signs up for a Tough Mudder. https://toughmudder.com/obstacles/ How will he fair? Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com

Today's episode is with Joey McCormack where we talk about Michael's Delaware River Float Small Mouth Bass fishing trip, missing 3 muskies on light tackle and the perils of flipping your kayak while fishing, talking on your phone and calling a buddy to let them know there is a massive thunderstorm incoming.  Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com

Today's episode is with Joey McCormack where we talk about Michael's camping trip to Lake George and peoples inability to use the bathroom in the wilds. This of course leads to some camp stories about make shift toilets and the hilarity that ensues. Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com

Today's episode is with Joey McCormack where we talk about fishing private South Carolina lakes, Michael gets a GoPro Hero 9 Black and we dive into summer time trips.  Links include: Michael's latest Bass Outing: https://youtu.be/kfzJZGycEWw GoPro Hero9 Black: https://gopro.com/en/us/shop/cameras/hero9-black/CHDHX-901-master.html Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com

Todays episode is with Brian Hacker where we talk about Spring Camping and some of our favorite camping stories. This includes a time when a camp guest almost got us mauled by a momma bear and then had the nerve to drop our breakfast bacon. Links include: Swartzwood State Park: https://www.njparksandforests.org/parks/swartswoodstatepark.html Kelty Tents: North Face VE25 Tent: https://www.rei.com/product/145502/the-north-face-ve-25-tent-with-footprint Kelty Tent: https://www.kelty.com/tents/ Emergency Blankets: https://www.amazon.com/Swiss-Safe-Emergency-Thermal-Blankets/dp/B08MHGKMBH/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=emergency+blanket&qid=1620920689&sr=8-5 Boy Meets World Season 4 Episode 12 “Easy Street”: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28u0zt Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors and on our newly minted website https://hackeroutdoors.wordpress.com

Todays episode is with Joey McCormack. Joey is back from Lake Hartwell where he placed 4th in the recent bass tournament. He recounts the beauty of that part of South Carolina, the different types of bass and what was his go-to tactics for the lake. Michael recounts his recent trips trout fishing, learning every time he’s on the water and searching for the best mobile storage solution for fly fishing flies and line.

Today I am joined by Joey McCormack and Brian Hacker. We discuss the intricacies of Piracy in North America before diving into recaps of our outdoor exploits. 17th century coins found in a fruit grove may solve a 300 year old pirate mystery - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/17th-century-coins-found-fruit-grove-solve-pirate-mystery-180977401/?fbclid=IwAR2L7XLH8nyuw8BO8KnUmYu0qhHB_jbnZ-awEaa1pqKbSQCxjTtFUhed0cs Pope Pirate. https://www.ranker.com/list/pirate-pope-baldassare-cosa/genevieve-carlton Joey fished his tournament this weekend. What happened?? Musky Mayhem 2021: Michael give an update on his most recent bank fishing trip for musky. Did he land one? Michael preps for fishing Saturday: The only question is, To Hunt for Blues and Stripers or get the Shad run? Brians selling some boards and gives us the down low on what a Liter is on a surfboard. Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors

Today I am joined by Joey McCormack. Joey and Michael have a conversation about fishing faux-pas, opening Trout day, using glide baits and Michael gives Joey the low-down on fly fishing. Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors

Today I am joined by both Brian Hacker and Joey McCormack. Joey gives us an update on the MLF Santee Cooper event this past weekend. Soft plastics were the name of the game. Michael talks about Musky fishing in NJ and how finesse fishing and topwater bite was hot. Is there anything more frustrating than having a bite or chase without a commit? Brians got his longboard out prepping for spring surfing. Michael rips Brian’s Orvis waders. Will there be a wader company , wetsuit company collab? Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors

Today I am joined by both Brian Hacker and Joey McCormack. We talk about Brian’s search for a new “car” that he can double as an adventure car and Joe talks all things Bass fishing for the Spring Season Subaru Launches Wilderness Sub Brand: https://www.motortrend.com/news/2022-subaru-outback-wilderness-edition-first-look-review/ Modifying your Tacoma for offroading: https://www.outsideonline.com/2420999/how-to-modify-tacomas Offroading in a Subaru Forester: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PbTz-ECadM&feature=emb_title Joe discusses this weekend full moon and its impact on bass. His upcoming Santee Cooper Bass Tournament, what it means when a bass is on bed and the size difference throughout the year. Where do you find Bass? Try some points. Joe finds a gold fish in the Potomac. Please leave us a rating and review and if you enjoyed todays podcast, please let us know in the comment section. If interested, please leave us a message to have your questions or comments played during the show. As always, you can find us everywhere you listen to your podcasts as well as on YouTube and Instagram. https://linktr.ee/HackerOutdoors