Little Red Rooster on the Prowl
I caught several roosterfish in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Papagayo in August of 1995, and haven’t had a chance to catch any more since then. That’s not to say that roosters haven’t been a part of my life since then – I married a chicken-obsessed redhead, so we have a kitchen full of rooster figurines, and somehow ended up naming our hyper Australian Shepherd “Rooster,” too.
While our April 2021 trip to Panama will focus largely on tuna, I’m hoping to spend some time inshore chasing species like cubera snapper, blueline trevally and, yes, roosterfish. If I remember correctly from back in my twenties, not only do they pull like a sonofabitch, but they’re stunningly beautiful, too.
In the meantime, here’s a selection of roosterfish t-shirts to get you in the mood.
TH20 offers this bold blue one with artwork from Tony Ludovico
Leeward Look provides a drawing by Kenley Jones
Travel guru and artist Jeff Currier has his own take on this fish (and many others)
Roosterfish Surf Company isn’t directly involved in angling, but their shirts are nice
Backwater Flies produces “506 Outdoors” fishing shirts (“506”) is the country code for Costa Rica, where I caught my roosters back in ‘95
Even preppie haven Vineyard Vines gets in on the act
