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S1 E1: Steve Rinella and JT Van Zandt Chase Redfish in Texas

Steve purchases Das Boat out of central Texas and takes it to a local fabricator and spends a day trying to make sure it'll float. He and JT Van Zandt chase redfish down on the coast, taking Das Boat into skinny saltwater. They end the day in JT's kitchen cooking up a spread of redfish tacos and sipping a little tequila. They discuss tribalism, the benefits of artificial lures vs. dead bait, the serviceability of redfish flesh, and the closest thing to a chicken thigh you can find on a fish.

22 minutes

S1 E2: Alvin Dedeaux and Jesse Griffiths Target Guadalupe Bass

JT and Steve send Das Boat up to Austin to do a little urban angling. In this episode, Austin based fishing guide Alvin Dedeaux and James Beard Award winning chef Jesse Griffiths test out Das BoatAos river capabilities on the Lower Colorado. They target Guadalupe bass on topwater lures and try to find a way to land a prehistoric gar. Along the way they discuss playing in club bands, fishing near cities, eating bass, and the secret berry that helped monks stay . . . monkly.

21 minutes

S1 E3: Ryan Callaghan and Ed Anderson Go Looking for Snook and Tarpon

Das Boat rolls all the way over to the west coast of Florida to hook up with our very own conservation director, Ryan Callaghan and the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge artist in residence Ed Anderson. Cal and Ed go looking for snook, tarpon, speckled trout, and redfish. Along the way they discuss the National Wildlife Refuge system, poop decks, the history of the duck stamp, Ding Darling, the queen mother of red tides, and learning to love rejection . . . from fish.

20 minutes

S1 E4: April Vokey and Oliver Ngy Tackle a Notoriously Complex Bass Fishery in Florida

Lake Okeechobee Florida's inland sea of freshwater, grass, and largemouth bass. Das Boat dives deep into Florida with a Candian and a Californian. April Vokey meets up with big bass expert Oliver Ngy and they try to figure out one of the most notoriously complex and rewarding bass fisheries in the country. They discuss the iconography of Okeechobee, America's obsession with bass, glitter boats, and the founders of Captains for Clean Water explain Florida's water quality problems.

22 minutes

S1 E5: Frank Smethurst and Mustache Rob Hit Up the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia

Frank Smethurst and Mustache Rob circle back to some of their old favorite stomping grounds on the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia. They catch some of the many native sport fish in this archetypical southern river, and set their sights on the east coast's most sought after migratory game fish stripers. Along the way, Das Boat gets a major upgrade, and they discuss the Georgia-South Carolina rivalry, southern roots, Bartram's Bass, and the intertwined history of Augusta and the Savannah River.

21 minutes

S1 E6: Frank and Rob Are Back on the Savannah River Huntin' Catfish and Gar

Mustache Rob and Frank are back on the Savannah River in Georgia, headed 50+ miles downstream into water that they haven't seen before. It's an exploratory mission, though the Savannah is far from wilderness, and Rob and Frank's journey is more National Lampoon than Heart of Darkness. At the terminus of their trip waits Wade Plantation and some heaping platefuls of southern hospitality. All Rob and Frank have to do is bring some catfish for the table and safely pilot Das Boat downstream.

25 minutes