Tuna Town Talks Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Tuna Town Talks delves into the characters and stories of Venice, Louisiana, the fishing capital of the world. In each episode, Captain Paul Miller will try his best to pull out the most bazaar, action filled stories from some of the most well-known captains in Venice, LA. From the past to the future, we are going to talk about how rules and regulations have changed fishing and will continue to do so.....
Stig Marccuson is a life long artist from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. I invited him aboard The Lily Faith to hear his life story. I was truly blown away about how much I got out of this conversation you won’t regret giving this episode a listen! Enjoy!
Jeremy McHugh is most well known for tarpon fishing off of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The story about how tarpon fishing found him was very interesting. Enjoy!
Dawson Doucet has been a sailor for the majority of his childhood. He's also an avid fisherman and is now a first mate for the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. I had him on the give us a unique prospective as a waterman. Enjoy!
Jim Cox has been the face of the Blue Marlin Grand Championship since its debut 14 years ago. On this podcast, Jim really takes us back to how he got into sports commentary and how that evolved to him being involved in sport fishing. Enjoy!
Joey Daughdrill is a local charter captain in Pascagoula MS. He has a lot of experience fishing and specializes in showing people a great time on the water. His son Jerred Daughdrill is a charter captain in Venice LA as well, I was honored to have him on the show to hear his stories. Enjoy!
Tim Fortney was a Coast Guard rescue swimmer for 22 years. He is accredited with over 92 saves following Hurricane Katrina that devastated the northern Gulf Coast. Tim is truly an American hero and I was honored for him to come on my show to share his time in the Coast Guard with me. Enjoy!
Aaron Wilmoth was born and raised in south Louisiana. He has been an inshore and offshore guide in Venice for many years now. This past February he guided the boat that broke the record for the largest yellowfin tuna in the gulf at 272lbs! I decided to have him on my podcast to tell us the full story! Enjoy!
Seth Ward has been Captain at Sea Tow for many years now. He goes and fishes down in Venice, Louisiana quite often. Early this year, he caught a massive 323lb swordfish! I thought the story was incredible so I had him on my podcast to hear the story from him! Enjoy!!
Josh Collier fished with the Intense Pro Fishing team for 19 seasons. They have been on the leader boards across the country for decades! He now fishes on the Fat Chick and they are lined up to fish 11 tournaments in the northern gulf this year. Josh had a super unique upbringing into fishing and he told some really cool stories. Enjoy!
Captain Jerry Murphy has been commercial fishing his entire life. In 1992, when he was the captain of the ‘mistake’, he found the El Cazador, a Spanish ship wreck that sank in 1784. After finding the treasure, they did 3 different excavation efforts and recovered over 12,000 pounds of silver coins from the wreck site! Captain Jerry Murphy was an incredible story teller. In the beginning, he tells a story about how he capsized a vessel that he built, and after that he gets into how he became the captain of the mistake and how he ended up finding the treasure! Enjoy!
Andy Fountain comes from a long line of boat builders here along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He did the bulk of restoring my boat, the Lily Faith, which is a 1954 fully wooden 50’ Biloxi lugger by Cavocavich. I loved hearing Andy talk about the boat and hearing how he grew up working on wooden boats with his family. I am now offering a Seacutterie cruise on the Lily Faith! You can find out more details by visiting thelilyfaith.com or by calling me at 228-219-7809!
Tim Holden is known for consistently being on the leader boards in the Mississippi Gulf Coast inshore tournaments. He’s also the owner and founder of T3 tackle, a new custom tackle company. I really enjoyed having him on to hear his story about how and why he started T3 tackle. Enjoy!
Captain Joey Davis has been one of the most well known charter captains in Venice for over 15 years now. He has developed a reputation for putting people on monster yellowfin tuna! Captain Paul Miller had him on the show in November to talk about his recent catches. Enjoy!
No Live Bait Needed is a lure company that started out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Over the past several years, their baits have exploded in popularity across the country. Captain Paul Miller had the opportunity to fish with the owners of the company, Brandon Ramos and Jose Martinez, and later asked them to do a podcast. We talked about our time fishing and their journey into the fishing industry. Enjoy!
Captain Andrew Bateman is a life long fisherman from deep south Louisiana and currently is a charter fisherman with Paradise Outfitters. In 2025 he stunned the fishing community by catching two massive 265lb Warsaw groupers. Captain Paul Miller had him on the show to talk about those catches as well as others. Enjoy!
Doug Horn is a former owner of Clark's Seafood in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and he was part owner in a boat named "Mistake" that found the El Cazador, a ship wreck from 1784! Captain Paul Miller had him on the show to talk about some of his experiences! Enjoy!
Captain Zack Joseph has been fishing with the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company for many years now! Captain Paul Miller finally decided to have him on the show! Enjoy!
Captain Jerred Daughdrill is one of the newest Captains for the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. Captain Paul Miller decided to have him on the show to get to know him more!
Curtis Waterman is the head of marketing with Halco Lures. He grew up fishing on the west coast of Australia! He was visiting Venice and Captain Paul Miller decided to have him on the podcast to talk about the differences and similarities in our fisheries. Enjoy!
Matt Rogers, Mason Wickham and Nate Inglis came down to Venice from Kentucky to fish the 2025 Cane Pole Bowl with Captain Paul Miller! We had an unbelievable day so we decided to do a podcast to talk about it! Enjoy!
Alex MacIngvale is a Captain based out of Bay St. Louis. He also spent some time in Venice, Louisiana as an off-shore captain. Captain Paul Miller sits down to hear some of his most entertaining stories! Enjoy!
Don Gautier has lived along the Mississippi Gulf Coast his entire life! He’s a Vietnam Purple Heart, retired from Chevron, and a fishing guide along the gulf coast. Captain Paul Miller started buying his cane poles from Don and eventually decided to have him on the show to find out more about his life. Enjoy!!
On this episode, Captain Paul Miller had on Captain Hunter Caballero and Captain Scott Leger of Paradise Outfitters, as well as Captain Josh Bodenheimer with Intensity Offshore Outfitters. These guys all share a camp in Cypress Cove Marina and have fished alongside each other for a very long time. There were several great stories brought out. Have you ever seen a great white shark eating a yellowfin tuna in the Gulf of America? Hunter did!
I want to apologize that we only had three mics so Scott came through very low during the podcast I hope y’all enjoy it!
Recorded October of 2024.
Butch Thierry is the host of the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report podcast and owner of The Great Days Outdoors magazine! He grew up charter fishing on the Lady Ann out of Dauphin Island Alabama. Captain Paul Miller had him on to talk about what it was like growing up in the charter industry and how he got started in his multimedia company! Enjoy!
Toby and Jaclyn Berthelot have been winning and placing in billfish tournaments for many years now! At the 2024 Biloxi Billfish Classic, Captain Paul Miller got to sit down with them and ask how their season was going up to that point, as well as getting to ask questions about their very strenuous tournament schedule! Enjoy!
Captain Peace Marvel has been charter fishing in Venice for more than 30 years. Captain Paul Miller had him on his podcast to try and pull out some of his best stories, as well as getting an understanding of how the fishery has changed. Enjoy!
Brett Rayan has been charter fishing in Venice for over 15 years, and is a member of the Hell Divers Spear Fishing Club. He has a wide range of stories so Captain Paul Miller decided to have him on the show! Enjoy!
Scott Avanzino is the founder of Paradise Outfitters in Venice, LA! Captain Paul Miller sits down with him to hear the full story! Enjoy!
Captain Sonny Schindler is the owner of Sure Thing Charters based out of Bay St. Louis MS. He sits down with Captain Paul Miller to talk about last season, as well as other fun stories!
Chris Mowad is the captain of the Best Trait. They recently caught the gulf record blue marlin. Captain Paul Miller had him on to tell the full story!
Tom Hilton is founder of Hilton's Fishing Charts, an offshore imagery website that tremendously helps fishermen locate the right fishing conditions. In this episode, Tom tells us how he got started in reef building and the new deployment of FADS in Texas! Fun episode give it a listen!
Chad Reinhardt is a charter captain for The Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. In this episode, he sits down with Captain Paul Miller to share how he got started!
Louis Thornton is a fifth generation fishing guide located in Venice, Louisiana. He has done almost every kind of commercial fishing that you can do out of Louisiana and has a ton of stories of him growing up in the marsh. Enjoy!
Rudy Hall has been a fisherman his entire life. He has an abundant amount of information about fishing off the coast of Louisiana. He also had a huge role in constructing oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana. Enjoy!
Beau Bourgeois and Shane Thibodaux of The Bourgeois Meat Market located in Thibodaux, Louisiana came on this episode of the podcast to talk a lot about how their business works and a lot of the meat products that they make. They’ve been in existence since 1891 and they are now the fourth generation to operate the meat market. Enjoy!
Hussein Zayed owns ZCB Boats in Ocean Springs MS, and has been building boats for many years now. Captain Paul Miller decided to have him on the show to get the back story. Enjoy!
Toby Berthelot is the owner of the Rising Son’s tournament fishing team, a team that has been on the leader boards along the northern gulf for many years now. While he and Captain Paul Miller were at the Biloxi Billfish Classic this year, they decided to do a podcast together to talk about some of the Rising Son’s wins! Enjoy!
Brandon and Jon Carter are part of the Reel Shot Guide Service. Captain Paul Miller decided to have them on the show to talk about the newly proposed limits on Louisiana’s inshore species. Enjoy!
Eric Gigli is a marine biologist for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Captain Paul Miller assisted him in Satellite tagging triple tail this past fall, so they decided to do a podcast to talk about it. Enjoy!
Captain Jamie Taylor of Taylor’s Guide Service has been fishing Venice, Louisiana since the '90s. In this episode, he tells us a lot about the changes over the years and what should be done to further protect our marsh here in Louisiana. Jamie is an expert redfish and speckled trout angler, among other inshore species.
Harold Wilcox is a life-long fisherman and has been fishing in Venice, Louisiana since the 1990's. Host Captain Paul Miller does his best to pull out some of Harold's best stories, and they discuss his philosophy on conservation. Enjoy!
Captain Kevin Beach and Captain Jordan Ellis fished together for over four years before Jordan moved on and started running his own boat. Throughout that time they became best friends and they have enough stories to write a novel. In this episode Captain Paul Miller pulls out some really cool stories and conversation topics. However, Kevin and Jordan have unconventional ways of expressing their love for each other so listeners discretion is advised. Bad language was used in the making of this podcast. Enjoy!
Captian Joe Von Thron has worked on boats all over the continent and shares his experiences on his YouTube channel. We talk about a wide variety of stories, from trying to get triple digit yellowfin past the great whites at Guadalupe Island, catching 120 wahoo in a single day on the ridge offshore Baja, all the way to catching 900 pound bluefin a mile off the coast of North Carolina. In addition to his fishing ventures, Joe is well known for his YouTube channel “Joe VT Fishing” which has amassed over 50k subscribers.
Mark Primo Miller is true waterman, fisherman, scuba diver, spear fisherman, photographer, YouTuber, and reef builder.
He is from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and has had a huge impact on the habitat surrounding the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Enjoy!
Taylor Olsen is a good friend of Paul Miller and also has 3 years experience commercial fishing for menhaden along the northern gulf coast. Paul has him on to talk about his time fishing. Enjoy!
Captain Sonny Schindler is an inshore fishing guide on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Paul Miller sits down with Sonny to hear about how he got started in guiding and also about his time being an offshore fishing guide in Venice, LA. Enjoy!
Dr. Jim Franks has been marine biologist at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab for over 42 years, and is highly respected among the fisheries community! Captain Paul Miller had the honor of talking with Dr. Franks and asked some very interesting questions! Enjoy!
We recently got to chat with London Rosiere, “Head Kid” of Camp SoulGrow, a charity she started and has run since 2014 that’s free for all kids and helps build children’s self esteem; Deck Hand and licensed captain out of Venice, Louisiana; 22x full-marathon runner, and so much more..! She tells us about why she’s so passionate about Camp SoulGrow and so grateful to be fishing down here. Tune in to hear about upcoming things she has planned for the kids and community down here and how you can help!
Stacey Coker is a duck hunting guide in north east Arkansas with On The Deck Outfitters. He has been fishing with Captain Paul Miller for few years now so they decided to sit down and talk about some of the success they’ve had together! Enjoy!
Captain Bobby Warren has been a professional in-shore guide down in Venice for over 25 years! In this episode, he talks a lot about the changes over the years, and tells some amazing stories about Venice from his time guiding.
Captain Billy Wells is one of the founders and owner of The Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. He has been a charter captain in Venice for over 20 years. He told many great stories from his time fishing Venice, as well as the evolution of the offshore center console. Enjoy!
Captain Parker Rodrigue is a fisherman from Louisiana who has spent many seasons with the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. He is now following the northern gulf blue marlin tournament circuit fishing aboard the ‘Chasing Tail’. He had some really cool stories about his time spent in Venice and some of the most thrilling and gut-wrenching tournament stories. Enjoy!
Had a podcast one day after fishing, had a few deckhands and new captains on, including Stephen Giacobbe, Joseph Morgan, Cameron Alda, Aston Moth and Alex Sewel. Kevin Beach also made an appearance at the end of the show! Enjoy!
Scott Cothran has been the VP of Freeman Boatworks for 10 years now. Captain Paul Miller was in Charleston, SC and decided to do a podcast with Scott after they toured the Freeman factory! Enjoy!
Craig Baller has been a great client and friend of Captain Paul Miller for nearly three years. He's fished lots of big name fishing destinations all over the world! Captain Paul decided to have him on the show to reflect on some of their times together. Enjoy!
Captain Ronnie Granier has been guiding in Venice since the 1980's. Captain Paul Miller sat down with Ronnie after a day of fishing and got to hear some really awesome stories, as well as Ronnie's take on conservation.
Jay O'Brian is a fishing guide out of Dauphin Island, Alabama. He is putting on a triple tail grand championship, so I invited him on the show to tell us all about it!
Teena and Naylan Patel stayed in Venice for nearly two months! They became very friendly with a lot of the captains so I decided to have them on the show. Tina has a degree in psychology with an emphasis in behavior change and learning as well as a masters in business administration. She has been studying street dogs in developing countries for nearly 20 years. Also, she founded Doglando in Orlando Florida in 2003, which is an enrichment facility for dogs. Uniquely enough, Tina believes in teaching her son Naylan through experiences rather than traditional schooling, and it just so happens that Naylan loves fishing, so most of their experiences have included fishing lately!
Joey Furlan is owner of Furlans Marine in Gautier MS. While we were at the Biloxi boat show, I had Joey on to talk about how he got into the boating business as well as the wide range of services they offer. Tune in!
Kevin Beach has been a charter captain in Venice for over 25 years and is owner of The Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. We sat down and had a podcast the night before his first day back of the 2022 fishing season. It sure was a fun one!
Dr Marcus Drymon is an ecologist, and his job as assistant extensions professor at Mississippi State University is to make applicable, science-based solutions usable to coastal marine anglers, both commercial and recreational. He also does a ton of research on sharks and the role they play in the environment. It was a fun podcast and very informative. Enjoy!
Captain Myles Colley is from Pensacola, Florida and has been in the leaderboards throughout the Gulf of Mexico’s biggest sport fishing tournaments. He tells a number of very entertaining stories including winning a Cobia tournament with a 126lber! Tune in, you won’t be disappointed!
Captain Colin Byrd has been a captain for The Mexican Gulf Fishing Company since 2014 and is a true master of his craft. Captain Paul Miller sits down with Colin to learn more about how he got started in fishing as well as some of his highlights. Enjoy!
Robbie Carter is the director of many fishing tournaments throughout the southeastern United States. On this episode, Captain Paul Miller sits down with Robbie to talk about the Louisiana Tuna Wahoo Classic!
Krissy Wejebe is the daughter of fishing legend and television of the Spanish Fly, Josè Wejebe. Captain Paul Miller got to sit down and get to know her while she was on a fishing trip to Venice. Talked a lot about her dad and past stories as well as the future of the Spanish Fly Foundation.
Captain Kyle Johnson is an inshore charter captain on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He is also involved with The Speckled Truth podcast and a huge advocate for conservation. I had him on the podcast to get to know him more and to learn about what he has learned as an angler. This was a fun episode! Y’all enjoy!
Austin Powell is a long time dive partner as well as a great friend! He now fishes with the Intense sport fishing team that has a long track record for being on the leader boards throughout the Gulf of Mexico’s biggest fishing tournaments. I invited him on the show to talk about some of our times out on the water. We had a great time and I hope to have him on again some time!
Angelos Apeitos is the hatchery manager at the University of Southern Mississippi’s research laboratory, located in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. I was given the opportunity to have Angelos give me a tour of the facility and I got to see the massive 14lb speckled trout that they have raised at the research lab. Getting to know Angelos and learning from a guy like him was truly an awesome experience. Tune in to hear a very entertaining and educational conversation between a fisherman and a scholar!
Captain Walter Heathcock is an inshore fishing guide out of Venice, Louisiana. Walter is a Venice native and has seen this fishery as both a fishing guide and a commercial fisherman. We have a very in-depth fishing conversation! I hope y'all enjoy!
Captain Jordan Ellis has been an offshore fishing guide out of Venice, Louisiana for the last 11 years. Some of the things he has seen over the years are unimaginable, so Captain Paul Miller sat down with Jordan so he could tell us some of the stories that have happened over the years!
Donnie Jackson is a charter fisherman out of Venice, Louisiana, however, on this episode, I went to the Golden Nugget in Biloxi, Mississippi where Donnie had just won $283,000 and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic! I got the chance to interview him directly after the award ceremony that Sunday evening, and the story is pretty awesome! Give it a listen!
Tom is founder of Hilton's Fishing Charts, an offshore imagery website that tremendously helps fishermen locate the right fishing conditions. In this episode, Tom tells us how he got started, and we go way into red snapper politics. This was a fun episode! Everyone enjoy!
Captain Paul Miller sits down with the Biloxi Billfish Classic winners. Ever won $418,000 in a fishing tournament? The crew of "It Just Takes Time" tells us what that feels like! The story of how it all went down is awesome! Please tune in!
Mark is the host and owner of the Big Water Adventures television show, and travels from Alaska to Australia with the best guides in sports fishing! He has done multiple television shows with Captain Paul Miller and now joins him on an episode of Tuna Town Talks!
Jimmy has a true passion for fishing as well as life in South Louisiana! He is a sport fishing legend, and a pioneer within the charter fishing community in Venice, Louisiana. Enjoy!
Jeff Aguillard is a veterinarian from Louisiana and a life-long diver and water person. In this episode, we talk about the highs and lows of diving as well as some pretty awesome stories. Have you ever got separated from your boat in the Gulf of Mexico and had to float for hours? Jeff tells us what that feels like. Enjoy!
SPECIAL MESSAGE: Anyone that listens to this episode should know that Captain Paul had technical difficulties with his microphone , and his audio is very low. We apologize for that, however, this content is too incredible, so we HAD to make it available to our listeners! Captain Michael has been a life long fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico and is best known for his time on the First Choice, Reel Fire, and the Sharee. Tune in to hear the full story behind the state record blue marlin that he caught that held for over seven years.
Captain Joey Davis joins us on Tuna Town Talks for the second time to talk about his win of the Louisiana Tuna Wahoo Classic. It was an incredible story the way everything went down. Enjoy!
Captain Patrick Ivie of the Breath Easy and more than 22 years of experience in the Gulf of Mexico, sits down with host Paul Miller to tell some the coolest stories from his long fishing career. Ever caught a 800+lb. blue marlin in one of the biggest tournaments only to have it beat by two pounds? Captain Patrick tells us what that feels like!
Part owner in Venice Marina and life-long fisherman throughout Louisiana, Bill shares some incredible stories from his time fishing out of Venice! If you wanna hear from one of the legends, tune in!
Captain Eddie Burger has been a charter captain out of Venice Louisiana for the last 20 years. From giant makos to missing 100lb cobia with the gaff, he told us the highs and the lows. Give Captain Eddie Burger a listen, he’s got some good stories!
Captain Clayt has been captain of the Chasing Tail for the last 15 years and has been on the leader boards throughout the northern gulf marlin tournaments. He shares numerous stories, including his first day as Captain of the Chasing Tail, which was incredible!
Dr. Nyman is a wetlands and wildlife professor at LSU and has a PhD in oceanography. Captain Paul Miller had the great honor of taking him fishing and then sitting down to do a podcast to talk about a variety of topics that mainly focus on southeastern Louisiana’s wetlands.
The ideas and opinions that Dr. Nyman expresses on the podcast are his alone and may not represent those of his employers.
Host Paul Miller sits down with Brandon Carter and Jon Carter to talk about the newly-proposed speckled trout limit. Brandon also shares some incredible stories about catching monster speckled trout!
On the fifth episode of Tuna Town Talks, Matt Miranda tells us about how he guided the largest yellowfin tuna ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as why it never made it into the record books!
If you've ever wanted to know who Kevin Beach is, this podcast does just that! Captain Kevin takes us way back to when he started fishing, and then finishes up with his story about his most memorable blue marlin! Enjoy!
In this episode of Tuna Town Talks, Captain Lee Alonzo tells us about his first daytime sword fishing experiences back in 1996, as well as lots of other very entertaining topics. Enjoy!
Mike Frenette was the first fishing guide ever in Venice, Louisiana. I sit down with him for over two hours and he tells me his journey through Venice. We also talk about his first time ever tuna fishing where he encountered tunas blowing up as far as he could see around more than 20 whale sharks!
On the first episode of Tuna Town Talks, host Paul Miller sits down with Captain Joey Davis to talk about how they both made it to Venice, Louisiana, and how Paul speared his first yellowfin tuna!