Ep51: White Bass Run at Shaffer’s Bend

The fishing team go up to Shaffer Bend Recreation Area above Lake Travis to hook up on the white bass run. Two That Wasn’t That Bad strung together to make an entire TWTB super-episode! Three TPWD certifications earned on these two trips! Excitement intensifies!!! Episode edited by Matthew.

Ep50: 106 Fish

Fishing Team starts off season 3 after a long hiatus of recording with an ambitious scheme to catch a hundred fish in a day! We’ll gloss over whether that was going to be a hundred fish each, or a hundred fish total, but 106 fish is pretty much a success either way. This is also

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Ep49: Bey’s Fourth Cert

The epic quest for TPWD elite status nears its stunning conclusion, as Matthew lands a certificate-worthy rainbow trout. This is an only That Wasn’t That Bad episode, so you don’t have to listen to Matthew drop his phone in the water several times while trying to get a pick of a struggling and slippery fish

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Ep48: Port Aransas Bank Fishing

This special all That Wasn’t That Bad episode follows the inshore fishing trip Jamey and Matthew took to Port Aransas in December 2019. They describe catching fish off the pier in Bayside, the Caldwell Pier in Port A, and the sheepshead off the Packery Jetty. Also a long review of Texas Seafood by PJ and

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Ep47: Lake Travis EDM

Lake Travis is a party lake, so Fishing Team tackles it in this episode with a party state of mind. They put to the test Matthew’s crazy scheme to use a tarp and a waterproof bluetooth speaker playing electronic dance music. Also a special “that wasn’t that bad” crossover segment with Matthew and Jamey’s other

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Ep46: Hula Hut Carp

This episode finds Fishing Team (aka Jamey and Matthew) in the canoe out at their secret honey hole for carp and catfish. Just kidding, they’re sitting right next to the Hula Hut restaurant in plain view of everyone. In fact, Jamey gets a standing ovation for his extraordinary fishingness! This episode edited by Jamey Maness

Ep45: Lady Bird Lake in Summer

It’s the high heat of the summer, and for some reason Jamey and Matthew are out in the canoe on Lady Bird trying to catch some stuff. There’s a few small fish caught and a conversation about Rapala and Champagne tastes. That Wasn’t That Bad taped during dinner at Taco More on Austin’s Riverside Road.

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