"Skipper" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote:

Pound-for-pound, the lowly pinfish outfights all others

I agree. If pinfish got up to 10 pounds it wouldn't be safe to get in
the water.
If I am at the condo up in Pinellas county I still like sitting on the
dock with a beer and my little untralight rod catching pinfish. It is
like I would imagine that northern river fishing is. I have seen it,
just never tried. I couldn't get excited about wading in 40 degree
water to catch 12 oz fish.

Geez, pinheads, croakers 'n grunts. That must be one big whoop for a
Floriduh fisherman. Tie into one of these with an ultralight rig and you
may well lose equipment:

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/fstrig/fstrig.htm


A similar sized jack crevalle would pull that triggerfish halfway to Texas
before the trigger even flapped his tail twice.

But you keep telling people that triggerfish are the toughest fish in the
sea. It's quite entertaining. But make sure to add the caveat that you
live in Kansas...or they might think that you're on mind-altering
substances.

NOYB wrote:

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/fstrig/fstrig.htm

A similar sized jack crevalle would pull that triggerfish halfway to Texas
before the trigger even flapped his tail twice.

But you keep telling people that triggerfish are the toughest fish in the
sea. It's quite entertaining. But make sure to add the caveat that you
live in Kansas...or they might think that you're on mind-altering
substances.

Tell us honestly, have you ever tied onto a good sized roosterfish?

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/roost/roost.htm

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Skipper

"Skipper" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/fstrig/fstrig.htm

A similar sized jack crevalle would pull that triggerfish halfway to
Texas
before the trigger even flapped his tail twice.

But you keep telling people that triggerfish are the toughest fish in the
sea. It's quite entertaining. But make sure to add the caveat that you
live in Kansas...or they might think that you're on mind-altering
substances.

Tell us honestly, have you ever tied onto a good sized roosterfish?

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/roost/roost.htm


No. When I fished Cabo, I caught a striped marlin and a large bull
dorado...but no roosterfish. Since the roosterfish is in the jack family,
I'd expect a tough fight out of it.

NOYB wrote:

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/roost/roost.htm

No. When I fished Cabo, I caught a striped marlin and a large bull
dorado...but no roosterfish. Since the roosterfish is in the jack family,
I'd expect a tough fight out of it.

Not surprised, Cabo is the striped marlin capital of the world, and
dorado can usually be found around any patch of floating whatever there.
Both prized catches indeed, but the roosterfish is unlikely to be
encountered by those half-day charters out of Cabo. You'd probably have
as good a chance casting from shore for these beasts.

My most memorable roosterfish encounters have not envolved hooking them,
but observing them at dawn and dusk in secluded coves of the Cortez.
Here's the drill...You are anchored for the night in a remote cove.
Everything is peaceful and relaxed. You're sitting back when all of a
sudden the peace is broken by a powerful commotion on the surface. You
rise to observe these monsters attacking a school of baitfish. Their
quickness and power is something you will never forget.

I relate this story to illustrate you will *never* really see the Cortez
from those half-day charters...and the Cortez is worth seeing if you
have a real sense for adventure in your being. Steinbeck's words were
not idle chatter, the place inspires superlatives for those who go
beyond the immediate, as Steinbeck did.

--
Skipper

"Skipper" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/roost/roost.htm

No. When I fished Cabo, I caught a striped marlin and a large bull
dorado...but no roosterfish. Since the roosterfish is in the jack
family,
I'd expect a tough fight out of it.

Not surprised, Cabo is the striped marlin capital of the world, and
dorado can usually be found around any patch of floating whatever there.
Both prized catches indeed, but the roosterfish is unlikely to be
encountered by those half-day charters out of Cabo.


It was a full-day charter, and we travelled about 30 miles north along the
Pacific coast of the peninsula.



You'd probably have
as good a chance casting from shore for these beasts.

My most memorable roosterfish encounters have not envolved hooking them,
but observing them at dawn and dusk in secluded coves of the Cortez.
Here's the drill...You are anchored for the night in a remote cove.
Everything is peaceful and relaxed. You're sitting back when all of a
sudden the peace is broken by a powerful commotion on the surface. You
rise to observe these monsters attacking a school of baitfish.

"Jack attack"

Their
quickness and power is something you will never forget.

I relate this story to illustrate you will *never* really see the Cortez
from those half-day charters...and the Cortez is worth seeing if you
have a real sense for adventure in your being. Steinbeck's words were
not idle chatter, the place inspires superlatives for those who go
beyond the immediate, as Steinbeck did.

I loved the Cabo area...and plan to go back. But since neither you nor I
live there, why do you keep talking about it? When you started your east
coat/west coast tournament of urination, you were talking about the coasts
of the US. Why do you now include Mexico?

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:01:32 -0600, Skipper wrote:

You're sitting back when all of a
sudden the peace is broken by a powerful commotion on the surface. You
rise to observe these monsters attacking a school of baitfish.

I can see that right in front of my house when the Jack Crevalle start
feeding. Have you ever seen a mullet jump 4 feet straight out of the
water?