Episode 105: Capt. Nick Stanczyk - Stanz Fishing

Daytime swordfishing began in Venezuela when Aquiles Garcia and
Captain Oscar Benito Marcano used a bag of rocks to get their bait
down to where these prized fish swim in extreme depths during
daylight hours. In 1997, on the La Guaira bank many Captains
started to target these billfish with confidence. It wasn’t refined
until two brothers, Richard and Scott Stanczyk started to
consistently catch them in the Florida Keys around 2002. But it was
Richards son, Nick, that took the swordfish game to new heights
catching an estimated 2,000 fish with a personal best of a 757lber.
Nick grew up on the docks in the sport fish capital of the world
(Islamorada) and began catching snappers before he could walk. He
later attended the University of Miami but always knew he was going
to make his living on the water. Nick has gained a massive audience
in the last 8 years with social media and marketing himself as the
guy that consistently catches broadbill swordfish. Currently he is
taking more time off spending time with his family and growing his
YouTube and Stanz fishing apparel line. Although, if you want to
catch one of these monsters of the deep he still remains one of the
top captains in this genre of fishing. On todays podcast, Nick
talks about his family’s relationship with swordfish and his
profound legend of catching them...