Episode 163: Capt. Rick Murphy - Master Angler, Relentless Survivor

Mill House Podcast

Mill House

Leisure, Wilderness, Education, Hobbies, Sports

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Rick Murphy’s impact on the world of fishing runs deep. Many know him from his television shows—Sportsman’s Adventures, Florida Insider Fishing Report, and Texas Insider Fishing Report—popular across the Southeast. But his true legacy is built on the water—as a Florida fishing guide and a relentless tournament competitor. Murphy is widely regarded as a tarpon fishing wizard, having won all four major tarpon tournaments. Yet what sets him apart isn’t just mastery of one species—it’s his rare versatility. He’s just as formidable offshore, with multiple sailfish tournament victories to his name. By his own count, he’s claimed around 150 combined inshore and offshore wins. Still, his most remarkable achievement isn’t a trophy-- It's survival. In 2022, Murphy was involved in a twin-engine charter plane crash while en route to the Bahamas when they ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. He suffered severe injuries, including multiple fractures to his face and back. Against the odds, he stayed alive by clinging to a cushion until a passing boat rescued them. That moment revealed something deeper than skill or success—it showed an unbreakable will. We’ve been pursuing his story for years, and now we’ve finally captured the most compelling chapters of Rick Murphy’s life.

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1:05.3	We broke everything. We broke lines. We broke hooks. we broke rods, we broke our minds, we broke
1:13.6	marriages, we broke the whole thing.
1:18.0	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going through the other
1:22.1	way, so I double lunged them both ways.
1:25.0	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:29.8	I got him on. All right now. We're going to teach him a lesson. I'm just an old guy that likes
1:36.2	to fish. I'm not quitting yet. And he said, well, who the hell do you think you are, Sue App? And I said,
1:42.9	that's exactly who I am.
1:45.8	Life's journey to the grave should not be one arriving with a pretty well-preserved body,
1:51.2	but rather skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly torn out, thoroughly used up, proclaiming wildly.
1:59.9	Wow, what a ride there's something fishy going on here
2:06.7	Rick this has been a long time coming.
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