Sad news today, Jose Wejebe was killed in a plan crash this afternoon.
He was one of my favorite TV hosts, unfortunate. He showed you more technique than fish and had a great american-dream style story.
Duerme bien Jose Wejebe.
BG
Dam…just dam. This truly sucks. Back 11 years ago when I first started fishing for a living I was asked to do some bait and tackle rigging instruction for a customer appreciation day at the Boaters World in Key Largo. At the time Jose’s show was sponsored by Boaters World so he was there as well to sign autographs. There was a line of about 300 people there to see him and as much as I wanted to go meet him I did not want to bother him. I figured he was just ready to get done with the “meet and greet” and get the hell out of Dodge.
As the event was wrapping up and I was packing up my gear Jose came over and introduced himself. Even though he had an 1 1/2 drive back to Key West ahead of him he spent a good hour or so talking with me and gave me some good advice for a young guy trying to make it in the charter industry. I had met many “celebrity” fishermen in my time down in the Keys and I can honestly say that Jose was the only one that was worth a (**(). He was the real deal, a hell of a fisherman, and an honestly great guy.
RIP Jose
That is a Man that will be missed by a lot of people. I wish his family well.