Almost

Sammy and I have caught plenty of roosterfish this week but none have been the one of dreams. You may remember that Monday, our first day, we saw five big fish – big meaning over 30lbs. Grant has been looking at roosters his whole life and estimated two to be...

Life is So Good Roosterfishing is So Bad

The good news today is that Sammy got up and his jellyfish-stung legs still work. The bad news is we caught two small roosterfish and that’s it. We didn’t exactly charge back to the beach this morning but we made it there and fished hard all day. We went to one of my...

Roosters are a Pain – Literally!

The last thing you want to hear from the good doc Sammy is “Get me to a hospital. I hope I don’t die”. But that’s Sammy’s exact words when we got to the truck an hour after he got nailed by not one, but two Portuguese Man o’ War jellyfish (bluebottles) at the same...

The Roosterfish Pimp

Yesterday at this time Grant, Sammy and I were feeling pretty confident about catching some major roosterfish this week. And I fed the feeling by hooking up with the first roosterfish I saw this morning. I lost him on a jump but he was like the ones we caught...

Be in Shape

May 23, 2011 I’ve always been an advocate of being prepared for a fishing trip. Being in good physical shape for a trip is as important as the equipment itself. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the annual trout trip to Yellowstone, a tarpon trip to the Key’s, or like...