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Tom Rowland Podcast

#0026 - Robert Trosset - 238 World Records, Leaving A Legacy and World Travel

Tom Rowland Podcast

Waypoint TV

Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2018

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Capt. Robert “RT” Trosset is a light tackle fishing guide based out of Key West, Florida. Born and raised in East Central Florida and moving to Key West in 1974, Trosset quickly found a following among hardcore light tackle anglers in the Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club, as well as serious world-record chasers. To date, he’s led anglers to 238 IGFA records on light-tackle and fly.

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0:00.0

Fishing like a local isn't just about catching fish.

0:03.6

It's about connecting with the environment and the people who call it home.

0:08.0

It's about hearing the stories and traditions that have been passed down for generations and sharing unforgettable moments with the people

0:15.7

you meet along the way.

0:17.9

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0:22.2

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0:27.0

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0:45.6

You need that fishing every day.

0:49.3

And that's what makes me better at catching world records because I'm on the water a lot. I know what the

0:56.0

fish, where they're at and what they're going to be doing and I'm able to say all right,

1:02.1

this, you know, the conditions are going to stack up right today.

1:05.0

We're going to get fish on the surface where we can see him.

1:07.6

And it's going to be calm enough to go far enough.

1:10.4

And so I think learning how to how to fish number one is the first thing and

1:16.0

then you kind of go into it you catch a very good fish on say 12 pound

1:21.3

test or 12 pound tip it and you're that builds you up a little

1:25.1

bit oh my God can do that you know like somebody catching a hundred pound

1:29.4

tarp and on 12 pound they can do it and it's hard to believe you could do that with a 12

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