Episode 25: Capt. John O'Hearn - Rethinking the Game

Mill House Podcast

Mill House

Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In all sports there are a handful of extremely talented, smart individuals who move the bar, inspiring others to chase that glass ceiling. In doing so they show the world the impossible is attainable. John O'Hearn has been "That Guy" for a long time now. He is the Dali Lama on the water. His cerebral intelligence is second to none. Along with his demeanor a day on the water with him is cherished like a diamond in your pocket. I have fished with John, taped shows with him and lost tournaments against him. He is a force to be reckoned with, challenging you as an angler, guide, and good person. I have 40 some years of looking for fish in skinny water behind me, and those handful of days I've spent on his bow are some of my favorites. The sport, us anglers, guides, and his friends are privileged to be blessed by this special man! I hope you enjoy your time with John as much as we did.

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0:00.0	On today's podcast we visit John O'Hearn at his home in Key West Florida.
0:06.2	It's his new one after Hurricane Irma left with his previous one.
0:10.0	The old oil paintings from his parents brushes hang on the walls. Good ones too as they fully caught my eye.
0:17.0	O'Hearn has always carried a special aura around his persona, one that emits calm and peacefulness, as does his home, which surprised
0:26.5	me because four young kids are usually ablaze.
0:30.1	Our time with John was nothing shy of spectacular, just like the man himself.
0:35.2	I hope you love this as much as we did. We broke everything, we broke lines, we broke hooks, we broke rods, we broke our minds, we broke
0:51.0	marriages, we broke the whole thing.
0:55.0	We came up with the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest pair of pain he's went to pot.
1:02.0	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going through the other
1:06.4	way so I doubled them both ways.
1:08.4	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:13.0	I got him out.
1:15.0	All right now, I'm going to teach him a lesson.
1:18.0	I'm just an old guy that likes to fish.
1:21.0	I'm not quitting yet. And he said, well, who the hell do you think you are, Sue App?
1:26.0	And I said, that's exactly who I am.
1:29.0	Life's journey to the grave should not be one arriving with a pretty well preserved body,
1:35.0	but rather skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly torn out, thoroughly used up
1:42.0	proclaiming wildly. Wow! What a ride!
1:47.0	There's something fizzy going on here? John O'Hearn.
1:57.0	Andy Mill.
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