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10.28.20 Without our partners… we would struggle to deliver

The blog title is more than a title… it is a sincere statement. Without our partners, we wouldn\’t be able to deliver the best fishing experiences.

This is not lost on us… we know that we can\’t move a mountain without a team. And our team has grown since the early days of Fish Village and I wanted to take a moment to introduce them to you and say thank you for their support.

NRS

NRS has been supporting Fish Village for the last couple of years by providing the core team with top quality safety equipment, apparel and dry gear.

NRS will continue to provide support for our trip development projects, core team and pro staff.

Z-Man

Z-Man, maker of some of the toughest plastic on the planet and all around artificial tackle solutions ranging from Chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, to limitless plastics, jig heads, and more.

Without hesitation they jumped at the opportunity to support our trip development program.

Matrix Shad

Matrix Shad is a Louisiana company that understands their fishery and demographic. Maker of a variety of plastics, hard baits, corks and more.

Matrix Shad will support our southeastern US trip development projects, core team and pros staff.

Buggs Fishing

Buggs Fishing makes some of the coolest looking fly-fishing style artificial lures for the southeastern inshore fisheries.

Buggs Fishing will support our southeastern US trip development projects, core team and pros staff.


We have been blessed with some long time supporters that understood what Fish Village was trying to accomplish from the get-go. These companies, their employees and families have become an extension of our family.

Pure Watersports of Dana Point / Oceanside

The good people at Pure Watersports have been supporting me personally and my company for the last eight (8) years by providing a home base for our local kayaking adventures, tournaments and guided fishing outings. Tim and Chris are always there to lend a hand, fix our kayaks and even travel + fish with us.

When we told them that we were heading to Louisiana and that we wanted to do a road trip… they offered to let us take their 20+ ft. enclosed trailer so that we can get our kayaks and fishing gear to Louisiana and back safely. Incredible… does your shop support you like that? If they do… hold onto them forever!

Reebs Lures

We have been rep\’n Reebs Lures since the early days of Fish Village. Why?.. well for starters they are rad, they work and we get custom builds. Sooo what is not to like? But the real reason we use them… the people.

The people that make up Reebs Lures are now my brothers and sisters. This company is run by a family that puts nothing but heart and soul into their products. They stand by us, they love us… thus we stand by them and we love them!


Thank you to our new partners and to our trusted ol\’ pals. You make our village what it is.

10.25.20 2 weeks until we hit the road + NRS support

Ummmmm we are two (2) weeks out… I repeat… we are two (2) weeks away from lift-off. Boxes are piling up and the gear keeps coming. We are in full swing preparing for what should be an amazing two (2) week adventure.

We have been getting shit done too…

  • Brake controller for towing handled
  • Buggs Fishing gear arrived and is ready to get bit
  • NRS dry bags arrived for the Fish Village trip development team
  • Canon R5 purchased (DOPE)
  • Canon R L Series 70-200 mm lens purchased (SICK)
  • All Daiwa reels spooled up with Tasline (Thanks Marty!)
  • Enjoyed some Pliny
  • Nearly completed the new trip experience for our website (expect to release this coming week)
  • Finalized first run of our new merch
  • Arranged kayak pickups with the boys from Above the Hook Productions and our teammate Jesse Landry

The good folks at NRS wanted to make sure that Fish Village was outfitted for success. Without hesitation they sent us their best bags from their repertoire for the Fish Village trip development team. Each Fish Village partner will receive the following:

  • NRS Bill\’s Bag Dry Bag 65L
  • NRS Heavy-Duty Bill\’s Bag Dry Bag 110 L
  • NRS High Roll Duffel 35L
  • NRS Tuff Sack 10L
  • NRS Tuff Sack 25L
  • NRS Ether Hydrolock Dry Sack 5L

We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to work with NRS in a capacity that enables us to do what we love to do. They have been a great partner over the past couple of years and we see them being a big part of just about everything we do moving forward. Thank you NRS for supporting our team and our vision!

More about our partners coming soon! Next week (tomorrow actually), we start receiving our Z-Man orders for the Louisiana crew. Let\’s just say that the crew will be well outfitted.

Be sure to follow along with us via our Louisiana Road Trip 2020 page.

10.13.20 B.T.T. Louisiana Trip Planning Pt. 2

If you were to ask me what is at the center of this Louisiana effort, I would say that we are trying to put our best foot forward in our own backyard and connect people from all over the United States to incredible fishing adventures. This means more to us now than ever. Let\’s re-connect with the great fisheries America has to offer.

COVID has been a curse to many, very few have positive things to say about it. With all of that negative comes a few positives. We saw an opportunity to take our trip development program and rapidly build out new domestic locations with everything we have learned over the last few years.

This trip is the culmination of our \”pivot\”… yeah just like Ross said in Friends. This is setting us up for a very interesting 2021 which could see multiple new location and trip offerings.

The Fish Village way dictates that we live the experience. So that is what we are going to f\’n do! We are going to live up the opportunity as if it were our last trip. This means we are going to cram in as much as possible on the road trip, visit as many great people and operations as we can, fish as much as humanly possible and EAT!

We have some incredible partners getting behind this Louisiana program… NRS, Z-Man, BerleyPro, Tasline, Matrix Shad, Buggs Fishing and ActionHat have signed up to make sure that we can provide the best gear for our locations… what a team! This is just the beginning.

To keep up with our Louisiana Road Trip 2020… click here.

Thank you for your continued love and support.

Photo: We want the redfish equivalent in Louisiana… look at Brooks\’ stud snapper, from his recent trip to New Zealand.