Last Cast Podcast | Fishing, Humor, Food, Texas

Matthew and Jamey choose the wrong time to go canoeing on the river, but they brave the excessive current to find that trophy gar. And some surprise fish as well. The That Wasn’t That Bad wrap-up takes place in El Secreto de La Abuela, where the fajita meat and bacon of the Abuela plate sizzles. 

San Antonio is home to tacos, a big tower or something, metal, and Lake Calaveras, a freshwater habitat for the normally ocean-dwelling red drum. Some men call them redfish, some call them a tantalizing treasure of the waves. Our heroes, Jamey and Matthew, venture south of the border (of Bexar County) and tangle with theRead More

Jamey gets his groove back as Fishing Team takes a trip to a secret gar fishing hole code-named “James Garville.” Several spotted Gar make it into the boat, as well as monstrous soft-shell turtles. Jamey, ever the gentleman, barely rubs Matthew’s face in his fishing prowess.

Fishing Team’s first foray onto Lake Fayette has some success, but then the gale force wind hits. Will Jamey and Matthew survive long enough to edit and post this episode of the podcast? Also featured, La Grange’s Backporch BBQ and sandwiches piled high with meat. 

In the depths of the outlet works of Lake Somerville dam, Fishing Team reaches the human limit of heat tolerance. Also on the menu, buffalo and channel catfish, ice cream from Brenham’s hometown favorite, and hamburgers the size of a baby’s head from the Dairy Bar. 

Fishing Team beats the summer heat with a swim-fishing trip to Lost Creek at the upper reaches of Barton Creek. Many cichlids find their way onto the flies, while Jamey and Matthew discuss possible titles for optician rom-coms. 

Fishing team wakes up hatefully early to fish for crappie and bass on Lake Walter E. Long. Matthew records a cheeky “Best Thing to Happen This Week” segment for NPR’s It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders. Everyone gets covered in spiders. Lunch is a blow-out success at the Pollo Campero convenience store/bus stop/car wash/friedRead More

We said we wouldn’t do it, we said it wouldn’t be a good idea, but we went back to the Undisclosed Location. Episode 16 has Matthew and Jamey back at the UL. Will the secret fishing hole be too scummed over in the heat? Will Matthew and Jamey catch as many fish as they feelRead More

Beneath the Long Horn Dam in Austin, Texas, a dozen or more feet below the level of all those yoga stand-up paddle boarders, there’s a river which runs through some fairly undeveloped green space. Fishing team wades this treacherous stretch of unpredictable water, prospecting for puppy bass on light tackle. The adventure ends with aRead More

Survey to determine the fate of Decker Lake:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WELArrange  Should it be drained for a PGA golf course? There may not be much more time on it, so Jamey and Matthew try their best to catch every fish in the lake. Although they really only catch a couple. They talk about chicharrones and if it’s anRead More

Jamey and Matthew try to recreate their most notorious fishing expedition to Lake Walter E. Long (we’ll tell you about it some time), by portaging the canoe into their favorite lake through a back entrance. It’s the hottest May in Texas on record, so how will our heroes fare in these trying conditions?

Jamey and Matthew paddle out into Lake Walter E. Long, the biggest lake within the Austin City Limits that no one has ever heard of. Ignoring the weather reports, they hit their favorite spots in the lake, pulling in black crappie, sunfish, and some of the biggest largemouth bass they’ve seen in a while. There’sRead More

Even though they spend an entire weekend fishing, Jamey and Matthew only manage to put together a 22-minute podcast. Because of technical problems mainly, if we’re honest. Highlights of the epic saltwater fishing trip to Matagoda include a veritable swarm of hardhead catfish and an involuntary education into their venomous barbs. A bonnethead shark cameRead More

Fishing team returns to the Undisclosed Location (UL) for what they assume is the last time before the pond gets choked with summer growth. In this nondescript urban pond in the heart of Austin, Jamey and Matthew catch a plethora of largemouth bass and sunfish. Afterward they hit up a local corn-cup store called LasRead More

Fishing team returns to the Undisclosed Location (UL), for a madcap jaunt around our favorite little Austin fishing hole. Using a variety of flies including the cypert minnow (whose name just suddenly came back to me), poppers, foam spiders, and bead-head nymphs, we catch all the green sunfish and bass you can imagine. Unfortunately, ourRead More