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Mill House Podcast

Episode 50: Capt. Jeff Legutki - Beach Breaks to Backwater Bays

Mill House Podcast

Mill House

Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5973 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

At the spry age of fifty, Jeff Legutki is in the prime of his life. Born and raised in Naples, he’s had a prolific life with the water. Prior to his grandfather introducing him to his first fly rod, Jeff was a typical adventurous, Florida kid who surfed the best shore breaks and chased snook and redfish on topwater plugs. His aspirations for both filled his heart. As a young man he followed his dreams aggressively and at one time professional surfing was his goal... Once he realized that wasn’t realistic he started pushing his skiff deeper into the 10,000 Islands of the surrounding Everglades. The challenge of finding the variety of fish that swam in its shallow water became his true calling. He loved being alone with the elements of hide and seek, surrounded by birds, alligators, mangroves, and when the season was right the large tarpon lying in skinny water. He excelled at it and became popular with his clients that sang his praises. When the word got out, he became a target for others to see where and how he was fishing. With the growing popularity of the sport and number of new boats on the water the vastness of his domain started to close in on him. So he pushed his limitations harder, diving deeper into the labyrinth of islands and became even better. Jeff is an inspiration for living life fully. His family is full of love with a beautiful wife and five kids. At some point we will spend more time with this free spirited surfer who is a superstar fisherman. We can’t wait!

Transcript

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Having been on the road for 55 years you get a quick read on people. For the last 40 I've been inside the fish house

0:10.4

whether that be on the water at boat ramps, trade shows, tournaments, and

0:15.4

fundraisers.

0:17.0

One of those guys was Jeff Legutky.

0:19.4

He stood out from the norm.

0:21.4

His dashing surfer look with a big energetic smile was inviting and he

0:25.5

was willing to share his energy with everyone. We got to know each other and

0:29.8

after hearing of his exploits from others we thought we'd get to know him a little bit better on

0:34.0

this podcast I'm so glad we did.

0:39.7

We broke everything we broke lines we broke

0:45.2

cooks we broke rods we broke our minds we broke marriages we built the whole thing.

0:54.7

We came up with the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest

0:59.2

pair of pain he's, when the pot.

1:01.4

I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going

1:04.7

through the other way.

1:05.6

So I double-lung them both ways.

1:08.3

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

1:11.6

I cut him on.

1:14.0

All right now, we're going to teach him a lesson.

1:17.0

I'm just an old guy that likes to fish.

1:20.0

I'm not quitting yet.

1:21.0

And he said, well, who the hell do you think you are, Sue App?

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