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Roosterfish on the line

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Melissa and Kiara Chellemi along with their friend Esteban Blanco from Costa Rica fished for a few hours inshore on Oct. 5. They caught three blue runners, two barracuda, four skip jacks and two roosterfish. One roosterfish weighed 35 pounds and the second weighed 50 pounds.

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