Bouncer

Randolph Smith grew up old school, in an outdoor family in which his father hunted, fished and collected arrowheads. When they moved from Michigan to South Florida in the mid-1950s, his mother turned the boy and his two siblings outside to burn off energy after school and during the summer. With his younger brother in tow, Randolph often fished for bluegills and largemouth in a nearby rock pit quarry. When it was time for supper, their mother blew a conch shell, and the kids came running.

The boy was big for his age. In grade school, a jock stuck him with the nickname “Bouncer” after watching him dribble a volleyball. It was meant as a slight, but the name stuck, and today Capt. Bouncer Smith is one of the best-known charter skippers on the East Coast. And the wise guy from school who gave him the name that would become part of his brand? He’s a judge in