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Bent

Fishing can be slow. Podcasts about fishing shouldn’t be. That’s why we created Bent, the unapologetic fishing podcast that moves faster than a tournament bass boat but doesn’t take itself near as seriously. Host Joe Cermele welcomes anglers of all backgrounds and interests, from hardcore crappie jiggers to dry-fly purists to offshore tuna addicts. Even if you’re just mildly fish curious, this podcast has something for you: regional fishing reports, tackle tips, trash talk, etymology, weekly news, trivia, even suggestions on how to piss off your fishing guide. Come for the soggy cooler sandwiches; stay for the raccoon-eyes tan lines. Part of The MeatEater Podcast Network.
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Episodes

Ep. 88: Tight Lines, Degenerate Anglers

Grab some fine malt liquor and laugh along with Joe, Hayden, and the mighty Phil as the fellas bid a warm adieu to the podcast that made you feel the same kind of good as a Wendy’s Baconator the morning after getting the drunkest you’ve been since college. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 15, 20221 hr 32 min

Ep. 87: Grande Cheese Curd Nymphs

Today on the show we: ride our tuggies into the sunset with a final-ish episode. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 08, 20221 hr 35 min

Ep. 86: Spanish Mackerel Pellet Heads

This week, we celebrate opening day by tying every fly in the Wal-Mart trout starter pack on at the same time, ripping a spinner that could battle a salmon shark through the bridge hole, bumping a plastic hell bug in the last resort run, and turn a drinking straw into a limit catcher. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 01, 20221 hr 10 min

Ep. 85: Pump Action Raccoon Streamers

This week, we destroy the lives of old people in the name of great smallmouth fishing, purchase tying thread off a guy that likely stole it in an armed robbery, debate whether fish would rather have Uncle Ben’s or Rice-A-Roni jammed in their body cavities, and tell you why you should just buy whatever fly rod you can afford. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Mar 25, 20221 hr 2 min

Ep. 84: Bucktailing With My Carp Dealer

This week, we travel the globe in Jeff Bezos’ version of the Tuggy sandbox, explain the importance of casting to where the fish are, arm ourselves with knowledge to ward of a plague of smallmouth bass, and cast handmade swimbaits into branches just slightly out of reach. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystu...

Mar 18, 20221 hr 6 min

Ep. 83: Hickory-Smoked Parachute Pants

This week on “Trout Vest Aficionado,” we shame a young man for his lack of clinch knot skills, pat Timmy on the back for a super duper shad, discuss the graphic violence in “Old Man And The Sea,” and smash big tunas with the butterfly effect. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

Mar 11, 20221 hr 2 min

Ep. 82: Ed’s Skin Mount Transporter

This week, we channel our inner Bob Vila to make everything from college loan payments to the finest spearing decoys, better taxidermy choices to weaponized brook trout, and an ice fishing miracle certain to help you lose more fish to unnecessary tangles. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener...

Mar 04, 20221 hr 31 min

Ep. 81: Tequila Spot Burn Cream

This week, we boop the nose of a bait-stealing otter, tell you how to tie a little deer-hair cocktail umbrella that won’t impress anyone, help you choose knives or chains to deal with a buddy that blew up your honey hole, and spin the perfect mouse pattern for ruining someone’s wedding. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork...

Feb 25, 20221 hr 13 min

Ep. 80: Tip-Up, Mr. Mayor

This week, we set up our shanty in the red light district and go fishing for urban legends, discuss toxic fumes in a pop-up that aren’t just the usual farts, watch a victorious angling achievement get turned into public humiliation, and cast ballots for braid or fluorocarbon for beginners. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw...

Feb 18, 20221 hr 11 min

Ep. 79: Chuck Sucks At Steelhead Fishing

This week in our beer-fueled Stupor Bowl, we: explore the twisted economics of using Converse All-Stars as flats boots, recommend the Blue Goo when all else fails, tell you everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about burbot, and explain how fishing revenge might be best served via a half time commercial. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https:...

Feb 11, 20221 hr 29 min

Ep. 78: The First Mate Of Irish Spring

Today on “Lifestyles of the Sad and Fishless” we: Get airborne with Mike Iaconelli and land in the drama pool, say goodbye to the ugliest jerkbait ever made, discuss the verbal abuse-to-tip ratio on charter trips, and help you make a living worm dunking in Washington. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio...

Feb 04, 20221 hr 12 min

Ep. 77: Burt Reynolds On Ice

This week on “Failing For Dollars,” we suggest a career move that’ll make you rich off other people’s hardwater idiocy, pose newborn babies with long-dead trout, take a bite out of a half-cocked shark quiz, and make room in your freezer for a few spools of fluorocarbon. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystud...

Jan 28, 20221 hr 9 min

Ep. 76: Piano Wire and Power Bait

This week in the Amity Island classifieds, we place an ad for 500 unwanted armoured catfish, sell you on stocked steelhead and make a little dough, buy horrible 90s movies on VHS and feed them to mako sharks, and have a casual encounter with our lack of US Naval history. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystu...

Jan 21, 202255 min

Ep. 75: My Crappie Swing Has Mad FG-Force

This week on “Frayed Family Ties,” we: teach your child how to earn an iPod with a knife and a thirst for cod blood, go float-n-fly dunking for suspended fishing licenses, make a case for a knot that apparently only dorks use, and grab a drink at a trouty bar with its own theme song. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.co...

Jan 14, 20221 hr 6 min

Ep. 74: Gloves Off, Jet Boat Cowboy

This week on “Fishin’ With Omicron Wilson,” we: take our mittens deep into Brown Town and wipe the place up, slide over a few rock bars in Mad Max’s fishing sled, make it rain gizzard shad, and answer your burning question about eating delicious trophy breeders. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/l...

Jan 07, 20221 hr 6 min

Ep. 73: Ball Drops and Salmon Alibis

The week, we close out 2021 with a drunken roundtable about severed ears, vow to give the Tasmanian Devil a crack for truck trout, tell our wives we’re mud shark fishing as a cover for a nudie bar crawl, and regret to inform you it’s time to take that Bass Pro hat out behind the barn. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.c...

Dec 31, 20211 hr

Ep. 72: Crashing Santa’s Slay-fest

This week, we celebrate Christmas Eve by telling you the best knock-off spinner to jam in your stocking, where to find bass that are all lips and hips, why Santa is qualified to represent the LBC, and why he’s not qualified to be a successful flats fisherman. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/list...

Dec 24, 202149 min

Ep. 71: Pro Tips For Lizard Lickers

This week on the weigh-in stage, we give Brandon Palanuik a huge fake check just so he’ll hang out with us for a little while, Carl Jocumsen talks about the art of stump grinding, we find the real Batman (but he’s not big enough to keep), and raise a glass to a huge win for the Everglades. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw...

Dec 17, 20211 hr 1 min

Ep. 70: Pop Go the Spoon Censors

This week on “Breaking Bad Knots,” we: take a deep dive into the dam malfunction that shook the fly world, let the air out of a client’s dream trip without them knowing it, explore the sexy past of a now mundane lure, and bait you with Bubble Tape and Razzles. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/lis...

Dec 10, 20211 hr 2 min

Ep. 69: Nice Carp-skie There, Bud

This week, we head to Canada to learn where leeches come from, confirm that muskies are still “fun as frick” to catch even when they’re too easy, find out that your mullet looks better with perch than bowfin, and get mad at sharks for ruining your rookie season in bonefishing. Connect with Joe , Hayden , and MeatEater Joe and Hayden on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop Bent Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See o...

Dec 03, 20211 hr 2 min

Ep. 68: Shop ‘til Your Float Drops

This week, we’re passing the savings on to you by: missing two salmon for the price of one Razor Scooter, slashing stockers on “Fourth of July” colored PowerBait, donating scrap lead to the inshore reefs, and jacking party boat prices so the captains can meet government demands. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/l...

Nov 26, 20211 hr 1 min

Ep. 67: Billy Wants A Trout Bead Neck Tat

This week on “Skin & Fish Ink,” we get the word “believe” tattooed over the muskie we’ll probably never catch, pick the perfect shade of nail polish for a controversial mouthpiece, cover a dancing bear with a rising brown, and reserve our entire lower back for an homage to Kathy Ireland. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omn...

Nov 19, 202159 min

Ep. 66: 300 McLargemouth Happy Meals

On today’s value menu, get: six silica bead packets with the purchase of any muskie fly, two rods for the price of one when you try dead-lifting a carp, a brand new co-host when you watch one terrible Shia LeBouf movie, and piles of happy kids smelling diesel fumes and offshore glory. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio...

Nov 12, 20211 hr 2 min

Ep. 65: Uncle Wimpy and the Bathtub Walleyes

This week at the roadside shrimp stand, we’ve got mako steaks so big they’ll kill the guy in the Members Only jacket, fresh walleye infused with the essence of the Pennsylvania Breeze, chivos with a side of duck blind brie cheese, and a castnet we’d trade for basketball cards. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/lis...

Nov 05, 20211 hr 10 min

Ep. 64: Dam Ghosts At Hell’s Trout Park

This week, we: crank up the horror by asking what’s in the box from the reaper of rainbow souls, getting dangerously close to a neck-snapping fluke, taunting Big Lou with our superior salmon skills, and feeding chips and salsa to a monster catfish. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Oct 29, 20211 hr 12 min

Ep. 63: ZIMA-Fueled Bass Fashion Disasters

With one out and runners on first and third, we: try to distract the batter with a fishing shirt made out of wallpaper from a brothel, and prop spinning full throttle very close to The Situation’s legs, a plate full scaled and fried vengeance, and a bareback man looking for a good deal on flesh eating beetles. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcast...

Oct 22, 20211 hr 17 min

Ep. 62: Mercury Missile Trotline Tips

In this episode of “It Happened In Florida”, we: find out that K-Swiss sneakers won’t stop stingray barbs, if you ever paid to have a mahi mounted you’re a tourist, the jailbreak slam will be the next big thing on TikTok, and being a dry fly snob dates back over 10,000 years. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/list...

Oct 15, 20211 hr 19 min

Ep. 61: Hot Dubstep For Bitter Catfishermen

This week on “The Joy Of Painting Jigheads,” we: use broad strokes to count the anal rays of a blurry record fish, dab a little nicotine on our flies and fluke rigs, outline all the reasons you shouldn’t sit down while fishing, and visit a bar where the drinks taste like turpentine. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.c...

Oct 08, 20211 hr 3 min

Ep. 60: Crystal Pepsi Power Worms

This week on “Wicked Tuna FOMO,” we drizzle monkey pee on our dad’s favorite green pumpkin lizard, feed a state-record bonita to something cooler than a state-record bonita, give credit to the Brits for that one good striper lure they invented, and in “otter” news, find out Springsteen loves party boat porgy fishing. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheart...

Oct 01, 20211 hr 3 min

Ep. 59: Throwing Freedom Loops at War Eagles

This week on “Locked Up Abroad While Fishing," we: channel our inner Lefty Kreh to prove we’re not drug smugglers, tell you how much drag pressure you need to reel in a pipe bomb, ask you to help Phil Taylor I.D. the only fish he’s ever caught, and partake in a shady Mexican spinnerbait deal. Connect with Joe and MeatEater Joe on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See om...

Sep 24, 20211 hr 5 min
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