YELLOWFIN TUNA CRASH BAITS UNDER BOATS

NEAR MONTUOSA ISLAND THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT TUNA BOILS GOING OFF AS THE TUNA WERE FEEDING ON SARDINES.  TRYING TO ESCAPE THE ATTACKING TUNA THE SARDINES WOULD CONGREGATE UNDER OUR FISHING BOATS TRYING TO FIND SOME PROTECTION FROM THE ONSLAUGHT.  IT WAS A TUNA FEEDING FRENZY!  TIME TO BREAK OUT THE POPPERS AND DROP IN THE LIVE BAITS.  AS THE TUNA BITE HEATED UP TUNA WEIGHTING 100, 100, 120,120, 120, 150, 180, 180 AND 220 LBS HIT THE DECK THIS WEEK . BILL AND DICK CAUGHT THE BIGGEST YELLOWFIN AT 231 LBS.  MANY SMALLER TUNA WERE ALSO CAUGHT ON POPPERS AND MOST OF THESE FISH WERE RELEASED TO CAUGHT ANOTHER DAY.
 
THIS WEEK OUR ANGLERS WERE GREETED BY LIGHT TROPICAL BREEZES, SEAS AS FLAT AS A GIRL IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND A BIG FULL MOON.  YOU KNOW A GUY COULD REALLY GET TO LIKING THIS PLACE!   PESCA PANAMA FISHED THIS WEEK WITH GARY AND TERRY MAUSNER, JOEL HEBERT, DAVID AND BILL MEGNA, DALE GOLDEN, JIM REDMOND, BARRY CATER, JOHN MEEHEAN AND DICK COBB. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ANY OF THIS GROUP HAD FISHED WITH US.  IT WAS FISHIN' TIME IN PANAMA!
 
THE BLACK MARLIN WE CAUGHT THIS WEEK MUST HAVE BEEN SPAWNED IN THE SAME SCHOOL AS THEY ALL WERE ALL IN THE 600 LB CLASS.  CAPTAIN TOMMY'S ANGLERS, DAVID AND JOHN, WERE THE FIRST TO CATCH AND RELEASE A 600 LB  BLACK MARLIN.   CAPTAIN MACHO'S ANGLERS, BARRY AND JIM, WERE NEXT WITH THE RELEASE OF ANOTHER 600 LB BLACK MARLIN.  CAPTAIN TATIN'S ANGLERS, JOEL AND DALE, HOOKED UP A DOUBLE ON MARLIN.  ONE WAS A BLUE THAT WAS GUESSED AT AROUND 400 LBS AND THE OTHER WAS A BLACK THAT WOULD WEIGH IN THE 600 LBS CLASS.  OH, THEN THESE ANGLERS ALSO LANDED A 180 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA, A SAILFISH, A CUBERA SNAPPER, A MULLET SNAPPER AND A RAINBOW RUNNER THE SAME DAY. WOW, THAT'S FISHING!
 
NICE CATCHES OF BIG DORADO WERE CAUGHT THIS WEEK AROUND MANY OF THE ISLANDS AND AROUND JUST ABOUT ANY FLOATING OBJECT YOU COULD FIND IN THE OCEAN. BILL AND DICK LANDED 7 DORADO AND 2 ROOSTERFISH AT ISLA SECAS.  THIS WAS BEFORE THEY REELED IN THEIR LINES AND RAN TO DAVID TO WATCH THE FOOTBALL GAMES ON SUNDAY.
 
BROTHERS GARY AND TERRY HAD A MOST UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS THIS WEEK.  WHILE MARLIN FISHING WITH CAPTAIN TRAVIS 2 THEIR SLOW TROLLED LIVE BONITA WAS ATTACKED AND THE LINE WAS PEELING OF THE REEL AND THEN JUST WENT SLACK.  WHEN THEY REELED THE NOW DEAD BONITA BACK IN TO CHECK IT THEY FOUND THAT THE MARLIN HAD SPEARED THE BONITA THROUGH BOTH GILL PLATES AND LEFT A HOLE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER.  
 
ON OUR NEXT TO LAST NIGHT WE ANCHORED IN A BAY THE LOCALS BELIEVE TO BE HAUNTED BY WITCHES.  HERE IN THE CONTREAS ISLANDS WE WATCHED THE FULL MOON RISE OVER THE LOW PACIFIC SWELL AND WONDERED IF INDEED THE WITCHES WOULD MANIFEST THEMSELVES.  IN THE GLOW OF THE MOONLIGHT WE WAITED KNOWING FULL WELL THAT WHAT EVER HAPPENED, THIS SETTING WAS INDEED MAGICAL.
 
TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN
 
FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: FOR THE OFFSHORE ANGLER THAT IS GOING TO BE FIGHTING BIG FISH "STAND UP STYLE" THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING A GOOD ROD BELT COMBINED WITH A GOOD HARNESS.  FORGET THE CHEAP STUFF AND THE SMALL FIGHTING BELTS.  THESE WORK OK ON SMALL FISH BUT WHEN YOU ARE DOING BATTLE WITH A BIG FISH IN THE BIG OCEAN YOU NEED THE BEST YOU CAN GET.  NOW AFTER YOU HAVE THIS MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO NOT JUST THROW IT IN YOU GEAR BAG BUT PUT IN ON AND HAVE IT CORRECTLY ADJUSTED TO FIT YOU.  PUT ON YOUR BELT AND HARNESS, ATTACH A ROD AND REEL AND CONNECT THE FISHING LINE TO SOME MOVABLE OBJECT. PRACTICE  MOVING THE OBJECT AS YOU DEVELOP YOUR FISHING STYLE.  NOW PRACTICE MOVING AROUND THE OBJECT WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE AND IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE STANDING ON A WET DECK THAT IS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH AND MOVING UP AND DOWN.  YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT HOW THIS PRACTICE WILL PAY OFF WHEN YOU ARE HOOKED-UP TO THE "BIG ONE."