About this episode

Monte Burke shares captivating fishing stories and insights into the lives of dedicated fishermen.

On this episode with talk with New York Times best selling author, Monte Burke, who is very interested in studying and sharing the persona of fishermen who will do just about anything to be at the top of their game. His books Lords of the Flies and Sowbelly dive into the interesting cast of characters of chasing world record tarpon and the extreme efforts on going to catch the world record largemouth bass. Monte is a great conversationalist and his stories are even better. This one might surp...

People in this episode

Guest: Monte Burke

Topics covered

• fishing
• storytelling
• fishermen
• world records
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lords of the Flies, Sowbelly

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