Episode 52: Capt. Andrew Bostick - The Gladesmen

Mill House Podcast

Mill House

Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Andrew’s relationship with the Everglades began before his first screams as a baby were heard. Back when the land was free with the long lost term of homesteading, Bostick’s ancestors staked their claim in the Marco Island area in the late 1800’s. Their rugged life simulated the labyrinth waterways of the nearby 10,000 islands, which would eventually become Andrew’s sanctuary and office. Andrew’s dad, Curtis, was a fisherman and introduced his young son to that tug at the end of the string which eventually inspired Andrew to greatness on the ESPN Redfish Tour. He and his two different teammates, Mark Miller and Mark Sepe, were an ominous threat for ten years, winning the overall title once and team of the year three times. They always finished in the top five, ultimately pocketing close to $750,000. Bostick's demeanor is humble and kind, unlike the inner fire it took to push as hard and fast as he did to win on tour. When I first fished with Andrew I was blown away. Now at 58 years old, I see a man who has refined his craft to an art form. I’ve fished with guides around the world for 40 years, and I can count on one hand the guides that are comparable to this subtle giant. He’s not only a fishing genius, but his friendship is just as large. I love this man and I hope you do too...

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0:00.0	I first met Andrew Bostick when I was invited to fish with a regular angler of his, Bob
0:08.6	Copras. You know, you never see guides anywhere fishing in shorts but Andrew does.
0:14.8	Was that a red flag?
0:16.3	Within a few hours I quickly realized what an incredible fisherman he is.
0:20.6	We saw fish everywhere and his eyes were amazing.
0:25.0	The next day his stories told of how he and his partner dominated the Redfish Tour for 10 years
0:30.0	and his family's deep roots in the Marco Island area since the late 1800s.
0:35.0	This is Bostick's story.
0:39.0	We broke everything, we broke lines we broke
0:45.2	cooks we broke rods we broke our minds we broke marriages We broke the whole thing. We came up the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest pair of pain he's went to pot.
1:01.0	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way
1:04.2	and I shot him going through the other way.
1:06.0	So I doubled him both ways.
1:08.8	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:13.7	I got him out.
1:14.8	All right now, we're going to teach him a lesson.
1:18.7	I'm just an old guy that likes to fish.
1:20.4	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.
1:28.0	Life's journey to the grave should not be one arriving with a pretty well preserved body but rather
1:35.3	skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke thoroughly torn out thoroughly used up proclaiming
1:42.1	wildly wow what thoroughly use up proclaiming wildly. Wow! What a ride!
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