Wrangling Iguanas & Diving for Abalone with Jim Knutson — WildFed Podcast #010

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In this episode:

Jim Knutson | Owner of Reel Identity Fishing Charters in the Florida Keys and lifelong hunter & fisherman

Podcast discussion:

• Introductions

• How Jim ended up in Marathon Key

• Daniel and Jim meeting over iguana hunting

• Tickling trout

• Jim teaching himself to hunt deer

• Hunting ducks

• Jim’s work introducing hunting to those opposed to it

• Lack of hunters and hunter classes

• Freediving for abalone

• Hunting and fishing in the Keys

• Forgetting to breathe when freediving

• Getting into iguana hunting

• Masterfully cooking iguana

• Going out with Jim in the Keys

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Episode Resources: 

• Reel Identity Fishing Charters

• Jim on Facebook

• The Tackle Box Marathon

• Invasive Green Iguana, Iguana iguana

• Bird Haven Ranch

• Paul Bonderson of Ducks Unlimited

• Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act

• Abalone

• Article: California abalone season sunk until 2021 to give stressed population time to rebuild

• Article: The sea was life -- and death -- to Randy Fry

• Dry Tortugas National Park

• Key Deer, Odocoileus virginianus clavium

• Mahi-mahi, Coryphaena hippurus

• Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus

• Article: Chicken of the trees: Eating South Florida's iguanas

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Meet Jim Knutson

Jim Knutson is an avid and lifelong hunter and fisherman anchored in the Florida Keys. He is the owner and operator of Reel Identity Fishing Charters where he takes his guests on trips to fish the reefs, wrecks and offshore water for the most abundant and diverse species that are in season.

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