#16 Joe Simonds from SaltStrong

Finally getting back on schedule with Talking. We finally got a chance on introduce Marine Corp veteran Mike Stevens and Airforce Veteran Scott Bacon now established board members and HUGE part of the success of this organization. Just a quick conversation about them, our 2023 Spring Kingfish season and the Warrior Shootout Bottom Brawl!! Remember to get signed up as soon as possible for a chance to win a Captains raffle with cool prizes and RF swag. Register today at https://www.reelingfreedom.org/event-details/warriot-shootout-bottom-brawl If you have any questions on this event Please reach out to us anytime!! Cheers and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Capt Gene Hammond

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Welcome to another episode of the Reeling Freedom Podcast... Today we talk with Capt Mike Anderson from Reel Animals, who never fails to support our cause. He is a great friend and huge personality in the Tampa Bay Area and Florida. Capt Mike has been fishing Tampa Bay waters for well over 20 years, hosts two radio shows every weekend, and has had Reel Animals TV Nationwide for over 15 years.  Listen, share, and please rate and review, where ever you find your podcasts https://reelanimals.com/

Talking Mr. Joe Simonds "Like Diamonds" cofounder of Salt Strong and how he got started!! Please check them out at www.saltstrong.com teaching the average "joe" how to fish with Classes and all kinds of content from catching inshore slams to offshore stuff. Please share rate and review!!!

Talking to the founder of the Peace Keeper Initiative and Police Veteran Richard Alvarez. Great Stories and a few struggles of what it's like being a first responder in the inner city. A big thank you to Manny at Blue Smoke Cigar Shop for letting us sit in and have a conversation.  Please Share, Rate and Review wherever you listen to podcasts.  https://www.facebook.com/peacekeeperinitiative/ https://www.bluesmokecigarbar.com/

An amazing story of Keith's journey of healing. He traveled to every single state to video document the family members of fallen US Service members. His story is just absolutely amazing in my opinion. His stories of deployments, loss, and his own struggles with what he had to endure during his time in the Navy just gave me chills. I hope you enjoy this one! You can follow Keith at GoldStarDirt.org and please look him up on Instagram and Facebook.  https://www.facebook.com/GoldStarDirt/ https://goldstardirt.org/ Please share rate and review, where ever you find podcasts! Capt Gene Hammond [email protected]

Awesome episode, many people do not think about the scope of what our military forces do overseas. Not only do they fight and protect our way of life and our freedom, they also help save lives. On this episode, Mr. Tony Tran of iDirect Government talks about his story and his mom's story how she escaped communist troops in Vietnam in 1975. Awesome story of how our Military saves the lives of more than just Americans. Without the US Military involvement who knows how Tony and his mom's life would have turned out. Thank you iDirect Government for your support for this foundation and our men and women in Uniform!  Cheers Capt Gene Hammond, Reeling Freedom Thank you to our sponsors at https://www.idirectgov.com/ https://monster3xusa.com/

Hello RF Fans, back with another episode with Salt Strong Fishing Coach Tony Acevedo! He is a master kayak angler always taking pictures of these massive redfish, trout, drum, and snook! Check him out by searching saltstrongtony on instagram, you will NOT be disappointed with all the fish pictures. Also check out the Salt Strong Insider Fishing Club, Spend less time learning, and more time making memories and catching fish. I have been a member from almost the very beginning and I absolutely love it! The learning curve will take YEARS off of your time, and get you on more fish much faster! Thank you very much for listening https://www.instagram.com/saltstrongtony/ https://www.saltstrong.com/

Hello Reeling Freedom Fans!!! It's a new year, welcome 2020, man time just keeps marching!! First of all thank you for all of those who support this foundation we could not do it without you! Thank you to our sponsors. In this episode we talk to Capt Jeff Vickers out of Dunedin Florida. Capt Jeff was one of our very early Captains supporting the Reeling Freedom Foundation and he is also a very good friend of mine! We talk Tobacco Farming, Fishing the Chesapeake, hunting / fishing. Good times! We still don't have sponsors for this podcast but I felt it necessary to mention a few of our local vendors that support this foundation. Products that I use myself along with Capt Jeff, and I wouldn't even mention them if I didn't believe in the product. Here are the links to what we talked about in this episode.  Cheers, Capt Gene Hammond  https://www.captainjeffvickers.com/ http://www.flyboatworks.com/ https://www.floridafishingproducts.com/ https://bullbayrods.com/ https://monster3xusa.com/

Welcome to the madness!!! This is about me and my family, how deeply rooted we are in the U. S. Military that really starts with our Dad getting deployed to the Philippines during the Vietnam War. If that doesn't happen He doesn't meet my mom, doesn't bring my older brother home, and none of us are here. We laugh, cry, and just have a good time talking about us. Joe (oldest) who was just 8 years old when he met our dad, Patty who was born on Clark Airforce Base outside of Manilla, My self 6 deployments in Satellite communications, Arza 6 deployments in the Field Artillery, and the youngest Jesse 10 deployments in FA and Military Police.  We recorded this episode in a garage, not a sound room so there's a-lot of horrible audio, background noise, and echo... I will try and do better next time!! Cheers I hope you enjoy it!!