Fishing (and Family)

Saved My Life

Fishing offers a peaceful escape from the chaos of life, creating space for reflection, healing, and connection with nature. The routine, patience, and purpose it brings can anchor someone in recovery, replacing destructive habits with something life-affirming and deeply rewarding.

Why Fishing?

My “why” to fishing is simple.

I’d say it is an obsession but a form of therapy for me. When I was 4 years old, I grabbed a pole, hooked a worm, clipped on a bobber, and went for it in my Uncle’s pond. Never looked back.

Nowadays, it’s me and the kiddos doing what we can to enjoy the days outside among the craziness of life’s day-to-day.

These 3, combined with fishing saved my life, got me sober in 2016, and made me a better person all around.

It even led to “professional” fishing opportunities…

The Past “Pro” Times…

I spent a LOT of time over the years fishing for brands for money, product, free travel, etc.

I won tournaments kayak while fishing for Old Town Fishing Team.

I designed the aesthetics for rods and reels for Catch Co. and Googan.

I even joined the team at Googan Squad on a full “elite” level sponsorship.

I fished and I fished and I fished.

Fishing “professionally” at the capacity I have done it has been an entirely different experiecne than your actual paid real Bassmaster Elite folks..

Ya see, I never fished on a $100,000 boat.

I never weighed-in at 3pm at the end of a long day with ESPN cameras on board.

I wanted to but this whole fishing thing had to stay as a partial hobby for me or I felt like I was going to lose the passion or something weird. I don’t know.

I just felt like if I strived for being that Bassmaster Elite angler or whatever, it would become my one and only job and got scared. I guess…

What I DID do though is provide real, authentic, and genuine experiences - good or bad - in the form of storytelling, photo, video, social content, and graphic design.