1 00:00:03,785 --> 00:00:06,885 Marvin: Hey folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the Articulate Fly, 2 00:00:06,965 --> 00:00:11,285 Marvin: and we're back with another On the Salt with Got One with Captain David Blinken. How are you, David? 3 00:00:12,445 --> 00:00:14,145 David: I'm great, Marvin. How are you today? 4 00:00:14,405 --> 00:00:16,665 Marvin: As always, just trying to stay out of trouble. And you know, 5 00:00:16,745 --> 00:00:21,105 Marvin: you are on the precipice of the shoulder season because you had a ski boondoggle 6 00:00:21,105 --> 00:00:23,685 Marvin: this weekend, and you're going to be on the water in the next week to 10 days. 7 00:00:24,625 --> 00:00:30,945 David: Oh, I can't wait. I've got a group going down to the Bahamas right in the beginning 8 00:00:30,945 --> 00:00:32,265 David: of the second week of April. 9 00:00:32,425 --> 00:00:38,005 David: I'm really looking forward to it. And my biggest thing is I got to get out and 10 00:00:38,005 --> 00:00:41,305 David: do a little limbering up with my fly rod before I get down there. 11 00:00:41,985 --> 00:00:45,425 Marvin: Yeah, but we know from all of the episodes we've done before this that all of 12 00:00:45,425 --> 00:00:49,545 Marvin: your gear is washed, lines treated, the whole nine yards, boats ready to go 13 00:00:49,545 --> 00:00:50,245 Marvin: and everything, right? right? 14 00:00:50,985 --> 00:00:56,105 David: Oh my gosh. The bag is packed. Everything's ready to go. So I can just go on automatic. 15 00:00:56,385 --> 00:00:59,505 David: All I got to do is throw a couple of pairs of socks in the bag and I'm ready. 16 00:00:59,625 --> 00:01:03,265 Marvin: Yeah. And so the great thing is you come back and you're going to have your 17 00:01:03,265 --> 00:01:05,745 Marvin: first guide trip of the year out on Long Island. 18 00:01:05,825 --> 00:01:08,005 Marvin: What do you expect early season fishing? 19 00:01:09,145 --> 00:01:14,465 David: Well, yeah, I'm hoping to see stripers. You know, we do have a problem with 20 00:01:14,465 --> 00:01:20,265 David: the stripest population and I would personally love to see a moratorium I'm 21 00:01:20,265 --> 00:01:21,765 David: not to be too political about bass, 22 00:01:21,865 --> 00:01:30,425 David: but what I'm expecting to see is some smaller fish up in the estuaries as the water warms. 23 00:01:30,705 --> 00:01:35,165 David: So I'll be, you know, going way up into creeks and estuaries and little river 24 00:01:35,165 --> 00:01:37,385 David: systems, looking for stripers. 25 00:01:37,485 --> 00:01:41,405 David: And, you know, if we have a warm spring, I think I'll be finding them out on 26 00:01:41,405 --> 00:01:43,785 David: the sand earlier this year than usual. 27 00:01:45,265 --> 00:01:49,305 David: So we'll just see how the spring goes. March, the past few years, 28 00:01:49,325 --> 00:01:55,325 David: has tended to be a little colder than February, and that helps keep the water cool going into spring. 29 00:01:55,545 --> 00:02:01,225 David: So it's anyone's guess. And then I'm looking for bluefish coming in around the 30 00:02:01,225 --> 00:02:08,285 David: end of the second week, beginning of the third week of May. 31 00:02:08,425 --> 00:02:14,465 David: And the past couple seasons, that has been a really fun part of our fishery, and it's been big fish. 32 00:02:14,465 --> 00:02:22,445 David: So we go into those with 10-weight rods and shock tips and poppers and big squid 33 00:02:22,445 --> 00:02:24,725 David: flies and have a lot of fun with them on the flats. 34 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:28,900 Marvin: Yeah, got it. And I assume that, you know, the reason that you're going to be 35 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:33,460 Marvin: fishing for striper so close and, you know, up in the estuaries is because I 36 00:02:33,460 --> 00:02:36,300 Marvin: guess you have to wait for the, you know, the more the water warms up, 37 00:02:36,340 --> 00:02:40,700 Marvin: the, I guess the more the, the, uh, the bait range is kind of out into the sound 38 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:41,840 Marvin: and out into the ocean. Right. 39 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:44,380 Marvin: So right now they're going where the water warms up pretty quickly. 40 00:02:45,140 --> 00:02:47,920 David: Yeah and and there tends to be more bait up 41 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:50,760 David: in those creeks and estuaries early you know we'll be looking 42 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,640 David: for um uh um spearing uh 43 00:02:54,640 --> 00:03:00,060 David: little crabs and uh grass shrimp and uh they like they like that cooler temperature 44 00:03:00,060 --> 00:03:05,720 David: so the bass will be up in there and uh getting into our first full moon in may 45 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:10,020 David: uh you know we could very easily have a nice cinder worm hatch and and they 46 00:03:10,020 --> 00:03:11,300 David: really like like to focus on those. 47 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,140 David: So, they'll stay up in the creeks and estuaries for that. 48 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:18,800 David: And then after that first cinderworm hatch, they'll start to wander around a 49 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,200 David: little more, especially as the water warms. 50 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:29,100 Marvin: Got it. And I would imagine too, you know, if spring up on Long Island is anything 51 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,500 Marvin: like spring down here in the southeast, it's going to be windy. 52 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:34,540 Marvin: You know, what should folks expect on the casting front there? 53 00:03:35,580 --> 00:03:39,680 David: Well, you know, it depends on the time of day, it's really interesting. 54 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,600 David: Sometimes you wake up in the spring and there's a north wind and you just kind 55 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,740 David: of wait until like 10, 11 and it drops out. 56 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:51,940 David: But the nice thing about having a skiff and having so many different bits and 57 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:55,920 David: pieces of water on Long Island is I can always launch the boat in an area where 58 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,520 David: we have a really good amount of lee. 59 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:04,320 David: So the wind isn't always a problem in the springtime as much as it might be in the fall. 60 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,200 David: Uh so it gives us opportunities 61 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:13,920 David: to go hide um you know sometimes it shortens the day but um very often we'll 62 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:18,120 David: go we'll go into a lee and the fish are all just kind of stacked up in the league 63 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:22,040 David: because they don't want to be out in the noisy choppy water either so uh it 64 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,680 David: can make for some really fun interesting fishing got. 65 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,380 Marvin: It and of course later in the season you're gonna you know know, 66 00:04:28,380 --> 00:04:32,220 Marvin: put your, uh, your travel host back on, you've got a couple of destination trips too. 67 00:04:33,220 --> 00:04:38,080 David: Yes. So, so of course in April, I go to the Bahamas and then the end of April, 68 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,840 David: I go to Belize for permit. 69 00:04:41,140 --> 00:04:43,140 David: And then in, um... 70 00:04:44,042 --> 00:04:50,582 David: The beginning of august uh in november and december we're doing tarpon trips down in mexico, 71 00:04:51,322 --> 00:04:54,162 David: and uh it's for for smaller tarpon which 72 00:04:54,162 --> 00:04:56,922 David: is so much fun uh because you know 73 00:04:56,922 --> 00:04:59,802 David: they jump like crazy you can get them to the boat pretty quick and you're 74 00:04:59,802 --> 00:05:02,602 David: on to the next one and uh august is pretty 75 00:05:02,602 --> 00:05:05,522 David: special because uh that trip 76 00:05:05,522 --> 00:05:08,382 David: you can really get huge numbers of tarpon and and 77 00:05:08,382 --> 00:05:11,702 David: it's a relative thing you know on any given day you can jump 78 00:05:11,702 --> 00:05:14,682 David: 15 or 20 and you can land you know you know 79 00:05:14,682 --> 00:05:17,462 David: half that and and that's a huge amount of fun 80 00:05:17,462 --> 00:05:24,142 David: um and then in in uh the the november trip i said march i think but in the november 81 00:05:24,142 --> 00:05:29,182 David: and december trips we tend to find the bigger tarpon come into mexico um you 82 00:05:29,182 --> 00:05:34,522 David: know some some of them exceeding 50 pounds and and that's a lot of fun so uh 83 00:05:34,522 --> 00:05:36,362 David: we look forward to all all those trips. 84 00:05:36,662 --> 00:05:40,962 Marvin: Yeah, it sounds like it's going to be a good 2024 for you. And I want to thank 85 00:05:40,962 --> 00:05:43,442 Marvin: our friends at Norvice for sponsoring the series. 86 00:05:43,822 --> 00:05:49,102 Marvin: And I know Tim and the rest of the Norvice team are kind of winding up the travel 87 00:05:49,102 --> 00:05:55,782 Marvin: schedule, but you know it to yourself to head over to www.nor-vice.com to check 88 00:05:55,782 --> 00:05:58,782 Marvin: out the Norvice, everything that they have to offer. 89 00:05:58,882 --> 00:06:02,902 Marvin: There might be a couple of shows left, maybe out West, maybe in Utah. 90 00:06:03,042 --> 00:06:07,282 Marvin: If you check on the website and And you live out there, you might still have 91 00:06:07,282 --> 00:06:08,682 Marvin: a chance to actually see the Norvice 92 00:06:08,682 --> 00:06:11,022 Marvin: in action. Otherwise, you're going to probably have to wait until 2025. 93 00:06:12,282 --> 00:06:16,722 Marvin: And, you know, I know everyone's been waiting. You know, we had two great prizes 94 00:06:16,722 --> 00:06:20,762 Marvin: to kind of encourage people to listen and engage with us. 95 00:06:20,862 --> 00:06:24,222 Marvin: And, you know, the first prize was a RISE Fishing Company rod. 96 00:06:24,362 --> 00:06:27,662 Marvin: And that was from everyone that sent questions in. And we really appreciate that. 97 00:06:27,822 --> 00:06:30,722 Marvin: And the winner of that prize is Brenner Johnson. 98 00:06:30,922 --> 00:06:34,402 Marvin: And Brenner is a frequent question asker on lots of our shows. 99 00:06:34,402 --> 00:06:37,842 Marvin: So congratulations, Brenner. You've got a Rise Fishing Company rod. 100 00:06:37,942 --> 00:06:41,062 Marvin: If you'll reach out to me, I will get you in touch with David, 101 00:06:41,102 --> 00:06:42,662 Marvin: and we'll get you in touch with the folks at Rise. 102 00:06:42,882 --> 00:06:45,742 Marvin: And then, of course, the grand prize for all the questions that we use during 103 00:06:45,742 --> 00:06:48,422 Marvin: the series is a Norvice tying system. 104 00:06:48,602 --> 00:06:51,782 Marvin: And that grand prize winner is Brent Taylor. So congratulations, Brent. 105 00:06:53,322 --> 00:06:56,582 David: Well, that's exciting. These two guys, uh, won all this stuff. 106 00:06:56,702 --> 00:07:01,182 David: So, uh, so, uh, I hope they get a chance to use it a lot this year. 107 00:07:01,322 --> 00:07:04,202 Marvin: Yeah, absolutely. That's a, it's going to make a, it's like, 108 00:07:04,222 --> 00:07:06,422 Marvin: it's like having the fly fishing Easter bunny come to your house. 109 00:07:07,382 --> 00:07:12,062 David: It kind of is. It's really exciting. I mean, uh, that the Norvice is going to 110 00:07:12,062 --> 00:07:15,942 David: be a lot of fun to use and, and certainly the rise rod is going to be awesome. 111 00:07:15,942 --> 00:07:20,462 David: Them and you know i hope those guys after they uh they land some fish with their 112 00:07:20,462 --> 00:07:24,042 David: rod and flies uh you know record them on on the got one app. 113 00:07:24,042 --> 00:07:27,042 Marvin: Yeah there you go and you know we were talking you know last i guess was it 114 00:07:27,042 --> 00:07:31,562 Marvin: last weekend you had blind chocolate on for your last official event in masters 115 00:07:31,562 --> 00:07:35,042 Marvin: of the fly but you're telling me that uh you and lou yin have some things planned 116 00:07:35,042 --> 00:07:39,922 Marvin: to kind of keep the content coming kind of throughout 2024 yeah. 117 00:07:39,922 --> 00:07:46,482 David: We're going to try to shoot some content over the summer and put it out as well 118 00:07:46,482 --> 00:07:50,322 David: as have maybe one or two shows, 119 00:07:51,002 --> 00:07:57,162 David: definitely one show over the summer with a guest, and hopefully it will be a casting show. 120 00:07:57,382 --> 00:08:02,982 David: So we're looking forward to that and keeping everyone engaged throughout. 121 00:08:03,382 --> 00:08:05,722 David: And next year will be our fifth year. 122 00:08:06,722 --> 00:08:11,282 David: And, you know, we're also thinking, you know, finally of possibly, 123 00:08:11,482 --> 00:08:17,802 David: you know, developing some things so you can show your colors, 124 00:08:17,822 --> 00:08:21,162 David: like some hats or sweaters or something. So that might be coming. 125 00:08:21,462 --> 00:08:25,362 Marvin: Yeah, schwag, as they like to say in the business. Yeah. Yeah. 126 00:08:25,442 --> 00:08:28,502 Marvin: And so what should folks be on the lookout for on the Got One front? 127 00:08:28,502 --> 00:08:32,042 David: Front well you know they're 128 00:08:32,042 --> 00:08:35,062 David: always making improvements and i think ai is 129 00:08:35,062 --> 00:08:38,482 David: going to be a big contributor to what's 130 00:08:38,482 --> 00:08:41,922 David: going to be going on with got one and um and 131 00:08:41,922 --> 00:08:44,902 David: uh you know when you photograph and record your fish 132 00:08:44,902 --> 00:08:50,242 David: you know each fish has a unique scale and stripe pattern uh not unlike fingerprints 133 00:08:50,242 --> 00:08:55,722 David: on a human hand so you know there's going to be a wonderful way to identify 134 00:08:55,722 --> 00:09:01,942 David: your fish and certainly measuring your fish is going to be very important too and and um, 135 00:09:03,162 --> 00:09:06,382 David: it'll you know one it'll help you you know 136 00:09:06,382 --> 00:09:09,282 David: when you're when you're catching fish keeping track but 137 00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:13,382 David: two if you want to open up your data to scientists um 138 00:09:13,382 --> 00:09:17,062 David: and of course they don't they're not going to blab your spots or anything they 139 00:09:17,062 --> 00:09:20,122 David: just need it for data collection it's certainly going to help those scientists 140 00:09:20,122 --> 00:09:25,542 David: do their job so they can better understand um the needs of the various various 141 00:09:25,542 --> 00:09:30,462 David: fisheries and what we can do to protect what we all hold so dear. 142 00:09:31,102 --> 00:09:34,662 Marvin: Very, very neat. You know, folks, it's so great. I always get excited at the 143 00:09:34,662 --> 00:09:36,022 Marvin: beginning of every fishing season. 144 00:09:36,362 --> 00:09:39,102 Marvin: You know, get your gear ready, take all the advice we've given you, 145 00:09:39,162 --> 00:09:41,262 Marvin: and have a great season on the salt in 2024. 146 00:09:42,122 --> 00:09:44,342 Marvin: Tight lines, everybody. Tight lines, David. 147 00:09:45,262 --> 00:09:45,762 David: You too.