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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. 28: Muskie Shoot-Outs at the Kentucky Cod Corral

This week on “The Reel World: Fond Du Lac,” the Puck stops here: we get serious about caviar, Captain Abbie Schuster riles the locals with a beer bomb, we hook a gift horse right in your face, and leave you with recipes for Davenport sole, Peorian hake, and other fish that don’t actually exist. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpod...

Feb 19, 20211 hr 11 min

Ep. 27: De-Icing the Squirt Squid with Hot Koi Soup

In this chapter of “GWAR and Peace,” we ridicule people that leave the plastic wrap on their rod grips, make a Dolomite-smallmouth connection that short circuits Mandy Uhrich, two-step our way to sight fishing failure, and ring in Valentine’s Day with an X-rated soiree in the marlin scene. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastn...

Feb 12, 20211 hr 12 min

Ep. 26: Carl Weathers Goes to Cabela’s

Today on life hacks for lure refurbishers: Learn to thwart uncontrollable vomiting with lump charcoal, save a poodle from the clutches of a raging walleye psychopath, chop wood in the Amazon after putting down a twelver of Brahma, and fool a 50-inch muskie with Radio Shack ingenuity. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork...

Feb 05, 20211 hr 12 min

Ep. 25: Bats, Tonsils, and Other Catfishing Necessities

In this week’s installment of your grandpa’s terrible fish camp jokes: a priest, an internet savant, and a bass fishing legend walk into a hippo-infested river to count the invasive species. Plus, soiled Wrangler jeans and electric fillet knives infused with the power of the holy smoke. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw...

Jan 29, 20211 hr 8 min

Ep. 24: Rollerblading with the Golf Course G.O.A.T.

This week at the water hazard: two kids swing big for walleye but drown in teenage lies; after failing to chip away at his waist line, an angler gives up some cheap goods; Miles investigates robots that can do anything from deep driving lion fish to building condos on Mars; and Riverhorse putts for birdie to clear the un-fairway of rich mulligans in motorized carts. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop ...

Jan 22, 20211 hr 1 min

Ep. 23: The Best Invasive Cheesesteak in the Mall Pond

In this week’s TED Talk for taimen trollers, Mike Iaconelli explains that you’ll catch more fish if you cast in the right place, Tom Rosenbauer discusses why asking about his favorite fly is so junior varsity, and Hilary Hutcheson presents corporate urination strategies for team-building angling exercises. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Jan 15, 20211 hr 14 min

Ep. 22: Microfishing for Pelagic Triplefin

On this week’s off-menu special, we’ve got blue-ribbon rainbow trout crusted in Miracle Grow, a poultry dish that fish rarely swallow, speckled trout belly soaked in secret Cajun ingenuity sauce, and a shredded pork leg slathered in shark DNA that won’t likely stop you from being killed by a great white. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www...

Jan 08, 20211 hr 10 min

Ep. 21: The Hottest Polka Party in Chernobyl

This week, kick off your new year by slapping mad brown hogs in the face with sheet foam, learn what Ernest Schwiebert usually ordered at Arby’s, hear the gripping story of how we almost lost a Spice Girl to buttery, decadent swordfish, and get rich by carving wooden pike to sell to Midwest soccer moms outside the Home Goods. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-...

Jan 01, 20211 hr 6 min

Ep. 20: The Bent Christmas Spectacular

Pour an egg nog, nuzzle up to a loved one, and prepare for the airing of grievances in this star-studded holiday event of the century. Join us as we sing a duet with a soulless walleye killer, give back to those struggling with steelhead addiction by helping them find their tying scissors, tell a tale of jolly St. Nick’s inability to scratch out a few largemouths, feed bits of tinsel to crappies and perch in the name of habitat restoration, and so much more! Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEa...

Dec 25, 20201 hr 8 min

Ep. 19: Sheefish in Tropical Storm Steve Austin

In this self-help course for salmon swingers, learn to patch relationships with boiled shrimp, boost your confidence by hunting the world’s biggest whitefish, meditate on a deadly hard bait made by a guy named Mud, and cope with the immense shame that comes with letting a good friend fondle your personal-best northern pike. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-ch...

Dec 18, 20201 hr 10 min

Ep. 18: Dope Jams for Colonialist Flats Junkies

This week on Fish Head Talk Soup, Mandy Uhrich spills the beans on Donkey Sauce, Miles reviews a book about an otherwise upstanding human ditching his family for bonefish, we compare a Pantara fan to Axel Rose, and Joe tells you the possibly, maybe, a little bit true history of a mostly useless fly with a somewhat offensive name. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your...

Dec 11, 20201 hr 4 min

Ep. 17: Fillet Knives Out and Guns Blazing

This week on This Old Bait House, we’ll explain why you need to raid grandpa’s tackle box for bass glory, hang pictures of a quaint old bar that serves questionable chili, open a restaurant that offers guests a dark, cold, cramped dining experience, and piece together a damn good dam report that may result in fewer steelhead getting pureed. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more...

Dec 04, 20201 hr 1 min

Ep. 16: Track Suits for Trout Chunkers

This week on Fish By Numbers, we throw shade on a man covered in salmon sperm, highlight bass legend Oliver Ngy’s hatred of billfish, calm the panic of foreign seafood consumers, add chunks of color to a miserable striper report, and bathe a terrible Black Friday bargain in soft blue light. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcast...

Nov 27, 202055 min

Ep. 15: Choking on Chum Pods

In this episode of Top Chef for Fillet O’ Fish fryer jockeys, Hilary Hutcheson gives away her secret for keeping dry flies oh so fresh, Lance V reveals the IG filter from which all his power derives, Miles laments how the Aloha spirit has devolved into surf casters hucking pyramid sinkers at paddleboard yogis, and Joe explains why he prefers his Tacatos infused with a nice wiener essence. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twit...

Nov 20, 20201 hr 2 min

Ep. 14: Like Taking a Pool Cue to a Crocodile Fight

In this episode of Wild America for wet fly dapplers, we observe a gentle giant establishing dominance over a pack of jetty rats, get lost in an incoherent word forest spewed by the late Paul Maclean, go on an expedition to find a barramundi that pays off mortgage loans, and tell you how to survive with only the stolen goods you can fit in a JanSport backpack. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEa...

Nov 13, 20201 hr

Ep. 13: Raining Blood on High Mountain Rainbows

This week at Hot Topic for high hookers, we’re scalping tickets to the Monsters of Thailand Festival, handing out backstage passes to get hammered with Tom Rosenbauer, riding the lightning in the striper storm of the century, and turning the mercury levels up to 11. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudi...

Nov 06, 20201 hr 4 min

Ep. 12: Dancing with Demonic Maggots

This week on our not-so-special Halloween Special, get hip to a bass secret so venomous it might kill you, score a good deal on waders by making them smell like fear, scare the kids with a bedtime story so horrific you’ll never have to spend money on another Boogie Board, and learn the five trout flies worth losing an eye. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-cho...

Oct 30, 20201 hr 4 min

Ep. 11: Slinging Flashtails on Peckerwood Creek

This week on Sally Jesse for center-pinners, we find out why your dad’s not impressed with your surfcasting skills, discover a pike fly you can tie drunk and fish hungover, learn how Mr. Bean can enhance your angling street cred, and discuss when it’s appropriate to dial 911 for a species ID. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodca...

Oct 23, 20201 hr 14 min

Ep. 10: Pole Jerking with Salmon Sauce

In this week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy for gut hookers, learn how to keep your striper action from going flaccid, survive the brass knuckle blows you’re sure to take if you Spey cast in New York, kick your dip habit by swindling innocent people, and catch more jacks by slathering your jigs in antibiotics. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://...

Oct 16, 20201 hr 6 min

Ep. 9: It Puts the Lotion on the Swimbait

This week on the $10,000 Pyramid Sinker, earn coupons for super-sizing that McShark sandwich at Euro McDonald’s, finally figure out how to choose the perfect coke spoon for lake trout, discover why horses are dying for your big bass fantasies, and learn tips for cleaning black mold out of your dream boat. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://ww...

Oct 09, 20201 hr 7 min

Ep. 8: Quit Gaping at my Gar

In this week’s match game for mullet soakers, we learn the best position for making tainted love on a drift boat, examine coping mechanisms for carp death across the pond, confirm that Canadians want to throw boiling hot Tim Horton’s coffee in the face of every American, and celebrate the fact that at least one person in Australia likes us. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more...

Oct 02, 20201 hr 8 min

Ep. 7: How to Pose with Goldfish

This week on Cliff’s Notes for catfishermen, we flail our way to anaphylactic shock, learn about Tik Tok's secret plan to destroy our fisheries, get schooled on vigilante street justice in the river parking lots of Montana, explore why a Gorilla Pod is your most important piece of tackle, and say farewell to a striper legend with a skeptical send off. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch...

Sep 25, 20201 hr 9 min

Ep. 6: My Walleye Tastes Funny

In this intro course to spooning, we don our Power Gloves for a round of Nintendo commercial trawling, Steve Rinella drops by to sell you a gently used boat, a very fishy lady serves walleye glazed with human feces to unsuspecting guests, and we try to give hope to Western steelheaders but fail miserably. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://ww...

Sep 18, 20201 hr 3 min

Ep: 5: Turd Flies and Codfish Gravy

This week on the short bus to fishing glory, you'll get a hot tip on keeping your dry flies high as a kite with budget white powder, a warning that if you're not careful muskies will turn you into a mediocre writer, a secret about using six dirty-ass sinkers to have the best summer ever, and a history lesson about a time when grenades were fun for the whole family. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop M...

Sep 11, 202053 min

Ep. 4: Eating Fried Smallmouth off the Waffle House Kid's Menu

In this installment of pro tips for low lifes, you'll learn why Roland Martin DVDs are the next Bitcoin, the scientific name for that awkward little nubbin on a catfish's back, why Connecticut is the new Saskatchewan for pike fishing, and how much effort it takes to get on a semi-pro-staff. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcast...

Sep 04, 20201 hr 7 min

Ep. 3: Handlining Lumpsuckers with Choklahomans

This episode of Reading Rainbow for degenerate anglers teaches you why fish scales are going to make you the most eco-friendly partier at the rave, how to justify your love for a ridiculous two-dollar lure, who would rather be crushed under a mobile home than miss another sailfish bite, and why you have much more to celebrate this weekend than your cousin's kid's 4th birthday. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Yo...

Aug 28, 202056 min

Ep. 2: Slippery Dicks and Macaroni Chum

Learn how to offend anglers from Pittsburgh, find out why you don’t commission a fish mount while dropping acid, how Go-Gurt can save giant trevallies, and where shady people in sunny places go to get hammered. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles 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....

Aug 21, 202058 min

Ep. 1: Welcome to Bent, Degenerate Angler

In this inaugural episode of Bent, find out why everyone is laughing at your trout vest, how to make an easy million dollars betting on sharks, why the coronavirus is a win for surf casters, and if the next global pandemic will come from fish. Connect with Joe , Miles , and MeatEater Joe and Miles 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 priv...

Aug 13, 202055 min
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