Episode 38: Tom Greene - Snook Guru

Mill House Podcast

Mill House

Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

In 1959 at 11 years of age, Tom Greene caught his first snook and never looked back. Throughout the 60's and 70's, every bridge from Jupiter to Miami was stacked with big snook on the right tide, and when he could - Tom Greene was there. He was the bridge gargoyle watching the shadow line for hours. Over time he became one of the most prolific snook fisherman in South Florida. Every snook fisherman knew the name Tom Greene. Tom not only loved to fish, but had a great passion for tackle stores where he'd spend most of his life when not fishing. He worked in one for 17 years prior the 43 years he owned and managed the world famous Custom Rod and Reel in Lighthouse Point, FL. His love for sharing knowledge, tips, and tricks to any customer was infectious. You could not go into his store without spending hundreds of dollars. He got people excited and energized for their next fishing trip. Throughout that time, he built one of the greatest reel collections in the world! On today's podcast, Tom Greene recalls the hallowed years of monster snook and other things close to his heart!

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0:00.0	For 40 years,
0:03.5	years, Tom Green was a snook-catching giant in South Florida.
0:07.0	He knew every bridge and tide from Stuart to Miami.
0:10.5	In the dead of night, he and George Copeland caught enormous fish that bumped the 50-pound scale.
0:16.0	He first stepped into a tackle store at age 11 and walked out of the one he owned 60 years and 11 days later. For decades his store
0:25.8	custom rod and reel became the hub for all fishermen in the Boca Raton in
0:30.2	Fort Lauderdale area. In 1978 he purchased his first collectible reel and for
0:36.5	the next 43 years amassed one of the most prized collections in the world. We hope
0:42.3	enjoy Tom's wonderful stories of monster fish that are now
0:46.1	legendary.
0:47.1	We broke everything, we broke lines, we broke hooks, we broke rods, we broke our minds, we broke
1:00.7	marriages, we broke the whole thing.
1:05.0	We came up with the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest pair of panties,
1:11.0	when the pot.
1:12.0	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other
1:14.4	way and I shot him going through the other way so I double-lunged him both ways.
1:18.0	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:22.4	I got him on. us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:23.0	I got him on.
1:25.0	All right now, we're going to teach him a lesson.
1:28.0	I'm just an old guy that likes to fish.
1:30.0	I'm not quitting yet.
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