Episode 6: Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami's Offshore Legend

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Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Capt. Bouncer Smith has been taking people fishing for more than 50 years. He runs his 33 foot boat, Bouncer’s Dusky, out of Miami, FL. His awards and accolades are lengthy, highlighted by a lifetime achievement award from The Billfish Foundation. In 2014, Bouncer was inducted into the International Game Fish Association’s (IGFA) Legendary Captain and Crew Hall of Fame. He has guided anglers to more than 70 IGFA world records and helped popularize kite fishing and the use of down riggers in South Florida. He is one of the most versatile guides there is as he can consistently catch Swordfish in 1,000 feet of water, run to the reef to rack up pelagics, then sneak in-shore and catch monster Tarpon and Snook. This man can do it all. Bouncer is a gentle giant. I’ve always cherished being in his presence. In this episode, we talk about the abundance of Sharks in South Florida, thoughts on killing fish, and Bouncer’s longtime struggle with his weight.

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0:00.0	Today I have Bouncer Smith, a legendary offshore captain from Miami, Florida.
0:07.0	His awards and accolades are lengthy, highlighted by a lifetime achievement award from the Billfish Foundation
0:14.4	and was inducted into the I. G. F. A. A.'s Captain and crew Hall of Fame.
0:19.4	I've known Bouncer for years and have always cherished being in his presence.
0:24.3	Here he is, Bouncer Smith.
0:26.1	We broke everything, we broke lines, we broke lines we broke
0:34.5	cooks we broke rods we broke our minds we broke marriages we broke the whole thing
0:50.0	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. I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going through the other way so I double-lunged him both ways.
0:57.0	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:01.0	I got him on.
1:03.0	All right now, we're going to teach him a lot so.
1:06.0	I'm just an old guy that likes to fish.
1:09.0	I'm not quitting yet.
1:10.0	And he said, well, who the hell do you think you are, Sue App? And I said, that's exactly who I am.
1:17.0	Life's journey to the grave should not be one arriving with a pretty well preserved body but rather skid in
1:24.7	broadside in a cloud of smoke thoroughly torn out thoroughly used up
1:30.0	proclaiming wildly wow Wow! What a ride!
1:36.0	There's something f have you on the show.
1:45.0	Oh, Andy, it's great to be here, for sure.
1:50.0	You know, one of the things I love about bouncer Smith is every time I see you wherever we are you got a big old smile and you are so engaging and just so lovable and you have so many accomplishments in your life and it's just your
2:06.2	aura is magnificent.
2:08.2	Well, it's kind of like you. I mean, look how well known you are in two circles I mean come from breaking your legs all the time to
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