Fishing Report - 06/16/07

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

BLACK MARLIN, ROOSTERFISH, CUBERA, WAHOO, YELLOWFIN TUNA

OUR GOOD WEATHER CONTINUED THIS WEEK AS RETURNING FISHERMEN CARL KLIEWER AND CARL SPAHR TOOK TO THE WATER.  ALSO FISHING THIS WEEK WERE A COUPLE OF NEW ANGLERS CHAD CHRYSLER AND TOM CZARNIK FROM MICHIGAN.

WE HAD LOTS OF ACTION THIS WEEK, BOTH INSHORE AND OFFSHORE.  OUR ANGLERS EXPERIENCED GREAT FISHING, CALM SEAS AND A LITTLE RAIN.  ALL IN ALL A FANTASTIC WEEK ALL THE WAY AROUND.  IT WAS THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW THAT WE EXPERIENCED EXCELLENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

CARL AND CARL, BOTH WITH OVER 70 YEARS UNDER THERE BELTS WENT HEAD TO HEAD WITH A BLACK MARLIN CAUGHT ON HANNIBAL BANK.  THE FISH WAS DEAD WHEN IT CAME TO THE BOAT.  UNABLE TO REVIVE THE BIG FISH WE WERE ABLE TO ESTIMATE ITS' WEIGHT BY FORMULA AT 790 LBS.  A BIG FISH BY ANY ONE'S STANDARDS.  WE DRESSED OUT THE FISH, PUT IT IN THE FREEZER AND LATER DELIVERED THE FILLETS TO THE GIRLS ORPHANAGE IN DAVID.

CHAD LANDED THE LARGEST YELLOWFIN OF THE WEEK, A 160 POUNDER.  LOTS OF SMALLER TUNA WERE ALSO CAUGHT ON POPPERS NEAR MONTUOSA ISLAND.

WAHOO WERE TO BE CAUGHT IN MOST AREAS THIS WEEK.  THE WAHOO WERE SO THICK ON HANNIBAL BANK THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO FISH LIVE BAIT SOME DAYS AS THE WAHOO WOULD EAT THE BONITA AS SOON AS THEY WERE PUT OVER THE SIDE.

MANY NICE ROOSTERFISH TO 60 LBS. WERE CAUGHT AND RELEASED THIS WEEK.  SOME WERE CAUGHT ON POPPERS AND OTHERS ON LIVE BAIT.  THE CUBERAS WERE HERE AS ALWAYS AND THEY WERE ACTIVELY EATING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WOULD THROW TO THEM INCLUDING THE ROBERTS RANGER.

OUR MIXED BAG OF FISH CAUGHT THIS WEEK INCLUDED;  SAILFISH, CUBERA SNAPPER, JACK CREVELLE, ROOSTERFISH, SPANISH MACKAREL, BLUE JACK, RAINBOW RUNNER, WAHOO, YELLOWFIN TUNA, MULLET SNAPPER,  YELLOW SNAPPER, AMBER JACK, ROCK SNAPPER, BLACK MARLIN AND DORADO.

SO HERE IS TO ANOTHER GREAT WEEK OF FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA.  THANKS GUYS FOR FISHING WITH US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SPEEDY RETURN.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIPS: CHAD AND TOM HAD GOOD SUCCESS THIS WEEK FISHING A LURE WE DO NOT SEE USED THAT MUCH.  IT WAS THE ROBERTS RANGER.  AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY AN EAST COAST STRIPPER LURE BUT THE CUBERA SNAPPERS ALSO LOVE TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF THEM.



160 LB YELLOWFIN CAUGHT BY CHAD


CARL AND CARL WITH 790 LBS OF BLACK MARLIN


122 INCHES FROM LOWER JAW TO THE FORK OF THE TAIL


TOM WITH A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ROOSTERFISH


TOM WITH A POPPER CAUGHT TUNA


REEF DONKEY HELD UP BY TOM


CHAD WITH A HUGE POPPER CAUGHT CUBERA


CHAD, AKA MICHIGAN COWBOY, WITH A BRIGHT CUBERA


CHAD ASSISTED BY OUR BARTENDER, ALEXANDRA


TOM WITH ONE OF SEVERAL AMBER JACKS HE LANDED THIS WEEK