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With the Cape Cod saltwater fishing season about to kick-off, this will be the last Costa Rica video for quite some time.

If you watched the roosterfish kayak video from last weekend ([ Ссылка ]), then you may of noticed how difficult of a time I had removing two sets of razor sharp treble hooks from deep in the mouth of a huge roosterfish which was thrashing at the side of my kayak.

When I prepared my tackle for Day #2 (which you will read all about in this post) I made a decision to swap out the treble hooks with one big single hook.

In addition, I decided to use one big single circle hook on the tail end of the Halco Roosta Popper. I hoped would make releasing the roosters much easier and far less dangerous for the fish, and for me!

I was not all that concerned about potentially missing a fish or two due to size 9/0 circle hook, because there were literally hundreds of roosterfish feeding off the beach.

Sure enough I would end up missing two giant roosterfish during this trip because I did not have treble hooks on the lure.

However, the third big rooster of the day got hooked perfectly in the corner of the jaw. Releasing that fish was 100x easier than dealing with the trebles, as you will see in the video.

Unfortunately, I had broken the tip off my 7'6"ft St. Croix travel rod while paddling into shore during my previous trip. This was devastating, because now my only option was my 9ft surf rod, which would be much more challenging to use from my kayak.

So what I (in hindsight) foolishly decided to do was take the tip section of the 9ft surf rod and electrical tape it to the 7ft travel rod. It actually looked good and the "Frankenstein" setup cast exceptionally well. It would be much easier to use from the kayak than the big surf rod.

This second kayak trip for roosterfish was pretty much just as nutty as the first. Big roosters were exploding on sardines all around me, and I could see giant roosters cruising beneath my kayak. I even got the chance to follow a manta ray around for a few minutes.

Finally a hooked a monster roosterfish on my "Frankenstein" rod, which exploded in half about midway through the fight. Fortunately I was still able to land the fish, revive the big rooster, and enjoy a successful release!

You can watch it all unfold and learn more about how to catch roosterfish from a kayak by watching the video.

Timestamps:

01:07 - Halco Roosta popper with circle hook
03:00 - video of the beach, and launching kayak
05:45 - mantay ray sighting (underwater footage)
07:28 - first roosterfish sighting
09:00 - paddling into big roosterfish feeds
11:52 - hook up #1 but roosterfish came loose
14:51 - hook up #2 but roosterfish came loose again!
16:34 - lure gets chased right to the kayak by several roosters
16:52 - big hit and hooked up with another roosterfish!
19:01 - rod snaps in half!
21:20 - discovering the "upside down" reel technique
22:51 - roosterfish surfaces next to kayak
23:24 - rooster starts thrashing next to kayak!
24:00 - easy hook removal
25:35 - rooster almost takes my rod overboard as he swims away

Equipment:
Van Staal VR150 [ Ссылка ]
St. Croix 7'6" TIS76HF3 spinning rod
30lb Power Pro [ Ссылка ]
40lb Seagur fluoro leader [ Ссылка ]
Red/white Halco Roosta popper [ Ссылка ]

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