Episode 45: Capt. Michael Guerin - Cornell to Conch Republic

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Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

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🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Over the last 34 years Capt. Michael Guerin has been one of the top guides in the Lower Florida Keys. At a young age he knew his heart was connected to fishing and he pursued his passion to the fullest with a bachelors degree in fisheries science from Cornell University. After his last exam, his future wife, Bridgette, picked him up outside the school building and they headed south. He started guiding in 1987 where he shared the empty flats with our sports greatest guides like Steve Huff, Harry Speer, and Nat Ragland. Tournaments have always been important to the Keys guides and their top anglers. Guerin was in the mix too. He and his angler won The Del Brown Permit Tournament and finished second twice. He also won the Islamorada All Tackle Tournament twice and finished second three times. Pretty heavy stuff considering these were wins against the best guides and anglers in the world. At 57, he's still as hungry and determined as anyone. I’ve never fished with Mike but have always relished being in his company and hearing about his day on the water, which is usually remarkable. Today, we relive some of the great memories of the early years in the Keys and the great Keys bonefish of yesteryear....

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0:00.0	Today's guest is a longtime friend Mike Garin, who immediately upon graduating from Cornell University,
0:09.6	raced to the Lower Keys and began his 34 years on the water and in short order earned his
0:16.0	reputation as one of the most covenant guides. He's won major tournaments, fished with
0:21.8	the best anglers and guided during an era where the fish
0:25.3	were plentiful and the skiffs were few.
0:28.6	Those that were fortunate enough to have fished back then speak of that time as a sacred generation that will never see
0:35.1	again, but the memories are bright as ever.
0:39.4	Sit back and enjoy the ride.
0:41.4	This is a good one.
0:44.0	We broke everything, we broke lines, we broke hooks, we broke rods, we broke our minds, we broke our minds we broke marriages we broke the whole thing
0:59.2	We came up with the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest
1:04.2	pair of pain he's went to pot.
1:06.4	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going through the
1:10.0	other way so I double-lunged him both ways. But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress
1:15.4	out into government cut.
1:16.6	I got him on. All right now, we're going to teach him a lesser. I'm just an old guy that likes to fish and I'm not quitting yet.
1:26.0	And he said, well who the hell do you think you are, Sue App?
1:30.0	And I said that's exactly who I am.
1:32.0	Life's journey to the And I said that's exactly who I am.
1:33.0	Life's journey to the grave should not be one arriving with a pretty well-preserved body,
1:39.0	but rather skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly torn out, thoroughly use up proclaiming
1:46.5	wildly.
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