Tales of a Charmed Life

Captain Dan Kipnis, a Florida native, grew up fishing the bountiful waters of Biscayne Bay and the Gulfstream in the late 1950's and 60's. Starting work as a ten-year-old washing down local charter boats led to a position as a fishing mate. Working on his father's 44' Norseman sportfisher (the sister ship of Miami Herald Chairman John Knight's "Rerun") he fished locally and extensively in the Bahamas.

Kipnis began fishing the Met Tournament in 1961 and won numerous divisions setting records ...