Yesterday I took James and Joseph out looking for one of those huge tunas that Jerry and his crew caught the day before. We found the tunas but they were only the 30 pounders that we frequently find in huge schools. As the tuna crashed baits in and around the school of spinner dolphin we rigged some artificial baits on spinning rods and commenced to do battle. Joseph as usual showed his fish fighting capabilities by putting several in the boat while James caught one on a fly rod. All I managed to do was bust a spinning rod by high sticking it.
Now that our backs were all hurting we decided to pull up and go inshore and try for some roosterfish. It started off slow but picked up pretty quickly when a rooster slammed my bait. It ate the whole thing and never gave me a chance to stick the hook in it. But then he went for Joseph's bait and the fight was on! After a 20 minute battle Joseph pulled the big roosterfish up alongside the boat where Marco pulled it in for a photo. You know it's a nice fish when Jose comes down off the bridge to get in the photo. We estimated the fish at 50 pounds.
This fish was Joseph's first roosterfish but as big as it was Charlotte still holds the house record for biggest roosterfish at about 75 pounds.
We're taking a couple of days off for our New Year's fiesta. Jerry is out today so we'll have a report later this afternoon.
The Frenzy continues ...
Jamie
Nice rooster! I can't wait to take my son down there one day to catch one.
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