TheGreat318

I've roosterfished a few times out of Los Suenos. Couple of things that are slightly counter intuitive about fishing for roosters:

1. They are generally less plentiful than sailfish.
2. For some boats, the price of going out for Roosters is the same as going out for Marlin and Sails.
3. Live Bait is absolutely key. If you don't have live bait (and the right kind of live bait), then you're in for a pretty long day.
4. Quepos has what I believe to be better roosterfishing, but the fleet of boats is nowhere near as nice. (I went out of Quepos for $500 less than out of Los Suenos. Hooked up to 8 and landed 1. The gear we were using wasn't very good, but the action was non-stop). I went out for a full day out of Los Suenos in March and caught all Jacks, no roosters.

If you're serious about catching a rooster, I recommend Capt. MJ Allgood or any of the Maverick Boats (Sea Fly is my Favorite). Be VERY clear with whomever you book with, though. If they can't find the right live bait, just go out for Sailfish. More action and about the same price.

Good luck.

Does anyone know what a recreational fisherman/boat would do with something like that? Can a rec fisherman sell that fish at the dock?

Seems like that would present problems for a few anglers and whoever happens to be hanging around the dock. Obviously the meat is crazy good, and anyone would be lucky to get their hands on some, but that's prolly at least 700lbs of meat.

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The entire process has been shady

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Now you've piqued my interest. Most of these seem so established and repetitious from an operations standpoint, I'd be curious about how something could go wrong.

Going in two weeks on a duck/dove/perdiz combo. Going with Ramsey Russell/Getducks outfitter. Will fill you in.

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trip with BleedingPurple. by DieselTiger1This weekend wickowick, BigHoss, and myself joined up with BleedingPurple at his place in Tx to do a little population control.

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Confused. These are nice pics, but did you guys just not see any rocks? Or are those pics still being edited?

With the right weapons, yes.


ETA: And it claims that they took turns doing it. My point is that seconds counted on this deal, especially considering they were down one chopper.

There isn't much in the way of restaurants or bars. I think the Oar House may be about it. That said, if you enjoy a quiet vacation, its awesome. Like mentioned above, the beaches are smaller, but pretty much the same. I really like it. Fort Morgan is a nice balance between Orange Beach and Dauphin Island.

(also, if you're a history nerd, read up on Dauphin Island. It was the original site of Mobile, AL and was originally known as Massacre Island...but not anymore...marketing I guess.)

I literally didn't change the batteries all year in my flock flickers. I used 2 or 3 at a time. Big fan. Fit in my blind bag and are a fraction of the PITA of a giant mojo.

If you're not spending 2700 a year on mojos, I just think you're wasting your time.

In all seriousness, I like to move around my place a good bit, lots of potholes of varying sizes. I really hate having to deconstruct a jerk cord every time I move to a new spot (and have paid the tangle price for half assing it plenty of times) but its definitely in my blind bag every time I move.

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Costa Rica Dreams out of Los Suenos. Very nice boat, didn't catch any billfish but they put us on all the yellowfin we wanted to catch.

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Damn, dude, how did yall manage that? We have fished out of Los Suenos for three years now out of that marina and have never come in with fewer than 10 billfish in a day. Did the weather get yall? We've also never managed to find a yellowfin despite trying though.

ETA: Not a criticism of your efforts, just know that the sails are thick from January through at least May

That's Bart Mancuso's boat. Your friend is clearly a liar.