Captain Mike Merritt: 50 Years in Fishing and Still Going Strong
This is part of our exclusive Old Salts Rule collection documenting lifelong sportfishing captains. While at the helm of the 52-foot Irvin Forbes-built Billfisher, Captain Mike Merritt had a young deckhand named Arch Bracher. One day Bracher asked if he could try something different when it came to leader material. Capt.