Fishing Report - 06/23/07

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

CUBERAS SNAPPERS, RAINBOW RUNNERS, YELLOWFIN TUNA

WHAT AN EXCELLENT WEEK OF FISHING OUR ANGLERS ENJOYED THIS WEEK. THEY EXPERIENCED SMALL SEAS, LIGHT WINDS, LITTLE RAIN AND AN ABUNDANCE OF VARIOUS FISH.

JIGGING, JIGGING AND MORE JIGGING WAS THE NAME OF THE GAME THIS WEEK AS PESCA PANAMA WELCOMED A LARGE GROUP OF BRAZILIAN ANGLERS. THEY INCLUDED; VALDIR HATSUKI UEMURA, NORBERTO AKIRA UEMURA, GERSON KATAKURA, NELSON NAKAKURA, ADRIANCO FUJITA, MARCO BALARIN, JOSE HESZ NETO, GILBERTO FOGLIANO, JOSE LUIZ BARTEL NASCIMENTO, PAULO FAVA, GUSTAVO VAQUERO, WERNECK BERTO AND ROBERTO AMATUZZI.  AS THE WORD SPREADS THROUGH BRAZIL ABOUT THE FISHING AT PESCA PANAMA I EXPECT WE WILL BE WELCOMING MAY MORE BRAZILIAN ANGLERS.

ROBERTO WAS THE FIRST ANGLER TO LAND A BIG FISH.  ON HIS FIRST DAY HE WAS FISHING NEAR LA DRONES ISLAND WITH CAPTAIN TATIN  WHEN AN 82 LB AMBER JACK,"REEF DONKEY," ATE HIS JIG.  AMBER JACKS CAUGHT IN THE PACIFIC ARE NOT FULL OF PARASITES LIKE THE AMBER JACKS CAUGHT IN THE ATLANTIC.  I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHY THIS IS. 

WHAT A WEEK FOR YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHING!  WE HAD MORE YELLOWFIN IN THE OCEAN THIS WEEK THAN WE HAVE SEEN ALL YEAR!  CAPTAIN BARTOLO HAD HIS ANGLERS FISHING AT HANNIBAL BANK WHERE GERSON CAUGHT A 165 LB YELLOWFIN ON A JIG.  LATER IN THE WEEK THEY LANDED A 140 LB AND A 200 LB YELLOWFIN CAUGHT ON LIVE BAIT.  CAPTAIN LUCHO'S ANGLERS LANDED A 170 LB YELLOWEFIN AND CAPTAIN MACHO'S ANGLER LANDED ANOTHER 140 TUNA. TWO HUNDRED, YES YOU READ IT RIGHT TWO HUNDRED,  YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE CAUGHT THIS WEEK USING A COMBINATION OF POPPERS, JIGS AND LIVE BAIT.
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CAPTAIN MACHO HAD ONE OF HIS BEST DAYS EVER WHILE FISHING FOR CUBERAS WITH JOSE HESZ NETO, JOSE LUIZ, GILBERTO AND PAULO.  WHILE FISHING NEAR JICRON ISLAND THEY CAUGHT AND RELEASED 13 LARGE CUBERA SNAPPERS ON POPPERS AND 2 MORE ON LIVE BAIT.  ALL THE CUBERAS WEIGHTED BETWEEN 30 AND 50 POUNDS. IT WAS A GREAT WEEK TO CATCH CUBERA SNAPPERS.

SOME OF THE BRAZILIANS BROUGHT THEIR NEW DAIWA ELECTRIC JIGGING REELS WITH THEM THIS WEEK.  THESE REELS AGAIN PROVED TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE FOR JIGGING. 

HERE ARE THE CATCH NUMBERS FOR THE WEEK;  JACK CREVELLE 108, BROOM TAIL GROUPER 3, SIERRA MACKEREL 3, AMBER JACK 51, BLUE JACK 9, SILK SNAPPER 1, RAINBOW RUNNER 97, FORTUNE JACK 43, HORSE EYE JACK 9, ROOSTERFISH 7, GROUPERS 4, ALBACORE 3, WAHOO 7, DORADO 26, POMPANO 3, RED SNAPPER 3, YELLOWFIN TUNA 200, CUBERA SNAPPER 38, YELLOW SNAPPER 16, ROCK SNAPPER 11, MULLET SNAPPER 9, SAILFISH 2,  THIS COMES TO A TOTAL OF 652 FISH FOR THE WEEK. THIS IS THE MOST FISH WE HAVE EVER CAUGHT IN ONE WEEK!  YOU WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT MOST OF THESE FISH WERE NOT CAUGHT IN DEEP WATER SO THE BIG MAJORITY OF THEM WERE RELEASED ALIVE TO CATCH ANOTHER DAY.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN 



PAULO, THE BIG MAN WITH A BIG CUBERA


MARCO AND CAPTAIN LUCHO WITH A CUBERA


NETO WITH A BEAUTIFUL BROOMTAIL GROUPER


JOSE LUIZ WITH A BLUE JACK


GILBERTO WITH A 140 LB YELLOWFIN


VALDIR WITH A BIG AMBER JACK


GUSTAVO HELPS ROBERTO WITH HIS 82 LB AMBER JACK


GUSTAVO IS ANOTHER BIG CUBERA


KINHO WITH A BRIGHT CUBERA


ADRIANO, GERSON AND NELSON WITH A 165 LB YELLOWFIN CAUGHT ON A JIG