Season 4 - Episode 6 - Laguna Madre & The Origin of Marker 37 with Ernie Butler

About this episode

Chris interviews Ernie Butler about his experiences as a commercial fisherman and the origin of Marker 37 marina.

In this episode, Chris sits down with former commercial fisherman and Marker 37 owner Ernie Butler. Together they discuss the Laguna Madre and Ernie reflects on his commercial fishing days that spanned from the 1960’s to 1981. He shares stories of his early days in Baffin and some of his big trout stories. Ernie also shares the origin story of his infamous Marker 37 marina. This is one episode you sure don’t want to miss.

People in this episode

Host: Chris

Guest: Ernie Butler

Topics covered

• commercial fishing
• Laguna Madre
• Marker 37
• fishing stories
• marine history

Keywords

• commercial fisherman
• Marker 37
• Laguna Madre
• Baffin
• big trout stories

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Laguna Madre, Baffin

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