If you aren’t familiar with roosterfish, you should be, they’ll haunt your dreams. They’re huge, elusive, beautiful, and they attack flies. Here’s a video from La Paz, Mexico, that demonstrates exactly why these fish should be firmly planted on our bucket lists, if they’re not already. Thanks to Orvis for showing us this great clip. [...]
Roosterfish Fishing
Panama Fishing Report – BIG Cuberas and Tunas! – September 7-9, 2012
Although the “rainy season” here in Panama is supposed to be in full swing it sure does not seem like it. The weather has been unseasonably nice with little rain and sunshine and the seas have been smooth. Don’t get me wrong…we have had a few inclement days but at least it was nice for [...]
Angler Pursues Rarest Trout in the World in Nevada
Some species are elusive–bonefish, roosterfish and grayling come to mind. But a fish so rare that it was previously believed to be extinct? This trout, a Paiute cutthroat trout was believed to be extinct when California officials stocked rainbow trout into its native habitat and interbreeding created hybrid species that resembled, less and less, the genuine [...]
Panama Fishing Report – Hannibal Bank Tunas and More! – Aug 31-Sept 1, 2012
The weather and seas have been unseasonably nice the past two days here in the Gulf of Chiriqui for Pepe, Angel, Fernando, Onofre, and Manuel. The normal cloudy and overcast rainy season conditions were replaced by sunshine and clear skies for our visiting Spanish anglers! We ran to Hannibal Bank on Friday morning with a [...]
Panama Fishing Report – Six Species Day, Roosterfish Video, and Whales! – August 11, 2012
We are out here on the island for a few days doing regular maintenance and getting ready for some upcoming clients. So I figured why not go out and see if we can get into them? The weather hasn’t been too bad lately and we’ve got 3 dozen blue runners in the livewell. So why [...]
Panama Fishing Report – The Gulf of Chiriqui…Tunas and more!! – May 23 & 24, 2012
We had some time off from clients so Nancy, Steve, and I decided to head out on the Scandalous for a couple of days and see what we could drum up here in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama. We left the lodge, on Wednesday the 23rd, with a live well full of blue runners we’d [...]
Record Roosterfish Landed in Baja California?
Reports are surfacing that a potential record roosterfish has been landed in Baja California. Sportfishing Magazine, reporting on a Bloody Decks update, is saying that this 101-pound, 2-ounce rooster may take down the International Game Fish Association’s record for 20-pound test. Jack Kautz was fishing with Ramon Almanza’s super panga, Los Amigos, when he landed the [...]
Fly fishing for Roosterfish and more, Cabo San Lucas Mexico
Guided Inshore fly fishing for roosterfish, seirras and jacks. Visit www.hopperstone.ca for trip details
The Baja Project: Surf Roosterfish to Bluewater Sails
If there's a heaven especially for fishermen, we hope it's something like the Baja Peninsula. What's your dream fish? Roosterfish slicing through the surf? Check. Sailfish in water as blue as you've ever seen? Check. We're not sure if we'll get to heaven, but here's hoping we at least make it to a fisherman's "Oasis" [...]
Baja Roosterfish
Dave Maynard sports his Ono's and shows off one of the many impressive Roosterfish they caught while filming season one of Fish the Baja! We like your style, Dave. Join the conversation on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/onoseyewear
