And so it begins...

Below is a video of me going rod to fin with a Machaca while fishing in Costa Rica's Lago Arenal.  Machaca have teeth similar to a piranha and are a powerful fighters.  I was fishing with Capt. Ron out of Nueva Arenal.  http://www.arenalfishing.com/

Here you will find stories, experiences and a few ramblings on fish and fishing. I will chronicle the events that have led up to and going forward the roll that fish play in my life. Even though the word chronicle would lead you to believe that this would be in chronological order I must tell you I will skip around as if putting together a puzzle and only being given a piece at or two at random every week or every other day.

Know in Costa Rica as Gaupote they also go by Rainbow Bass, wolf cichlid or the Latin name, Parachromis Dovii.  This specimen is a juvenile male caught from Lake Arenal, Costa Rica.

I live, breath, eat and of course sleep fish and fishing. I blame my father! He maybe more extreme than I when it comes to anything fishing, but I have branched off from his obsession and added another obsession all my own, fish keeping. In addition to fishing I also prefer to live with them it seems. As if owning a boat, using vacation time strictly for fishing and using remaining time contemplating more fishing excursion wasn't enough. It seems I have to share my home with fish; fish on the wall, fish in a glass enclosure. I even went so far as to hijack my honeymoon to Costa Rica to ply the pacific surf for raging roosters and the many islands and coves of its largest man made lake, Lake Arenal (above) for a GRANDE GUAPOTE! Some say its an illness...but I prefer to describe my affliction as a healthy interest bordering on the manic.

 The Machaca as if bred from a Piranha crossed with a Tarpon. It is armed with teeth much like a Piranha and the fighting capability of the Tarpon. Lake Arenal, Costa Rica.