Flats Nation Collaboration | Advertising & Brand Collaborators
Flats Nation works with select brands, builders, guides, media outlets, and coastal businesses that fit the flats fishing and inshore lifestyle. These collaborators help support our online magazine, podcast content, product coverage, creative projects, and shared storytelling across the flats fishing and boating community.
What Collaboration Means:
Collaboration at Flats Nation is not about random logo placement. It is about working with businesses and media friends that make sense for our readers, listeners, and the broader flats fishing community. From skiff builders and trailer manufacturers to artists, guides, gear companies, and creative media brands, each collaborator adds something useful to the conversation.
Marine & Skiff Industry Collaborators:
Amera Trail Trailers:
Amera Trail builds custom aluminum boat trailers for skiffs, bay boats, catamarans, and performance marine applications.
Hell's Bay Boatworks:
Hell’s Bay Boatworks builds lightweight technical skiffs designed for shallow water fishing, poling performance, and serious inshore anglers.
Filter Mag International:
FilterMag produces magnetic filtration products for engines, hydraulics, gearboxes, and rotating equipment. From racing to marine and industrial use, their products are designed to help reduce wear, improve reliability, and protect valuable equipment.
Ruckus Marine:
Ruckus Marine designs American-made gear for skiffs, flats boats, guides, and OEM builders, including push pole protectors, console caddies, and custom private-label products such as Flats Nation Edition marine accessories.
Guides, Media & Outdoor Voices:
Edge Media:
Edge Media helps make the Flats Nation Podcast sound clean, polished, and easy to enjoy. With Wes DeWitte’s background in post-production audio, voiceover, sound design, and mixing, he brings the behind-the-scenes polish that keeps every episode sounding sharp.
Reel Animals Radio and TV:
Reel Animals and Capt. Michael Anderson have been part of the Florida fishing landscape for more than 20 years, from Tampa Bay radio to national fishing television, podcasts, charters, and community events. Capt. Mike is also a longtime friend of Flats Nation, always willing to make room for a good fishing conversation.
Secret Squirrel Fly Fishing:
Secret Squirrel Fly Fishing, led by Capt. Barkley Daniel, offers Tampa Bay fly fishing charters focused on tarpon, snook, and redfish across Florida’s Gulf Coast flats. Barkley is also a longtime friend of Flats Nation, a member of the Flats Nation team, and a trusted guide whose website is managed by Flats Nation Web Dev.
Dock Side Live Radio:
Dock Side Live Radio brings the waterfront soundtrack, mixing Trop Rock, yacht rock, reggae, country, soft rock, and beach-vibe music for listeners who would rather be near a dock, boat, marina, or sunset. Their coastal sound and laid-back style make them a natural fit for the Flats Nation community.
Creative, Apparel & Brand Support:
Adobe Creative Tools:
Adobe helps power the creative side of Flats Nation, from photo editing and graphics to podcast production and digital media work. Whether we are cleaning up images, building content, or polishing audio, Adobe’s creative tools help us keep the finished product looking and sounding professional.
Our Music Director - David Feder:
David Feder brings the sound of Ole Spanish Florida to Flats Nation. As our Music Director, friend, guitarist, composer, and artist, Dave helps give our media work that Keys-meets-coastal-soul feel — the kind of music that belongs with sunsets, skiffs, mangroves, and a little decompression after a long day.
High Impact Designz — Custom Design & Brand Outreach:
High Impact Designz helps Flats Nation put our brand in people’s hands — literally. Their custom sticker designs support our marketing and outreach, helping keep the Flats Nation name moving one well-placed decal at a time.
Free Sunshields — Flats Nation Technical Wear:
Free Sunshields helps Flats Nation look sharp while staying covered under the sun. Based in Florida, this family-owned apparel maker produces custom UPF shirts, button-ups, neck gaiters, and technical wear built for fishing, boating, and long days outside — exactly where our crowd tends to get into trouble.
LogoSportswear — Flats Nation Custom Headwear:
LogoSportswear helps put the Flats Nation name where it belongs — on good hats. They currently produce our custom Flats Nation headwear, and we are looking forward to expanding that lineup with more branded apparel and gear for the Flats Nation community soon.
Fest Flags — Custom Flats Nation Flags:
Fest Flags helps Flats Nation fly the colors properly. They produce and ship our custom Flats Nation flag lineup, giving the community a simple way to show the brand on a skiff, in the shop, at the house, or anywhere a good flag belongs.
Professional & Community Support:
Businesses For Liberty — Values-Driven Business Network:
Businesses For Liberty is a patriot-focused business community and advertising platform built to connect like-minded business owners with customers who support liberty, free enterprise, faith, and American values. Their directory, networking, and promotional support help small businesses gain visibility within a values-driven marketplace.
Foster & Foster Attorneys — Trusted Legal Counsel:
Foster & Foster Attorneys, PA brings generations of St. Petersburg legal experience to Tampa Bay, with Bill Foster serving as both a longtime friend and trusted legal counsel to Flats Nation.
Connected Brands & Media Friends:
​A quick look at the businesses, media friends, and creative collaborators working alongside Flats Nation.
Interested in Working With Flats Nation?:
Flats Nation offers select advertising, article features, podcast opportunities, product coverage, and creative media support for brands that fit the flats fishing, boating, marine, and coastal lifestyle space.