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Fishing world loses icon in Wejebe
By Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com
The saltwater fishing world, and especially those who worked with Jose Wejebe, lost a great friend on Friday.
Wejebe, host of Outdoor Channel’s Spanish Fly, died when the single engine plane he was piloting crashed shortly after taking off from Everglades Airpark around 5 p.m. ET.
Friends were the first to announce the tragedy on Facebook, and there has been a steady outpouring of mourning, many noting the tremendous loss to the outdoor world. Jerry McKinnis, who first approached Wejebe to do a show in 1995, said, “It was so hard waking up this morning and not having Jose in the...