Fishing Report - 06/02/07

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

SNAPPERS, TUNA, WAHOO, ROOSTERFISH, MARLIN

MONTUOSA ISLAND, HANNIBAL BANK AND YELLOWFIN TUNA JUST SEEMED TO GO TOGETHER,  WHERE YOU FIND ONE YOU CAN FIND THE OTHER.  AT LEAST THAT WAS TRUE THIS WEEK AS MARK HAMMETT AND TOM ROGERS, BOTH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ANGLERS, CAUGHT 25 YELLOWFIN TUNA ON POPPERS THEIR FIRST DAY OUT.  FOLLOWING DAY THEY WERE JIGGING FOR BAIT ON HANNIBAL BANK WHEN THEY HOOKED INTO SOMETHING BIG.  THE WERE FISHING WITH A SHIMANO TRINADAD 40 SPOOLED WITH 50 LB LINE.  AFTER A 40 MINUTE FIGHT THEY HAD THE YELLOWFIN JUST ABOUT WITHIN GAFF RANGE AND IT WAS BIG, IN THE 200 LB PLUS RANGE.  THEY WERE JUST TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GAFF THE TUNA AND THE LINE PARTED!  THE NEXT DAY THEY HOOKED-UP AGAIN ON A NICE  TUNA AND THIS ONE THEY WERE ABLE TO LAND.  YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE PHOTOS.

RICHARD LANDY AND BRUCE KIEVIT HAD RETURNED TO PESCA PANAMA WITH THEIR SIGHTS SET ON BIG ROOSTERFISH.  SURE ENOUGH BRUCE LANDED A 50 POUNDER AS THEY STARTED FISHING IN THE PARADIS ISLANDS.  UPON HEARING OF THE TUNA BITE ON POPPERS, THEY DECIDED TO GET IN ON THE ACTION AND LANDED SEVERAL YELLOWFIN.  ON THE WAY TO THE TUNA GROUNDS, BRUCE SPOTTED A BIG FLOATING LOG AND JUST HAD TO MAKE A CAST ON IT.  SURE ENOUGH, THE FIRST CAST AND A 40 LB DORADO NAILED HIS LURE. THESE GUYS WEREN'T DONE YET.  THEN TO TO IT OFF THEY BOTH CAUGHT AND RELEASED 450 LB BLACK MARLIN AT HANNIBAL BANK THE SAME DAY. 

TOP WATER ANGLERS COLIN BELTON AND STEPHEN JANSEN WERE AGAIN POPPING WITH PESCA PANAMA THIS WEEK.  THEY BROUGHT ALONG ANGLERS F.W. (BILL) DECKER AND JOHN EAMES.  JOHN LANDED A 60 LB ROOSTERFISH THE FIRST DAY.  HE WAS FISHING WITH COLIN WHEN THEY BOTH HOOKED-UP AND LANDED A 56 LB AND A 61 LB CUBERAS.  STEPHEN AND BILL WERE INTO THE CUBERA ACTION THIS WEEK LANDING 40 CUBERA SNAPPERS, ALL CAUGHT ON POPPERS.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING INFORMATION:  THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE FISHING IN CABO STOP IN AT JANSEN LURES, STEPHEN JANSEN'S TACKLE SHOP.  THE SHOP IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF THE OLD MAR DE CORTEZ HOTEL OR JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM "MERMAIDS."  STEPHEN'S SHOP SPECIALIZES IN SURF TACKLE AND HE HAS A LINE OF FISHING CLOTHES HE HAS DONE THE ART WORK FOR.  HE IS REALLY QUITE THE  MARINA ARTIST AND A GREAT INSHORE FISHERMAN.  WHO KNOWS, HE MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO PUT YOU ON THE BITE!



LOOK AT STEPHEN, NOW THAT'S A HAPPY ANGLER


BILL AND STEPHEN WITH A NICE PAIR OF CUBERAS


DICK, A SPRY 77 YEARS OLD AND GOING STRONG


TOM CAUGHT THE BIGGEST REEF DONKEY OF THE WEEK


MARK WANTED TO CATCH SOME WAHOO


JOHN WITH HIS BIGGEST YELLOWFIN


GREAT PHOTO OF JOHN WITH A BEAUTIFUL ROOSTERFISH


BITE ME BILL


COLIN AND JOHN WITH ANOTHER GOOD PAIR OF CUBERAS


BRUCE AND A DANDY DORADO