PEOPLE AND THE FISH THAT RESEMBLE THEM 3

Aside from having forgotten about more money than I'll ever see fashion mogul Donatella Versace looks to be about an exact replica of a grouper. The Goretex lips that reek of catch and release with circle hooks and the swept back eyes that see in the dark are a dead giveaway for the Grouper Combo at any one of the 10,000 nip'n tuck clinics in Miami. If you're going for the fish look I guess the grouper ain't a bad way to go. Donatella…you're alright! 

I rest my case!

The only thing that's missing from Dennis Rodman's cakehole is a 16 ounce pipe jig rigged with a giant hoochie skirt and a 10/0 Mustad treble hook. There's only one fish that swims in the sea that could possibly resemble this homo sapien…Ophiodon elongatus, better known as the ling cod.   

I rest my case!

This one actually crawled out of the water and sprouted legs a few years back shocking the science community. Evolution at it's finest! This specimen is mostly humphead wrasse blended with a little bit of man, a hundred or so heavy duty split rings, and eleven different colors of backlashed chenille. By the expression on his face I'm pretty sure there's a treble hook or three firmly embedded somewhere out of the frame. Just a guess!

The humphead wrasse, also known as the Napoleanfish!

Extreme skiier Glen Plake is one bad dude and it's only fitting that he resemble one of the worlds baddest-to-the-bone fishes, the roosterfish. Roosterfish are lightning quick, agile, cunning, and don't take jack squat from many of the other fishes in the surf. In the early years of my ski career I used to try to emulate this guy. Nowadays, well, anytime I make it off the mountain in one piece is an exceptional day.

The roosterfish…baddest of the bad!

That's all for now. From Alaska…good fishing to you!

Rob Endsley
The Outdoor Line
710 ESPN Seattle
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