‘Pound for pound, the bonefish is the strongest fish in the sea,’ Saunders says in ‘Mighty Waters.’
Saunders is not the kind of man to make up metaphors about himself. But if he were, the statement would be a strong contender.
If you don’t know who Ansil Saunders is, you might not know what you’re getting into at the start of Simms and Costa’s “Mighty Waters.”
Saunders, who was 88 years old during filming, is a bedrock legend in Bahamian bonefishing lore. He captained the boat that landed the biggest bonefish ever caught; he smiles a lot, and he talks softly.
He also spearheaded a civil rights movement in his own country and became an inspiration for Martin Luther King, Jr. — and might have helped him catch a fish or two.
Enough said. Take it from the legend himself.
Runtime: 17 minutes
