Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women And Water
By Kenton Geer
Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women And Water Mar 19, 2021
Setting the Benchmark
Captain Chris Donato is the owner and operator of the 37' Merritt by the name of Benchmark based out of kona Hawaii. Chris not only runs his own charter boat business in Hawaii, but also owns and operates a world class surf resort in Samoa. Chris tells us the tale of how an unlikely surf trip at a young age forever changed this East coast boys course in life. We spend a lot of our time talking about Samoas large marlin and surf. Chris tells us about not only breaking the Samoa record for largest marlin every caught not just once, but twice! The second time with Samoas first grander marlin. A record that still stands present day. Chris is a mans man and someone I'm proud to call my friend. This was a shorter then normal podcast, but I'm sure we'll be having him back on the show in the future
All around legend with Video
Moving forward for season two, all of our in house guest will not only be audio recorded but video recorded as well for Spotify video podcast. This is the video from our last guest Will Lazenby's Livestream from my YouTube account Kentonocean. If you've already listened to this podcast you might enjoy putting a face to a voice and if you haven't heard or seen Will in action yet here's a great place to enter into the world of the Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women and Water podcast. Meet Captain Will Lazenby. Commercial fisherman, sport fisherman and all around man's man. Will is the latest guest on the Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women and Water podcast. Come have a listen as we follow Will's incredible life from living on a light house to traveling to Vietnam on a ammunition ship during the height of the war. Will has countless amazing stories from living along the Kona coast, both on and off the water. I loved doing this podcast. I didn't have to say much, because Wills stories spoke for himself. The thing I really took away from looking at Will's photo albums after the podcast is that despite the recording going over 3 hours, it probably wouldn't have gotten boring even after 3 days. #fishing #offshore #tunafishing #sportfishing #seafood #hawaii #marlin #marlinfishing #angling #deepseafishing #worldtravel #adventure #memoir
All Around Legend
Meet Captain Will Lazenby. Commercial fisherman, sport fisherman and all around man's man. Will is the latest guest on the Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women and Water podcast. Come have a listen as we follow Will's incredible life from living on a light house to traveling to Vietnam on a ammunition ship during the height of the war. Will has countless amazing stories from living along the Kona coast, both on and off the water. I loved doing this podcast. I didn't have to say much, because Wills stories spoke for himself. The thing I really took away from looking at Will's photo albums after the podcast is that despite the recording going over 3 hours, it probably wouldn't have gotten boring even after 3 days. You can find this podcast wherever you listen to podcast and the live stream recording can be found on my YouTube channel Kentonocean. #fishing #fishingpodcast #fisherman #biggame #seafood #sportfishing #gamefishing #hunting #flyfishing #tuna #tunafishing #marlinfishing
Further Down The Stream
This is the first published Youtube live stream from my channel Kentonocean along with an additional 25 mins of side ranting about life and my thoughts on tuna handling. Today's guest is Jerry Gillgren a Hilo Hawaii based commercial fisherman who originally hails from California. Jerry is a wealth of Knowledge on many subjects, but particularly audio and visual. Jerry has been instrumental in helping improve the overall audio experience and is a key reason I'll be able to expand and improve my content both on this podcast in via YouTube. Jerry is a very well spoken guest and I think you'll appreciate his honesty about the difficulties that often face charter and commercial fisherman. As well as anyone who enters into a new field or business.
Salty Dreams Of Crabs
Southbound And Down
Allwood The Aussie
The Pride Of Indiana
Mike Hennessy
Bruddah Trav
Diamond Dave
Diamond Dave was seventeen years my elder. He had salt-and- pepper hair and vaguely resembled a slightly overweight Brett Favre. He spoke in a heavy, drawn-out California accent that followed him from being raised in the San Fernando Valley. He called North Hollywood his home. He spoke loudly, yet humbly. He spoke simply, but full heartedly. He inherited his nickname from a skipper named Skillet with whom he had worked in Maui. The name referenced that some days the Diamond shines and some days the Diamond does not.
The Diamond is a simple man with a fifteen-pound heart. He wears his emotions on his sleeve and leaves himself vulnerable to people who take advantage of kindness. He has simple thoughts about what’s right and wrong and often gets hurt by people who don’t have the same morals he maintains. He is generous to a fault. On the same level, he routinely makes himself his own worst enemy with certain dealings. You will also find how truly beautiful he is in cut and dry simplicity. I really enjoyed this podcast, Diamond Dave is humble and honest. Listen to Diamonds tales of big fish, sobriety and honoring Kona traditions. I think anyone who listens to this podcast will understand why I love this guy. #fishing #marlin #diamonddave #fish #hawaii #hawaiifishing #tuna #sportfishing #flyfishing #biggame #hunting
The Ten Thousand Dollar Hand Job
Life Of Gratitude
The Vicious Cycle Continues
Mr. Goldfish
Vodka Boy
So You Want To Be A Rockstar!
Mighty Whitey
Seaspircy From The Eyes Of Sustainable Fishermen
The Little Hands That could
I truly enjoy fishing with Joe. We've been lucky enough to catch some big fish together in Australia and have hung a money fish in Kona. He's a world class photographer and even more so a world class friend. We have had some fantastic fishing together and some absolutely horrible fishing together. However regardless of fishing conditions the outcome is always the same we always have fun. I can think of no person I rather go marlin fishing with when enjoyment is on the line. Joe is hilarious, gifted and kind. Joe is another person I'm very proud to call my friend. Joes hobbies include couponing, basket weaving, Interpretive dance, taking photos of kittens in baskets and picking on me. You can follow Joes remarkable adventure and fantastic photography at @jayblesphoto If your thinking you've read this description of Joe on my Instagram account before you'd be 100 percent correct. Why post it again you ask? Well the last time I posted it Joe was on a multiple day binger and he either didn't see it or was to fucked up to care. So I figured what the heck it's new to him and it saves me a little work since I'm slightly hungover myself from interviewing him last night for our latest Vicious Cycle Podcast. Joe truly is a legend, listen on as he tells us about his career in the film industry he left behind for the pursuit of what lives beyond the oceans horizon. Joe answers many hard hitting question such as who parties harder celebrities or fisherman. Joe is always worth a listen but come hear the origin story of the super hero who walks amongst us today. #fishing #seaspircy #marlin #tuna #showbiz #sportfishing #travel #photography
Feeling Depressed Grab A Gun
The Old Man Of The Mountain, Live Free Or Die
One Page At A Time
The Cost Of Paradise
Tiny Man Giant Fish
Fishing Is For The Birds
Master Of Trickery
Lost And Found At Sea, the sea giveth and taketh
Fortunately we are able to bring it all together in the final hour in a solemn, yet inspiring tale of the tragic night that forever changed his course in life. The ominous November night his twin brother Devin went over the side of the boat and was forever taken by the arms of the sea. Despite damn well knowing the pain the ocean can possess listen on as Gus passionately speaks about the life of being a fisherman he loves. Gus is one of my favorite people and I'm sure he will be one of yours as well by the end of the podcast. Listen on to a tragical yet someone how beautiful tale that is truly the Vicious Cycle of fishing. Gus is the focus of Episode 3 and 4 both currently live and recorded last night after I put the kids to bed. Join us in a whiskey or whatever your favorite beverage of choice may be and meet us catching ahi in the offshore waters of Hawai’i. We only scratched the surface with Gus and I'll definitely have him back again on the show, god and sea willing.