Kayak Willie: The first man to land a sailfish in a kayak. He’s gone now, but his legend remains big as ever.

During one of their last fishing outings, Thomas said, they beached the boat to have a beer before cleaning the fish. Thomas said there were some boys about Tytler’s age when he was transplanted to Florida who were fishing the shoreline. Tytler, Thomas said, offered the 11-year-olds his leftover bait and he shared with them that back in the day he used to fish from a kayak and was called Kayak Willie.