OK, I got one for the gang. Anybody have a good pattern for rooster-fish? Last year we got our butts kicked- my only consolation was that it was my first time fishing for them. Had a lot of lookers, but few takers- and we tried everything in out boxes. One rooster was the size of a coffee table-I would really have liked to tussel with him. I saw a fishing program on Sunday morning and they were fishing roosters with spinning tackle and a large pearl red-headed pencil-popper. They were being hit immediately.
I know speed of retrieve is a key- they'll hit anything skipping along at high speed. But getting them to take the fastest two-handed retrieve I could muster was just not happening. So I tied some look-alike poppers with red popper heads and pearl awesum hair bodies, just in case. I'll give those a shot this year. But does anyone else fish for these and do you have any pointers? We had great success with the dorado offshore, so maybe we can trade pointers. DonO
