Indian River Lagoon

Sorry, it's been a while. /  by Nathaniel Harrington

It feels good when the content works.

Let’s blast into this like I haven’t skipped out on four years of blogging.

Recently I did a shoot with Captain Sam Atwell for Columbia PFG. The goal: catch a tarpon on fly in the Indian River Lagoon. Sam had a plan, and it was a good one. This was our first shoot together for Columbia as Sam was just recently added to their Ambassador program. So congrats to Sam on that! I hope we get to do many more of these.

Check out the Short Reel:

Sam Atwell: A Tarpon on the Fly.

Filmed Spring 2024

And then we had a concept for getting a snook using live bait. For this part of the shoot we really wanted to focus on the shoes and benefits of wearing a good watershed while fishing in shallow mangroves.

Check that out here:

Sam Atwell: Snook Stuck in the Mangroves

Huge thanks to our buddy Kent Krebeck who turned his boat into the camera boat for the morning. He also nailed the land angle shots of Sam setting the hook and the epic jump. I was on drone duty, he absolutely nailed the long lens. Thank you, Kent!

Sam and Jess shared the insights from Instagram and I gotta say it feels good when the content comes together. I’ve linked both these images to the Instagram Page. Please do visit and watch them there.

The next Columbia PFG shoot will be published on this blog soon. It’s already been filmed, and let me say it’s pretty freaking cool. Hint: It has some unique interactions with sailfish.

Stay tuned, I might actually start using this again.

-Nathaniel Harrington

CNY on the Fly /  by Nathaniel Harrington

Hey, Welcome to Vero Beach, Fl!

Wanna get tight? book a charter with legendary captain Chris Yergans.

It’s been a fun season of collecting promotional video for Captn Chris. He really knows where to find the fish you’re looking for. Hired by fishing tv hosts and a countless amount of clients over the years his consistency and reputation continue to swell. I’ve learned so much the past few months I feel like I could also now be a fishing guide! Na i’ll leave that up to the pro.

Here’s a little teaser of a 31” snook we filmed. This was within slot and we were itching for a great dinner so it went into the live well of the 18’ maverick.

If that looks fun and you want in on it, book a charter with Chris. His Site HERE.

thank you all.

-Nathaniel

Kurt Stevens, Lifestyles and Portraits /  by Nathaniel Harrington

In the past couple weeks I've been helping out local artist/musician Kurt Stevens put together some images for his big debut at the Carolina Country Music Festival. It kinda started with fishing and worked its way through. He brought me into his lifestyle and we created some social media. It was cool to see his passion for the water and lifestyle of Florida, his love for music, and ability to perform.

This South Florida local is about to hit it off but luckily I got the chance to snap some pics first. 

Whats more fun, getting the bait or using it? 

Kurt has been living the Florida fishing lifestyle since he was a kid and it shows. Music is a huge part of his life and I think fishing has been a major influencer to that. 

loading a cast net. 

Where there is bait there are snook. 

Some indoor white backdrop photography so the crowds can see what they are about to get. 

This was a fun part of our shoot. I don't shoot Studio much and Kurt isn't running a model career, so there's a bit of a learning curve for both of us. I'm happy with how it turned out. 

... and it didn't take long to get back to the river. 

just a guy and his boat. 

We played this off to look like a sunset, but its a good 'ol Florida sunrise. Rain showers in the afternoon and evenings make it difficult to plan around. Thankfully Florida light is amazing at the break of dawn. 

Whats not to smile about. Life is good. 

 

I grabbed Kurts music video to give you all a better idea of who he is and his sounds.

This was fun. Thanks Kurt for the shoots and good luck in a couple weeks man! Knock them dead. 

 

-Nathaniel Harrington. 

@natehphoto @kurtstevensmusic

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Save our Indian River Lagoon /  by Nathaniel Harrington

I just signed the petition, "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Save our Indian River Lagoon."

Why? Because I do think that the sooner we can raise awareness and halt major pollution from entering into the Indian River the better of a future all the fine people of this area will have. 

I signed the petition, you can also.

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-save-our-indian-river-lagoon

Thanks,

Nathaniel

 

Photos taken on and by flboatrentals.com while fishing the Indian River Lagoon in Vero Beach, FL.