Raging charter captain boards boat to berate young fisherman: You wanna go?

A raging charter boat captain has gone viral after he boarded a small boat to harangue a young fisherman who he accused of nearly causing a collision that morning.The fiery exchange that took place shows 40-year-old Brock Horner in a fishing boat with two other men as they pull up alongside Gage Towles, who is in a small fishing boat by himself on Florida’s Gulf Coast.The April 1 confrontation, which sees Horner jump onto Towles’ boat and aggressively challenge him, was recorded by Towles, who posted it to his Facebook page, where it has generated 15 million views.An animated and fuming Horner, who owns a charter boat company and has since been charged in the incident, asks Towles if he was the person who was “cussing him out” earlier, to which Towles answered no.Horner said the vessel in the near-collision didn’t have safety lights on as required.Towles tells Horner that he didn’t have permission to be “flying through the bridge area” of Peace River, a scenic river that flows into Charlotte Harbor. That remark only escalated things further, and at one point Horner asked Towles: “You wanna (expletive) go?” Towles tries to deescalate the situation, reminding Horner that he was the one who pulled up aggressively while he was just trying to fish.Towles then questions whether Horner was just trying to act tough in front of his friends, which infuriates Horner further.Horner says all three of them were veterans and he is “the best charter captain you’ll ever meet in your mother f—ing life,” before suddenly jumping onto Towles’ boat.“Chill bro, chill bro please!” Towles yells repeatedly.

“I’m a kid bro, I’m a kid,” he says as he hits the throttle and speeds off with Horner aboard.Horner continues yelling and demands he apologize for terrorizing him on his own boat and Towles then drives Horner back to his boat, maintaining that he didn’t swear at him.“Do it (expletive) again, and watch what happens,” Horner says.Punta Gor...