Bite Me - A Texas Saltwater Fishing Podcast

Bite Me - A Texas Saltwater Fishing Podcast

The next best thing to being on the water is listening to the Bite Me podcast. Hosted by longtime Texas saltwater fishing legends John Lopez, with Capts. Scott Null, Dean Thomas and Caleb McCumber, it offers the best in inshore and offshore saltwater fishing insight.

Episodes

May 27, 2025 72 mins

* Hello, summer. What now?

* Why coveting schooling redfish is imperative

* Are trout limits already leading to bigger fish?

* What and where to throw as temperatures heat up

* WWSD? WWDD?

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* About $200,000 worth of tagged redfish you could catch released live on this podcast

* HUGE announcement about the Feeding Frenzy raffle item

* The most impressive fishing tournament performance you've ever seen or had

* Avoiding "decision paralysis" trying to find 'em

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The Bite Me Captains take a deep-dive into everything you need to know when coming across tailing redfish.

* From how to approach, where to cast, making the most of the opportunity and making adjustments

* What to do and, more important, what not to do

* Plus, rod-tip storytime and WWSD, WWCD, WWDD as May winds and temps change.

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* Feeding Frenzy dates set ... and a live tagged redfish release live on Bite Me

* That time a fly tea-bagged Dean.

* You don't know what you don't know, personified.

* What was that? Spooking fish from a kayak

* WWSD? WWCD? WWDD? 

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* What they say isn't always right

* Has the need for speed gone too far on the water

* Common denominators for finding fish near shorelines vs. the open bay

* WWSD WWCD WWDD

 

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+ High winds and you're on the windward side

+ Wading in chest-deep water

+ Super-fast tides

+ Dead calm and every noise is amplified

+ When they're catching and you're not

* Plus, best approach in vast grass flats

* Things guides say during a slow bite

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Great insight and fun insight from the Bite Me captains on:

*Factors affecting habitat and fishability

*Water flow, salinity levels and seagrass restoration

*What desalination plants are doing to Gulf bays

*Drunks on the boat? We've got stories

*Best approach to "beat the crowd"

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+ Thoughts and takeaways

+ Eye-opening details and repercussions

+ How to handle similar events

+ Did Capt. Dean really take a angry fisherman on a 14-mile adventure?

  • Caleb addresses running in skinny water, content creators and misconceptions.
  • WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?
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* Explaining Bathymetric Data and how it can be a game-changer for inshore and offshore approaches

* How to use -- and not use -- shallow-running boats

* Best crossover lures from freshwater to saltwater

* How CCA dollars are being allocated

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* How bay boats these days are just built different ... behind the science and engineering

* Not all moon and post-front conditions are the same, especially this time of year.

* Lots of rain coming. How it affects different bays

* Grim reminders how dangerous can be

* So much for disbanding TPWD

* WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

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*Will the oyster license buyback program work?

*What Texas bay systems could look like if even 25-percent come back

*If you could only have one: Power Pole/Spot lock ... Starlink/VHS ... Light bar/deck lighting

*WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

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* Do some state records deserve asterisks?

* The record most likely to fall next

* Don't tell grandpa ... age-old lessons that may or may not stand the test of time

* Plus, if it sounds as if your host is coming out of his skin, there's a reason for that

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  • Dean may or may not have been on a pain-killer high throughout
  • Using AI on the water … fair or foul?
  • How to put the odds in your favor when you’ve been off the water a while
  • Detailed, in-depth strategies for “fishing the river.”
  • WWSD? WWCD? WIDGTGF? (When is Dean going to go fishing?)
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February 25, 2025 75 mins

* What you should know if fishing Louisiana fishing tempts you

* Did Indian Summer bite us ... and change the bit?

* The things that separate truly great rods

* How the Bates Reels phenomenon came to be

* WWSD? WWCD?

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* A lively Q&A from the Houston Fishing Show

* How the show and fishing has changed the last 50-years

* All about baits, tips and field-testing

* What consumers influence in fishing

* How downsizing your wade belt offers an edge

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February 11, 2025 65 mins

* From replacing treble hooks, to re-tying in the midst of a hot bite, to jig head weights, weedless jigs, pace of your retrieve and drift sock ... are you always doing the right thing?

* The lengths you've gone to hid your fishing expenses from your significant other.

* Capt. Dean update and dealing with fishing-related ailments on the water.

* It's Fishing Show time!

* WWSD? WWCD?

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* Fishing road-trip stories you don't always hear about: Fights, AR-15s, accusations, cheating and bathroom breaks -- in the truck. * The fish are stacking up, if you know where to go * Terrific insight on fishing Louisiana.

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* Protecting habitat has reached a crucial stage

* "They're making more boats, but they're not making more water."

* Reasonable options for oystering

* The bliss of kayaking ... and what is your fishing bliss?

* WWSD? WWCD?

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* Effects on habitat, bait and fish in every bay system along the Gulf Coast

* Most recent water temps in bays, what it means and how barges could make things worse

* Fishing post-freeze: Approaches, baits and what to look for

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* What frigid temps will do to patterns and prospects

* If fishing were a playoff bracket

* Grass, mud, shell and sand ... best times to fish them

* WWSD? WWCD? WWDD?

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