Speck Fishing with Robert Earl Keen

The constant moaning hum of the single-engine Cessna Caravan drowned out most conversation as we punched south of San Jose, Costa Rica. Onboard, a motley group of off-shore fishing enthusiasts, hard set on chasing yellowfin tuna and hooking rooster fish at the legendary Crocodile Bay and Botánika.

There have been so many epic fishing trips that it’s impossible for BlacktipH’s Josh Jorgensen to pick a favorite, but that nearly 400-mile round trip to Pulley Ridge in the Gulf of Mexico and back ranks pretty high.

After standing on stage for more than 2,500 shows, Whiskey Myers’ frontman Cody Cannon admits to approaching life on the road with blinders on. No matter where the band stops, Cannon has one job: rock out for two hours and give the fans a high-energy performance before heading to the next town to do it all over again.

Far from the roaring football stadiums of the SEC or the packed-to-the-rafters basketball arenas of the ACC are college bass fishing teams hitting the lake and trying to reel in a national championship for their school.

While fishing in France, a British man caught an unbelievable carp. He spent 25 minutes reeling the fish in.

Kimi Werner always felt a connection with the creatures that dwelled in the ocean. As a young child, she lived in shack in a rural part of Maui, Hawaii. Since there was little extra money for a babysitter, her father would bring her along when he went spearfishing for their dinner if her mother was busy waitressing. At first, he would tow his daughter on a boogie board in the hopes she would just sit tight as he free dove. “But I’d always jump off and swim,” Werner says, laughing. “So, we ditched the boogie board, and my job became just keeping up with him.”

How Kona, Hawaii’s, Wild Hooker, one of the youngest and most winning professional fishing teams in the world, is now giving back. Spend any time with the Wild Hooker crew and you’re bound to hand over at least $100 on some side bet—probably on a wager like what kind of fish was hooked and called in on the radio before ever seeing it with absolutely no basis whatsoever, for example. That summarizes this crew—incredibly competitive on every level, obsessed with fish, and an appetite for betting and winning, whether it be millions at the Bisbee’s (the world’s richest marlin fishing tournament in Cabo) or $100 bucks on some side bet. It doesn’t matter to these guys, and for good reason. They win. A lot.

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