Canazo wrote:Hello everybody. My name is Alejandro. I started snook fishing a couple of years ago here in Costa Rica.
I ran across your board and wanted to make my contribution.
Snook fishing is a religion among local fisherman. There are countless stories and legends about Snooks that have been caught here and there in different places in Costa Rica.
We measure Snooks by Kilograms not by pounds and several local fisherman from both Pacific and Caribbean shores have caught 30+ kilogram Snooks. Obviously it was
easier 50-40-30 years ago but every year a couple of monsters are caught. None of these Snooks have been submitted to the IGFA basically because they don't know what that
is and also because they depend on selling the fish to support their families. Nevertheless, every town has their own heroes that everybody knows that have caught legendary Snooks.
Some of them have pictures, some of them have the stuffed head, but the most important, all of them have a great story complemented by the fishing partners that were present
that glorious day.
If you guys come down here to try to break the IGFA record, I would suggest you guys to also reserve some time to listen to these stories and sit down with some of these heroes.
It has been a unique experience for me. You guys could also make an award winning documentary.
Tight lines brothers,
Alejandro
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