Episode 102: Betsy Bullard - The "Swamp Witch"

Betsy Bullard has an amazing heart filled with the love of fishing,
her friends, and the insatiable desire to save the Everglades. At a
very young age, her father helped her catch her first fish that
would eventually direct her empowering life in fishing. I first
recognized her beauty when she worked many of the Key's Fly
Tournaments as a weigh master. Before she found her footing in
Islamorada, Fl she owned and operated the Golfito Sailfish Rancho
in Costa Rica. But when she experienced sight fishing on the flats
in the Florida Keys, she was “Toast." Betsy ran the Herman Lucerne
tournament and also fished in many of the men’s tournaments against
some of the best in the game. Her biggest competitive achievement
might have been when her and Wesley Locke won the Sail Fly
tournament in Guatemala. Bullard is relentless when it comes to
conservation and restoring the Everglades. As an honorary board
member of Bonefish Tarpon Trust and a tireless worker for Captains
for Clean Water she was one of hundreds that showed up on the
Senate floor demanding the destructive SB 2508 bill be vetoed by
Governor DeSantis. They were eventually victorious. It takes a real
ground force, a movement to do such things and Betsy is always up
front leading these all important charges. Betsy Bullard, in our
book, is true inspiration!