Women Making Waves with Take Me Fishing

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Host and Producer Sarah Shimazaki travels with Take Me Fishing to tropical Orlando, Florida for her very first time fishing on an all-women’s fishing and glamping trip. Amidst the camaraderie, laughter, and support, she learns the easy way that fishing is about so much more than catching a fish— it’s about the connections you make with others, with your food, and with the land. Listen in on her adventures seeking out gators (even though she’s terrified of them), making BIG catches (we promise, it’s a big one…), getting hooked on fishing (pun intended), and chatting with three long-time anglers: Ashley, Sid, and Jenn.

Featured in this episode:

Ashley Nichole Lewis (she/her) is a member of the Quinault Indian Nation on the Olympic Peninsula and a fishing guide. She strives to make rivers and the sport of fishing more inclusive. She hosts Break Out with Bad Ash on NBC Sports Northwest.

Cindy (“Sid” to her friends) Nguyen (she/her) is a light-tackle, shallow water fishing athlete for Columbia Sportswear. Her goal for fishing is to take her passion for the sport and promote the lifestyle and women's fishing gear as best she can. When she is not traveling the country attending the sportfishing industry’s largest events, you can find her somewhere on the Gulf Coast chasing redfish and sharing her passion with others.

Jenny Anderson (she/her) is an outdoor content creator, best known as the Girl of 10,000 Lakes. As someone who didn’t grow up “outdoorsy,” she believes it’s never too late to fall in love with the great outdoors. She now uses her passion for storytelling to inspire families of all experience levels to get outdoors. Anderson is a published children’s book author and shares her love for nature, fishing, and the outdoor life with her husband, two children, and their Yorkie named Kiwi.

Episode partner:

The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) is a national, non-profit organization that has been leading the drive for over 20 years – in partnership with industry and government, and through its brands Take Me Fishing and Vamos A Pescar – to increase participation in recreational boating and fishing, thereby helping to conserve and restore our country’s aquatic natural resources. In this episode, we chat with Senior Vice President of Marketing & Communications Stephanie Vatalaro about Take Me Fishing’s commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through their initiatives Vamos a Pescar, Women Making Waves, and Stories of Anglers.

PHOTOS:

All photos, unless otherwise indicated, were taken by Denisse Jonsson at Lotus Eyes Photography.

Photo descriptions from top left to top right:
Sarah, wearing sunglasses and a wide brim hat, is holding her rod over the ledge of the pontoon boat with a big smile on her face. The lake water is calm and the sky is blue, filled with billowing clouds.

Group photo of the eight women on the trip, all standing together and smiling: (from left to right) Annie, Jenn, Sid, Ashley, Snookie, Nicole, Sarah, Clara.

Photo of the lush, green Dora Canal from the pontoon boat.

Photo descriptions from bottom left to bottom right:

Far away view of the pontoon boat on Lake Dora. Sarah and Jenn have their rods in the water, searching for fish.

Ashley and Sarah sit in rocking chairs on the front porch of their “glamping” tent and appear relaxed and deep in conversation. A fishing rod sits in between them.

On the pontoon boat, Nicole instructs Sarah on where to cast her fishing rod. Sarah looks on, documenting the experience with her podcast recorder in hand.

Music:

Music licensed through Sound of Picture Library by Podington Bear.