Advertise on podcast: The Tuna Town Talks Fishing Podcast with Captain Paul Miller

Stig Marccuson is a life long artist from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. I invited him aboard The Lily Faith to hear his life story. I was truly blown away about how much I got out of this conversation you won’t regret giving this episode a listen!  Enjoy!

Jeremy McHugh is most well known for tarpon fishing off of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The story about how tarpon fishing found him was very interesting. Enjoy!

Dawson Doucet has been a sailor for the majority of his childhood. He's also an avid fisherman and is now a first mate for the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. I had him on the give us a unique prospective as a waterman. Enjoy!

Jim Cox has been the face of the Blue Marlin Grand Championship since its debut 14 years ago. On this podcast, Jim really takes us back to how he got into sports commentary and how that evolved to him being involved in sport fishing. Enjoy!

Joey Daughdrill is a local charter captain in Pascagoula MS. He has a lot of experience fishing and specializes in showing people a great time on the water. His son Jerred Daughdrill is a charter captain in Venice LA as well, I was honored to have him on the show to hear his stories. Enjoy!

Tim Fortney was a Coast Guard rescue swimmer for 22 years. He is accredited with over 92 saves following Hurricane Katrina that devastated the northern Gulf Coast. Tim is truly an American hero and I was honored for him to come on my show to share his time in the Coast Guard with me. Enjoy!

Aaron Wilmoth was born and raised in south Louisiana. He has been an inshore and offshore guide in Venice for many years now. This past February he guided the boat that broke the record for the largest yellowfin tuna in the gulf at 272lbs!  I decided to have him on my podcast to tell us the full story!  Enjoy!

Seth Ward has been Captain at Sea Tow for many years now. He goes and fishes down in Venice, Louisiana quite often. Early this year, he caught a massive 323lb swordfish!  I thought the story was incredible so I had him on my podcast to hear the story from him!  Enjoy!!

Josh Collier fished with the Intense Pro Fishing team for 19 seasons. They have been on the leader boards across the country for decades!  He now fishes on the Fat Chick and they are lined up to fish 11 tournaments in the northern gulf this year. Josh had a super unique upbringing into fishing and he told some really cool stories. Enjoy!

Captain Jerry Murphy has been commercial fishing his entire life. In 1992, when he was the captain of the ‘mistake’, he found the El Cazador, a Spanish ship wreck that sank in 1784. After finding the treasure, they did 3 different excavation efforts and recovered over 12,000 pounds of silver coins from the wreck site!  Captain Jerry Murphy was an incredible story teller. In the beginning, he tells a story about how he capsized a vessel that he built, and after that he gets into how he became the captain of the mistake and how he ended up finding the treasure! Enjoy!

Andy Fountain comes from a long line of boat builders here along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He did the bulk of restoring my boat, the Lily Faith, which is a 1954 fully wooden 50’ Biloxi lugger by Cavocavich. I loved hearing Andy talk about the boat and hearing how he grew up working on wooden boats with his family. I am now offering a Seacutterie cruise on the Lily Faith!  You can find out more details by visiting thelilyfaith.com or by calling me at 228-219-7809!

Tim Holden is known for consistently being on the leader boards in the Mississippi Gulf Coast inshore tournaments. He’s also the owner and founder of T3 tackle, a new custom tackle company. I really enjoyed having him on to hear his story about how and why he started T3 tackle. Enjoy!

Captain Joey Davis has been one of the most well known charter captains in Venice for over 15 years now. He has developed a reputation for putting people on monster yellowfin tuna!  Captain Paul Miller had him on the show in November to talk about his recent catches. Enjoy!

No Live Bait Needed is a lure company that started out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Over the past several years, their baits have exploded in popularity across the country. Captain Paul Miller had the opportunity to fish with the owners of the company, Brandon Ramos and Jose Martinez, and later asked them to do a podcast. We talked about our time fishing and their journey into the fishing industry. Enjoy!

Captain Andrew Bateman is a life long fisherman from deep south Louisiana and currently is a charter fisherman with Paradise Outfitters. In 2025 he stunned the fishing community by catching two massive 265lb Warsaw groupers. Captain Paul Miller had him on the show to talk about those catches as well as others. Enjoy!