This week, C&R sound engineer “Magic” Mike Pedersen flies all the way from British Columbia for smoked dogfish with mustard on rye, we throw pork roll at striped bass from the top of the Empire State Building, get kicked out of Applebee’s for wearing vulgar T-shirts, and nearly burn down a church with hot chocolate peanut bunker action.

Too cheap for pro taxidermy? Learn how to botch every DIY attempt at preserving tails, jaws, teeth, skulls, and other fish parts in your kitchen.

This week, Jimmy Fee misses the mark on a PB British mullet by a mere five ounces, we get so tweaked about trophy tog that we throw our soiled waders in the trash, decide rigs we’ve been tying for 20 years are suddenly inadequate, and drink crab whiskey as we mourn a chance to fish for stripers we know aren’t even there. 

This week, C&R listeners share their spine-chilling stories of bloodthirsty meth head encounters, run-ins with wolf-spider hybrids in the spirit world, and ghosts that just want to bum a smoke. Along the way, we’ll scare the clothes back onto naked hippies, meet Satan at the trout hole, and try to sleep while wild beasts circle some happy campers. 

This week, Oliver Ngy gives us the slow pitch for managing bass fishing with lemon pepper, we enjoy bonefish stew while the law man inspects our anchor rope, lose expensive baits in the money pit that is boat ownership, and teach old-school Uncle Larry some new-school rockfish tricks.

This week, Ohio walleye savant Ross Robertson gets salty at the mall and stings sheep with his sharp wit, we almost wind up in jail for being too nice to a drunk gambling addict, treat a tuna run like the countdown to Chernobyl , and reach for some striper stars at an Atlantic City comedy hour. 

This week, C&R regulars and newcomers tell the tales of their first-ever striped bass, we discuss mowing lawns to make that Van Staal money, catching milestone fish while eating Whopper sandwiches, winning rods in a game of darts, and completely misusing the Banjo Minnow.

This week, kayak killer Kevin Hughes hypes the coleslaw and downplays his redfish-mugging habit, we run chatter baits through what used to be the parking lot, score a topwater slam and break truck windows, and do our taxes while chunking with Big League Chew.

This week, legendary West Coast steelhead guide Rick Matney brings vodka to the prom and dances with Mr. Bubbles, we get shot at by ranch owners while catching 30-inch browns, steam to Russia to shoot Donner and Blitzen for crab bait, and tie three Wooly Buggers together years before that was cool. 

This week, Joe and his best bud, Mark Wizeman, road trip for steelhead through the rusty streets of Snag City, we snore so badly that we can’t even enjoy Toronto, trade six dozen cookies for a shot at low-water glory, and pass on a crack den to cozy up to the power plant outflow.

This week, Drew Price and Rowan Lytle drive 9 hours to catch lily pads, sticks, and bubble guts from terrible diner food, we call snakehead AAA from the side of the Turnpike, decide that barometric pressure isn’t even a real thing, and check off bucket list species in the middle of a graveyard.

This week, Hank Shaw of “Hunt, Gather, Cook” throws a D battery at me for calling pork roll by its proper name, we goad you into eating carp, bowfins, and fishing on super-dirty party boats, take the mystery out of General Tso’s deep fried shark skins, and discuss why fly anglers are all bark and no bite.

This week, former Penn State bass team captain, Derek Horner, pulls a gun on a dealer and shoots down trout fishing, we celebrate a tourney win by splurging on Bojangle’s chicken, use our forward-facing sonar to see into the weird future of bass angling, and stroll our way into disappointing striper and muskie captures.

This week, John Bullock of Old School Outdoors and Captain Eric Kerber do kick flips off the eel tank, we catch flatheads with a mystery tuna rod, grind our way through a job at Roy Rogers, and license the Misfits logo for a new line of sun shirts. 

Play along with this ultimate “Jaws” quiz for a chance to win nothing but people calling you a dork for knowing so much about “Jaws.”

This week, movie nerds and podcasters Dave Maccar and Tom Margaretta white-knuckle it 33 miles through angry seas and rental late fees, we explain why a bloody shark movie is perfect for children, fail to hit the broad side of a Megalodon with our harpoon guns, and tie an extra barrel on our college book bags. 

This week, fishing guide and Hot Water Music lead singer, Chuck Ragan, attacks the golf course pond with a 17-inch fly, we trash the study hall with a bucket of live bait, split the proceeds of T-shirt sales to upgrade our vises, and choose the wrong day to salmon fish in Scotland.

This week, Nate P. and Tyler Winter join the Midwest tour of bowling alleys and vintage bath tubs, we whiff on buffalo and get bowed up on swamp lords, give those pesky smallmouths a piece of our disappointed minds, and target panfish with 27-pound monofilament.

This week, Miles Nolte returns from New Zealand to hammer sipping smallmouths in a Chevy Malibu, we steal Tim Landwehr’s drift boat and hook some dam pike, find the worst cheese curds in Wisconsin, and spend 20 minutes explaining the inner workings of a Tater Tot. 

This week, spear fisherman, party Adonis, and artist Chris Stewart swims toward a man eater and documents your most drunken moments, we study strip club polaroids and argue over cup size estimates, nearly take our faces off with a mahi-mahi drone, and smuggle a snakehead into the VIP room. 

This week, Jersey Riggs creator, Jeff Cammerino, tells us how rock and roll meant more than being the next big thing in soft plastics, we compare largemouths to construction workers, catch everything with a heart of shiny gold, and explain why you never use a different lure even though you keep buying tons of new lures.

This week, veteran fly guide, Joe Demalderis, and artist Mike Sudal navigate a hostile homeless camp while looking for happy carp, we freeze and thaw for hot nighttime brown action, see aliens on our porch even though we’re sober, and wear our trout vests to the Ren Faire.

This week, Reed “The Fish Monger” Brand teaches us how to tell our friends they suck at filleting without hurting their feelings, we inspect the gills of a largemouth viewed 1 million times, feed a family of five with the tails of golden tilefish, and skip out on football to go lobstering in a gale.

This week, legendary guide and writer, Steve Dally, shoots high-velocity AA batteries at giant, venomous sculpins, we fail to land a single tarpon after getting easily 100 shots, almost get locked up for sea shell smuggling, and watch a massive trout get caught by a massive A-hole.