Fishing Report - 05/12/07

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

JIGGING MARLIN JIGGING TUNA JIGGING SNAPPERS

WE FISHED WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF ANGLERS THIS WEEK. THERE WERE FATHER AND SON FISHERMEN JOHN NAU SR. AND JR. FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS. JOHN JR. HAD SEEN ONE OF PESCA PANAMA'S " REEL ADVENTURES" TV PROGRAMS AND ASK HIS DAD TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON A FISHING TRIP TO PANAMA. I THINK JR. EVEN PAID HIS OWN WAY, WHAT A SON!

THEN THERE WAS THE GROUP OF ANGLERS FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK; JOE MASSA HAD FISHED WITH PESCA PANAMA JUST LAST JANUARY AND RETURNED THIS WEEK WITH; ANTHONY ORLANDO, DON MULVIHILL AND MARK RICHTER OF JUPITER, FLORIDA.

WE ALSO HAD A LARGE GROUP OF ANGLERS FROM BRAZIL. LUIS FONSECA, MARCIO PAES, OLAVO HUNGRIA, OTAVIO FRANCO, VALDIR MILANI AND ROBERTO JUNQUEIRA WERE HOSTED BY ROBERTO VERAS WHO OPERATES THE BRAZILIAN BOOKING AGENCY "PESCAVENTURA." IT LOOKS LIKE SOUTH AMERICAN ANGLERS ARE STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT THE FISHING ACTION AT PESCA PANAMA.

UPON ARRIVING I NOTICED ROBERTO VERAS HAD AN UNUSUAL LARGE AMOUNT OF FISHING TACKLE. HE IS THE BRAZILIAN REPREHENSIVE FOR RAPALA, QUANTUM AND SEVERAL OTHER FISHING TACKLE COMPANIES. ROBERTO HAD BROUGHT CASES OF NEW LURES TO TRY OUT IN PANAMA. HE ALSO HAD WITH HIM WHAT WE SOON CALLED HIS "SECRET WEAPONS." THIS WAS RAPALA'S NEW JIGGING RODS EQUIPPED WITH DAIWA'S NEW ELECTRIC JIGGING REELS. ROBERTO AND THE OTHER BRAZILIAN ANGLERS STARTED JIGGING AND WERE WE ALL AMAZED AT THE LARGE NUMBER OF FISH THEY CAUGHT! AS ROBERTO EXPLAINED TO ME, THE DAIWA ELECTRIC REEL'S VERY HIGH SPEED OF RETRIEVAL ENTICES MORE STRIKES. WAS THIS EVER AN UNDERSTATEMENT! ON RETURNING FROM A DAYS FISHING I ASK CAPTAIN BARTOLO, "HOW MANY FISH DID YOUR ANGLERS CATCH TODAY." BARTOLO REPLIED, " I DON'T KNOW, THERE WERE SO MANY FISH I COULDN'T KEEP COUNT." THANKFULLY MOST OF THE FISH WERE CAUGHT IN WATER SHALLOW ENOUGH THAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE ABLE TO BE RELEASED. ROBERTO JUNQUEIRA TOLD ME HE WAS EXCITED BECAUSE, "HE HAD CAUGHT AT LEAST 15 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH IN JUST ONE DAY OF JIGGING."

A LOT OF OTHER GREAT CATCHES WERE MADE THIS WEEK; JOE CAUGHT AND RELEASED A NICE 60 LB ROOSTERFISH, ANTHONY CAUGHT A 650 LB BLACK MARLIN, JOHN JR. LANDED A 500 LB BLACK MARLIN AND JOHN SR LANDED A 300 LB BLACK MARLIN. OLOVIA HUNGRIA TOOK A 200 LB YELLOWFIN WHILE JIGGING. LOTS OF YELLOWINS IN THE 50 TO 100 LB RANGE WERE TAKEN CASTING POPPERS AND JIGS.

THE RED TIDE THAT WE ENCOUNTER LAST WEEK BEGAN TO BREAK UP THIS WEEK AND THE OCEAN CURRENTS STARTED WASHING IT AWAY. MARLIN WERE FOUND IN CLEAN WATER OFF THE COAST OF JICARON ISLAND. A HUGE BAIT BALL WAS ENCOUNTERED NEAR ISLA MONTUOSA WHERE SOME OF OUR ANGLERS ENJOYED A WIDE OPEN TUNA BITE. WHAT A GREAT WEEK OF FISHING WE HAD AT PESCA PANAMA!

TIGHT LINES.
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIPS:
IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS JIG FISHERMAN YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE DAIWA ELECTRIC REELS. I DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO STAND UP TO HARD FISHING BUT TIME WILL TELL. THIS MAY NOT BE "YOUR CUP OF TEA," BUT THESE ELECTRIC REELS ARE DEFINITELY FISH CATCHERS.

ONE MORE TIME I AM GOING TO REMIND THE TRAVELING ANGLER TO BRING SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE TACKLE WHEN TRAVELING TO DISTANT FISHING LOCATIONS. I HAVE HAD SHUMO JIGS ON ORDER FOR OVER A MONTH AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT ARRIVED. THIS WEEK WE RAN OUT OF SHUMO JIGS! IN MANY OF THE DISTANT FISHING LOCATIONS, "IF YOU DIDN'T BRING IT THERE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND IT THERE!"



JOHN JR. AND A ROOSTER READY FOR RELEASE


JOHN JR'S BLACK MARLIN, HOOKED-UP AND HEADED SOUTH


YELLOWFIN TAKEN ON A JIG


LUIS HEFTS A "REEF DONKEY"


ROBERTO WITH A NICE YELLOWFIN


OCTAVIO IS UNDER A STRAIN AS HE SHOW OFF ONE OF THE MANY CUBERAS CAUGHT THIS WEEK


A HAPPY ROBERTO WITH A BLUE JACK CAUGHT ON A POPPER


YELLOWFIN TUNA CRASHING THE BAIT


CATCHING BAIT PANAMA STYLE, WHO NEEDS A SABIKI RIG TO CATCH BAIT?


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