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Episode 101: Capt. Ed Walker - Life On The Gulf of Mexico

Mill House Podcast

Mill House

Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5973 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

During the late 80’s, Capt. Ed Walker was one of my first guides in the fabled tarpon grounds of Homosassa where some of the largest megalops in the world were being caught on flies. Eddie, as I called him then, was much younger than I and possessed an innate ability to find and catch fish that many others couldn’t. He was a joy to fish with and we caught some fatties. He was good, very good and his peers recognized his incredible, young talent. Walker would eventually win some of the largest tournaments in Boca Grande, totaling over a half a million dollars in prize money. He was a great innovator and later in his life became very good at catching big grouper and snapper’s on flies. He was thinking differently and his curiosity was not limited to that from the surface of a boat. He started chasing fish underwater with spear guns and became so good at it he won the free diving state championship. Today, we’ll cover his fascinating life in fishing and his desire to give back through conservation and fish management. We hope you enjoy…

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0:00.0

Papa's Pappas Pilar is a spirit that embodies adventure, named after the late Great Ernest Hemingway in his boat, the Pilar.

0:10.0

The name says it all. This ultra premium blended rum is hand selected from around the

0:15.6

Caribbean and blended by master blender Ron Call. After a long day in the water

0:20.6

when the sun is descending the sky, end on a good note with

0:24.8

peelard by your side. Go support them at pappas peelard.com or a liquor store near

0:30.7

you. Starting from a 90 year old family recipe, wickles are wickedly delicious pickles packed

0:41.6

with garlic and peppers, a staple in our skiff and all shoreline lunches.

0:46.0

Originating from Sim's Grandmother's kitchen to a pantry near yours.

0:50.0

From Pickles, Okra, relishes, and Spreads, check them out to elevate all of your meals to the next level. In my early years of tarp and fishing, I went to home with Sasa, a legendary fishery

1:11.8

where all the great guides and anglers would eventually go for a giant

1:16.2

if not a world record fish. Ed Walker was one of my first guides there who put me on my first

1:22.0

truly big fish. His spectrum in fishing is vast,

1:25.3

from winning big monster money tournaments, pulling the flats to offshore jigging.

1:31.5

He's one of the fissiest guides you'll ever meet. We hope you enjoy it.

1:40.5

We broke everything. We broke lines, we broke cooks, we broke everything we broke lines we broke cooks we broke rods we broke our minds we broke

1:48.3

marriages we broke the whole thing we came up up the idea of going out that night and chasing girls

1:56.0

and whoever had the biggest pair of pain he's when the pot. I knocked another

2:00.6

arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going through the other way.

2:04.0

So I double-lunged him both ways.

2:06.0

But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.

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I got him on. All right now, we're going to teach him a lot so I'm just an old guy that

2:17.6

likes to fish I'm not quitting yet and he said well who the hell do you think

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