Manley’s Joy | A Sportfishing Documentary

2025 - Gregory Poole Marine

Project highlights:

Film Making | Writing | Directing | Editing | Sound Design | Creative Direction

In a digital world built on endless scrolling and fleeting moments, we invite you to slow down, lean in, and truly feel something.

After a year in the making, we are proud to release MANLEY'S JOY.

This film is a cinematic portrait of InTheBite Magazine's 2025 International Captain of the Year, Brent Gaskill of Harkers Island, NC.  Brent lives a demanding dual life. For part of the year, he finds solitude on his commercial shrimp trawler. The rest of the year, he is the fiercely competitive captain of Builder's Choice, one of the most successful sportfishing boats in the world (64’ Jarrett Bay).

For Brent, the water is a refuge and a proving ground. It is the thread connecting the life he inherited to the legacy he’s building. It is the story of a man whose purpose lives somewhere between the horizon and home.

Writer/Director/DP/Editor/Creative Director - Luke Pearson

Presented by - Gregory Poole Marine

Featuring - Brent Gaskill, Randy Ramsey, Harris Huddle, David Herbst, Eli Blake

Executive Producer - Jamie MacDonald

Associate Producer - Tarah Markell

Special Thanks -

Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament (www.thebigrock.com)
Jarrett Bay Boatworks (www.jarrettbay.com)
Marlin Magazine (www.marlinmag.com)
InTheBite Magazine (www.inthebite.com)

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