Florida Fishing Captains Oral History Project
The Florida Fishing Captains Oral History project is part of a larger project from Terry Howard, interviewer, author, and commercial king mackerel fisherman.
"I enjoy Florida History and sea stories. Counting my interviews for The Oculina Bank Study, my three books about Florida fishing captains, and this, the 'Florida Fishing Captains’ Oral History Project,' I have interviewed over 50 east coast Florida recreational, commercial, and charter fishing captains. It has been fascinating, great fun, and an honor to collect and chronicle all of their stories. In the “Florida Fishing Captains’ Oral History Project”, twelve Florida east coast captains share stories about their fishing history on the Atlantic Ocean; including how and why they began fishing, fishing methods used, industry changes, weather occurrences, sustainability of fish populations, and the culture of ocean fishermen. They also share some exciting sea stories. Together, in their own voices, twelve captains paint a colorful firsthand historical account of commercial and charter fishing off the East coast of Florida from the mid 1900s to the present." - Terry Howard
Also included in the collection:
- Great Kingfish Captains of Fort Pierce, Florida, Tell Their Stories by Terry Howard
- Fire in the Water by Terry Howard
- High Seas Wranglers: The Lives of Atlantic Fishing Captains by Terry Howard
Submissions from 2025
John Rohm Oral History Interview, John Edward Rohm
Jeff Schorner Oral History Interview, Jeff Schorner
Bill Semko Oral History Interview, Bill Semko
Submissions from 2024
John Langfitt Oral History Interview, John Langfitt and Tris Colket
Neil Logan Oral History Interview, Neil Logan
Robert Joseph Lynch Oral History Interview, Robert J. Lynch
Curtis Lester Revels Oral History Interview, Curtis Lester Revels
Garett William Yarbrough Oral History Interview, Garett William Yarbrough
Submissions from 2023
Keith Amos Bowen Oral History Interview, Keith Amos Bowen
Samuel Crutchfield Oral History Interview, Samuel Crutchfield
Submissions from 2019
Charles Wood Bowen, Jr. Oral History Interview, Charles Wood Bowen Jr. and Mason George Bowen
Robert 'Bob' Ferber Oral History Interview, Robert "Bob" Ferber
Rupert Brook 'Junior' Harden Oral History Interview, Rupert Brook Harden
Daniel C. Kane Oral History Interview, Daniel C. Kane
Brant 'Dietrich' McManus Oral History Interview, Brant "Dietrich" McManus
Albert Michael Quatraro Oral History Interview, Albert Michael Quatraro
James A. Reeves, II Oral History Interview, James A. Reeves II
Shayne Revels Oral History Interview, Shayne Revels
Submissions from 2013
High Seas Wranglers: The Lives of Atlantic Fishing Captains, Terry L. Howard
Submissions from 2010
Albert Ashley Oral History Interview, Albert Ashley
Lewis Augusta Oral History Interview, Lewis P. Augusta
Billy Baird Oral History Interview, Billy Baird
Larry Benning Oral History Interview, Larry Benning
Robert Benton Oral History Interview, Robert Benton
Ben Bryan Oral History Interview, Ben Bryan
Kalani Cairns Oral History Interview, Kalani Cairns
Glenn Cameron Oral History Interview, Glenn Cameron
Robert Cardin Oral History Interview, Robert Cardin
Robert Leonard Christensen Oral History Interview, Robert Leonard Christensen
Joseph Clanton Oral History Interview, Joseph Clanton
Tris Colket Oral History Interview, Tristram C. Colket IV
John Conlon Oral History Interview, John M. Conlon
Samuel Crutchfield Oral History Interview, Samuel Crutchfield
Frederick Dunn and David Knight Oral History Interview, Frederick Dunn and David Knight
Marcia Foosaner Oral History Interview, Marcia Foosaner
James Gallagher Oral History Interview, James Gallagher
Chuck Hawkins Oral History Interview, Charles Hawkins
Michael D. Hogan Oral History Interview, Michael D. Hogan
Thomas Jones Oral History Interview, Thomas Jones
Edward Killer Oral History Interview, Edward Killer
David King Oral History Interview, David King
Joseph Klostermann Oral History Interview, Joseph Klostermann Jr.
Richard Kluglein Oral History Interview, Richard J. Kluglein
Emil LaViola Oral History Interview, Emil LaViola
Neil Logan Oral History Interview, Neil Logan
Steve Lowe Oral History Interview, Steve Lowe
Gerald Lee Metz Oral History Interview, Gerald Lee Metz
Glenn Middlebrooks Oral History Interview, William Glenn Middlebrooks
Gary Mills Oral History Interview, Gary Mills
Christopher Nelson Oral History Interview, Christopher Nelson
Scott Osborne Oral History Interview, Scott Osborne
Don Raffensberger Oral History Interview, Donald Raffensberger
James Reeves Oral History Interview, James A. Reeves
Roger Rucker Oral History Interview, Roger Rucker
Chip Shafer Oral History Interview, Irving Shafer
Victor Shilling Oral History Interview, Victor Shilling
Herman Summerlin Oral History Interview, Herman Summerlin
William Thiess Oral History Interview, William Thiess
Bud Tillman Oral History Interview, Murray Clayton Tillman Jr.
Allen Tyrrell Oral History Interview, Allen Tyrrell
Fox Watkins Oral History Interview, Maltby Foxworthy Watkins Jr.
Billy Yates Oral History Interview, Billy Yates
Submissions from 2007
Great Kingfish Captains of Fort Pierce, Florida, Tell Their Stories, Terry L. Howard
