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t was supposed to be a work trip. At the last second my boss, friend and the Editor-in-Chief of , Bill Sisson arranged a charter trip so he could profile Capt. Bouncer Smith—a legendary skipper and angler with numerous world records to his name—for a story in the upcoming issue of the magazine. It was supposed to be a fairly formal affair: Bill would write the story, I would shoot photos, Publisher Emeritus Dean Waite was there to … well, okay, Dean was there to catch some fish.

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